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

E19: Why Community is So Important with Ladies of the Whitewater Creator, Andrea Newton

Episode #19

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Andrea Newton started the Ladies of the Whitewater Community Group on Facebook. Originally the idea stemmed from a conversation about menstrual cycles on multi-day river trips....
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E17: Embodiment and healing through whitewater with Massage Therapist, Christina Cunningham

Episode #17

⁠⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Christina Cunningham is a trauma sensitive massage therapist & coach with 25 years of experience in the field of embodied spirituality.  She was compelled to start her own...
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E16: Preventing Self Sabatoge On and Off the Water with Trauma Awareness and Energy Coach, Candace Bethel

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠ --- Candace Bethel is a Trauma Awareness & Energy Coach. She has been working in the alternative energy medicine industry for over 20 years specializing in childhood trauma,...
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E15: How to Access Skills While Scouting Whitewater with Sports Psychologist, Sarah Connelly

Episode #15

TRIGGER WARNING: DEATH ON THE RIVER ⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠ --- Sarah Connelly is a mental skills coach living in Pacific Northwest. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Kinesiology and Wellness...
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E14: Paddling Upstream: Surviving the Culture of Sexual (Mis)Conduct with Holly Joh

Episode #14

TRIGGER WARNING: SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ASSAULT ⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠⁠ ------------------------------------------------------------ Holly Johanna Winters is 42 and an educator, farmer, musician, and proud...
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E13: Wet, Wild, and Woman: Fertility Awareness Method within the Whitewater Lifestyle with Chloe Skerlak

Episode #13

⁠Schedule a session with Becca⁠⁠ ------------------------------------------------------------ Chloe Skerlak is wildly passionate about the menstrual cycle! A Full Spectrum Fertility Awareness Educator and Holistic...
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E12: How to be Taken Seriously As a Woman in Whitewater with Stacy Gold

Episode #11

Schedule a session with Becca⁠ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Award-winning adventure romance author, Stacy Gold would rather be in the middle of nowhere than almost...
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E11: 7 Days Notice with No Experience Down the Grand Canyon with Dan Regalado

Episode #11

Schedule a session with Becca --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Regalado is out to spread kindness and love to all. Whether he’s sharing his passions for the arts...
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E10: Pregnancy Scares and Menstruation on Multiday Expeditions with Anna Harrison

Episode #10

Anna is an Atlanta-based outdoorsperson who has been guiding folks in the outdoors since 2014.Ā  She has taught a variety of classes including wilderness survival, map and compass skills, kayaking, stand up...
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E9: How the River Shapes Us: 3 Generations Deep with Mindfulness Coach, Jessica Thayer

Jessica Thayer works around presence and accepting what is. Her youth as the daughter of a single mom involved in whitewater has been an integral part of her journey so far. She grew up living an alternative life...
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E8: Humility, Perseverance, and How to Be the Best at Being the Worst with Jen Colon

Jen’s life is fueled by adventure, travel, laughter, life lessons and doing the things people tell her she can’t do. She thrives on meeting new people and hearing their stores and using them to help motivate and drive...
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E7: It's Not Always Easy Being Green - A Look into Asheville Area Boating Culture with Kelly Holland

Kelly Holland is an educator living and teaching in Asheville, NC. Her 9-5 is in art education - teaching visual art to K-12 students with severe and profound disabilities. In the summer and on the weekends, she is a...
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