Dropping In to Power: Personal stories of the transformational power of surfing from women of all levels, all ages, all over.
Welcome to Dropping In to Power, a podcast devoted to empowering women who surf (or dream of surfing) by sharing our personal stories of commitment, courage, frustration, epiphany, and transformation. Whether you are a newbie, soul surfer or a seasoned pro, our stories can collectively lift each other, change our world in the lineup, in our own heads and hearts, and out of the water.
Episodes
28 episodes
The Final Episode - Surf Hypnosis For You!
Are you ready to become your most confident, fluid, in-tune surfer? Go to 5:19 for a Surf Hypnosis Meditation - BUT NOT WHILE DRIVING!And now, a brief farewell, dear friends. I began these conversations three years ago with women surfer...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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27:40
REWIND - Dr. Candice Myhre - Kauai, HI - From Season 1, Ep 2
REWIND UPDATE: Just a short 32 months ago (!!!) I interviewed the spectacular ER Doctor, Candice Myhre, who saves surfers and regular humans from death and destruction on the regular. In that episode, she mentioned a book she was planning...
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1:11:24
REWIND - Aurélie Madec - The Very First Dropping In Podcast!
REWIND TIME! Two and a half years ago, I paddled through an impact zone of technophobia, stagefright, and impostor syndrome to launch an experiment called the Dropping In To Power podcast. My question: Had other women's lives been transformed b...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:03:31
"Auntie Mo" - Maureen McNamara - Maine
"Auntie Mo" - Maureen McNamara - MaineOn Halloween of 2023, when Surfline shared her (now viral) video, we fell in love with a salty New England surfer hurling clean insults and sage advice to an offending “whippasnappa” in the l...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:23:46
Mermaid's Lament - Island of Hawaii
“Moments before drowning, she became the sea.” - Mermaid’s LamentIn this episode, we temporarily ditch our surfboards and plunge into the raw power of the ocean, its intersection with salvation, and creativity. I talk with the director a...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:12:24
Victoria Feige, Vancouver and North Shore, Hawaii
Para surfer Victoria Feige, the winningest female adaptive surfer on record, unveils her inner nerd and offers us a breakthrough that will rock your world: a simple, visual explanation of the mechanics of the DUCK DIVE and WAVE MECHANICS...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:17:26
Mindy Pennybacker - Oahu, Hawai'i
🏄♀️“Surfing well with a smile is the best revenge.” Mindy Pennybacker 🏄♀️ Mindy Pennybacker, lifelong soul surfer, author, journalist, and surf columnist for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, just released the gorgeous tome, Surfing Sisterh...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:27:35
BONUS (RANT) EPISODE: Get Out Your Pom Poms! Women Pro Surfers Need Our Cheers, Today!!
One of the joys of women flocking to the water is how we are learning to cheer for one another. (I know, some of us, ahem, are still working on this on particular days and in particular conditions.) This is NOT something we are raised with, che...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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30:40
Dr. Stephanie Han, Honolulu, Oahu
“To be in the water like this is to be in movement to a musical note, it is to be one with color while painting, to be with a line while drawing.” From the upcoming, Break.Dr. Stephanie Han, Korean-American author, educator, spe...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:09:01
Melissa Volker, South Africa
Melissa Volker found a way to obsess about surfing in any conditions--by obsessing about writing about surfing! A mid-life blooming writer and water woman from South Africa, Melissa’s delicious fiction blends “surf noir” with “environmental rom...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:17:07
Lena Siebertz, Cold Water Sirens, Northern Germany and Denmark
Lena Siebertz, founder of Cold Water Sirens, not only braves near-freezing conditions, but relishes them. In temps as low as 37F/2.7C, Lena is forging a community of feminist surfers in Northern Germany and Denmark to transform surf culture bey...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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59:51
Jade Chang Sheppard, Los Angeles, Oahu and Popoyo, Nicaragua
“If I didn’t have this fear, what could be better?” Jade Chang Sheppard has made it her mission to inspire women to ask and answer that question. On the surface, she seems to have fear *licked*. She built her own fortune in her 20s, birthed 3 g...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:08:40
