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I'm Gail Stub and you're listening to She Explores.

Hiking 100% has ruined my life, but in the best way possible.

Everything that I thought that I wanted,

everything that I had gone to school for

and worked towards and told that that was what I was supposed to do with my life.

I was fully on track to do that. And then in comes hiking and it's just like,

nope, it's not for you, okay,

guess we're going here now.

But my life is, I'm so grateful for it.

I just have become intentional with how I live in and have been able

to become more present in so many aspects of it that I don't think I would have been able to before.

This is Victoria Amico, who goes by plus size outdoors on social media.

And this transformation transformation this ongoing

journey to take up space in her own life. It's what we're going to talk about today.

I'm kind of a photographer, hiker, backpacker, hippie want to be.

I'm trying to live life the best I can.

I love that hippie wannabe. So how would you describe yourself before you started hiking?

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