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Episode: Justin Barbour: Leaning Into Adversity to Find Meaning, Fulfilment & Resilience
Description: Comments or feedback? Send us a text! While frequently unpleasant in the short-term, adversity often contains our best opportunities for personal growth. Newfoundland adventurer, videographer, teacher and author Justin Barbour shares the perspectives he has gained from a number of month to nearly three-month solo expeditions by canoe, kayak, and/or on foot in the rugged wilderness of Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. We discuss the balance between documenting his expeditions vs. remaining present in the moment, navigating uncertainty under high stakes situations, coming back from "unforced errors", the confidence that can be derived from navigating adversity, the impact o...