Ep 39 - Maria Coffey - Author and Adventurer

Resilience Rising Podcast

Maria Coffey is an award-winning author and adventurer living in Canada and Spain. Her 13th book is out in November 2023 and called Instead: Navigating the Adventures of a Childfree Life

She’s paddled a kayak all over the world; started the adventure travel company, Hidden Places, with her partner Dag; and co-founded the non-profit Elephant Earth Initiative.

She’s also an award-winning writer. In 1989, seven years after her partner Joe Tasker disappeared while trying to summit Mount Everest, Maria wrote Fragile Edge: A Personal Portrait of Loss on Everest. She followed this up with Where the Mountain Casts its Shadow, exploring what happens to the people left behind when tragedies on mountains happen. It won a 2004 National Outdoor Book Award.

Her latest book, Instead is her memoir about opting for adventure instead of motherhood, and the lifelong outcomes of that choice. After two traumatic experiences during her twenties including a near-drowning in Morocco – Maria determines to seize every day and explore the world. Mixed with her desire for freedom is a new fear of loss, which convinces her against parenthood. She falls in love with Dag, who shares her dreams, and they begin creating a life of adventure.

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