The Wild Woman Podcast with Becca Ploener
Welcome to the wild woman podcast, on this podcast I bring to surface the conversations we have in private about the outdoor community. My hope is that by sharing these challenging topics, I can break the ice, promote positive change, and empower people to be more informed, aware, and intentional with their actions. I’m an adventure life coach, and whitewater kayak instructor based out of Asheville, NC. I specialize in empowering outdoor athletes and enthusiasts to overcome the mental side of adventure so that they can feel safe, secure and satisfied with their adventures and their life. Check out my website www.wildwomanbecca.com for more on what I do.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 111
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
E50: Southeastern Seasons of Paddling and Boat Styles
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This episode is about the different seasons and how that affects our paddling and our paddling lifestyles. I also talked about the different st…
E49: Are Booty Beers Actually Effective at Preventing Swims?
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Have you ever drank a beer out of your shoe? This is essentially what the river community calls a Booty Beer and it's purpose is to prevent fut…
E48: Listen to this when you can't find anyone to adventure with!
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Have you ever had the ability to go out and adventure, but couldn't find the people to do it with so you didn't get to go? That's where I'm at …
E47: How to Adventure WITH Your Menstrual Cycle instead of AGAINST it.
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Have you ever wondered if your menstrual cycle affects your athletic/adventure performance? Well I'm here to tell you it DOES. On today's episo…
E46: You aren't late and you don't need to rush!
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We’re all busy, but what if I told you there was a way to get everything done, probably faster and more efficiently WITHOUT feeling rushe…
E45: 30 Unwritten Social Rules in the Outdoor Community
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Have you ever done something outside and then realized that it was far from the norm? Do you sometimes miss social cues? Do you wish ther…
E44: Using Self Embrace to Improve Your Strength and Prevent Injuries
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Today's episode is all about giving yourself love, kindness and compassion through self embrace. Self Embrace is intentionally touching yourself and …
E43: The Secret to Satisfaction as an Outdoor Enthusiast: Becca's 4 Step Process
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Are you constantly trying to improve, but never feeling satisfied? Do you feel self conscious, afraid, embarrassed, intimidated, maybe even ash…
E42: What Are You Trying to Prove? With Lauren Bond
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Lauren Bond is a transformational canoe guide and owner of The River’s Path. She has offered women’s rites of passage canoe journeys for a decade and part…
E41: 4 Ways to Get Started with Whitewater Kayaking
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Are you interested in learning to whitewater kayak?? In today's episode, I share 4 ways to get started! I discuss emotional and physical safety, efficiency, a…
E40: 25 Ways to Build Your Outdoor Community (mostly free!!)
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Do you want to expand your social circle? Are you looking for friends or adventure partners? Don't know how to make friends as an adult? You're in exactly the…
E39: Mindset Series Pt 4: Is your relationship status affecting your outdoor mindset?
Valentines Day Special! Are you curious how your relationship status could be affecting your outdoor sports? Maybe you're single and actively mingling... maybe you're in a long term relationship and …
E38: Mindset Series Pt 3: Are you really a burden? Maybe... here's what to do regardless.
Have you ever felt like a burden while participating in an outdoor sport? Maybe when you swam and your crew had to pick up the pieces or when you took a few breaks on the climbing wall? On todays epi…
E38: Mindset Series Pt2: How to Take Up Space (and feel good about it)in the Climbing Gym
Do you ever get talked over, cut in line while climbing, or feel like you just don't fit in? In today's episode I talk about why it's important to take up space, how it can impact your climbing, and …
E37: Mindset Series Pt 1: How "I'm not enough" May Be Affecting Your Outdoor Skills and How to Fix It!
Do you ever feel like you're not enough? Good enough, skilled enough, strong enough, extroverted enough, etc? In today's episode, I go over what scarcity mindset is and how it could be affecting even…
E36: Staying Sane While Chasing Rain as a Southeast Paddler
This episode is all about the emotional and social challenges that come along with chasing rain in the southeast. Becca shares her three main challenges with making plans and boating in floods as wel…
E35: Adventure Inheritance: How My Mom Influenced my Adventures with Martha Ploener
Schedule a session with Becca ---- Martha Ploener is a mother to 3 adventurous kiddos and wife to Randy Ploener. She’s been an ER and radiology nurse for over 30 years and has done her o…
E34: Imposter Syndrome as an Intermediate Paddler with My Sister Sarah Ploener
Schedule a session with Becca ---- Sarah Ploener is my “favorite” (and only… lol she wrote this) sister and has been paddling for 4 years - 3 of which she guided on the Lehigh River in PA.…
E33 WTF is a Boof? Secret Language of Whitewater with nonpaddler, Caroline Elizabeth
Schedule a session with Becca ---- Caroline is a certified life & health coach who specializes in supporting introverted entrepreneurs. Through her personalized process, she helps clients cr…
E32: Expedition Planning with Pro Packer, Abby Taylor
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Abby was born in Northeast Georgia to displaced Northerners in a backwater town called Toccoa, and has since moved across the country, worked in 8 states, a…