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Frida Draxler

Adventurous outdoor mom from Creston, BC; shared NICU journey with daughter Ivy on Let's Go Outside Podcast, focusing on medical trauma recovery and outdoor family adventures.

Jul 7, 2026

Let's Go Outside | Adventurous Moms, Hiking, Camping, Travelling with Kids, Parenting Outside

Let's Go Outside | Adventurous Moms, Hiking, Camping, Travelling with Kids, Parenting Outside

041: NICU Journey: Navigating Medical Trauma & Returning to Adventuring Again with Kids

Jul 7 · 1h 5m

Danica VanderPylHOST
22:01
Okay.
Frida DraxlerGUEST
22:02
And then the next two years were so, so hard on me.
Frida DraxlerGUEST
22:06
And then it was kind of like, OK, I'm not crazy.
Frida DraxlerGUEST
22:08
This is normal.
Frida DraxlerGUEST
22:09
Like, I'm not just like wallowing.
Frida DraxlerGUEST
22:11
I'm actually processing.
Frida DraxlerGUEST
22:12
And basically what had kind of happened was we had gone through like fight or flight and we were like in survival mode and there was no processing happening.

26 MINS LATER

Danica VanderPylHOST
48:33
And yeah, it was really beautiful for us to watch too.

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