Jumping into an Adventurous Midlife with Shawn Brokemond (Episode 179)

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Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

We talk a lot about the importance of lifting heavy for our muscle, bone, brain, and heart health. But that’s just the beginning! Being stronger makes us feel more capable and opens the door to all kinds of new adventures that we might not otherwise try because we have more confidence in what our bodies can do. Nobody knows that better than this week’s guest, BASE jumper and all-around active badass Shawn Brokemond, who not only lives her own adventurous life, but also trains other midlife women to get strong and do the same through her company Sports Adventure. This week we talk all about midlife adventures as well as Shawn’s 23-year struggle with menopause.

Shawn Brokemond’s life has always been a whirlwind of activity from swimming and gymnastics to mountain biking and BASE jumping. At 46, after 25 years as a kindergarten teacher, Shawn decided it was time for a change and put her passion for sports and fitness center stage and transitioned into personal training, with a focus on adventure. Now 56, having navigated the challenges of a midlife career shift firsthand, she’s proof that it's never too late to chase your dreams. You can learn more about her and her work at www.sportadven.com.

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.6	I am your host, Celine Yeager. Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help you feel and perform you best no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.0	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:31.5	Hello, strong feisty women.
0:34.1	I hope you all are well.
0:36.2	So we talk a lot here about the importance of lifting heavy for our muscles and our bones and our brain and our heart health.
0:44.0	But that's really just the beginning because being stronger opens the door for all kinds of new adventures that we might otherwise never have tried because it gives us more
0:56.0	confidence in what our bodies can do. And this week, we have on a guest who is all about
1:01.5	making midlife women strong for adventure, Sean Brokman. For those of you who have read
1:07.4	Tough Brods by Caroline Paul, who was on the show several weeks ago herself,
1:12.3	you'll know Sean as the base jumper in the beginning of the book.
1:16.7	And as a 56-year-old black woman who, until very recently, was a kindergarten teacher,
1:22.1	Sean pretty much smashes all of the stereotypes we might have about what base jumpers quote unquote look like.
1:30.0	And that's not all Sean does.
1:32.1	She mountain bikes.
1:33.1	She trail runs.
1:34.0	She does triathlon.
1:35.4	Really, you name the sport.
1:37.3	Sean is on it.
1:38.4	And her mission is to get more midlife women out there doing the same.
1:43.0	So that's why she left her job. She left her teaching job.
1:46.4	She got certified as a trainer and she started her own training business called sports adventure.
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