the power of The Pause
I just got back celebrating my birthday with some serious outdoor time in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and then the east side of the Sierra Nevada in California (my
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what makes your soul sing?
Today marks my 45th trip around the sun. Whoa! This year I’ve tried to think about how to celebrate by focusing on what is really important to me, based on
what a 4500 year-old tree taught me about doing hard things
I was hiking toward a forest of knotty, twisted, magical trees, many of which are over 2000 years old, and the oldest of which is over 4773 years old. I
Why I Miss Being a Dirtbag
I was recently watching the movie Dirtbag, a documentary about the legendary climber, Fred Beckey. It brought back so many memories of my own dirtbag days, although Beckey would put
Take Imperfect Action – You Never Know What Will Happen!
In my writing group, I was given the task to share a painful memory I had from middle school. If your middle school years were anything like mine, you can
being a “hypocrite” isn’t as bad as it seems
Religion and sex. Discipline and wildness. Security and freedom. There are dichotomies everywhere. It’s nature. Yin and Yang. However, in the culture a lot of us live in, it is
why we let ourselves down
If you’re anything like me (or most humans), you start off with good intentions, make a promise to yourself to do things differently, and then don’t follow through. You may
you can do hard things
Once upon a time, I was feeling pretty sorry for myself. As a teen, I was resentful I had a schizophrenic, bi-polar father and a mother that was abusive despite
let people be wrong about you
Here’s a little secret: one of the most relaxing things you can do for yourself – better than a spa vacation in a remote mountain area or trolling a fishing
