blissful hiker ❤︎ inspiring you to hike your own hike
Long-distance solo hiker Alison Young knows hard-core backpacking as few people do. With footprints on six continents and memories from trails like Te Araroa and the Pacific Crest, she is a member of a very small and prestigious group.
In a series of personal essays coupled with found sound and her own flute playing, this podcast explores her journey of self-discovery as a middle-aged woman, sharing the sometimes unglamorous but vital truth about empowerment, inspiring others to blaze their own trails in this journey we call life.
blissful hiker ❤︎ inspiring you to hike your own hike
Breast Cancer Trail: Bye, Bye Boobs
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alison young
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Season 5
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Episode 129
Blissful begins her cancer journey looking back at her life as a woman.
- Blissful spends the days before a bilateral mastectomy gathering together a team of supportive women who have been through the procedure.
- She also walks, hikes, bikes, swims, kayaks all in an effort to calm herself – or running away from panic.
- In looking forward to being flat-chested and "ultra-light", Blissful reminisces on becoming a woman from "sprouts" to a "mean girl" to a middle-aged woman saving her own life.
MUSIC: Suite by Ernst Krenek and Introduccion y Allegro by Carlos Guastavino as played by Alison Young, flute
