Confidence Is Knowing You Can Handle It

What if confidence isn’t believing everything will work out, but trusting yourself when it doesn’t? Rachel Blogg sits down with adventurer, executive coach, author, and keynote speaker Lei Wang, the first Asian woman to complete the Explorer’s Grand Slam by climbing the highest peak on every continent and skiing to both the North and South Poles. Her journey began not as a lifelong athlete, but as a self-described former book nerd wondering what might happen if she challenged the story she had always told herself about who she was.

Lei shares what climbing Mount Everest taught her about fear, risk, mental strength, and the difference between pushing through discomfort and knowing when stopping is the right decision. She and Rachel explore how real confidence is built through experience, why reaching the summit is only halfway, and how learning to trust yourself can change what you believe you're capable of. It’s a conversation about courage, identity, and realizing that who you’ve been doesn’t have to determine who you become next.

Connect with Lei:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JourneyWithLei
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leiwang/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeywithlei/

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