Lifeguard Jessie Kilgour - Outer Banks, North Carolina
Are you a tasty treat for a shark during your period? Finally an answer to the question that plagues every woman surfer, at least once a month! Lifeguard Jessie Kilgour has a pretty strong take on the subject, but you’ll have to get to the end ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:18:00
Injury Interlude -Sheila Takes A Fin to the Head and Has an Epiphany
What a start to Season 2! I had a serious surf accident last week with a major head trauma - so I thought, why not do a mini-podcast with a concussion!? This is a little "bonus episode" of me sharing the blow-by-blow of what happened, and the e...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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22:51
Junko Yamasaki - New South Wales, Australia
Junko Yamasaki went on holiday to Australia from her native Japan at 20 years old, and never looked back. Breaking away from her culture’s traditional expectations, she trailblazed a life fueled by curiosity, compassion and courage. Over her 52...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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49:42
Surfer Stacey Mac - Costa Rica
Starting at 43 in Boston (!!!), Surfer Stacey Mac rocketed into a pro career as a SUP surfer, defining diehard as she chased hurricanes across state lines to hone her skills. A natural adrenaline junkie, Stacey funneled her focus into her newfo...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:10:58
Jenni Lund - Kona and Costa Rica
Jenni had become expert at many sports, vocations, missions, but, at 55, living in Hawai’i, she was still ruled by an old story of “I can’t surf, I’m too old to learn, it’s never going to happen.” When Covid hit, she found herself surrendered t...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:11:06
Curvy Surfer Girl Elizabeth Sneed, Honolulu, Hawaii
Elizabeth has overcome so many obstacles on her shero’s journey to becoming the Curvy Surfer Girl - a harrowing childhood, very real near drowning, a landlocked life, and zero representation of surfers who look like her. She has not only return...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:27:23
Captain McKenzie Clark - Kona, Hawaii
McKenzie Clark is a self-made waterwoman who headed to Kona on her own at the tender age of 18--with a mission. Her life since has been a testimonial of courage, adventure, humility, and badassery. From solo adventures around the world with a b...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:23:44
Sara Wright - Join Surfing Moms - Santa Cruz
Surfer moms—current and future—this podcast is for you! My guest is a newly minted mama fitness trainer, and the founder of Santa Cruz's chapter of Join Surfing Moms, a non-profit that helps moms get their much-needed waves. Sara's story is so ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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46:13
Gabi Del Rosario - Cabangan, Zambales, Philippines
Gabi Del Rosario entered the sea in a shroud of grief and emerged like the proverbial butterfly from her chrysalis! This Manila city girl unexpectedly found herself in Covid lockdown on the Philippine coast, where everything about her life tran...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:04:44
Regina Orlando, Kona and Oregon
After 13 years, Regina left the surfer's paradise she had created in the mythical blue waters of Kona to answer another kind of deep blue call—becoming a police officer! In her 40s! On the mainland! In a city! This courageous life choice ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:07:42
Ivana Bajic Nature of Surf Women
“If you drop in with a full heart, you are going to get in return something bigger, stronger, and better than you could ever imagine.” Ivana Bajic’s gorgeous interactive multi-media project, Nature of Surf Women, is a real-time testament ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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53:49
Jeanne Fernandez-McShane Nosara, Costa Rica
It’s never EVER too late, and never EVER not possible! Meet Jeanne Fernandez-McShane, who at 67, has just started her surfing journey, and she is fierce! She is such an incredibly accomplished woman, you will want to just vibe on her grit! Jean...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:04:50
Kris Primacio, CEO of the International Surf Therapy Organization (ISTO)
My guest this week is the phenomenal Kris Primacio, co-founder and CEO of the International Surf Therapy Organization (ISTO, https://intlsurftherapy.org/) Kris started surfing at 41 ,and in 10 short years metamorphosed her life into a sea-salty...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:06:05