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Guides Gone Wild Podcast
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Max Your Inspiration, Not Your Impact
Meg Carney, Outdoor Minimalist
The less things that I own, the less things I really have to worry about, and the more I can focus on the things that I actually really love and enjoy, which are community and time spent outside.
Put Your Community First
Kristina Cannon, Main Street Skowhegan
You have to create communities for your people that live there, first. It’s not just about tourism for us. It can’t be. It has to be about building a better community.
Rescue Yourself First
Ari Leach, Blackbird Guide Services
The thing that meant the most to me when I received my license wasn’t my patch or my physical license…My mom met me at the door with a box, and inside was my grandmother’s very last license, her patches, her hunting jacket, and her silver Maine guide shield.
Create (and Celebrate) the 'Aha!' Moments
Alice Bean Andrenyak, Alice's Awesome Adventures
If I can have two ‘aha!’ moments from the people that I’ve had out that day, that fuels me for the next day.
If You Love It, Someone Else Will Too
Jana Olenio, SUP Yo Adventures
That was the point at which all of my passions came together, my travel experience and my passion for yoga and nature… and I was so thrilled, because I was sharing what I loved and was passionate about with other people.
Plan Some Post-Pandemic Play
Jen Hazard, Author of The Maine Play Book
I came to recognize it as I was older…. just going to a new space, and exploring like that, that really always just inspires me, no matter what.
Find (or Make) Your Own Happy
"Tall" Ashley Leedberg, Two Loons Guide Service
It kind of clicked inside that I didn’t need to be miserable at my job. That wasn’t the goal, that wasn’t the point.
Heal Some Souls and Change Your Life
Bonnie Holding, Casting for Recovery
You’d be amazed at how many women in Maine do not go to support groups. So this is their first opportunity to actually voice what’s going on in their heads… and be in the outdoors, learn something new, take your mind off what you know…. a hideous disease, hideous treatments. It takes your mind away from it.
Learn How to Read the Map (and Maybe Leave the Pearls at Home)
Laura Beebe, Sterling College
We’re all at our own stages of development, and have areas that we really excel in, and areas that we need to work on.
Do Something For Yourself
Emily MacCabe, MEIFW/Becoming an Outdoors Woman
When you love to do something, and you get to share it with other people, it doesn’t feel like work at all.
Send It! (And Tell All Your Friends)
Katie Wolitarsky & Kat Englishman of The Send
We genuinely care about this community and these people, and we want to lift it up and promote it. And I mean, selfishly, we also want to know about all these cool things, too.
