Sparta Chicks Radio: Mindset | Confidence | Sport | Women

Leadership expert and outdoor adventurer, Ingrid Messner, joins me on Sparta Chicks Radio this week.An avid hiker, she has travelled to over 50 countries and most recently hiked Australia’s 10 highest peaks, carrying about 18kg of gear and equipment, over the space of a week.She’s come along way from the story she shares in this episode of twice having to learn to walk again. The first time after a hiking accident in 2017 (which took 11 months of recovery) and the second after contracting a viral infection in 2019.In this conversation, we discuss:* the hiking accident that resulted in needing to learn to walk again (for the first time),* the importance of being patient and persistent during your recovery from injury, especially when you don’t have a timeline for recovery (and why she outsourced her patience),* why you need to be careful about who you get advice from (ie, experts or people who have the same experience), * why she says walked (pun intended) out of the experience physically and mentally better a