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I'm Gail Straub and you're listening to She Explorers.

You focus on the what ifs, you're almost manifesting the thing that you're most worried about.

But if you focus on the what is, you're manifesting the good of what's occurring at that

present moment.

So yeah, that's what I try and do. Focusing on what is has helped Charlene Jones in ways she never would have expected,

especially last month hiking Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the continental U.S.

Charlene won't let fear paralyze her. the highest mountain in the continental US.

Charlene won't let fear paralyze her.

Instead, it propels her into motion.

Charlene has an adventurous spirit.

She's an expat and a single mom.

She was living in Oakland, California before she moved her teen daughters to London for a work opportunity

that involves travel to Europe, parts of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.

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