Shanti Hodges is on a mission to build communities that connect people to nature.

It's why she founded Hike It Baby, an organization that helps hundreds of thousands of families go hiking together.

If you've been a long time listener to this show, you might remember Shanti from season one,

where we talked about what it takes to start a movement like Hike it Baby.

This time around, a lot has changed for Shanti.

Her family is picked up and moved to Southern Utah, where they're facing new opportunities

and challenges, and she started some new projects.

I'm Shelby Stanger and this is wild ideas worth living.

encouraging families to get outside has been a big part of Shanti's goal, and it's working. Hike-at-Babie is currently active in over 300 cities in the US and

members are going on over 1,000 hikes every single month. The hikes are usually

under five miles and they're suitable for anybody whether you're a little

one or an adult. Before we dive into hearing more about how Hyckett baby has grown

over the past couple years I wanted to talk to shanty about how she's grown as a parent and how motherhood has impacted

her life.

If you're a parent and you like the outdoors, you're probably going to relate to this episode. Can you talk to me a little bit about becoming a mom?

Yeah, I mean for me it was quite a wild adventure because I wasn't really planning on being a parent and I

ended up having a child at like 41 so it was quite late and you know I had

traveled the world and surfed everywhere and snowboarded everywhere and you know I had traveled the world and surfed everywhere and snowboarded everywhere and you know just had this sort of crazy

alternative lifestyle and then all of a sudden I was like whoa okay I'm going into momhood so that was a really big

thing and it was quite scary you know because I was like I don't know how to do this. I didn't hang out with people with kids.

So when you first had Mason you talked a little bit about how there was some loneliness when you became a mom and that's something that a lot of people don't expect

Yeah, I mean the big thing for me was I had a lot of friends who didn't have kids and so suddenly I noticed they all kind of disappeared like I had all these friends and then they came you know when he was first born and then they're like okay we're going out now and so I had to like kind of

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