Mountain Nomad's guest appearances

Mountain Nomad

Tough Girl Podcast

She Explores

Turning The Tables

Nikki Smith

Nicole Antoinette

Mirna Valerio

Erin Sullivan

Lloyd Barnes

Nick Wheeler

Holly Johnson

Jen Gurecki

Jenny Bruso

Liz Miller

Heather Hansman

Chris Fagan

Henry Fraser

Amy Woods

Niall Campbell

OwlTail

Marinel de Jesus's story is a journey of discovery. A human struggle to find herself, freedom, and true happiness. Arriving in Seattle at the age of 13 yrs as part of an immigrant family from the Philippines, in the early years, of Marinel's life was about survival. Pushed on by the expectations of her family and particularly her mother, she struggled with feelings of inadequacy. Despite the significant achievement of becoming a practicing lawyer, deep down Marinel felt empty. She might have had the trappings of success, a home, a career, and money but in her own words, she thought she had 'lost a sense of herself'. There was an emotional turmoil and search for meaning enveloping her that wouldn't shift.  When Marinel's mother died, it was the last day she was a lawyer. Her death was a catalyst for Marinel to embark on a journey to find herself and to "heal." Mountain trekking provided that healing. She discovered the freedom, love, and true happiness that had been missing from her life. Nature became Marinel's nurture. What started as a journey of discovery became a new life as she built her own trekking business and established a social mission to support indigenous women in the trekking industry. In Marinel's own words; "My dream didn't start until I looked inside." Marinel now runs a social enterprise trekking business, Peak Explorations, and leads a trekking community and social mission, based around her Brown Gal Trekker website. Her mission is to empower women and promote their presence in the trekking world. She is a writer and documentary maker and her new film called; We are Nomads - charts the story of the migration of women in the Altai mountain region of Mongolia. Listen and share your thoughts and observations about this episode and Marinel's journey at the Turning the Tables Community on Facebook. You can contact Marinel through Facebook or via the brown gal website. Episode credits; Editor and sound engineer: Tim White email: showupnow@gmail.com Host: Simon Ratcliffe Music: Broken Elegance -Unconditionally Scott Buckley - Snowfall Audionautix -Act Three

Marinel de Jesus's story is a journey of discovery. A human struggle to find herself, freedom, and true happiness. Arriving in Seattle at the age of 13 yrs as part of an immigrant family from the Philippines, in the early years, of Marinel's life was about survival. Pushed on by the expectations of her family and particularly her mother, she struggled with feelings of inadequacy. Despite the significant achievement of becoming a practicing lawyer, deep down Marinel felt empty. She might have had the trappings of success, a home, a career, and money but in her own words, she thought she had 'lost a sense of herself'. There was an emotional turmoil and search for meaning enveloping her that wouldn't shift.  When Marinel's mother died, it was the last day she was a lawyer. Her death was a catalyst for Marinel to embark on a journey to find herself and to "heal." Mountain trekking provided that healing. She discovered the freedom, love, and true happiness that had been missing from her life. Nature became Marinel's nurture. What started as a journey of discovery became a new life as she built her own trekking business and established a social mission to support indigenous women in the trekking industry. In Marinel's own words; "My dream didn't start until I looked inside." Marinel now runs a social enterprise trekking business, <a href="https://www.peakexplorations.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peak Explorations</a>, and leads a trekking community and social mission, based around her <a href="https://www.browngaltrekker.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brown Gal Trekker website</a>. Her mission is to empower women and promote their presence in the trekking world. She is a writer and documentary maker and her new film called; <a href="https://youtu.be/ZarOT1L5Plc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We are Nomads - charts the story of the migration of women in the Altai mountain region of Mongolia.</a> Listen and share your thoughts and observations about this episode and Marinel's journey at the <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffb.me%2Fratcliffe2019&amp;h=AT0X0mPTGiX_FLw6tFW8fTWlDwXAcHNMbFLsZ1IjBrK3mVKYpKt-vUZUnyqC9oU5iAZBSKBjNLQMXg8_zjPcjpEHZ9Qhwk3aGcaOKq8mW8muNM-6vFiJ9V2rNEkcDtds84-JlcQFbLg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Turning the Tables Community</a> on Facebook. You can contact Marinel through <a href="https://www.facebook.com/marinelmdejesus%20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or via the brown gal website. Episode credits; Editor and sound engineer: Tim White email: showupnow@gmail.com Host: Simon Ratcliffe Music: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=aH95sxn7HS8&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=6ehCbtIu30AhxC4UJc33VENytGF8MTU2MzE4ODY1M0AxNTYzMTAyMjUz&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fbrokenelegance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Broken Elegance -Unconditionally</a> <a href="https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sb_snowfall.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Buckley - Snowfall</a> <a href="https://audionautix.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audionautix -Act Three</a>

