Jillian A. Brown - Paddling a tandem sea kayak down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon and becoming the first Canadian to paddle across America; 6,500km in 150 days.

<div>After leaving her entire life behind to escape an abusive relationship, Jillian found herself living in a tent in the woods. </div> <div> </div> <div>Confused, depressed and feeling a lack of control over emotions and herself, she learned of her diagnosis of PTSD. </div> <div> </div> <div>Refusing medication, she shifted PTSD to fuel her drive to connecting back to fitness, health, nature, adventure and herself. </div> <div> </div> <div>She is now particularly known for her niche of integrating her imagery and story telling in powerful presentations, offering healing and connection for others. </div> <div> </div> <div>She has also reframed her definition of PTSD  to  - Perseverance - Trust - Strength - Determination</div> <div> </div> <div>In the past few years Jillian has pushed herself to achieve a world first: Paddling a tandem sea kayak down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon and becoming the first Canadian to paddle across America; a journey of  over 6,500km completed in 150 days. This involved going through 16 states with 23 portages (carrying the kayak), including 675kms over the Great Divide, which she did on a broken foot.</div> <div> </div> <div><strong>“Nothing is placed in front of us, that we don’t have the strength to overcome. It’s just believing in ourselves enough.”</strong></div> <div> </div> <div>* Content Warning - Abusive relationships are discussed as well as PTSD - we don’t go into specific but it is mentioned and talked about. </div> <div> </div> <div>New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast go live every Tuesday at 7am UK time - Hit the subscribe button so you don’t miss out. </div> <div> </div> <div>You can support the mission to increase the amount of female role models in the media by signing up as patron Visit <a href="http://www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast&source=gmail&ust=1652069245018000&usg=AOvVaw1et-c2auT7Hd-up9W0tU7F">www.patreon.com/<wbr />tou