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Tracking Your Life | Boyd Varty

Good Life Project

Jonathan Fields / Acast

Education, Wellness, Self-improvement, Midlife, Health & Fitness, Intentional Living, Personal Growth, Living Well, How To

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Born into a family of conservationists and trackers in South Africa, Boyd Varty (https://boydvarty.com/) began learning the art of tracking lions at a young age. Not for hunting, but rather as a devotion. And, eventually, as a scout for guides to bring guests into the wilderness in search of seeing animals, most often lions, in a protected environment. Through the process, learning to connect deeply with the land and natural environment, he discovered how to see and follow threads that often took hours, if not days, to lead to a majestic and wild end. But, when it came to his own life, he found himself shut down after trauma, operating on autopilot until a chance encounter with Martha Beck changed everything and opened his eyes to the possibility of using his skills as a tracker to find his way back into a life of meaning, joy and connection. Now, a storyteller, coach, tracker, activist, founder of the Good Work Foundation and the author of The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life (https://amzn.to/2Ov4jnJ), he's on a mission to help others find their own paths to healing, wholeness and wildness or, in his words, to “Track Your Life.”

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My guest today, Woodwardy, was born in South Africa. In two land that was owned for many

1:08.8

generations by his family in the very early days as a place for hunting and in more modern

1:14.3

incarnations as a place of conservation and renewal. He began learning the art of tracking

1:20.4

lions at a very young age, not for hunting, but for as a devotion and also eventually as a scout

1:26.6

for guides to bring guests into the wilderness in search of seeing animals most often lions in

1:31.8

this beautiful protected environment. And through that process, learning to connect deeply with

1:36.7

the land and the natural environment, he discovered how to see and follow threads that often took hours

1:41.9

if not days to lead to their majestic and wild. But when it came to his own life, he found himself

1:49.0

deeply shut down after trauma, operating on autopilot until a chance encounter with a sort of world

1:56.6

acclaimed coach changed everything and opened his eyes to the possibility of using his skills as a

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