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A global conversation of leaders, investors, and everyday changemakers aimed at redefining resilience in today’s ever-evolving world.
Dr. Kelly Culver and Jenn Quader sit down with influential guests who inspire, educate, and motivate people to build resilience, overcome hardships, positively impact their communities, and ultimately, help the world at large.
Jenn Quader (2:07)
Welcome to Resiliency, the podcast. What compels someone to say yes to an adventure so enormous it feels impossible? And then what that same person the courage to train for three years for something they've never done before, that something no one in their own community has ever even attempted and something that only a very few people in the world have ever done? And what happens to that person?
when their world becomes nothing but sky and sea and solitude and the rhythm of their own breath for 46 days. We're exploring an amazing story that begins in landlocked Nebraska. And this is sparked not by experience or expertise, but by a moment of pure curiosity.
This story includes whales breaching at sunrise, the unexpected joy of the ocean's quiet, the fear that rolls in like weather and passes just as quickly, and discovering that resilience is not simply an inner force, but a shared one built through community and purpose. And the person at the center of this remarkable journey, she's a movement specialist, a yoga teacher, an absolute adventurer, and one of the first American women to ever
solo row across the Atlantic. She is the third woman ever to do that row solo, and she's the first American woman to row solo in the world's toughest row. Guys, we are honored, we are amazed, and we cannot wait to hear about this wonderful, resilient guest. Please welcome Taryn Smith.
Taryn Smith (03:43)
Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited to be here today.
Kelly Culver (03:48)
Taryn, super excited, super, super, super excited to hear your story. And you 46 days at sea. We were talking just before we started recording live, like what does that do to your hair with all of the salt water? And that's just a little minor detail, you know, but it's a big deal.
Taryn Smith (04:05)
It was. It
is. So beyond family and friends, what I missed most was the ability to do my hair while I was out at sea. And that's the first thing I did when I got back was get a blow dryer out and give my hair a nice blow dry and get some oil and moisture in there. But after a month, everything's looking a lot better.
Kelly Culver (04:25)
Well, on that note, can you tell us what does resiliency mean to you?
Taryn Smith (04:32)
Yes, resiliency to me is really a sense of community. It's a sense of belonging, knowing that you are a part of something bigger than yourself and that what you're doing is important. It does fit into that bigger picture, but
can't do anything alone, absolutely comes from that sense of the collective. And it was fascinating to me because I was out in the middle of the ocean by myself for 46 days, but I've never felt less alone in my entire life because I had so much support from family and friends back on land.
Jenn Quader (05:12)
Okay, this is the coolest juxtaposition to me because if someone told me like, I wanna build communal resilience, I would not think like go row across the ocean by yourself, you know, like that's just, and in fact, and this I'm fascinated by because, you know, when I first heard, hey, we get to interview this woman who has rowed across the Atlantic, I thought that's amazing. But frankly, in my head, I pictured like,
Someone who rode since they were a kid and they rode on their college team and they, know, and so to find someone who is such an authentically, just well-rounded normal person, like you're not like an Olympian, you're not those things, and yet you did Olympian So I wanna ask, what you answered was so interesting. You found your resilience through community and yet what you did was row solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
what would compel you to do this? How did this idea how did it take flight? How did this actually come to be for you?
Taryn Smith (06:14)
Yes, well my initial introduction into the world of ocean rowing came from an article in Vogue. I read this article about a team of women that rowed the Pacific from San Francisco to Hawaii and I was fascinated by the sport.
And my initial thought was the same as anyone who would row an ocean would have to be an Olympic athlete or at least have wrote in college. And I had this moment of really intense jealousy when I heard about their journey, because I thought, I wish that I had wrote in college so I could do something like this. But I learned more about the sport and I learned lots of people take on an ocean row with no previous rowing experience. And so I decided to take that step as well. And I think I'm driven by a really.
strong sense of adventure that I've always had. I've always liked to push myself outside of my comfort zone. And it was also part of my yoga practice, learning to be comfortable in an uncomfortable situation. And I also love being a beginner at things. I like starting from the very bottom and going through the process of then executing at a high level.
