{"id":50663,"date":"2016-07-07T11:15:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T15:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=50663"},"modified":"2021-05-15T08:01:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T12:01:55","slug":"365-joan-lunden-courage-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/db\/365-joan-lunden-courage-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Interview: Joan Lunden on Courage, Fitness and Just Saying Yes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wKeHQ_0jy3k?rel=0\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you find <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/lifestyle\/achieve-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">your dreams<\/a> growing smaller and smaller the more \u201cadult\u201d you become, it\u2019s time to take a page from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joanlunden.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joan Lunden\u2019s<\/a> playbook. The iconic <em>Good Morning America <\/em>host, cancer survivor and bestselling author says she never stops piling new things into her bucket list. But there\u2019s one thing that needs to come first, she insists. And that\u2019s a big old \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s how Lunden, in her mid 40s, found herself at the summit of the Grand Teton \u2014 in the company of thrill-seekers half her age. It\u2019s also how she agreed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PqV8W1r2FQ4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jump from a plane<\/a> with the U.S. Parachute Team. If her fight against triple-negative breast cancer at age 63 taught her anything, it\u2019s that life is meant to be <em>lived.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/lifestyle\/instagram-positive-affirmations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">17 Positive Affirmations That\u2019ll Change the Way You Think<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Joan Lunden: Conquering&nbsp;With Courage<\/h3>\n<p>Sure, you\u2019ll come up with every excuse in the book, she says, but the key is not to think. \u201cJust say yes, <em>then <\/em>go out and figure out how to do it,\u201d she told JD Roberto on a recent visit to the set of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/365?partner=life&amp;mtype=5&amp;ldate=070716&amp;grp=fitness&amp;crtv=joanlunden&amp;utm_source=life&amp;utm_medium=textlink&amp;utm_campaign=fitness&amp;utm_content=joanlunden&amp;sub_id=365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Burn 365<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And if it scares you, even better. \u201cCourage is like a muscle. It\u2019s strengthened the more you use it,\u201d she says. Next up: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/fitness\/best-marathons-in-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Machu Picchu<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/fitness\/hiking-mount-kilamanjaro-wild\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mount Kilimanjaro<\/a>. Lunden assures us that her health \u2014 and her happiness \u2014 depend on it. Let the altitude training begin!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>To catch up with more inspiring guests like Joan Lunden and her <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nycfitfam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>@NYCfitfam<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> of daughter and son-in law Jamie and George Hess, head to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/365?partner=life&amp;mtype=5&amp;ldate=070716&amp;grp=fitness&amp;crtv=joanlunden&amp;utm_source=life&amp;utm_medium=textlink&amp;utm_campaign=fitness&amp;utm_content=joanlunden&amp;sub_id=365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DailyBurn.com\/365<\/a>. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joan Lunden, longtime Good Morning America host, cancer survivor and bestselling author, dishes on the one motivational strategy that helps her conquer 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