Is it your family stopping you, or is it you?

Speaker 1: If there is a woman in the position that you were in where maybe friends or family don't want to go but she still does, what is your advice to her as a next step?

Speaker 2: I say just go a lot and I know that it sounds oversimplified. I know it's not that easy but I think that first the question to ask is it really your friends and family that are giving you the hard time or are you believing these lines? Oh, it's too dangerous. It's not safe. You can't do it. You're going to give up. It's going to be too hard. I would ask that first. Do you believe that? If you believe that, then we can talk. If it's just your family, your family isn't the one who's going to look back in 10 years wishing that they had done it when they could.

Speaker 1: It seems like it's really about

Speaker 2: overcoming limiting beliefs. For sure. I know it's scary. I remember the first time before I left for that trip for Honduras. We didn't have anything like my community at the time. There wasn't really anyone to ask. There's no way to expect the unexpected, but you have to believe in yourself. And once you do finally go, you will discover how capable you've been all along.