Jenn Quader (07:23)
There's so many things to unpack there. I'll start with a little unpacking and then I would like to get into some of how it felt while you were out there. I mean, since Kelly brought up our hair, I love that the idea began in vogue. I mean, like, come on. Like, what a great, great, you know, and frankly, as a woman, it's cool that what really inspired you was women, that it was like, hey, these women came together and rode. ⁓ I'm interested in,
One of the things I like to explore a lot in my work and I explored it a little in my TEDx talk, which was the genesis of this podcast, was the difference between external knowledge and internal knowledge. I call it like a knowledge quotient and meaning like what percentage do you listen to your inner voice versus what percentage do you listen to your external? And as you tell me this, what I hear is there's a lot of this inner deciding, hey, I'm a little jealous, I wanna make this happen. But then there's this communal aspect of resilience. I'm gonna form that as a question to say,
What did your family say when you, for family, friends, community, how did they react? And then how did you move through that external knowledge to get to a place where you actually did it?
Taryn Smith (08:32)
Yes, initially my parents were, they thought it was outside of the box. They thought it was a little crazy and I'm not sure if they thought I was going to stick with it. I do have a track record of taking on pretty big adventures though. So it wasn't a complete surprise to them. But as I started, I signed up for the road three years prior to actually doing it. And so as it became more and more serious,
I think the people around me started to get more and more nervous and anxious. And when I signed up, I, I just realized that I didn't think about how other people would be impacted by it. felt like a very internal thing. It felt like something I was doing. And I didn't realize until about a year out how much stress this was causing the people in my life as well, because it is a very dangerous thing to do. And so I think that educating them about.
how safe it was was very important. And that's where these videos stemmed from when I was out at sea. It really was to show my family and friends, hey, I'm having a great time out here. I'm healthy, I'm happy. This is difficult, but it's also a very joyful endeavor. And so that's where the Instagram videos ⁓ were born.
Kelly Culver (09:49)
Lots, lots of questions. Lots and lots and lots of questions. But if we stay in this stream, if you will, no pun intended, around the Instagram videos to give comfort ⁓ and stability and security to family and friends on land, which is why you were doing it.
What was one of the most beautiful things you saw or you experienced or the scariest thing you saw or experienced? And did you capture that on Instagram too so they would see the whole breadth of what it was you were going through?
Taryn Smith (10:24)
One of the most special parts of the row was from day one, there was a little bird that followed me and I saw her fly up and immediately I had to name her Jo March. She had such a free spirit. She would fly around me, do laps around the boat, fly away, dive into waves, come back and...
She, she stuck with me for the entire journey. There were a couple of days where she disappeared, but then she came back and she was my best friend out at sea and I would talk with her and it was so wonderful to have company, even if it wasn't from another human being. And so I was able to take some videos of Jo and send those back home.
Jenn Quader (11:13)
You know, I ⁓ love that that's your first beautiful thing. I know, Kelly, you'll have some thoughts on this, but I just want to say there's such a spiritual element to that, you know, to feeling like, again, your story is communal resilience, but experienced through a solo adventure. And yet in every moment, you're finding those connections. I just think that's
Kelly Culver (11:35)
Well, I love the name is Jo Marsh. That's just really cool. And I'm just thinking, so that's like, you've talked to us about the beauty and the comfort that Jo Marsh gave you, but also in the video on Instagram that we watched you've talked about a marlin. Now I've lived and worked in the Caribbean and been on lots of boats and marlins are beautiful.
when you see them from a distance because they're so colorful. They're sail. But they've got this pointy beak that can be very scary. So what about like the scary moments and were you ever really afraid?
Taryn Smith (12:15)
There were so many moments when I was really afraid. And the video that we watched, day 27, that was the first day when I experienced proper fear while I was out at sea. Up until that point, the weather had been lovely. And then it really picked up. And it was terrifying to be in this tiny 24-foot-long boat in the middle of the ocean by myself. And people would ask me,
before the row, aren't you scared? And my answer was always, of course, of course I'm scared to go row across the ocean, but that's part of the reason why I want to do it.
