Episode 88: Woman in the Wilderness with Miriam Lancewood

“We have no stress in the wilderness because there is nothing to compare yourself with.”

— Miriam Lancewood

In this episode, Miriam Lancewood, an Adventurer, World Traveler, and International Best Selling Author, joins us to share her story of spending over six years in the wild in the bush of New Zealand and makes us rethink what it means to live in the real world. Miriam also discusses:

2:20 - What is fire to her
4:20 - An overview of her adventure into the wilderness
5:30 - How four seasons turned into seven years
8:00 - What set her off on a life of adventure
11:50 - The day her life changed
13:10 - How did the New Zealand adventure happen
14:40 - The conversation leading up to the decision to do this
16:20 - A vegetarian before becoming a hunter
18:00 - Learning the skills she needed to survive
20:55 - Her first time firing an arrow at a goat
23:30 - How have her feelings towards animals changed after being in the wilderness
25:50 - Eating foods she never ate before
28:05 - Letting go of conditioning
30:10 - How the concept of time changed for her
33:20 - Getting out of the habit of doing
36:00 - Meeting a traveler from the “real” world
38:00 - The story of Gilgamesh
41:15 - How she has changed through this experience
42:40 - Wisdom by reading vs experience
44:40 - Does fear play a role in her life
46:40 - Does she consider herself to be an ordinary person
47:30 - Advice for people who say they could never do what she did
49:20 - Who would play her in a Hollywood movie