How a Mom of 7 Became a Guinness World Record Mountaineer w/ Jenn Drummond (RR #81)

Sep 28

2 min read

Rebel Rootz Show Episode #81 with Jenn Drummond.

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What happens when “someday” almost never comes?

Jenn Drummond was a mom of seven doing everything she thought she was supposed to do, while quietly putting herself last. Then a near-fatal car crash changed everything. After surviving an accident she was told she should not have survived, Jenn began questioning the life she was living, the dreams she kept postponing, and why other people’s opinions mattered more than her own.

That shift eventually took her from never sleeping in a tent to climbing some of the highest mountains on Earth and becoming a Guinness World Record-setting mountaineer. Her journey also forced her to rediscover who she was outside of motherhood, trust her intuition again, and show her kids what it looks like to do hard things.

Evonne and Jenn also talk about infertility, raising seven kids, reinvention, identity, motherhood, and why accomplishing something extraordinary does not mean you have to keep chasing the next mountain. Today, Jenn is taking that lesson into her next chapter through her Somedays project, helping people stop postponing the experiences, relationships, and moments that make them feel alive.

You don’t have to climb Everest to change your life. Sometimes the first step is simply deciding that “someday” is no longer good enough.

Timestamps:

[00:00] Intro

[01:48] Losing Yourself in Motherhood

[03:35] The Near-Fatal Car Crash

[06:14] Putting Yourself Last Until “Someday”

[08:58] Rediscovering Who You Are

[11:23] From a 40th Birthday Goal to Everest

[17:25] Becoming a Guinness World Record Mountaineer

[21:36] The Hardest Parts of Climbing

[23:00] Infertility, Embryos, and Seven Kids

[26:41] Reinventing After the Mountains

[29:04] The Somedays Movement

[34:33] What Is “Someday” Costing You?

[41:28] Making Your 90-Year-Old Self Proud

Key Takeaways:

• “I remember negotiating with death. I'm like, ‘Please let me live, and I promise I'll do something significant. Like, I'm not ready to go.’” ~ Jenn Drummond

• “Why do I care so much what they think, and why is their opinion more important than my opinion?” ~ Jenn Drummond

• “If I'm happy, they have permission to be happy.” ~ Jenn Drummond

• “We get to reinvent ourselves at any time.” ~ Jenn Drummond

• “I think it costs us so much more than we think because someday sounds responsible.” ~ Jenn Drummond

• Don’t save your Somedays for a day that might not ever come. ~ Jenn Drummond

• “Are you on track to make the ninety-year-old self you proud?” ~ Evonne Varady

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