You're listening to the Gold Digger podcast, episode number 311.

Bethany Hamilton survived a Tiger Shark Attack at 13 years old and was back on her surfboard

four weeks later.

She went on to inspire the world with her courage, dedication, athleticism, and fearlessness,

and that's the unforgettable story we already know about Bethany Hamilton.

But there's more about Bethany that you don't know yet.

In her new movie Unstoppable, Bethany continued her story with chapters and seasons that left

me completely in awe of everything she's pursued and accomplished.

I felt hyper aware going into this interview with Bethany.

I had heard so many of the same questions asked over and over again.

Reporters wanting to dig into the sensational story of the young teenage girl who survived

a shark attack and how she overcame it all.

I mean, I remember hearing the story as a kid.

Bethany and I are nearly the same age.

What I want to know now is how that story intertwined with the woman Bethany Hamilton is today.

What is her relationship with fear?

How does she redirect moments of comparison and what if?

What is her world like now as a mom and an athlete?

Where is her identity coming from?

I am humbled and honored and so dang excited to welcome this amazing, gracious, beautiful

woman, a dream guest for so many reasons.

Here she is, Bethany Hamilton.

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