Embracing Nature, Adventure, and Resilience with Jo Giese
Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser
Dr. Ron Kaiser
5.0 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser, Jo Giese, an award-winning journalist, author, and passionate hiker, joins Dr. Ron to discuss her lifelong love of nature and hiking as well as her inspiring journey overcoming a life-altering injury. Jo shares captivating stories from her adventures, including hiking to breathtaking waterfalls and her recovery from a severe Achilles injury that left her defying the odds to walk and hike again. Her upcoming book, Keep Chasing Waterfalls, weaves together these experiences with profound reflections on resilience and the healing power of nature. Jo also talks about her best-selling book Never Sit If You Can Dance, which celebrates life’s joyous moments and the wisdom of her mother.
In her discussion with Dr. Ron, she offers practical advice for beginner hikers, emphasizing the importance of preparation, safety, and not hiking alone. With her vibrant spirit and zest for life, Jo reminds us of the rejuvenating power of nature and the importance of surrounding ourselves with positive, supportive people.
Tune in to hear Jo’s incredible story of grit, adventure, and the unwavering determination to keep moving forward, no matter the challenges. Whether it’s hiking up mountains or embracing life's everyday joys, Jo’s philosophy encourages us all to embrace adventure, live fully, and continue to defy the odds, regardless of age or obstacles.
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| 0:00.0 | And I would take, and I would almost always go by myself because there weren't many other children my age in the neighborhood. |
| 0:09.0 | And I would take a couple pumps on the swing and then I would |
| 0:14.4 | wander up this path with a really soft bark of floor there and into the old growth forest. |
| 0:22.4 | And I loved it. It was totally my happy play. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser. This is a podcast designed to help you lead your life enthusiastically, today, tomorrow, and every other day. |
| 0:41.0 | I am your host, Ron Kaiser, positive health psychologist and coach, also keynote |
| 0:47.1 | and tenet speaker and author of the triple award winning book Rejuvenaging the |
| 0:52.1 | art and science of growing older with enthusiasm. |
| 0:56.0 | As listeners to the podcast know, my goal is to always bring interesting and |
| 1:00.6 | formative guests who lead their own lives with enthusiasm and have different ways in which they can help us to become better versions of ourselves. |
| 1:11.0 | And as listeners to the podcast know that some of the things that I've been advocating for are being out in nature as really being positive for mental health and being active, which can mean formal exercise or other ways of keeping moving. |
| 1:31.0 | So it is with great pleasure then that I bring you today's guest, |
| 1:37.0 | Joe Geezy, who is the author of several books. She's been an award-winning radio journalist, a teacher, |
| 1:47.4 | community activist, and former TV reporter. She has a best selling book, Never Sit if you can dance, and a new one coming |
| 2:00.0 | out that she's going to be telling us about. But let me first of all, welcome you, Joe. It's a pleasure to have you on the |
| 2:07.9 | rejuvenating with Dr. Rahn Kaiser Podcasts. Thank you, Ron, and I must say I love the title of your book. |
| 2:16.4 | And I was so taken by it that I decided that that's going to be my Christmas present to several |
| 2:21.8 | people. So there we go win-win. |
| 2:24.0 | It's good to hear and really appreciate the plug although we're here to talk about you. So let me there's so many things we can talk about |
| 2:36.7 | when it comes to you in a limited amount of time, but there's a couple of things I'd like to get in early. I mentioned the notion of being out in nature and that you move a lot. |
| 2:52.0 | You hike, you've been a world traveler, stuff like that. How did you get into hiking in nature? |
| 3:01.0 | Well, that's a real good question and that's actually the prologue to my next book. |
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