Faith and Addie on the Identity of Being in Between, Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable, and Not Quitting

03/15/22 • 55 min

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After taking some time off from their first 12 episodes, Addie and Faith are back with a fun but important conversation where you get to know the hosts of The Trail Ahead a little more intimately.

In this episode, Addie and Faith interview one another and re-introduce themselves to old and new listeners alike. They discuss what playing outside means to them and dive deeper into why their work is important to them. They discuss how trail running brought both of them today, how the identity of being in-between shaped Faith’s life, and what ultimately allowed Addie to get comfortable with being uncomfortable in order to have important conversations.

Then, they talk about the process of learning (and unlearning) and why it’s so important to never quit, even if you feel shame, guilt, or embarrassment. Faith also shares how being an extrovert lends itself to her interest in having these difficult conversations. Finally, Addie and Faith ask light-hearted questions that’ll allow you to get to know your hosts on a personal level.

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After taking some time off from their first 12 episodes, Addie and Faith are back with a fun but important conversation where you get to know the hosts of The Trail Ahead a little more intimately.

Ways to get involved with The Trail Ahead:

Donate to our Patreon
Follow Us on Social Media

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Sergio Avila: Science Education, Reimagining Conservation and Jaguars

Sergio Avila is a conservation scientist, educator, and wildlife researcher and tracker based in Tucson, Arizona. He is the first regional Local Outdoors Coordinator for the Sierra Club. He is dedicated to designing and implementing local strategies and projects that increase opportunities for people to connect with nature and ignite their commitment for protecting the planet and to each other. Sergio was born in Mexico City and has over 20 years working on local and regional conservation efforts along the US-Mexico borderlands. He works with species from jaguars to butterflies - in real life. He also loves trail running, gardening and spending time outside. We met up with him to run in the desert and to visit the border wall, it was powerful and transformative, we think this episode is too.

Note: This is an English summary episode of our conversation with Sergio. You can listen to the full conversation in Spanish in the previous episode in the podcast feed.

For more information about Faith, Addie and The Trail Ahead go to https://www.thislanddoc.com/thetrailahead.

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