Even in the scary moments, there was never a time where I would have teleported back to land if I could, because I knew I wanted to push through it. That being said, it doesn't make it easier. It still was terrifying. It was uncomfortable. I didn't like it. I wasn't having fun. And I think that's just a part of life is understanding that you have moments like that and all weather passes, all conditions change. And that's what happened out at sea. And so for me, it was a meditation on
impermanence and letting things unfold as they will.
Jenn Quader (13:29)
Girl, that is deep.
Kelly Culver (13:29)
That's
it.
Jenn Quader (13:32)
not what I expected. know, Tara, you are full of surprises in such a beautiful way. you again for sharing this story because I think to those of us who, you know, we come together and we do these conversations and we talk about resilience and there's always a talking about a state of being or about, interconnectivity and communal resilience, but there's not been a lot of talk about impermanence.
And I think that is so a couple years ago. was more exploring myself as an artist, and I was realizing that I was clinging and holding on to things. And so it's called a Buddha board. And the Buddha board, you paint with water. You take the brush and you dip it in water, and you paint something. You write a word, or you write something beautiful.
and then it fades, it goes away. So what I'm interested in though is when I'm writing on my Buddha board, I am very safe. I am in my little room. You said something so interesting. I didn't like it, I wasn't having fun. And yet the joy of doing it is so palpable when I'm with you.
how could someone like me take that concept of impermanence and apply it to my life without going out and rowing across the Atlantic Ocean?
Taryn Smith (14:45)
Yes, I think there are so many ways to practice accepting impermanence in our daily lives, whether that's going to a yoga practice or going for a walk and putting your phone away and just being out in nature and letting your thoughts pass. I think it could be going and seeing a play, going and seeing something that's ephemeral, going to a restaurant. That's an impermanent experience. So I think there are a lot of ways to tap into that.
that aren't rowing across the ocean. And there were several times when I was training and then actually doing the row where I thought, wow, I'm not learning anything out here that I couldn't learn by just going to the grocery store or something. It's just life, but it was life in more remote and harsher conditions. And so it's things we can practice everywhere. there's no arrival point. There's no point where you...
At least in my experience, I haven't arrived in understanding impermanence. I still have to practice it on a daily basis back on land. And so I guess my message is it's just, it's always a work in progress.
Jenn Quader (15:57)
Well, it's always a work in progress, but I want to add one layer because you are right. We can experience impermanence in anything. Absolutely. You can go to restaurant, a meal, and then it's over. But what you said earlier, which I think is so important when it comes to training ourselves to be more resilient, is you selected this as an activity because it pushed you out of your comfort zone. It put you into discomfort. Can you talk a little bit about that as a strategy?
you were putting yourself in a situation where you filled with discomfort, you were uncomfortable, and you knew you were gonna do that. And yet, when you see yourself out there on day 27, I see true fear in your eyes and worry. Once you got out there, were there moments where you were surprised by the level of discomfort? And what were the challenges that came up?
that surprised you that you thought, maybe I can't come over this.
Taryn Smith (16:50)
Mm-hmm. Yes. So I wanted to really practice being uncomfortable and knowing things that were going to work out. And while I was out there, there were days that felt...
never ending. And for me, the hardest days were always the ones where it rained. So those last two weeks, we had really big weather. We also had a lot of rain and huge squall would pass and I'd be soaking wet waves would slosh over me. And then the sun would come out, but I could see off in the distance that another was coming my way. And it just, it was brutal. It was absolutely brutal, but out at sea.
It's almost easier to practice resilience because there's no other option other than to carry on. have to keep going. There isn't, there isn't anything else to do. so in, in some ways it is a little bit easier than what we do on a daily basis here on land, because here every day you have to decide, you have to make the choice to, to do what you need to do. ⁓ but again, I think, I think it just takes practice.
Kelly Culver (18:05)
You know, you've said something really interesting. It's, you know, if we look at the science of resilience, and resilience is not something that you can command, and resilience is not something that you can control. Resilience lives in the world of navigation theory.
you have to learn to navigate. And that is the only way you build or build back or adapt or change is through navigating whatever situation or circumstance you, your team, your company, your country find yourself in. So you really have in a very literal way described the fundamental meaning of resilience. It is about navigation and it is on the sea because
you have no other choice but to go through it.
