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The Going Scared Podcast with Jessica Honegger

Emily and Erik Orton, Going Scared (on a boat for a year!)

The Going Scared Podcast with Jessica Honegger

Jessica Honegger

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Business, Careers

5.01.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Emily and Erik Orton were in a rut. After a series of professional and personal failures, they felt like they needed to resuscitate their life. So, they did what any parents of 5 children would do - went sailing, FOR A YEAR!

Today, Emily and Erik share with Jessica their epic voyage of living at sea. And they'll reveal how the journey of staying alive taught them more than just survival skills - it taught them how to live again.

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, welcome back to the Going Scared Podcast.

0:03.2

This is your host Jessica Honeger, founder of the Social Impact Fashion Brand

0:07.3

Noon Day collection.

0:09.0

Join me here every week for conversations on living lives of purpose by leaving comfort and going scared.

0:17.0

If you listen to this episode this week in November, hop on over to Instagram because I am on a epic road trip.

0:25.0

I'm starting off in Boston and then I'm headed to New York and then DC,

0:30.0

Greenville, Charleston, Savannah, and Atlanta,

0:35.5

and I am gathering with women every day

0:39.3

to story tell and style and gather and use our purchasing power for good on behalf of New Day collection.

0:49.0

So hop on over to Instagram, follow along and also if you live in any of those areas let me know because

0:55.8

I would love to invite you to one of my gatherings. The best way to get in touch

0:59.8

with me is Instagram Jessica Honegger 2G's 1N. All right today's episode I am sent books a lot by

1:09.7

publishers because I have a podcast and this book caught my eye.

1:15.0

It's called Seven at Sea.

1:17.2

Why a New York City family cast off convention

1:20.8

for a life-changing year on a sailboat.

1:25.0

That's right.

1:26.4

Eric and Emily Orton decided to sail with their five children,

1:32.3

one of whom has Down syndrome.

1:35.0

For several months, they lived on a boat, they did school on a boat, and this is about the time when I was about to go live in the airstream.

1:45.8

So I thought, you know what?

1:47.6

I want to talk to Eric and Emily and hear about this.

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