8 Miles in NYC
Out There
Willow Belden
4.6 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
When Kelsie Wilkins moved to New York City, she quickly became overwhelmed. She was surrounded by more people than she had ever been around in her life, yet she felt an acute sense of isolation. She had never felt so alone in a crowd.
But eventually she did something that helped her belong. It began with a walk, and ended with a sense of connection.
On this episode, Kelsie shares her story.
If you enjoy this story, check out the episode "Before It's Too Late."
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| 1:05.4 | Hi, I'm Willow Belden and you're listening to Out There, the podcast that explores big questions through intimate stories outdoors. |
| 1:16.9 | Today's episode is about what happens when you're suddenly thrust into a new environment. |
| 1:23.5 | A new environment that's intense and overwhelming. |
| 1:27.4 | An environment that makes intense and overwhelming. |
| 1:32.8 | An environment that makes you feel lost, alone, insignificant. |
| 1:37.8 | I think a lot of us have felt this at one point or another. |
| 1:43.2 | Leaving behind your home and moving to a new place can be a humbling experience. So how do you navigate that? |
| 1:48.0 | How do you feel seen? |
| 1:50.0 | How do you start to belong? |
| 1:53.0 | For Kelsey Wilkins, the key to landing on her feet in her new home, |
| 2:00.0 | turned out to be quite unexpected. It wasn't about |
| 2:04.1 | going out for drinks with coworkers or signing up for a pottery class or joining a book club. |
| 2:10.9 | No, for Kelsey, learning to belong was something that happened out in the streets, and it happened kind of by accident. I'll let |
| 2:21.3 | Kelsey take it from here. Moving to New York City was undoubtedly the most challenging thing I've |
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