Taryn Smith (18:59)
Absolutely. I think it's, that's also part of it, is it just embracing the conditions. You can't change the conditions, you can't change the weather. There's absolutely nothing that I could do to stop the rain, but how are we going to navigate it? That's the question, right?
Jenn Quader (19:16)
Well, and in that there's a meditative practice that you spoke can you speak a little bit to how that meditative practice not only helped you keep going, but maybe deepened your own connection? mean, look, you already were connected to your inner voice. If it said while you're living in Nebraska, let me train and row across the Atlantic Ocean. But what changed for you?
while you're out doing these rowing meditations, what changed as it comes to your understanding of life, your inner steadiness, what did that do for you?
Taryn Smith (19:48)
The row expanded my comfort zone a lot. So that's the first thing. And it also gave me just a really, really deep understanding of.
Like you said, my inner voice, part of being out on the ocean was being completely removed from society and from external messaging. And so while I was out there, I felt like my thoughts were my own for maybe the first time in my entire adult life. And I've always had a strong sense of self, but I'm a human being and I'm influenced by the people around me and by the messaging that I receive. But I didn't see any advertisements for 46 days. I wasn't marketed.
to, I just felt like myself. And then I got to think about what I want to do with my life and how I want to be in the world. And so after this experience, one of my biggest takeaways is how important it is for us to be outside and to turn off the noise. Leave the phone. Don't even bring it with you. And just go for a walk and listen to yourself be in nature because it's
It was such a profound experience and I wish that was something that I could give to people but also I don't because that's part of the process as you get to go discover these things for yourself.
Kelly Culver (21:12)
You've talked about what you've learned in this. There's some sacredness in the silence that you were in in many ways and and that there's a huge adjustment when you've done something monumental like what you've done and you've done it on your own and you've been away from people for a long period of time. You have to reintegrate yourself into a life because it's not the life you left because you're not the same person.
you're a new person and you're forging a new life on land with people that are familiar to you. And sometimes that is hard and tough to kind of integrate yourself back into what life looks like. So you've been back for a couple of months. How's that going?
Taryn Smith (22:02)
Getting back to land was more difficult than I thought it was going to be. Of course, while I was out at sea, I wanted to arrive safely. That was always the number one goal, is stepping off the boat in Nelson's dockyard in Antigua.
It's been really challenging though. found myself, especially the first couple of weeks, just feeling very irritable and feeling frustrated and grumpy. And I had a really short fuse and people would ask me questions and I just didn't have the capacity to respond. I didn't have any bandwidth. And so someone would ask me something or ask me to go do a talk or even just do a phone call and I would snap. And that's so uncharacteristic of me.
it's been a lot to navigate for myself and for the people around me. And I'm so grateful for everyone's patience. And what I've realized is that I just have to say, I'm at capacity right now. I'm so sorry. I can't answer any questions. And it's been nice to connect with other ocean rowers who have gone through this experience and say, yes, the decision fatigue that you feel is real. Because out at sea, I wasn't talking to people. I didn't have to really make.
a lot of choices about day to day life. Everything was prescribed for me. I had my food, I had my mission. Every single day I wasn't shopping and doing all of the daily tasks on land. And so it's been a more difficult process and a slower process than I thought. And I've had to learn how to just to regulate in a way that I haven't before. So it's a different type of resilience.
Kelly Culver (23:43)
But I would challenge you, you are making decisions every second of the day that you are on water. Don't say you weren't making decisions that your life was programmed. Yeah, of course it was programmed, but you were still making decisions about, need to survive. I need to reach Nelson's Dockyard in Antigua, which is absolutely beautiful. So there's a decision exhaustion. You don't even realize it's happening.
Taryn Smith (24:07)
Absolutely.
