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Episode 13: Conquer Your Fears: How Paddleboarding Transformed My Life

In this episode of Paddle Forward: Navigating Life’s Currents, I share my journey from severe aquaphobia to becoming a confident paddleboarder. Discover practical steps to overcome your fears and build confidence, both on and off the water. Tune in for actionable advice and inspiring stories that will motivate you to embrace the waves and transform your life.


What You'll Learn:

  • My personal story of overcoming aquaphobia
  • Practical steps to conquer your fears
  • The benefits of taking a SUP 101 lesson
  • Mindset tips for building confidence on and off the water
  • How paddleboarding can transform your life

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About the Podcast

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Paddle Forward
Conquering Fear, Motherhood & Business with Ease | Overcome fear, find balance, and build a life you love.

About your host

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Anacani Walters

Anacani Walters is a nurse-turned-entrepreneur, women’s wellness coach, yoga instructor, master SUP instructor, and military spouse who believes resilience isn’t about pushing harder — it’s about learning how to regulate, reset, and rise.

After 15+ years in surgical oncology and general surgery, battling her own health challenges, burnout, adrenal fatigue, PCOS, cervical cancer, depression, and rebuilding her life through yoga and paddleboarding, she discovered something powerful:

Fear isn’t weakness. It’s information.

Through Paddle Forward, Anacani blends science, nervous system education, ocean metaphors, mindset coaching, and lived experience to help women — and military families navigating transition — move through fear without burning out.

This podcast is for the woman becoming.
The mother in matrescence.
The entrepreneur rebuilding confidence.
The military spouse in transition.
The leader learning to trust herself again.

Here, we fall, float, and rise.