479 Jay Worthy ~ How to Live Adventurously With the 28 Summers Philosophy

Into the Woods with Holly Worton

I'm excited to introduce this week's guest, Jay Worthy. He’s got a great concept called 28 Summers that I look forward to sharing with you.

About Jay Worthy

Jay Worthy is the host of the 28 Summers podcast and co-host of the Man Alive podcast (launching Summer 2022). Jay got his start in life as an instructor teaching members to use gym equipment for free, so he could get a free membership for himself – two decades later he was the first non-US CEO of the $1 billion company that made that equipment!

After an adventurous childhood, his life lost its adventurous edge. Work and other commitments quickly took priority, and his passion and desire for adventure were suppressed to make way for his growing workload and other commitments. Through a series of life-changing moments and a period of intense stress and depression in his early 40’s, he knew something had to change. Today he is a Vice President in a Fortune 500 corporation with a determination to show that living a life of purpose and earning a living are not mutually exclusive.

He is on a mission to prove that happiness and financial security can co-exist, and that it's time for the corporate world to recognise that grinding executives into the ground and sapping every ounce of their energy is entirely counter-intuitive to optimising their impact and leadership. Jay's 28 Summers Philosophy is that living adventurously is the key to a happy life and that getting reconnected with nature is the cure for what ails us.

Jay’s Links

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• Instagram

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What You'll Learn

• How Jay overcame imposter syndrome with his adventures
• How you can have “before work adventures”
• How to evaluate your week with “memorable moments”
• The best “dose” of nature for mental health
• How to create your own menu for a morning flow
• Why living adventurously, and time in nature, is the cure for what ails us
• How you can embrace the concept of 28 Summers and use it to have more adventures
• Ideas for simple (and life-changing) adventures you can do anytime

Things We Discussed

• Tom Bilyeu Impact Theory interview on YouTube with Jesse Itzler
• Alastair Humphreys
• Diane Randall’s episode
• What is the Best Dose of Nature and Green Exercise for Improving Mental Health? A Multi-Study Analysis
• Atomic Habits An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, by James Clear
• TS Eliot quote: “If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?”
• Exuma island chain
• Lucy Shepherd
• Mark Beaumont
• Max Woosey

Related Episodes

• 457 Sarah K Brandis ~ Running For Better Mental Health And Riding To Conquer Your Fears
• 452 Diane Randall ~ Putting More Life into Your Work-Life Balance
• 406 Yvette Webster ~ How Outdoor Adventures Can Help with Mental Health (now with downloadable transcript!)
• 397 Holly Worton ~ When You Get Impostor Syndrome With Your Outdoor Adventures
• 366 Joanna Hennon + Holly ~ Mid-life: Reevaluating Where You Are and Where You Want To Go (now with downloadable transcript!)

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