Celebrating spirited women who embrace life with Mother Nature. These women inspire us through their stories of adventure, personal growth, and connection to something greater than themselves.
Nature becomes the perfect backdrop for compelling, yet light hearted conversations where we wrestle with some of life’s big sticking points such as when and how to open up the doors to being brave and authentic, compassionate and curious.
These themes bubble to the surface when we explore a variety of access points into the natural realm. Whether by pushing physical and mental limits, creative art making, exploring healing and wellbeing, pursuing business endeavours, understanding ecology or unpacking spirituality.
Join our community and Nature Club to get inspired.
Celebrating spirited women who embrace life with Mother Nature. These women inspire us through their stories of adventure, personal growth, and connection to something greater than themselves.
Nature becomes the perfect backdrop for compelling, yet light hearted conversations where we wrestle with some of life’s big sticking points such as when and how to open up the doors to being brave and authentic, compassionate and curious.
These themes bubble to the surface when we explore a variety of access points into the natural realm. Whether by pushing physical and mental limits, creative art making, exploring healing and wellbeing, pursuing business endeavours, understanding ecology or unpacking spirituality.
Join our community and Nature Club to get inspired.
Founder of women’s sustainable surf-goods brand Salt Gypsy, Danny Clayton is a true pioneer in the women’s surf industry.
Danny is as transparent as it gets when talking about challenges and how to overcome them. We unpack the nitty gritty of running a small business with limited resources, and how to achieve this without compromising on sustainable and ethical values. We delve into how social media plays a necessary yet challenging role for any business owner in a space where body image is at the forefront. It was also encouraging to hear Danny share how she is invested in helping other women get better educated to operate businesses, particularly around the topic of finances.
Recently, her brand won the Break Out Brand of the Year, at the SBIA Awards in partnership with Global Surf Industries, for designing surfboards for, wait for it.. females. Her brand continues to grow, as she offers business mentoring as an adjunct to the surfwear side of the business, always keeping community at the heart of the brand.
The end of our chat takes a unexpected, vulnerable turn, where Danny share’s that she lives with a life threatening illness every. damn. day. She is a force to be reckoned with, balancing healthy boundaries with the skill of tenacity, daily.
Danny is intelligent, humorous and extremely dogged. A fierce role model for those of us also trying to nudge (or smash through) that formidable glass ceiling.
Big thanks to Danny at Salt Gypsy for sponsoring this episode, if you’d like a Salt Gypsy discount, sign-up to our newsletter to get the code.
SHOW NOTES:
ECONYL Fabric - Regenerated nylon waste
Calvin Coolidge - 30th president of the USA, Read quote here.
Outerknown - Sustainable surfwear brand
Patagonia - Sustainable outdoor brand
Natasha Tonic - Hemp activewear/swimwear