This week we have the honor of introducing you to Taylor Killian! Taylor is the co-founder and creative director of And She’s Dope Too, a world-wide adventure collective of women that he and his wife Jenn started. Their mission is to connect people & planet with perspective & purpose. They’ve done this by completely stripping away the compare-and-compete culture that is so prevalent in our media today. ASDT encourages women from all walks of life and of every ability level to get out with them. They’ve created rendezvous & retreats that allow women to feel 100% comfortable in their own skin while trying new and exciting things.

Taylor is also the father to four kids, a photographer & filmmaker and the Creative Director for And She’s Dope Too and Lady Wild Film Festival. We’ll dive into all the details of these endeavors in our conversation. Today’s episode may bring you to tears (as it did me), while Taylor shares how he balances family, business, community, and giving-back. He’s a true example of how to leave the world better than you found it & it’s an honor to have him on today’s show.

In This Episode We Discuss:

How Taylor (& wife, Jenn) balance adventure while raising 4 children

Why Taylor considers AndShesDopeToo to be his Phoenix Rising

The importance of having a true north in life and business

How to create community that is truly welcoming to all

How to navigate outdoor adventures with your significant other

What ASDT is doing to support the mountain bike culture for women in Nepal

Why you have to believe in yourself before others will believe in you

Tweetables:

“I seek purpose so much more than happiness. Happiness is, in a lot of ways, fleeting and has so many attachments to it, but purpose is constant. And when you have that purpose and times are rough and nasty and nothing looks attractive, purpose is what gets you through.”

“We know we have to stick to our true north and make sure we’re in alignment with what we set out to do in the beginning.“

“I’m hopeful that what it [long-form conversation] does more than anything is make us realize how similiar we really are. And maybe cut, not only ourselves, but other people a little slack.”

“If you believe in what you’re doing, it may not come the way you expect it, it may not have come the way that you want it, but none of those lessons would have been learned through the hard if we wouldn’t have stuck with it.”

Resources:

www.AndShesDopeToo.com

Follow ASDT accounts on Instagram!

@AndShesDopeToo
@ASDT_adventures
@ASDT_media
@ASDT_wasatch

Check out Taylor’s personal account @Killian_Taylor

Watch their film Moksha - Freedom Through the Mountains on Vimeo!