It's an Inside Job
Imagine responding to challenges with quiet strength and living with a clearer sense of direction. It's an Inside Job, hosted by Jason Birkevold Liem, guides you there. This podcast is for anyone who believes cultivating inner resources is the most powerful way to shape their outer reality. We explore practical approaches for fostering resilience, nurturing well-being, and embedding intentionality into your daily rhythm.
On Mondays, we feature longer conversations with insightful individuals, uncovering practical wisdom on how your inner world serves as a compass for your outer experiences, shaping everything from your career to your relationships and personal fulfilment.
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After all, actual growth is an inside job!
It's an Inside Job
Part 2 - Interview with Karina Hollekim: Base Jumper, Survivor, Motivator & Mental Trainer
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Karina Hollekim is a Norwegian free skier and BASE jumper. She is the first female athlete to complete a ski BASE.
In August 2006 she had a near-fatal crash after her parachute failed during a routine parachuting jump. She hit the ground at over 100 km/h (60 mph), and her legs were fractured in 21 places. Although doctors said she would never walk again, after 20 surgeries she has recovered and was back skiing in 2007.
Her biographical movie 20 Seconds of Joy won both the Best film on Mountainsports as well as the People's choice awards at the 2007 Banff Mountain Film Festival.
In November 2011 Hollekim published her autobiography (co-authored with Odd Harald Hauge), The Wonderful Feeling of Fear (Den vidunderlige: følelsen av frykt) with Gyldendal Publishing.[
In this episode, Karina and I discuss the following questions and topics:
- How did you get into base jumping?
- What were your first impressions? What was it like?
- Could you describe what happened to you in 2006 over Lake Geneva, Switzerland?
- What was your recovery like?
- How did you deal with your emotions and thoughts?
- Where did you place your focus?
- How did you mentally and emotionally get back in the game?
REFERENCES:
Den vidunderlige følelsen av frykt
by Karina Hollekim
Karina Hollekim fylte sitt liv og sitt indre med den vidunderlige følelsen av frykt, for å føle at hun levde. Hun var foregangskvinne i frikjøring på ski og basehopping, stadig mer ekstremt, stadig større risiko, inntil den dagen fallskjermen ikke åpnet seg skikkelig og hun traff bakken i 100 km/t. Karinas verste mareritt ble virkelighet, dømt til amputasjon og et liv som handikappet. Veien tilbake til et normalt liv var brolagt med skuffelser, men ble mer meningsfylt enn noe annet. I dag fyller Karina sitt liv med å inspirere andre med sin beretning, om frykt, håp og kamp. Og at livet alltid har en mening.
Karina's contact information:
Website: https://www.karinahollekim.no
Facebook: @KarinaHollekim
Instagram: @KarinaHollekim
LinkedIN: @KarinaHollekim
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We will be kicking off Season 8 in August 2025. In July, we will be rerunning 4 of our most listened to episodes that share skills and knowledge about building resilience, well-being and living with intention. Thanks for your to listenership.
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