The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener

The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener

Hosted by: Becca Ploener

Welcome to the wild woman podcast, on this podcast I bring to surface the conversations we have in private about the outdoor community. My hope is that by sharing these challenging topics, I can break the ice, promote...

Episodes

E31: Mental Agility, Plan B, and Emotional Release with Anna Levesque

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ---- Anna Levesque is a distinguished leader in the outdoor industry as a mental agility and white water kayak coach. What differentiates Anna is her approach to physical and...
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E30: Setting Boundaries without Gatekeeping in Whitewater with Bonnie Maughan

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ---- Bonnie Maughan considers herself your "friendly neighborhood recreationalist." She grew up camping, skiing, and snowboarding. Later, in college, she picked up climbing,...
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E29: Cycles, Rituals, and Living with the Seasons in Paddling with Valerye Woodruff

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ---- Valerye is a transformational coach and an adventurer.  She feels enthused about supporting other adventurous women who struggle with self-worth, communication and...
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E28: Pregnant while Paddling with Sandy Hess

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ---- Sandy Hess is joining us from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She's a whitewater guide of 8 years and spent the last season guiding while pregnant with her first baby! She's here...
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E27: Why Should I Pay for Paddling Instruction? With Brittany Schruefer

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ---- Brittany Schruefer (Schree-fur) believes that the best place to learn is outside of our comfort zones. After five months of chasing summer around the world studying comparative...
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E26: Racing, Friend Crushes, and Competition with Alex Horne

Episode #26

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠⁠ ---- Alex Horne is an optometrist and whitewater kayaker practicing and paddling in West Virginia. Raised in northern New Hampshire, Alex was a three sport athlete from a young age...
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E25: Trans Women, Hormones, and How It Affects Kayaking with Cici Cambron

Episode #25

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠ ---- Cici Cambron (she/her) is a whitewater paddler and instructor currently living in Asheville, NC. She’s been paddling and teaching kayaking for about 3 years, and has been out as...
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E24: Coaching, Guiding, Instruction, Therapy-ing - Where They Collide and Diverge with Dan Horseman

Episode #24

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠ ---- Dan Horseman is a Certified Professional Life Coach and ACA L4 WW kayak instructor living in Asheville, NC. He recently became a new dad and is excited to share his passions for...
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E23: River Tattoos, Tattoo Taboos, and How to Take Your Art on the River with Candice Caldwell Day

Episode #23

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠ ---- Candice Caldwell Day is an innovative fine art tattoo artist and is based in Sylva NC at Parlor & Co Salon at her private studio. A native to North Carolina, she has been a...
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E22: Processing Trauma and Reclaiming Joy through Whitewater with Alissa Gardner

Episode #22

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠ ---- Alissa Gardner is a mother of two, an ICU nurse in Western NC, and a long-time outdoors lover.Ā  She’s been whitewater kayaking for over 25 years and grew up paddling predominantly...
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E21: Raising a River Family with Jeremy Anderson

Episode #21

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠ ---- Jeremy lives in Truckee, CA with her beloved husband of 30 years and her 2 teenage daughters. Her passion for nature brought her across the country and into the Sierras in 1999...
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E20: Who is Becca Ploener? with guest, Nicky Murphy

Episode #20

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Becca Ploener is a whitewater kayak instructor and authenticity coach based out of Asheville, NC. She works with folks who are feeling burntout, tired, and like they have NO TIME...
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