Iris Gardner spent her childhood off the grid, an ideal life in the woods for a kid, totally off grid, heading out on horse back, confronting mountain lions, reading books, growing and hunting their food..until the day a sexual predator moved into the house, a family friend who would throw the life of a young 5 year old child into unspeakable darkness. Hear a remarkable story from a truly remarkable lady who has emerged from that darkness with a message that will change how we view life and the life of our children.   When people ask Iris what she does, how does she like to reply? “Why this cult of wilderness?..because we like the taste of freedom; because we like the smell of danger.” —Edward Abbey. How much of Iris is in this quote? From a young age Iris was drawn to the wild. What did nature bring to Iris? Why did Iris credit nature a lot for her resilience. What character traits have their kids taken from Iris, and what character traits have they adopted from Jason? Iris does not fret about what might happen. What was her mindset to cope? The day before her 10th birthday, there was a serious family incident. What happened? That night, with her sister….emotionally what was the impact? Many would hide from her story, let alone share… why is Iris sharing her story? Iris has actual physical scars from where in the following years she started to self harm. When Iris feels or looks at these scars today, what emotions does she feel? "It’s your darkness that has shown you your light, your damage is something you use" … does Iris feel damaged?  Has Iris forgiven her predator? Iris dated a 30-year-old man when 15 because he paid Iris attention. What can we take from that? Iris said to Jocko...“you have to teach yourself to think and feel, to have the RIGHT feelings about things” How has Iris done that specifically? Does Iris still experience Imposter syndrome and have to deal with that inner voice? Iris has always dreamed of horses. How far back can she remember the dream of being with a horse?   LINKS   Iris Gardner on Instagram @allthewildplaces   Iris on Twitter @onlyirisgardner   Iris on youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgZSczIGM2aPu5seYCs93rg   The Mojo Sessions website https://www.themojosessions.com   The Mojo Sessions on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheMojoSessions?fan_landing=true   The Mojo Sessions on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheMojoSessions/   Gary on Linked in https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-bertwistle-helping-unlock-great-ideas-b5182011/   Gary on Twitter https://twitter.com/GaryBertwistle   The Mojo Sessions on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/themojosessions/   © 2020 Gary Bertwistle.  All Rights Reserved.   Any products or companies discussed in the show are not paid endorsements. I am not sponsored by, nor do I have any professional or affiliate relationships of any kind with any of the companies or products highlighted in the show. It’s just stuff I like, that I think is cool, that I want to share, and that I believe may be of interest to you as part of the Mojo crew.

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