EP :16  My journey to find healing, love and freedom, with lawyer turned  Mountain Nomad -  Marinel de Jesus 

After 15 years working a practicing lawyer, Marinel de Jesus decided to leave her legal career to pursue her love of the mountains and run her trekking company, Peak Explorations, full time. Marinel’s is a story of great cultural expectations: after a childhood growing up in the Philippines, Marinel moved to Seattle at the age of 13. Her parents instilled in her the importance of stability: finding a good job, marrying, having a family. As the only daughter, she was closely protected and encouraged not to take risks. Find out how Marinel started listening to her inner voice, taking groups on treks around the world, and using her skills to advocate for others. Follow Marinel de Jesus's adventures through her Instagram and her blog, Brown Gal Trekker. Learn more about her trekking company, Peak Explorations LLC. Enjoy this episode? Rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’ll help other people find us. She Explores is sponsored by Health IQ, an insurance company that helps health conscious people like runners, cyclist, weightlifters and vegetarians get lower rates on their life insurance.  Go to healthiq.com/sheexplores to support the show and see if you qualify. She Explores is also sponsored by Deuter. Thank you to them for the support! Join the She Explores Podcast community on Facebook. Episodes air weekly on Fridays-- subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss an episode. Music for this episode is by Josh Woodward, Kai Engel, Lee Rosevere, and Pipe Choir via freemusicarchive.org.

After 15 years working a practicing lawyer, Marinel de Jesus decided to leave her legal career to pursue her love of the mountains and run her trekking company, Peak Explorations, full time. Marinel’s is a story of great cultural expectations: after a childhood growing up in the Philippines, Marinel moved to Seattle at the age of 13. Her parents instilled in her the importance of stability: finding a good job, marrying, having a family. As the only daughter, she was closely protected and encouraged not to take risks. Find out how Marinel started listening to her inner voice, taking groups on treks around the world, and using her skills to advocate for others. Follow Marinel de Jesus's adventures through her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/browngaltrekker/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and her blog, <a href="http://browngaltrekker.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brown Gal Trekker</a>. Learn more about her trekking company, <a href="http://peakexplorations.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peak Explorations LLC</a>. Enjoy this episode? Rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’ll help other people find us. She Explores is sponsored by <a href="http://healthiq.com/sheexplores" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Health IQ</a>, an insurance company that helps health conscious people like runners, cyclist, weightlifters and vegetarians get lower rates on their life insurance. Go to <a href="http://healthiq.com/sheexplores" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">healthiq.com/sheexplores</a> to support the show and see if you qualify. She Explores is also sponsored by <a href="http://deuter.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deuter</a>. Thank you to them for the support! <a href="http://facebook.com/groups/sheexplorespodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the She Explores Podcast community on Facebook.</a> Episodes air weekly on Fridays-- subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss an episode. Music for this episode is by Josh Woodward, Kai Engel, Lee Rosevere, and Pipe Choir via <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">freemusicarchive.org</a>.

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