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This week on the Let Yourself Sparkle Podcast, Linden Wolbert shares her incredible story about how she chased her dreams to become a real life mermaid and she inspires us with tools to let go of fear, trust our intuition and be open to possibilities.
Linden Wolbert is a professional mermaid, freediver and children’s ocean educator who swims deep in the ocean, surrounded by sharks at 50 feet down on a single breath – with no mask and no air tanks! She dances with manta rays at night and has been enveloped by millions of non-stinging golden jellyfish. All of these experiences are captured on film and video, which Linden shares in the form of mini-documentaries for children on her YouTube channel, in her Mermaid Minute series.
She has done underwater modeling and pro in-water stunt doubling for films, TV and commercials and has appeared as a mermaid on TV, in feature films, and numerous commercials and music videos.
Linden is the bravest person I’ve ever had the honor of getting to know. I actually made her a couture mermaid tail which she has been adventuring in for about a decade!
She also has a heart of gold.
She is on the board of directors of Reef Check Foundation, a non- profit which monitors the health of our world’s coral and rocky reef systems in an effort to conserve and protect them. A former PADI scuba diving model, she has completed over 800 dives in her globetrotting escapades of the aquatic persuasion, and has officiated countless freediving national and world records as a, AIDA International freediving judge. Linden has a Bachelor of Science in Film and Environmental Science from Emerson College and is a PADI Master SCUBA Diver with a 15-year background in ocean conservation and education through visual storytelling and live performance.
If you know anyone who wants to be a mermaid, she actually has a monofin shop for children and adults! Go to her website www.mermaidlinden.com or www.mermaidsinmotion.com
Special thanks to Cathy Heller and her podcast “Don’t Keep Your Day Job” for the inspiration to put this show together. Her song “Gonna Make a Change” is featured in the intro and ending of this podcast.
