July 2026

Ep #120 Juliet Jacobsen Kastorff on Confidence vs Control

What does it actually take to lead a team, run an international guiding business, and still choose the hard line when it would be easier to stay comfortable? Juliet Jacobsen Kastorff is co-founder of Endless River Adventures, owner of Rio Quijos Ecolodge in Ecuador, and founder of the nonprofit Need More Outdoors. She’s been teaching

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Ep #119 How to Break Big Fears into Small Steps with Sara Hunter

What do you do when fear shows up and your instinct is to either force your way through or quit altogether? In this episode of The Discomfort Zone Podcast, Anna talks with Sara Hunter, a licensed clinical mental health counselor, certified emotionally focused couples therapist, and PMBIA Level 1 mountain bike instructor based in Asheville,

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EP #118 Humbled by My Own Advice: Letting Go of Perfectionism

What do you do when you catch yourself ignoring the exact advice you give everyone else? In this solo episode of The Discomfort Zone Podcast, Anna Levesque shares what happened when she coached a client to celebrate her combat rolls instead of fixating on her flips, then fell into the same mindset trap just days

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How to Stay Cool in Extreme Heat: 6 Ayurvedic Tips for Paddlers

If you’re anywhere under the heat dome sitting over much of the world right now, you already know this summer is testing everyone’s cool. Record temperatures, warm nights that don’t let you recover, and heat advisories stacking up week after week. Here’s what I want you to know as an Ayurvedic Health Coach: how you

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