Thailand, Laos, and Bali *I am grateful for the smiles, the generosity, the willingness of other people in other cultures to open and share their lives. I am grateful for the exchange, the growth, the learning that it fosters. I am grateful for the financial ability to support local businesses, ethical and ecological tours, and…
Session 2 in this series is about Navigating Uncertainty. How can we distinguish real intuition from fear masquerading as intuition? How can we best make decisions in the face of uncertainty, when our normal maps are no longer helpful? Lissa Rankin makes a statement that goes something like this: “Changes will happen inevitably when we…
Where I Run Where do I escape to when the thoughts I wish I didn’t have creep in and swirl relentlessly? What do I run to when the feelings that I can’t control surge and overwhelm unceasingly? I’ve run to food, a lack of food; to eroticism — shallow sex. I’ve run to books, to…
Another online course for personal growth: Dietary Transformation from the Inside Out (also via Charles Eisenstein). I read his book The Yoga of Eating and began to see that, despite all of the growth I’d done in the realm of food, listening to my body, etc., that I still had a lot of room to…
I am currently journeying through an online course offered by Charles Eisenstein called ‘The Space Between Stories,’ which revolves around the notion that we — as humans, as a planet — are in the transition between a story of Separation and a story of Interbeing. The first session invites us to consider — whether it…
Overview: In Deschutes National Forest outside of Bend, OR ~4.5 miles to the lakes ~9 mile day-hike to Park meadow and back Part of the Three Sisters Loop August 4th-6th, 2017 (Click images to enlarge and see clearly) I’ve been coming to this area since around 2014, when I did half of the Three Sisters…
Overview: Southeast part of Olympic National FOREST (not Park, meaning you don’t have to pay the NP entrance fee!) ~28 miles total, ~1,700 feet elevation gain Bear canister required (see details below) AMAZING. July 28-30th, 2017 (Click images to enlarge and see clearly) Heads Up Trail Difficulty Although the elevation gain for this hike doesn’t…
Find the truth at the root of your florae. Where is the seed you planted? That your ancestors planted? It has transformed. And we all grow toward the same light, We flower in our ways, Our colors are our life. And we all dig into common soil; feeding, grounding, drenched by the same rain cloud.…
Overview: Washington side of Columbia River Gorge (Beacon Rock State Park) 8.1 miles total, 2,100 feet of elevation gain Great views, some risk of falling Not crowded July 16th, 2017 (Click images to enlarge and see clearly) This hike is on the WA side of the Gorge and is a part of Beacon Rock State…
I spent my first year of graduate school reading all about homeless youth, and the summer after my first year I began my own research to explore this resilient community of people. I was struck – in the studies I’d read – by the hints of abundant resilience that HY seem to carry inside of…
The little things that get you further. Backpacking is really about the learning experience – there’s only so much someone can tell you to prepare you. The rest you just have to learn by doing. But, a few pointers might make your experiences a bit smoother and prevent some major issues that might turn you…
The basic supplies needed for your first backcountry outing. Often the first thing people think of when considering a backpacking trip is “how heavy will the pack be?” That depends on what gear you bring, and how much of it is crap you don’t need. But, there are also some tricks to making your pack…
