JUST RELEASED! TEDx TALK One of the greatest challenges young people face today is a lack of confidence in themselves and in the world. Adventure can help. Experiences such as camping under the stars or learning to cycle or surf for the first time can significantly transform self-esteem, confidence, and resilience. In this brand new TEDx talk I share my own story of rebuilding from childhood trauma through the power of adventures, offering simple and actionable ways for kids and adults to get started.
Explorer, Speaker, Author
In 2010 Belinda set out to redefine Adventure. Today she is the leading voice promoting the benefits of chosen challenge on wellbeing and the author of the best-selling, award nominated book ADVENTURE MIND: Transform Your Wellbeing by Choosing Challenge
Belinda Kirk has written a work to change our worlds -- Nicholas Crane
She runs AdventureMind, a ground-breaking research and conference series that explores the link between adventure, wellbeing and mental health. She also oversees Explorers Connect which has encouraged over 30,000 ordinary people to engage in life-changing outdoor challenges.
One of the most inspiring contemporary female adventurers —The Guardian
An explorer in her own right, Belinda has walked across Nicaragua, searched for camels in China's Desert of Death, discovered ancient rock paintings in Lesotho, pioneered inclusive expeditions for people with disabilities, lead dozens of youth development expeditions around the world and gained a Guinness World Record for rowing unsupported around Britain. Belinda has managed remote trips for, amongst others, Bear Grylls, Ray Mears & Chris Ryan and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and British Exploring Society. She is also an Ambassador for The Youth Adventure Trust.
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Belinda uses her life-long passion for adventure and the great outdoors to offer life-changing experiences to other people
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Belinda's adventure revolution is starting to get noticed and 2017 she was named in The Sunday Times ‘Alternative’ Rich List which celebrates 40 people in Britain who lead “extraordinary, worthwhile and satisfying lives” alongside Sir David Attenborough, Virginia McKenna & Tunde Okewale OBE
“Quite the most remarkable achievement carried out by any women alive today. Absolutely magnificent both for mental and physical achievement bar none”
ADVENTURES
Belinda's international expeditions, community-changing local adventures & personal challenges
NEWSLETTERS
Belinda shares three newsletters to over 46,000 readers (find support & team-mates for adventures, find adventure jobs, learn more about adventure for mental health)
Cover photo courtesy of Greg Childs Photography