inspiration – ᘡ Adventures with the Estrogen Army ᘠ

Field Report: Sandra rebuilt her Haiti workshop & hired 5 people!

It's always exciting when we receive a field report on one of the women that we have invested in through the "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" project. This one is especially cool because it comes from the entrepreneur... Read more

J. K. Rowling on the Power of Failure and Imagination

Sue Braiden
March 31, 2016August 10, 2019
Diva Celebs, Later in Life, Pep Talks, The Viewing Room
adaptability, authors, boldness, capacity, commencement, courage, daring, education, empowerment, failure, graduate, Harvard, hope, imagination, inspiration, reinvention, resilience, tenacity, truth, video, vulnerability, wisdom, worthy
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As adventure divas we may be faced with similar fears: we're too old, we don't have enough money, we don't have enough courage. These old scripts that we read from don't serve us well. They become... Read more

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

On the objects of my affection, and the lessons of a captain and his bride.

Sue Braiden
January 29, 2015February 13, 2015
Epic Adventures, Later in Life
abundance, ageing, Banff, Canada, celebration, commitment, connectedness, dancing, devotion, epic adventures, family, fellowship, friends, happiness, harmony, hope, inspiration, love, magic, movie inspired adventures, passion, perspective, playfulness, priorities, reflection, soul, spark, tenderness, the objects of my affection, Valentine's Day, wanderlust, West Coast, wholeheartedness, wisdom, zest

30 years ago I was a very young woman on a very big adventure. Traveling West through several provinces on business, I was treated to a night up in the mountains at the Banff Springs Hotel. My... Read more

[VIDEO] Wondering about the inspiration behind the Estrogen Army project? Here’s a 2 1/2 minute primer …

Hi! I'm Sue Braiden of "Rock. Paper. Estrogen" and I want to tell you about the "Adventures with the Estrogen Army" project. I'm 51 years old, and like many of you, I've been a mom, a wife, a career... 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

Collect “experiences” instead of “things”: how a new dad’s advice might be the ticket to kickstarting your own adventures.

Sue Braiden
December 10, 2014January 17, 2015
Pep Talks
adventure, authenticity, change, choice, courage, debt, dreams, freedom, goals, inspiration, mindfulness, purpose, quotes, reflection, reinvention, simplifying, wisdom, zen

Challenge: collect "experiences" instead of "things".

"There are thousands and thousands of people out there living lives of quiet, screaming desperation who work long, hard hours, at jobs they hate, to enable them to buy things they don't need to... Read more

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Challenge: collect "experiences" instead of "things".

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