12. Surfing is like a romance - Danni Unway

Board Women

Danni is a transpersonal psychotherapist, as well as surf confidence coach. Much of what she has to say about surfing applies to all board sports, so listen in - this episode is packed with lots of tips and wise advice.

“When we go out and surf, whatever is happening in our real lives is almost an exaggeration of what is going on in our lives. Because we experience such highs in surf, especially in that honeymoon period, where we catch our first wave, it’s this high we are constantly chasing. And because we’ve felt such a high, we have to experience the lows that go with it; and the higher the highs, the lower the lows. So that is why, in surfing, emotions are so exaggerated, and it’s almost like our capacity to feel grows within surf.”

Episode highlights:

• It's good to fall.

• Finding surfing later in life: “When I found surfing, it became this anchor to who I was as a person….I felt powerful.”

• Surfing is pure presence: ‘When you’re in the flow with the surf and the ocean, it’s pure freedom. Nothing else matters.”

• Running surf confidence coaching workshops.

• Surfing as a relationship cycle

• Beat the inner critic.

• Importance of mindset pre surf

• Regaining confidence post injury / incident

More about Danni:

Insta: @danniunwaytherapy

Danni Unway Therapy

Groups that Danni mentions:

Newquay Women’s Surf Club

Join the Board Women movement:

boardwomen.co

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Host: Caroline Keylock

Producer: Selma Chalabi

Photography - Clare Keylock

Artwork - Rozi Wan Rimli

Music - Brother Brother by Benjamin Caleb Johnson, performed by BENSON

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