Tough Girl Podcast

After leaving her entire life behind to escape an abusive relationship, Jillian found herself living in a tent in the woods.    Confused, depressed and feeling a lack of control over emotions and herself, she learned of her diagnosis of PTSD.    Refusing medication, she shifted PTSD to fuel her drive to connecting back to fitness, health, nature, adventure and herself.    She is now particularly known for her niche of integrating her imagery and story telling in powerful presentations, offering healing and connection for others.    She has also reframed her definition of PTSD  to  - Perseverance - Trust - Strength - Determination   In the past few years Jillian has pushed herself to achieve a world first: Paddling a tandem sea kayak down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon and becoming the first Canadian to paddle across America; a journey of  over 6,500km completed in 150 days. This involved going through 16 states with 23 portages (carrying the kayak), including 675kms over the Great Divide, which s