Jenn Quader (24:08)
Well, and I'm interested in that too because it's where the decisions are coming from, right? When you're out and we talk about sacredness and spiritualness, there's Jo March flying around, when you're out and it's you in the water, your decisions have to do with you and whatever higher source you believe in, right? Like who's controlling the waves, and the rain, whether it was one of your biggest obstacles. When you come back,
There's all these other, as you're saying, these other pings and poongs and, you know, there's these other alerts that are coming with other people who want things from you, and it's a lot more to navigate. What strikes me in it is the, I'm gonna say the physiologicalness of it, like the physicality of it. Here's what I'll, the way I'll get into it is this, Taryn, your story has already hugely inspired me, and in fact, I ⁓ have a friend who's been going through,
really kind of a depressive episode and there are family friends around who are concerned about that friend and they were, know, why is this happening? And I ended up telling them, said, look, we're gonna interview this amazing girl named Taryn Smith and she rode across the Atlantic Ocean and I watched this video of her and she said that on this day where it's been raining, she wept for four hours. And that was so powerful to me because I was explaining to my family,
Sometimes the body just needs to release. This woman is rowing, she's out there, she didn't stop, she didn't lay in a fetal position and do nothing, but she needed to weep. Maybe this family member needs to weep, you know? Maybe that's what's needed. So then when I jump myself back to you and I can imagine the irritability and the frustration in that you've come from something so big, so wide, you ⁓ know, like just your own adventure to, you know, how?
What do you want for dinner on Thursday? can you talk at 2 p.m. or 3 p.m.? And it becomes this fight within yourself. So I find it very interesting that in both ways it's physiological. When you were on the boat rowing, you wept. When you got home, you shut it off. You said, I can't take anymore. And then now you've learned to handle that in a beautiful
Now you're being interviewed not only by us who are so grateful, but also by, like, major national news sources and all sorts of things. I want to know, like, where do you see yourself going next?
Like where do you see this journey opening next for you? Is it a whole new adventure? Are you gonna go to the moon, you know? Or are you gonna take this experience and inform others? What does that look like for you personally? And then I'd love to get into some of the charitable work that you do also.
Taryn Smith (26:46)
So the what's next question is such a big one. And it's something I've been thinking about a lot since getting back to land. I did the ocean row because I felt this really intense drive. I...
There isn't a single reason why I wanted to do it. It just felt like something I had to do. And I haven't experienced that yet for the next adventure and I'm not trying to force it. And I'm also not going to do a big adventure just for the sake of doing it because I think you for something like this, at this level, you need just a really strong push. So I'm waiting to be inspired for my next big outdoor.
adventure. In the meantime, I've loved conversations like this. like talking about resilience and community. I'm excited to start teaching yoga again. I'm excited to write more. I'm excited to spend time with my friends. I didn't have a social life while I was preparing for this. I'm also excited just to be a normal person in their 20s experiencing the world. And that's been, that's been really fun as well.
Jenn Quader (27:59)
That's true, because when you're training like that, I can imagine it's a very rigid schedule. bless your heart. Well, and again, you had good friends and family who were around you, but at the same time, yeah, you can't focus on that when you're... Now, how many hours a day did you train? I'm interested in that before we... Like, what did that training schedule look like for those three years?
Taryn Smith (28:06)
It took up a lot of my time.
Yeah, the training went through phases. So for a couple of years, I was training at the gym doing three days a week lifting or three days a week on the erg, two days a week.
lifting and then some cross training in there. And then I ramped up my time on the indoor row as I got closer and closer to the race. I also went and lived on my boat in England for about seven weeks before the race. So a month in April and then another month in the summer of 2025. And that was a massively uncomfortable experience. I was in England, my friends weren't there. I was living on this boat in a marina. It was cold.
It was challenging, I sort of cut my teeth in that situation. And then I spent a lot of time with yoga. Like you said, I'm a yoga teacher and that really influenced my crossing.
Jenn Quader (29:17)
Wow. ⁓ One other thing that I understand during your row, ⁓ one of the charities that you sponsored is called Girls on the Run. Can you tell us a little bit about that and about how you are driving them forward and then just any of the other community-based work that you think is important?
