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The Everyday Adventure Podcast
A podcast about how to live more adventurously wherever you are. Host Nicki Bass - a psychologist and Army veteran - speaks to a range of guests who have found ways to weave adventure into their lives. She delves into the psychology behind adventure including building resilience, connecting with others and gaining perspective. A key theme of the podcast is on increasing visibility and accessibility in outdoor spaces.
Episodes
97 episodes
Rites of Passage - Israh Goodall
Motivated by a desire to explore and connect with people and wild places, Israh Goodall is a qualified Mountain Leader who is trained in Outdoor Environmental Education and who has travelled and ...
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Purpose & Finding Your Why - Di Westaway, Founder of Wild Women on Top
Diane Westaway is the founder and CEO of Wild Women on Top - a social purpose enterprise aiming to inspire and support women to embrace adventure and achieve things that they never thought...
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19:10
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Adventure Mind X EDA - Richard Chapman
A Cornishman living deep undercover in Robin Hood country, Richard Chapman is the founder of Climbing Matters, a structured program of lived experience coaching and climbing for people living with tr...
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Adventure Mind X EDA - Belinda Kirk, founder of Adventure Mind
Welcome to the Adventure Mind X Everyday Adventure Podcast mini series. In this episode, Belinda Kirk - founder of Adventure Mind - shares her motivations for getting started and the benefits she sees ...
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33:07
Solo Episode: Why does adventure even matter?
So this is the final episode of Season 7! In this episode, host Nicki Bass explores some of the thinking behind why adventure matters and how it supports our resilience and approach to life beyond the thrill of the activity itself.
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Season 7
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Episode 9
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16:29
Olympic Dreams - Kerenza Bryson
Kerenza Bryson is a professional athlete who represents Great Britain in the modern pentathlon - a sport including epee fencing, swimming, showjumping and a combined laser run (pistol shooting and cross country run). Having won gold, silver and...
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Season 7
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Episode 8
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42:52
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Ride to Freedom - Heather Sharp and Stephanie Quintrell (Forces Wives Challenge)
In June 2023, Stephanie Quintrell and Heather Sharp completed the Ride to Freedom along with 6 other women as part of a
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Season 7
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Episode 7
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49:27
Tough Broad: The Power of Adventuring as We Age - Caroline Paul
Caroline Paul is an author, adventurer, surfer, pilot and former firefighter who has published 7 books including The Gutsy Girl and
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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49:03
Service, Trust and the Power of Giving Back - Jonny Ball
Jonny Ball is the host of the ‘Veterans In Politics’ podcast, interviewing over 70 interviewees from across the globe who have ‘stood up to serve again'. He is also Founder of Campaign Force, a not for profit organisation that aims to inspire a...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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Going Local - Alastair Humphreys
Alastair Humphreys is a British Adventurer and Author. He spent over 4 years cycling round the world, a journey of 46,000 miles through 60 countries and 5 continents.More recently Alastair has walked across southern India, rowed across the ...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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41:23
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Cycling JOGLE and the Ripple Effect - Emma Wood
In May 2023, Emma Wood embarked on a two week adventure cycling the length of the UK from John O'Groats to Land's End.As a busy mum of two girls, with a successful career in financial services, the logistics surrounding this journey wer...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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40:34
Learning to Swim as an Adult - Joyce Osei
Joyce Osei is an Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Consultant, an author and storyteller whose works focuses on increasing the representation of women in male dominated industries. Storytelling is at the heart of Joyce’s work and she passionate...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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54:16
5 Steps to Your Everyday Adventure: Solo Episode
Welcome to Season 7 of The Everyday Adventure Podcast! In this episode, host Nicki Bass shares 5 tips to help you get started on your own everyday adventure and overcome some of the common barriers we can encounter. These are: ...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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30:58
IWD Sea Swim Mini Series - Ep 6 Jessica Hepburn
Jessica Hepburn is an award-winning author, arts producer and adventure activist who inspires people to live big and bravely when life doesn't go to plan. In 2022, she became the first women in the world to achieve the "Sea, Street and Summit C...
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15:10
IWD Sea Swim Mini Series - Ep 5 - Jo-Anne Godden, Founder of Ruby Moon Swimwear
Jo-Anne Godden is the founder of Ruby Moon which designs and produces ethical and sustainable swim and active wear for women. During her 25 years of working in the fashion industry, Jo became acutely aware of the sustainability challenges inher...
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12:56
IWD Sea Swim Mini Series Ep 4 - Debbie Stevens
Welcome to Ep 4 of our collaboration with PinkNicky Blog and the IWD Brighton Sea Swim. In this episode I speak to Debbie Stevens from Debbie Stevens Wellbeing and Girls Night Out, the Headline Sponsor for the event. Debbie founded her bu...
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14:15
IWD Sea Swim Mini Series Ep 3 - Mel Rayner, Wild Swimming Coach
Welcome to Ep 3 of our collaboration with PinkNicky Blog and the IWD Brighton Sea Swim. In this episode I speak to Mel Rayner who is a swim teacher, open water coach, personal trainer and school sports coach. Mel runs a sports business ba...
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14:13
IWD Sea Swim Mini Series Ep 2 - Amanda Fitzgerald
Amanda Fitzgerald is an award-winning PR and media training expert whose clients have featured in publications including Forbes, Psychologies and Grazia. She is also a passionate open water swimmer and triathlete. In 2023 she completed th...
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12:28
IWD Sea Swim Mini Series - Ep 1 - Nicky Chisholm, Founder of the Brighton IWD Sea Swim
Nicky Chisholm is the founder of the International Women's Day Sea Swim Brighton and creator of the PinkNicky Blog. Owner of Daisy the camper van and mother of two, she is a self-confessed adventurer w...
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14:39
Running across Australia & Chasing Extraordinary - Nikki Love
Nikki Love turned 50 in 2017 and decided it was time to take her love for travel, marathon running, and cross-country running to a new level. She is now on a mission to run across, around, or through as many countries that her feet can take her...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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1:01:55
Campfires, Connections and the Journey to Rewilding - Nick Goldsmith
Nick Goldsmith is a a former Royal Marine Commando, speaker and author who served over 10 years between 2007 and 2018 completing 6 operational deployments in some of the world's most challenging re...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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1:02:59
Hikes, Health and the Power of Daydreams - Uzma Khan, Founder of Four Seasons CIC
Uzma Khan is the founder of Four Seasons CIC, a community walking, hiking and social group based in the north west of the UK. A mother of three from a traditional Pakistani family, she recognised the benefits of the outdoors for her...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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31:32
An Adventure through Life, Loss and The Shipping Forecast - Katie Carr
Katie Carr is an expressive arts therapist, coach and educator and author of “Moderate Becoming Good Later”, the story of her brother Toby’s attempt to kayak in all areas of the Shipping Forecast. Toby sadly died before he finished his challeng...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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29:38
Creating Community & Being an Expert Beginner - Soraya Abdel-Hadi
Soraya Abdel-Hadi is the founder of All the Elements, a community working to increase diversity in the outdoors. Her passion for the outdoors stemmed from childhood and she has carried this through h...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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36:51
The Wider Benefits of Adventures - Solo Episode
What is the point of adventure outside of the experience itself? And what impact does it have on the rest of our lives? In this solo episode, host and psychologist, Nicki Bass, explores the wider benefits of adventures, reflec...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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24:09