Tough Girl - Daily Podcast - SEASON 2 – Details, episodes & analysis

• Super quick day
• Catching up with Rae & Gemma from 7 women - 7 challenges
• Meeting Ellie!
• Meeting in real life
• Power nap
• Being naughty…
• Eating chocolate and watching a movie
• Setting SMART GOALS tomorrow for 2018

• Count down till the family are here!
• Patreon - How I make an income…
• Feeling despondent
• Youtube stats
• Patreon money…declining each month…
• “The creator wasn't engaging like I expected”
• Having a boost in patrons!!
• I hate asking for money
• Excited for new patrons! Goal $1,000 - $2,000 per month
• Lancaster - Gender, Sex & Bodies - technology and reproduction
• Critical Debates in Media Studies - Exam Question…
• Aura & Celebrity…. Angelina Jolie… 29th January…
• Plans for next week - Race & Black Feminism
• Traffic :-(
• Vlogging…. Vlogmas???
• Stopping the daily podcast?
• Summit Day Vlog - Day 100
• Final push for goals 2017
• 2018….
• 1 Million Downloads?!
• SMART GOALS

At just 26 years old, Mollie Hughes became the youngest woman in the world and the first English woman to summit Mount Everest from both sides. In 2017, Mollie stood on top of the world for the second time after her first summit from the south side in 2012. From this major feat, Mollie experienced a whirlwind of ups and downs that led to lessons that can be applied to any adventure.

1. Find Your Inspiration

Everest hadn’t always been on Mollie’s mind. In fact, it wasn’t something she considered herself capable of climbing. At her final year of University, Mollie chose to write her dissertation on the psychology of climbing Mount Everest. She interviewed 7 men who climbed Everest and how they dealt with the psychological barriers and pressure. After the first interview, Mollie was hooked and she knew she wanted to climb Everest herself.

Talking to people who’d already been on the adventure inspired Mollie. In her search to find women who climbed Everest, Mollie found a woman who’d climbed Everest at 22 years old. When she saw that a woman so close to her age climbed the mountain, Mollie knew she could do it. While the men inspired Mollie, it was a woman’s example that really gave Mollie the confidence to embark on her adventure.

1. Commit to Fundraising

Getting the money and sponsorship to go on an adventure can be a huge barrier. Just knowing how much it will cost stops most people from planning their expedition. By looking at the websites of people who had already climbed Everest, Mollie learned how she could get financing from businesses and sponsorship. She planned to get corporate sponsorship by setting a record. Mollie outlined everything she had to offer and sent it out to 30-40 companies each week for almost a year. The rejections were hard, but Mollie had been told that sponsorships often came at the last moment possible. Talk about nail-biting!

Before a practice expedition to train for Everest, Mollie had a fundraising evening with friends and family. She held an auction where businesses donated things and while she had a number of donations, she still wanted a big ticket item that would really get the bids coming in. The morning of the event, Mollie had an idea to sell her bum as space for a tattoo. The idea was a hit and Mollie got around £1,000 for her right bum cheek which now features a tattoo of two kissing chickens. That is dedication.

1. Get Support

A year after her decision to climb Everest, Mollie started the climb and faced one of the most terrifying places on Everest with huge crevasses and teetering ice blocks. Between base camp and camp one there were more than 20 of these adrenaline-pumping obstacles.

Throughout her experience of this fear, Mollie kindled a deep want to keep going and keep experiencing the mountain. Every single day Mollie had to push herself almost to her limit. Having a team made a big impact on Mollie’s ability to keep going. Having someone to support you and uplift you can be huge during an adventure that pushes what you thought you were capable of doing.

1. Master Your Mindset

One of the hardest aspects of climbing Everest was maintaining a positive mindset. From beginning to end, Mollie faced a challenging 60-day climb. When you’re starting out with something that big ahead of you, you can’t help but wonder how you could possibly climb this huge mountain. The only way to do it is to take it one day at a time, Mollie advised.

Throughout several of her expeditions, Mollie realised that you have to be able to separate your emotions from the everyday emotions you’d have at home. While walking past someone who died in your regular life would be very traumatic, on the mountain you have to numb your emotions and keep going because it just happens.

On Mollie’s first summit of Everest, she admitted she was scared every day. The hardest part was summit day climbing in the death zone. At that point, Mollie had to control everything, focus on the climb, and keep breathing.

1. Know Your Ability

After achieving her goal of summiting Everest from both sides, Mollie had learned that as human beings, we can achieve anything if we want it enough.

Everest took everything Mollie had, but with enough effort, Mollie had achieved her goals. She learned that you can really achieve anything you want. All it comes down to is having enough perseverance and determination. Your body can do anything if you want to do it enough.

When you’re in the depths of a real challenge, this can be a game-changing realisation. You can keep going if you want it enough. Draw on that desire and determination to reach your goal.

1. Give Yourself Time

After Mollie’s second summit of Everest, she came back super tired. For two weeks she could hardly wake up without needing another nap. At times when you push your body so hard for so long, you do need that time to recover.

It may feel like your body isn’t working and that’s okay. Listen to your body and take it easy. You deserve this rest time after you’ve worked so hard. Don’t go back to work too soon. Enjoy your accomplishment and recover.

With 6 years spent focusing on Everest, Mollie doesn’t know what’s next. She simply shared, “I don’t have anything else to prove to myself.” While she knows exciting things are ahead, she’s content with her achievement and patiently waits for what comes next.

• Moles…
• Camp America interviews
• Reports written
• Evening plans over in Liverpool
• How Science Got Women Wrong
• Making the effort….
• Inferior By Angela Saini
• 36 pages in…

1) What is Tough Girl Challenges all about?

2) Why did you set up and how did you get in to it?

3) What are some of the best challengers and challenges you have interviewed?

4) Were are you hoping to take Tough Girl Challenges?

5) What’s the best challenge you have completed?

6) If I could grant you an entry place to any challenge in the world what would it be?

7) If you could interview or take on a challenge with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be?

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Show notes

• Productive day - 2 podcasts edited!
• Anna Blackwell will be on the TGP tomorrow
• Jen Bricker - born with no legs- very fascinating story about how she overcame challenges in her life
• New Patrons - Seanna ? 
• Update post in the Tough Girl Tribe
• Comments from the tribe
• £1.53 a month
• Vlog 97 is key!
• Stopping the negative chit chat in my head
• What’s going to happen to Patreon?
• 1st day wanting to get hot and sweaty
• Sorry for the overshare!
• Front squats
• Catching up with Di
• Corporate Sponsorship 2018?
• Study tomorrow.. & Wednesday
• Hope you had an awesome Monday
• Tune in tomorrow for a new podcast episode & vlog!

• All the vlogs for the Appalachian trail have been edited (apart from 99 & 100)
• New vlogs coming out everyday going forward
• Day 99 - no footage….
• Day 100 - Flynn will be editing
• Boston… & France footage…..
• Catching up with the daily podcast
• Needing to get back on it!!!
• Final push to the end of the year
• Changes to the Tough Girl Tribe…
• Limiting the Tough Girl Tribe & closing its doors
• Patrons will be able to join (female patrons only) $2 per month
• Time is precious
• Wanting to get ahead of the curve!!
• Family coming over on the 20th
• My deadline the 19th  - all podcast preloaded, essays written, Camp America interviews reports written…
• Holiday….. 2 week break 27th December…A Proper Break…
• Do I share my holiday on social media or not?
• You have to watch vlog 97!!
• Are you ready for Monday?
• I’m so excited for Monday!!!
• Lots of love!! xx