{"id":597,"date":"2017-03-08T05:41:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T05:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wildideasworthliving.com\/?p=597"},"modified":"2020-03-18T13:26:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T20:26:49","slug":"caroline-paul-how-to-cultivate-bravery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wild-ideas-worth-living\/caroline-paul-how-to-cultivate-bravery","title":{"rendered":"Caroline Paul &#8211; How to Cultivate Bravery"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p>Caroline Paul\u2019s Wild Idea: To overcome fear, cultivate bravery, and encourage others to live with more adventure.<\/p>\n<p>Caroline Paul is the New York Times best-selling author of four books, including Fighting Fire, a memoir about being a San Francisco firefighter; the illustrated Lost Cat, A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology; East Wind, Rain; and The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure. She\u2019s competed alongside Olympians as a luger, swam for dead bodies in the San Francisco Bay, made first ascents down Class V rapids, surfed giant Ocean Beach waves, attempted a Guinness Record (in high school), and even walked across the Golden Gate Bridge. She just presented @TedWomen, and is a highly entertaining and empowering story-teller.<\/p>\n<h2>Listen to this Episode if:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You want to cultivate bravery.<\/li>\n<li>You want to overcome fear or look at it from a new perspective.<\/li>\n<li>You want to become a firefighter, writer, or just live with more adventure.<\/li>\n<li>You want to listen to an amazing story-teller and one badass woman.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>03:20 &#8211; Caroline\u2019s path to writing<\/li>\n<li>06:00 &#8211; Caroline\u2019s path to firefighting<\/li>\n<li>09:45 &#8211; The lesson that life is short<\/li>\n<li>11:35 &#8211; Caroline\u2019s unique winter sport, luging and some wipeouts<\/li>\n<li>17:30 &#8211; Inspiration for the book The Gutsy Girl<\/li>\n<li>21:35 &#8211; Analyzing fear, after experiencing a life-threatening fire<\/li>\n<li>25:35 &#8211; Climbing the Golden Gate Bridge, and having friends that inspire adventure<\/li>\n<li>27:30 &#8211; First descents rafting down white water rapids<\/li>\n<li>31:15 &#8211; Flying experimental planes, aka the motorized hang glider<\/li>\n<li>33:10 &#8211; Caroline\u2019s books<\/li>\n<li>36:25 &#8211; Post firefighting career and depression<\/li>\n<li>39:40 &#8211; Having a very famous twin sister<\/li>\n<li>42:30 &#8211; Caroline\u2019s advice to her 15-year-old self: Do more yoga<\/li>\n<li>43:35 &#8211; Why Caroline prefers routine and schedule.<\/li>\n<li>45:55 &#8211; Recommended book \u2014 The Stars by H.A. Rey and why it\u2019s so important now.<\/li>\n<li>48:25 &#8211; Caroline\u2019s message to the world: Climate change is happening. We don\u2019t have time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tCaroline Paul\u2019s Wild Idea: To overcome fear, cultivate bravery, and encourage others to live with more adventure.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":136606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1992,1993,1727],"tags":[],"internal-tag":[],"class_list":["post-597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-season-1","category-podcast","category-wild-ideas-worth-living"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wild-ideas-worth-living\/caroline-paul-how-to-cultivate-bravery","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Caroline Paul &#8211; How to Cultivate Bravery","url":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wild-ideas-worth-living\/caroline-paul-how-to-cultivate-bravery","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wild-ideas-worth-living\/caroline-paul-how-to-cultivate-bravery"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/wiwlheader.jpg?resize=150%2C150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/wiwlheader.jpg?fit=2000%2C1000"},"articleSection":"2017 Shows","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chelsea Davis"}],"creator":["Chelsea Davis"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Uncommon Path \u2013 An REI Co-op Publication","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2017-03-08T05:41:00Z","datePublished":"2017-03-08T05:41:00Z","dateModified":"2020-03-18T20:26:49Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Caroline Paul &#8211; How to Cultivate Bravery\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/wild-ideas-worth-living\\\/caroline-paul-how-to-cultivate-bravery\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/wild-ideas-worth-living\\\/caroline-paul-how-to-cultivate-bravery\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/wiwlheader.jpg?resize=150%2C150\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/wiwlheader.jpg?fit=2000%2C1000\"},\"articleSection\":\"2017 Shows\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Davis\"}],\"creator\":[\"Chelsea Davis\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Uncommon Path \\u2013 An REI Co-op Publication\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2017-03-08T05:41:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-08T05:41:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-18T20:26:49Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/rei.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/wiwlheader.jpg?fit=2000%2C1000","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136662,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions\/136662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597"},{"taxonomy":"internal-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-tag?post=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}