Season 8 Ep 1- Emma Simpson "Breaking Waves"

About this episode

Emma Simpson discusses her journey as a wild swimmer and writer, exploring themes of femininity and grief in her book 'Breaking Waves'.

Emma Simpson is a wild swimmer and life-long hobbyist writer specialising in narrative non-fiction. Having spent a couple of decades as an air traffic controller and experiencing two life-wrenching events, she rediscovered her passion for storytelling whilst experiencing the transformative effects of cold-water swimming for the first time. Trained in coaching psychology, she combines her years as an observer of human behaviour in high stress environments with her love for listening to people’s tales around the shores of a lake; mug of steaming hot tea in hand. Her latest book “ Breaking Waves ” is an exploration into the primal powers of femininity and water with stories gathered from around the world that demonstrate the power of connection and humanity in an often challenging world.This is a powerful and honest conversation focused on Emma’s motivation to write Breaking Waves, the stories that continue to fuel her and our experiences of grief and how we navigate this in our lives. Find out more about Emma visit: Website: https://emmasimpsonauthor.com/ Substack: Emma Simpson Instagram: @emmasimpsonauthor Thank you for listening to Season 8 Episode 1 of The Everyday Adventure…

People in this episode

Host: Nicki Bass

Guest: Emma Simpson

Topics covered

• wild swimming
• storytelling
• grief
• femininity
• human connection

Keywords

• wild swimming
• narrative non-fiction
• grief
• femininity
• cold-water swimming
• storytelling
• human behavior

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: resiliencework.co.uk, Substack, Instagram, TEDx

Books & works: Breaking Waves

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