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She Explores

After the Wildfire: Melissa Geissinger

She Explores

Gale Straub

Road Trips, Sports, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Society & Culture, Creativity, Wilderness, Hiking, Places & Travel, Outdoor Women, Camping, Outdoors

4.6914 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Melissa Geissinger lost her house in the Tubbs fire in October 2017. Two months later, she had her son Apollo, and life changed forever once again.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode of She Explorers is brought to you by Merrill.

0:03.0

Merrill exists to give you all you need to discover the simple yet profound power of the trail.

0:08.0

They believe the trail is for everybody and everybody.

0:11.0

Merrill's goal is to provide thoughtfully designed

0:13.7

rigorously tested products that over deliver on performance,

0:16.7

versatility, and durability. Because when you've got air in your lungs and

0:20.7

good shoes on your feet, you've got everything you need.

0:24.0

Stay tuned for later in the episode.

0:26.0

We'll talk with Laura Hughes, host of our sister podcast, Women on the Road,

0:30.0

about how she takes a break with hiking.

0:32.0

Learn more at Merrill.com. about how she takes a break with hiking.

0:33.0

Learn more at Merrill.com.

0:38.0

Quick heads up for this episode.

0:40.0

There's some talk of PTSD due to a natural disaster and medical issues.

0:45.0

On with the show.

0:48.0

I'm Gail Strob and you're listening to she explores.

0:57.0

The old me

1:07.0

would always introduce herself first by what she did for a living. Like, hi, I'm a, I'm an entrepreneur.

1:11.0

I'm a web designer. That's not really the case anymore.

1:22.1

The new me I think is a super strong confident resilient. strong, confident, resilient, badass mother.

1:38.0

Who still doesn't have all the answers. I define myself mostly now by I think what

1:50.2

I've been through and I think it humanizes me more. I don't know I used to I

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