asset building – ᘡ Adventures with the Estrogen Army ᘠ

What are you afraid of? (Not much after watching 82-year-old nurse-turned-action-hero, Kay D’Arcy!)

Sue Braiden
April 20, 2015August 11, 2019
Good Question!, Later in Life, Superpowers, The Viewing Room, Women Like Me
actress, ageing, Agent 88, asset building, courage, daring, determination, dignity, empowerment, England, fear, fearlessness, Hollywood, hope, inspiration, Kay D'Arcy, martial arts, nurse, open-mindedness, perspective, pioneering spirit, reinvention, resilience, tai chi, taking charge, video, wisdom
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Ten years ago, if you had asked me what I was afraid of, I would have told you: heights, a world chocolate shortage, and snakes. Today? Getting old, getting sick, being alone, being irrelevant, peeing my pants and dying. Ageing... Read more

Isabel Allende, on aging, living with passion, and the wisdom of having fun while doing good.

Sue Braiden
March 1, 2015August 10, 2019
Diva Celebs, Later in Life
ageing, asset building, authenticity, authors, baggage, be in the moment, Brené Brown, candour, change, child brides, Chile, choice, contentment, courage, death, domestic bondage, education, empowerment, energy, freedom, generosity, grief, health, humour, independence, India, inspiration, integrity, intent, joy, letting go, living mindfully, loss, love, Mary Oliver, mindful living, mindfulness, Nepal, Nepal Youth Foundation, Olga Murray, orphans, passion, peace, perspective, philanthropy, positivity, purpose, quotes, reflection, reinvention, retirement, romance, self-deprecating humour, slavery, soul treks, spirit, spirituality, TED Talks, turning points, uplift, video, vulnerability, wholeheartedness, wisdom, women-at-risk, youth-at-risk
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I fell down a rabbit hole this morning, and it left me anxious to share this TED Talk given by 71-year-old Chilean author, Isabel Allende. There was astonishing synchronicity for me, from the quote she shared by another... Read more

Little altars: re-imagining our social networking spaces to empower a life of adventure.

How often do you find yourself wanting to pull the plug on your favourite digital kitchen tables? Facebook and Twitter can be wonderful ways to connect with kindred souls. They can also become noisy, toxic drains of... Read more

Visual Soul Pepper: a fun way to begin equipping yourself for adventures!

Building our capacity to create happy, healthy, epic adventures. The assets that we're going to focus on here at the Adventure Lab are focused on our internal toolkit. They are "a way of being" combined with "character" and "know-how".... Read more

Boundless Adventures: busting the myth of limitations, baby!

Reason #107 why I frigging love my job: I get to research Adventure Divas who have been out there proving that our notion of limitations is pure B.S., AND fall down the Pinterest rabbit hole at the same time... Read more

Assets: our “Super Powers” for creating epic adventures!

Exactly what kind of "assets" are we talking about when we want to "build our capacity" to create happy, healthy, epic adventures? While extrinsic resources -- especially the "money" part of things -- can certainly ease our way into adventures... Read more

On embracing vulnerability as an asset, and banishing shame.

Sue Braiden
February 2, 2015February 3, 2015
Superpowers
asset building, authenticity, Brené Brown, courage, eCourse, fear, growth, joy, learning, mentors, Monica Lewinsky, online course, Oprah, perseverance, reputation, safe spaces, safety, self esteem, self-worth, shame, strength, Super Soul Sunday, taking charge, TED Talks, truth, video, vulnerability, wholeheartedness, wisdom, worthy

Seems like a heavy talking point in a space about adventures, doesn't it? Let's just call it "clearing the log-jam" that causes some of us to stumble right out of the gate. ALL of us want to have adventures,... Read more

Give your inner critic a hall pass: Janet Echelman on using imagination and trusting your gut to fuel your own epic adventures.

Janet Echelman's TED Talk on taking imagination seriously was a brilliant piece of serendipity for me when I discovered it in 2012, and worth sharing as a tool for adventure divas struggling with doubt. Having been rejected by seven different... Read more

How Drew Carey’s “Mimi” ditched the pancake makeup and obnoxious bent to help make you “Queen of Your Own Life”.

Sue Braiden
August 12, 2014August 10, 2019
Diva Celebs, Pep Talks, Superpowers
actresses, ageing, asset building, authors, friends, happiness, inspiration, midlife, muses, role models, self esteem, shame, t.v. show, videos, wisdom
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She's not Drew's Mimi anymore! Kathy Kinney wants to make you the Queen of Your Own Life! You're going to find that we're really into "asset building" as a way of helping ourselves get ready for awesome adventures. ... Read more

On bucket lists, and planning your own funeral (just because it’s fun)

It's no surprise that as we get older the topic of death rents a lot more real-estate in our head. We lose parents, friends, and sometimes even our children, with each of these deaths being held up like... Read more

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