Taryn Smith (29:35)
Yeah. So out at sea, I got to represent girls on the run and they are an amazing nonprofit that supports running clubs and elementary schools and middle schools. And what I love is that they teach girls how to be strong and confident and resilient and how to be leaders and how to listen. And it's all through a running based curriculum. So they go through this course, they build up their, their running stamina, and then they all do a five K at the end. And.
It's the world's a better place when girls do sports. It's so important for us to to learn all of those skills. And I think that doing it through running is an amazing thing. And it was also a fabulous partnership just with the movement that I was doing as well. And I'm excited to keep working with them.
Jenn Quader (30:25)
So Taryn, before we get into the latter part of our interview, which is our rapid fire questions and just some fun stuff, kind of wanted, again, I'm impressed by you, which I'm sure most people are, but I'm also like, if I may say like puzzled by you and in the most wonderful way. But you know, you are, I'm guessing a relatively young woman. even at the end of this interview, I see the clear threads.
of what drove you, this inner voice, this inner drive, and then there's kind of a sacredness and a spiritualness, but I still, don't think I could leave this conversation and say, why did Taryn Smith row across the Atlantic? And the question I wanna ask is this, I would call it like there's an altruistic kind of big view picture you have, and I do see it in people who practice yoga.
this understanding of being part of something bigger and ⁓ not achieving just to achieve. Like you weren't achieving like, I really want a gold medal. You were really achieving like, want to experience this. What I want to ask is, is this something from your own recollection that you were born with, this connection to your inner voice? Was this parented into you? Was this a book you read? Like, where did this awareness come from for you?
Taryn Smith (31:49)
I think yes to all of the above. I spent a lot of time reading as a kid and that was encouraged by my parents. My mom's a teacher and so I read so many books about adventures. One in particular was about, I think read it in fourth grade about a couple of kids and they run off and they go to New York City and they live in the Met and they take pennies from the wishing fountain and have you read this book?
Jenn Quader (32:14)
book.
Yes, I love that book. Thank you. Okay, I we've got to find that book. Continue. Sorry. Love that book.
Taryn Smith (32:17)
Yes. Yes. It's so
good. It's so good. So I think stories really, the story of adventure really played a part in my life. And I was also lucky to have women in my life who went out in the world and explored. And that was really encouraged in me. And so my great aunt Sue, she lived all over the world and taught English. She lived in Iran. She lived in the Philippines. She lived in, ugh, just...
everywhere and my other aunt traveled a lot as well and so to have these really amazing strong women also encourage that in me was so influential and so amazing and I'm glad that they really pushed me out of the nest at a young age and I think a part of it is just who I am. I think that we're meant to go out in the world and do big things and go on adventures and I think it's so
important to embrace that spirit of curiosity and wonder because we live in the age of information. At any point we could look up on our phone knowledge. We have access to so much, but I think that there's a lot to be discovered by just going out in the world and experiencing things yourself. And that was a huge motivation for me in taking on the role.
Kelly Culver (33:37)
You talk about the wonder and the curiosity and I think we lose it particularly as every year passes. We forget how to ask the question, I wonder what would happen if.
when you lose the ability to ask the question, I wonder what would happen if you lose that imagination, the curiosity, and also a little bit of resilience, goes
Taryn Smith (33:49)
Yeah.
Jenn Quader (34:02)
It ties to exactly what you both spoke Resilience is navigational. It is ever moving. It is constantly deciding where you're going to go. And if you end up in kind of the rut of society where you just run your little race every day, You're no longer navigating. Now you're in the hamster wheel.
And so what I see in this is it's really important for all of us to identify if we're on the hamster wheel and find those adventures. And then what I'm inspired by with Taryn is don't just find the adventure, but find the one that's uncomfortable. Find the one that hurts because when you face the fear, what I see is that the deep, I would say the deep steadiness, deep like self, not even self-confidence, it's self-knowledge.
It is a clear and steady understanding, I can do this. And I think, Taryn and I'd say to you, thank you because you are doing, you did that for so many reasons that you've shared with us today, but you're on here today for all the people who listen to us. You're here sharing this story and that is of such great value. So I thank you for it. I'm gonna turn us over to
Our most exciting time of resiliency of podcast, which is our rapid fire questions. Dr. Kelly, take us away.
