Unexpected Adventures

What's on your bucket list? Do you desire to jump out of a plane and skydive? What about floating in a hot air balloon, or walking across a glacier? Your bucket list may include all of the wild adventures that you have planned to do, but what about the unexpected adventures you never saw coming? The unexpected adventures of life offer us the opportunity to expand our horizons and remove limitations around the idea of what is fun.

Our next guest on the Auntie Hour, Linda Buckley, never thought running 26.2 mile marathons would ever be on her bucket list. She also never considered that marathons would take her to places like Bermuda or Alaska. After many conversations with her friend, she opened her mind to other possibilities of fun. She found she really enjoyed the challenge of a marathon. Her ultimate lesson was that she learned more things about her own body and how movement made it feel.

Linda's newfound perspective as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Author became more urgent after helping chronically ill patients navigate the hardships of healthcare. She knew that if they could incorporate more movement into their diet of health, their lives would improve. Linda practiced her own philosophy of words matter from her chapter "Words Matter." She implemented more positive self-talk messages throughout her training for each half marathon and other smaller races like the annual Peachtree Road Race.

Linda's unexpected adventures have helped to shape her lives and those lives who aim for a better quality of life.