Roam From Home Ep.17 with Rebecca Rusch
Episode 17
Rebecca Rusch
In this episode Rebecca takes Cory and CJ on the journey from being a homeless climber to finding where she belongs, “a place where I could call home.” She walks us through her month long personal journey to visit the crash site of her father in Vietnam/Laos, who died as a pilot fighting in the Vietnam war, and how that experience ended up uncovering something much deeper. This story, documented in the Emmy winning documentary Blood Road, is about the scars, both physical and emotional, that war leaves on families, countries, and cultures, and how they still exist today.
Rebecca is a thoughtful, kind, empathetic human. She describes her learning process during her career, making films, and in 2020.
Highlights:
- Anger - how she has learned to process and be proactive. Instead of yelling and stomping about the things that get us riled up. And how long bike rides help
- Leadership - how the best seem to find the temperance and long term vision to make change happen.
- How changing habit is hard - but the process of change is necessary to make work “stick”
- Self discovery, discipline and the road to mastery
- How failure and pain are our teachers and we need them
- The “origin” stories we tell ourselves and how that can hold us back.
- The power of meditation and the answers within
Bio:
Author, athlete, public speaker, filmmaker, entrepreneur - Rebecca defies definition.
She has spent 30 years chasing “firsts” – podiums, PRs, and championship titles, yes, but also has pioneered never-before-imagined adventures, destinations and projects that have challenged and shaped her personally and professionally. It’s this continual engagement with “what’s next” that has fueled her curiosity, satisfied her soul, fed her desire for growth, connection and change and grounded her in the belief that operating out of the comfort zone is the only way for us to evolve as humans, contribute to the greater good and enjoy the richness life can offer. She loves sharing the most enduring lessons she has learned along the way. She lives by the words from her father, “Be good.”