Breverie Handbook with Olena Mytruk
Telling personal stories is one of the most powerful and most underrated self-discovery and personal growth tools ever invented.
It's like a handbook. Your memories and life stories are like pages in your very own life manual, and all you need to do is be willing to look through those pages, read through them, and learn from them.
Sharing your personal stories out loud is like making a peace pact with yourself. Once you let it out, once you give yourself permission to let it out – something that you kept deep inside for so long – it liberates you.
And it begins to finally make sense. Your life, your deepest thoughts and desires, your wildest dreams and aspirations, your biggest fears and doubts – you begin to get it.
My name is Olena Mytruk, and it took me a while to learn the power of storytelling. But once I discovered it, I never looked back.
I invite you to join me on this adventurous and inspiring journey as I flip pages of my Breverie Handbook – trying to figure out what it really takes to be a hardworking, passionate, multifaceted woman in today’s world.
Breverie Handbook with Olena Mytruk
The Page About Ziplining, Adventurous Spirit, and Once in a Lifetime Experiences
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you sign up for something, “Sure, sounds fun, I’m in!”, but then later you are like “Holy crap what did I get myself into?”
Our life is all about choices, and this particular situation is no exception. You do have a choice — to either pull the brakes, back up, give up, change your mind (which is by the way the right choice to make in some cases!) or stick to it, go for it, take the leap.
And if you decide to take the leap, and if you do it for the right reasons — not because you are afraid that you’ll be named a coward but because you really want to find out what you are made of — you might be rewarded with a once in a lifetime experience!
In this episode, I‘m sharing a story about how I almost chickened out but ended up going 35 miles per hour on a zipline over the rainforest in Belize.
EPISODE BREAKDOWN:
- [01:08] The problem: adventurous spirit + fear of heights
- [01:52] Ziplining for the first time in Austin
- [04:09] Planning our week-long family trip to Belize
- [05:21] The moment I realized what I had gotten myself into
- [07:34] Facing my fear in the amazing 7-platform ziplining experience
- [13:36] On the other side of my fear
OTHER EPISODES YOU MIGHT LIKE:
The Page About Private School Applications, Tough Choice, and Being Good Parents
The Page About Rock Climbing, Comparing Yourself to Others, and Facing Your Fears
The Page About the Sunken Kayak and Family Adventures
Live Your Life to the Fullest! 6 Reminders for Our Daily Lives I Brought Home From My Family Vacation
“Just do it!” The Worst Advice for Overcoming Fear (And What You Should Do/Say Instead)
