Types of adventure
What is adventure, anyway? We all have a bit of a different way of defining adventure. My definition came from a chat with my good…
You can’t achieve it alone
This is the part of the year where I’m supposed to tell you things like “you just have to put your mind to it, and…
Adventure and the Challenge of Your Daily Grind
“Are you sure we have time for this?” my husband, glancing toward the sky. Twilight was settling fast. Darkness wouldn’t be far behind. To be…
Choose an Adventurous Life
Two Octobers ago, I paused on the bank of the Gardner River and wondered just exactly why I would choose to be standing there in…
3 Ways to Have Peace in the Adventurous Storms of Life
Who thinks of peace in the middle of a storm? I bet you wouldn’t think of the word “peace” when thinking of the word “storm”….
October Adventure Challenge: Draw each day for Inktober
Remember the feeling when you were in kindergarten and your teacher handed you some crayons for the first time and invited you to draw whatever…
Autopilot: 1 Way to Miss Your Adventure
An adventurous life is lived one challenge at a time. Some we choose. Others we face. How we walk through is up to us. Autopilot is a choice. And a risk.
Self regulation as a key to success - September Adventure Challenge
We wall want a life that’s successful, one where today is awesome, and tomorrow will be too! Full of adventure, joy, and connection with those…
Pace, Reflection, and Travel
Between the morning’s family-friendly hike around Trout Lake and the afternoon’s challenge trek to Sepulchre’s summit, we traveled through Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley. We knew this…
Understanding and embracing adventure as a tool and mindset
We found ourselves on the mountain summit in Colorado. The high altitude and long hike/run intervals climbing had depleted our water and nutrition. We underestimated…