{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6502ec015032c7001167fc64/69c6ac8c119926ec105ae1ca?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Bushcraft, Belonging and Being Brave: Eva Outram on Daring to Begin","description":"<p>In this episode of&nbsp;SHE Who Dares Wins, Michelle sits back down with&nbsp;Eva&nbsp;– bushcraft instructor, founder of&nbsp;Wilder Horizons CIC, and former contestant on the TV show&nbsp;Alone&nbsp;– to explore what it&nbsp;<em>really</em>&nbsp;looks like to rebuild your life from the ground up.</p><p>From leaving the NHS and traditional employment, to moving into a caravan, to spending three dark winter months training in North Wales with seven other women, Eva shares a raw, honest look at self-employment, simplicity, female friendship and finding community in the outdoors.</p><p>If you’ve ever thought,&nbsp;<em>“I can’t do that”</em>&nbsp;or felt left behind because your path doesn’t look like everyone else’s, this conversation is for you.</p><p><br></p><h2>In This Episode, We Talk About</h2><ul><li>Daring to begin (again)</li><li>Why Eva clung to traditional employment “with her fingernails”</li><li>The crunch point where she realised she was doing a bad job for everyone – and had to choose herself</li><li>What the first year of full-time self-employment has&nbsp;<em>really</em>&nbsp;looked like (peaks, troughs and all)</li><li>Calm over “career safety”</li><li>How leaving the NHS shifted her day-to-day from constant adrenaline to a calmer nervous system</li><li>Why she now values alignment and mental health over job titles, pensions and sick pay</li><li>Caravan life and living small</li><li>Moving from a two-bed flat into a tiny caravan with her partner… just as winter started</li><li>Juggling three part-time jobs, 4 a.m. commutes, and wondering, “What have I done?”</li><li>The unexpected gifts of simple living: fewer bills, more outdoor space and learning what she actually needs</li><li>Stuff, screens and simplifying</li><li>Letting go of storage units, “just in case” boxes and the things she didn’t miss for a whole year</li><li>Swapping infinite Netflix choice for five charity-shop DVDs – and what that taught her about decision fatigue and delayed gratification</li><li>Loneliness, lost friendships and starting again</li><li>The quiet grief of friendships that fade when you step off the traditional life path</li><li>Why it’s so hard to have honest conversations about “what went wrong” in friendships</li><li>Feeling like you’re starting from scratch socially when your values and lifestyle change</li><li>Finding belonging in the outdoors</li><li>Three months in&nbsp;north Wales&nbsp;with the&nbsp;Outward Bound Trust&nbsp;and&nbsp;Berghaus:</li><li>Living in a shared house with seven women</li><li>Long days in the cold and wet, learning navigation, rock skills and paddling</li><li>The deep sense of community that formed from being together 24/7</li><li>How intense shared experiences fast-track genuine connection and trust</li><li>Women-only spaces and why they matter</li><li>Training with female instructors and what changed when there were no men in the group</li><li>The difference in energy, competition and confidence in women-only learning spaces</li><li>Why Eva chose to keep her&nbsp;bushcraft events women-only&nbsp;after hearing participant feedback</li><li>Bushcraft as a doorway to courage</li><li>Watching women come solo to events – sometimes for the&nbsp;<em>first</em>&nbsp;time doing anything just for themselves</li><li>How lighting fires, carving wood and sleeping outside can unlock confidence far beyond the woods</li><li>The ripple effect: course WhatsApp groups, new hiking buddies and women planning their own adventures together</li><li>Safety, responsibility and the outdoor industry</li><li>The tension between qualified outdoor professionals and social-media-led “hike meetups”</li><li>Why qualifications, recces and first aid still matter – even when you “just love hiking”</li><li>Expansion and what’s next for Wilder Horizons</li><li>Eva’s word of the year:&nbsp;Expansion</li><li>Moving from “doing everything myself” to hiring a&nbsp;community and adventure manager</li><li>Her vision for employing and uplifting more women in the outdoor space</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Join Dare club: www.shewhodareswins.com</p>","author_name":"Michelle Hands"}