Steph Jagger: Breaking World Records & Becoming a Writer

The Bold Life Movement with Kimberly Rich

Steph Jagger is a Guinness World Record holder, published author, & avid skier; and from July 2010 to May 2011, she circumnavigated the globe in search of one thing: snow. What she didn't plan on finding atop the world's whitest peaks, was herself.

For a year, Steph traveled and skied full-time and in the end, she skied over 4.1 Million vertical feet, breaking the world record for most vertical feet ever skied in a single year. Her original goal was 4,000,000 feet—but when she found out about the record she couldn’t help but beat it!

In our interview Steph shares candidly what went into planning and executing on such a bold trip, and how she was able to translate that experience into her new book, Unbound: A Story of Snow & Self-Discovery.

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SOME QUESTIONS I ASK:

• Was it a quick decision or something you hemmed and hawed over?
• How did you afford it?
• What were some of the most trying situations from the trip?
• What is the first step someone should take if they’re feeling stuck?
• What was coming home like?
• How can people avoid post-adventure blues?
• Why did she pick traditional publisher over self-publishing?

IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN:

• How to differentiate between something you’re being called to and something that your ego is telling you to do.
• Why she felt comfortable taking a year-long solo trip.
• How to sustain the new you after you’ve experienced shifts in perspective.
• How her book, Unbound, came to fruition.
• How to put together your book proposal and get picked up by a traditional publisher.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Big Magic - https://www.amazon.com/Big-Magic-Creative-Living-Beyond/dp/1594634726
• Your Big Beautiful Book Plan - http://yourbigbeautifulbookplan.com/
• Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too loud - https://www.amazon.com/Too-Fat-Slutty-Loud-Unruly/dp/0399576851
• Marie Howe Poems - http://www.mariehowe.com/
• Becoming an Alchemist - Guide for the Modern Magician - https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Alchemist-Guide-Modern-Magician/dp/1590306872
• On Being Podcast - https://onbeing.org/
• Cheryl Strade - http://www.cherylstrayed.com/
• Anne Lamott - https://www.facebook.com/AnneLamott/
• Claire Bidwell Smith - https://clairebidwellsmith.com/