Purpose & Finding Your Why - Di Westaway, Founder of Wild Women on Top

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Diane Westaway is the founder and CEO of Wild Women on Top - a social purpose enterprise aiming to inspire and support women to embrace adventure and achieve things that they never thought possible. 15 years ago, she founded Coast Trek, a charity hike which started along the coastline of Sydney and now extends across Australia. It has raised over 50 million Australian dollars to date and seen over 80,000 Trekkers participating. In 2020, Di was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for services to women’s sport and recreation and charitable initiatives. She is the author of thousands of blogs about women’s health and fitness and hiking as well as two books, “How to Prepare for World Class Treks” and “Natural Exhilaration: How to Lead an Adventurous Life you Love.” Di's passions are rock climbing, mountain biking, mountaineering, hiking and sleeping under the stars and she holds the record for doing the World’s Highest Handstand on the 7,000 meter summit of Mt Ama Dablam, in the Everest region of Nepal to celebrate turning fifty.
In this episode, Diane shares the adventure that changed her life and set her on the path to providing a platform for others to live more adventurously too.
This episode is part of a mini series with Adventure Mind - a collaboration of researchers, practitioners and organisations in the outdoor adventure space. Adventure Mind offers a grant, an annual conference and access to resources and evidence to support adventure practice.

Each episode shines a light on a current/ former speaker at the Adventure Mind Conference, their reasons for being involved and the benefits they have personally experienced from living life adventurously.
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To find out more about Di Westaway visit:
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