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In the final episode of the AudaciousNess podcast, Helen and Maribel talk about the conception and growth of the podcast and its transformation into the book. Following two years of interviewing 40 amazingly audacious guests, we’ve managed to collate the experiences and wisdom they shared with us into ten common threads that audacious people live by. These threads became the titles of the book chapters:

1. Triggers | 2. Following our Calling | 3. Mindset | 4. The Inner Critic | 5. Outer Critics | 6. Challenges | 7. Role Models | 8. Values | 9. Advice | 10. Solid Grounding

Using these chapter headings as prompts, we discuss our two-year AudaciousNess journey from the podcast to the book and reveal what’s next in the AudaciousNess story.

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Thank you for following us on the AudaciousNess journey for the past two years. We look forward to continuing walking this path with you in 2023!

In our penultimate episode of the AudaciousNess podcast, Maribel interviews Helen about the audacious things she’s done in her life so far. Helen talks about:


growing up in the north of England, living in Germany for 20 years, and returning to the UK to finally settle on a remote island in northwest Scotland
the extreme highs and lows she used to experience and how she’s now managed to stabilise them in a life of ‘semi-high’ contentment
her encounter with God after being a non-believer for most of her life, and how that has helped her reach a place of calmness and serenity
how letting yourself be directed from a higher place means your goals will be much more audacious than what the ego could ever come up with
how the mind and the ego are useful tools for getting stuff done and achieving our goals, but that they should be the servant, not the master

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Music: Pablito's Way by Paolo Pavan

As we near the end of the second and final season of the AudaciousNess podcast, we take the opportunity to interview each other about our own audacious goals, and the bold and daring choices we’ve made in our own lives. In this episode, Helen interviews Maribel, who talks about:


the first 23 years of her life in the Dominican Republic and her moves to Chile, Switzerland and finally Germany
her search for adventure and how she feels now that she’s living a passionate and exciting life
how she deals with the highs and lows and how she comforts her inner critic during the low points
the strategies she has developed for dealing with people who criticise her choices
asking yourself: if you don’t already lead an audacious life, what is it that’s keeping you from doing that?

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Music: Pablito's Way by Paolo Pavan

Kenneth Mackay campaigned tirelessly throughout the 1970s and 1980s to have a paved road built to his remote village of Rhenigidale on the island of Harris off the northwest coast of Scotland. After a long and arduous struggle involving many conflicting voices, the road was finally opened in 1990 and the future of Kenneth’s village was secured. In this interview with our oldest ever guest on the podcast, 87-year-old Kenneth talks about: 


what drove him to fight so hard for so long for the road into his remote village 
how instrumental the village women were in encouraging Kenneth never to give up 
the resistance he faced in his quest to keep his village connected to the outside world 
why it’s important to halt the abandonment of remote places and secure their future 
the importance of getting help and support when undertaking such audacious work 

Kenneth documented his struggle to get the road built in a book, published in 2016, Rhenigidale: A Community’s Fight for Survival 

NOTE: As a background to this episode, we’d recommend taking a quick look at this short blog post that Helen wrote earlier this year, as it contains photos and maps that show the location of Rhenigidale and what the area looks like. 

And this is the blog post mentioned in this episode about the island of St Kilda that was evacuated in 1930. 

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Music: Pablito's Way by Paolo Pavan

Dalia Feldheim has spent a large part of her career marketing feminine hygiene products for companies such as Procter and Gamble, and has achieved international recognition for her bold advertising campaigns. Having worked all over the world, Dalia is now based in Israel, where she runs her own consultancy, Uppiness, which helps people identify their purpose in life and how to achieve it. In this interview, Dalia talks about: 


the connection between femcare products and women’s empowerment
her 5Ps of happiness: Purpose, Perspective, Power Up, People, Positivity 
how recognising our pains can lead us to uncovering our passions
how ‘failing’ leads to the development of resilience and a growth mindset
how focusing on our strengths helps to deal with ‘impostor syndrome’ 
how to recognise and overcome our fears and limiting beliefs

Dalia’s book, Dare to Lead Like a Girl, was published in 2022. 

This is the link to Dalia’s TED Talk that she mentioned in this episode. 

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Music: Pablito's Way by Paolo Pavan

Terry Tucker is a motivational speaker based in Denver, Colorado. His life and career path has taken him from playing basketball to working in the corporate world to being a SWAT Team Hostage Negotiator. For the past 10 years, Terry has been battling a rare form of cancer which led to his leg being amputated. In this interview, Terry shares with us: 


how we are all born uncommon and extraordinary, with unique gifts and talents 
why we need to take personal responsibility for our lives and stop blaming others
how to learn from our failures and to achieve success by not giving up
how to deal with the bad days and use them to strengthen our resilience
how death is nothing to fear as long as we are living our purpose 
how his faith, his family and his friends are the cornerstone of his life 

Terry’s book, Sustainable Excellence: Ten Principles To Leading Your Uncommon And Extraordinary Life, was published in 2020. 

Terry can be contacted via his website at www.motivationalcheck.com

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Music: Pablito's Way by Paolo Pavan