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Courtney is thrilled to welcome writer, long distance hiker, and former indoor kid, Nicole Antoinette to the show! Nicole's trail memoir, How to Be Alone is available now and her second memoir, What We Owe Ourselves is due out in September. At the moment of publication of this episode, Nicole is again out on the trails, spending 21 days on the Pacific Crest Trail!

The conversation between Nicole and Courtney spans a variety of topics, but the thread interwoven throughout is really one of self-compassion. How to be alone with ourselves. How to be a friend to ourselves. How to listen to our needs. How to meet them.

In between all that, Courtney and Nicole talk about podcasts, running, hiking, sobriety, divorce, rebuilding, telling the truth, and the finer art of introducing ourselves in ways that don't center our work!

About our guest:

Nicole Antoinette is a writer, long-distance hiker, and former indoor kid who never imagined she’d wind up spending months of each year pooping in the woods. 

She is the author of two adventure memoirs, HOW TO BE ALONE (April 3, 2023)  and WHAT WE OWE TO OURSELVES (September 5, 2023), and she writes a weekly newsletter on Substack called Wild Letters.

You can learn more about her writing and other work at ⁠nicoleantoinette.com⁠, read Wild Letters at ⁠nicantoinette.substack.com⁠, and follow her hikes on Instagram at ⁠@nic.antoinette⁠.

You can reach her at hello@nicoleantoinette.com.

Thanks, always for being here! We're almost done with Season Two! It's unbelievably gratifying to witness the journey thus far. Season Three prep is well underway and though we'll be taking a break to record those episodes, we're looking forward to highlighting some of the amazing conversations we've had this past year. What episodes do you think we should replay this summer?

Send us your picks, as well as topic ideas, guest suggestions, questions or other commentary to courtney@shineandsoar.com. Please rate, review, and subscribe wherever you're listening and don't forget to share with a friend!