Choosing compassion over conquest, by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

<p>Silvia Vasquez-Lavado is the first openly lesbian woman to climb the famous Seven Summits, a bucket list of the highest mountain on every continent. But while preparing for the seventh summit, a peak that has eluded her climb after climb, she realizes that she can’t charge forward with the same conquering mentality. Denali — the highest mountain peak in North America — leads her to discover the importance of self-compassion over the desire for conquest when dealing with life’s greatest obstacles.</p><p>You can purchase her new memoir, <em>In the Shadow of the Mountain</em>, which further explores her journey to the Seven Summits and the trauma that it unpacks, here: <a href="https://amzn.to/3uaJh2b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3uaJh2b</a></p><p>Listen to Donald Miralle’s episode of Meditative Story, “Where the water takes me":&nbsp;<a href="https://listen.meditativestory.com/DonaldMiralleSilviaep" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://listen.meditativestory.com/DonaldMiralleSilviaep</a></p><p>Read the transcript:&nbsp;<a href="https://meditativestory.com/mickey-guyton/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://meditativestory.com/</a></p><p>Sign up for the weekly Meditative Story newsletter:&nbsp;<a href="http://eepurl.com/gyDGgD" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://eepurl.com/gyDGgD</a></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>