Silencing the Critics
Out There
Willow Belden
4.6 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Demetria Lynn always wanted to be a scientist. But growing up, no one believed in her. The negative feedback was so overpowering that she stopped believing in herself.
In this episode, we follow Demetria from her elementary school classroom to a geology field trip in the desert, and explore what it took to rekindle faith in herself.
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| 0:00.0 | Hub and spoke. |
| 0:03.3 | Audio collective. |
| 0:07.4 | Have you ever had an experience where you're out in the back country and you see a mountain off in the distance and you want to know what it is? |
| 0:15.6 | This happens to me a lot. I love knowing what I'm looking at. |
| 0:20.5 | If you do too, you might enjoy an app called |
| 0:23.7 | PeakVisor. PeakVisor is our presenting sponsor this season. When you use their app, it shows you |
| 0:30.4 | a panorama of everything you're looking at with all the mountains labeled. If you'd like to be a |
| 0:36.7 | superhero of outdoor navigation, check out PeakVisor in the app store. |
| 0:41.8 | You just might love it. |
| 0:48.8 | Hi, I'm Willow Belden and you're listening to Out There, the podcast that explores big questions through intimate stories outdoors. |
| 0:59.3 | This season is all about silence. |
| 1:03.3 | Each episode, we're exploring how we find stillness amidst the noise. |
| 1:08.9 | This episode is about silencing the critics. |
| 1:20.9 | We've all had to deal with criticism in our life. |
| 1:24.3 | But what if that was all you heard ever since childhood? |
| 1:30.4 | What if the criticism was so persistent, |
| 1:36.6 | so loud, that it kept you from doing the things you really loved? Could you bounce back from that? |
| 1:46.2 | Victoria Marin has the story. When I was a kid, I followed my big sister, Dmitri, around everywhere, and wanted to be just like her. |
| 1:53.9 | She was 12 years older than me, and some of my earliest memories are about how much she loved Prince and the Brat Pack. |
| 2:00.3 | So naturally, I told everyone in kindergarten that my favorite movies were Purple Rain and The Breakfast Club. Dmitri is also one of the smartest people I've ever known. She understands complicated math and science concepts, and she can easily talk about a million different subjects at length. But for as long as I can remember, she struggled to create a meaningful life for herself. |
| 2:22.7 | One thing has always been true. |
| 2:25.1 | Dmitria has always had a passion for science. |
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