Kelly Culver (35:23)
yeah, no pressure there. What's your favorite movie or TV show that makes you feel resilient, Taryn?
Taryn Smith (35:29)
You
My favorite movie that makes me feel resilient. This is going to sound a little odd, but it's Pride and Prejudice. So while I was out at sea, the Keira Knightley one, Keira Knightley, yes. Yes, I love the Keira Knightley one. I hate rain and it's very tough for me to feel joy without the sunshine. And so while I was out at sea, whenever it rained,
Kelly Culver (35:41)
Which one? Which version? Which version? yeah.
Jenn Quader (35:44)
Yes, yes, Colin Firth, baby!
Taryn Smith (36:00)
I would press play on the Pride and Prejudice movie, put the phone in my cabin, and then just listen to the soundtrack because I think the music in the version is amazing, the dialogue's incredible, and that gave me the boost that I needed on my darkest days.
Kelly Culver (36:18)
That's fantastic and it's really interesting. You said earlier that you came here and you lived on your boat in the UK. I'm in London right now. You came here and lived on your boat in the UK. So there's a little ha ha. Now what about a song that makes you feel resilient?
Taryn Smith (36:34)
A song that makes me feel resilient is The Middle. I think it has the best advice if you just go and read the lyrics. It's quality stuff.
Kelly Culver (36:45)
And what's the last thing that made you laugh out loud? Like really laugh out loud?
Taryn Smith (36:51)
That would have been my sister. She makes me laugh quite a bit.
Kelly Culver (36:55)
It's amazing how many people choose family members or their kids or things like that. Just like the people close to us are the most hilarious that we've ever seen, right? Because we know the good and bad of them. Okay, let me be a little more serious. What is a question you'd like to leave for a future guest on Resiliency the Podcast?
Taryn Smith (37:05)
Exactly.
My question for your next guest is, what are they doing to step outside of their comfort zone right now?
Jenn Quader (37:26)
Fabulous question. love it. I will I will be asking it of myself later today But also of our next guest. Thank you so much And then I have a question for you that was left by a past guest So the question is after a vacation or a holiday or spending 46 days at sea rowing across the Atlantic What tips can you offer for rebuilding personal resilience once your home?
Taryn Smith (37:30)
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I like building my resilience at home by giving myself one little thing that I can accomplish early in the morning. And I've gotten tripped up in the past when I try to come up with these big lists of all of the things I'm going to do to make myself miraculous and marvelous. And it's just always too much. It's always way too much. So I find one little thing, maybe that's going for a walk.
Maybe it's doing five minutes of yoga or meditation and then being done. Setting an achievable goal, watching myself achieve it, and then moving on to the next thing.
Jenn Quader (38:28)
Absolutely beautiful. Taryn, you are wise, you are wonderful, you are spirited and quite the adventurer. Where can our guests find you? If they would like to learn more about your story at sea, learn more about your yoga practice or anything else you may be sharing, where can they find you?
Taryn Smith (38:44)
I'm on Instagram at TerranSmithMovement and my website is TerranSmithMovement.com.
Jenn Quader (38:50)
Woohoo! Taryn Smith Movement, my friend. That's T-A-R-Y-N, Smith Movement. Look her up, follow her. And for all of you who are listening, thank you. We are so grateful to have you. We always love Talking Resilience, and we love it most when you are here with us. I am Jenn Quader You can find me online, J-E-N-N-Q-U-A-D-E-R on all the socials, or my company, The Smart Agency.
our fabulous, wonderful, brilliant co-host, Dr. Kelly Culver, sitting in London today, but always all over the world. You can find her at her company, the Culver Group, CulverGroup.ca, that's C-A, because she is a Canadian. And also you can find her on Instagram and LinkedIn. And guys, if resilience is important to you, like us, follow us, and continue to come back here. Resiliency, the podcast is the place for stories, strategies, and inspiration on how to embrace change.
overcome challenges and redefine resilience in this ever-changing world. We're so happy to do it with you. Thank you to Taryn Smith and we will see you all next time. Stay resilient, stay strong.