Forging Mettle Podcast

In this rapid fire discussion with Shannon Huffman Polson, we discuss healthy ways to face your fear. Understanding and then owning the narrative arc of your life. If we can change our story regarding fear, it can help us overcome challenges, rather than hinder us. Shannon shares with us what it's like to face that primal fear in the cockpit of an Apache attack helicopter in Bosnia. And then relating it back to the pressure of being a keynote speaker and Today Show guest. 

About Shannon

Speaking and writing have been part of my DNA since leading our high school debate and forensics team and running the literary journal (when we still used scissors and glue!). I believe words change the world, and I thrive on seeing transformation come as a result of sharing lessons and stories through speaking and writing.

After a childhood in Alaska, I studied English literature and art history at Duke University. At graduation I was commissioned as a 2LT in Army Aviation and became one of the first women to fly Apache helicopters, serving on three continents and leading two flight platoons and a line company. In the midst of school and flying came skydiving, scuba diving, big-mountain climbing and long-course triathlons. To turn all that into something practical, I earned my MBA at the Tuck School at Dartmouth, and worked with some excellent people in the corporate jungle for a few years in the medical devices industry and technology. I started an MDiv (part-time), and decided not to pursue it, returning to my love of words with an MFA

Shannon's website

http://www.shannonpolson.com/ 

North of Hope

https://www.amazon.com/North-Hope-Daughters-Arctic-Journey/dp/0310328764 

The Grit Factor

https://www.amazon.com/Grit-Factor-Resilience-Male-Dominated-Organization/dp/1633697266/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_0/144-1101085-9996665?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1633697266&pd_rd_r=5de57c84-fa7e-4452-88e1-5c1f664e321a&pd_rd_w=YD2g5&pd_rd_wg=Cw5YN&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=EDYF45VBKVJJPZ167HWP&psc=1&refRID=EDYF45VBKVJJPZ167HWP