Every woman harbors the spirit of flight. We talk about it, one story at a time. Our guests include superstar athletes, world champions, aviators, gritty moms, and women who can't be ignored. Join us each week and connect with women who dare to pursue their dreams and fly.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 days 11 hours 29 minutes
030 How a Game Plan and Debrief Can Change Your Leadership Success with Linda Lindquist-Bishop - World Championship Sailboat Racer
What will it take to raise more women into leadership positions? How can men and women show up as allies to create meaningful and lasting change?
In this episode, Sylvia is joined by Linda Lindquist-Bishop to discuss how we can set up the women of today to be successful in leadership positions, what it means to choose love over fear in our relationships and in our lives, why racing sailboats is the best leadership development strategy, and much more...
031 The Untold Secret To Spirituality and Flight with Ashaba Faridah - Ugandan Pilot and Innovator
How can we take action and make a difference in our communities? What would it look like to live in integrity with our deepest spiritual beliefs?
In this episode, Sylvia is joined by Ashaba Faridah to discuss interweaving our personal and spiritual lives, finding ways to give back and be of service, what flying can teach us about life, and much more.
Ashaba Faridah grew up on the outskirts of Kampala city, Uganda...
032 Dare to Fly with Jessica Cox: Defying Limitations as an Armless Pilot and Black Belt in Taekwondo
How can we break through our perceived limitations and pursue our ambitions and dreams? How do we manage the assumptions that others project onto us?
Being born without arms has not deterred Jessica Cox from being an ambitious dream chaser. In this episode, Sylvia is joined by Jessica to discuss the remarkable life she's created for herself as a pilot, martial artist, athlete, and keynote speaker...
033 The Unfinished Business of Gender Equality with Tara Geraghty-Moats - World Champion in Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping
What institutional barriers are (still!) holding back world-class female athletes, and what can we do about it?
In this episode, Sylvia is joined by Tara Geraghty-Moats, the Nordic combined women’s World Cup champion in 2021, the first season females were granted a World Cup. The sport, which pairs up ski jumping with a pursuit-start skate ski race, was an original men's event in the first 1924 Winter Olympic program...
034 A Call to the Mountains and Other Reasons to Fly with Sarah Halas - Ski Guide and Alpine Flight Instructor
How can we stay true to ourselves when the neat boxes society organizes us in are stifling? What are dreams and passions if not our guide and confidant? What are the costs and the rewards of a passion-driven life?
In today's episode, Sylvia talks to Sarah Halas, flight instructor and mountain guide from Truckee, California. Sarah shares her story of finding flying amongst other pursuits that would bring her deeper into mountains...
035 Skyward and Uncut Wings: Female Icons of Freedom, Strength, and Resolve with Serinity Young
Let's take a deeper look at women who fly, modern feminism, and how adventurous women are stitched into a narrative about freedom and control ranging widely through myth, religion, and iconography - this story of 'sky-going females'.
In this episode, Sylvia talks to Serinity Young PhD about her astonishing study into women and flight chronicled in the 2018 book, Women Who Fly: Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, and other Airborne Females...
036 Barefoot Flying Mom with Marissa Colclasure
How can we break away from the traditional confines of motherhood and integrate our passions with our family life? What can flying teach us and our kids about navigating the twists and turns of this wild life?
Marissa Colclasure helps to redefine what we think of as the “typical” mom. A single mother of three, Marissa has found a way to integrate her love for flight and adventure with her work and family responsibilities...
037 Unconventional and Unapologetic with Liz Booker - Literary Aviatrix, YA Writer, and Retired USCG Pilot
Books, writing and the Literary Aviatrix. Today’s guest, Liz Booker, a consummate leader, shares what drives her dedication to amplifying the voices of women in aviation and her ingenuity. With just a GED, she worked herself up the ranks from a non-rate enlistee in the US Coast Guard to lieutenant commander, and eventually attended Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government...
038 Transforming Fear into Abnormal Attitudes in Aerobatics with Cecilia Aragon
I dare you to not be inspired by what Dr. Cecilia Rodriguez Aragon has done with her life. In today’s episode Cecilia shares her story of moving through fear, learning to fly and dismantling the perceived limitations that gripped her imagination. For little girls and women aspiring to achieve great things, it’s the story of overcoming incredible barriers and achieving your dreams...
039 Introducing the Summer Series
Flying into the wind is a tried-and-true way to get off the ground more quickly. But, there are times when taking off is just not a good idea: the crosswinds are too strong for you or the aircraft’s limitation, the runway too short, the visibility too poor, the load to heavy, or the density altitude too high. And these are times we calculate the risks and ultimately decide it could be better, wiser to stay grounded and watch the weather pass...