What happens when a woman in midlife looks in the mirror and doesn’t recognize herself anymore? For Belinda Coker, that moment didn’t lead to reinvention seminars or vision boards — it led her into the rainforest, onto long trails, and eventually across continents.

In this episode, Belinda shares how solo hiking became both a reset and a reclaiming: of confidence, health, joy, and self-trust. From walking the Camino de Santiago to surviving storms in Greenland, from navigating menopause-related health challenges to serendipity on a bus to Hadrian’s Wall, this is a conversation about what happens when women finally do something for themselves.

• The mirror moment that sparked Belinda’s midlife turning point

• How hiking soothed anxiety and reset her nervous system

• What solo hiking teaches you about confidence and self-reliance

• Living with lipedema — and staying active anyway

• How house sitting opened the world while keeping travel affordable

• Why it’s never too late to start — and why midlife may be the perfect time

Belinda wraps it up reminding us there are surprises around every corner.

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Belinda Coker is an Australian hiker, writer, and educator who helps women in midlife reclaim freedom and confidence through practical, real-world adventure.

After years of building businesses and raising three children, she began hiking to find space and perspective, completing multi-day solo hikes from Australia’s rugged Red Centre to a solo crossing of Greenland in the Arctic Circle.

Along the way she founded Soul Treader, a space that helps women push their limits safely and rebuild confidence through real adventure. Drawing on that same philosophy, she later created the House Sitting Collective to teach responsible, flexible travel that’s safe, organised, and built on trust.

She has also worked with local communities in Malawi and Zambia on self-funded clean-water projects, bringing safe water closer to villages where women once walked hours each day.

Belinda is also a lipedema warrior, encouraging women to move forward in whatever body they’re in.