Listen "God guided me through 3,000 miles of wilderness and 400 funerals with Diane Gaunsauer"
Episode Synopsis
Diane Gansauer shares her extraordinary journey of transformation from a successful but unfulfilling career in wildlife conservation to becoming a funeral celebrant and long-distance hiker, discovering her true purpose along the way.• Leaving a 20-year executive career that looked perfect on paper but felt misaligned with her soul• Receiving a divine opportunity to establish a celebrant program for North America's largest funeral service provider• Hiking 3,000 miles from Mexico to Canada over seven years, starting at age 61• Finding deep spiritual connection in nature and seeing God's presence in both the wilderness and in honoring lives at funerals• Writing "The Waypoints" about the overlap between hiking lessons and insights from 400 memorial services• Learning to travel light—physically, emotionally, and spiritually—by leaving behind what no longer serves• Transitioning to being a "trail angel" who helps other hikers along their journey• Recognizing that God often speaks through nature and uses pain as a catalyst for necessary change• Understanding that our comfort zones are often actually "misery zones" we stay in out of fearThe Waypoints: From 400 Farewells and 3,000 Miles is available on Amazon and at independent bookstores.To download a free chapter of host Sylvia Worsham's bestselling book, In Faith, I Thrive: Finding Joy Through God's Masterplan, visit her website at www.sylviaworsham.com