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You've Got a Friend in Me: Rethinking Our Relationship with the Natural World

You've Got a Friend in Me: Rethinking Our Relationship with the Natural World

To change the world requires us to radically alter the way we think about our relationship with it. See what that means in this week’s piece.

Posted on March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 by Live Life OutdoorsIn Health and Wellness, Mindfulness, Nature, Writing8 Minutes Read

Broken Rider: The Art of Getting up After a Fall

Broken Rider: The Art of Getting up After a Fall

Posted on November 4, 2019March 8, 2021 by Live Life OutdoorsIn Uncategorized9 Minutes Read

The Art of Solitude: How to Be Alone in a World Full of People

The Art of Solitude: How to Be Alone in a World Full of People

Posted on August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 by Live Life OutdoorsIn Mindfulness8 Minutes Read

Level II Fun (Part 2): Out of the Pain Cave, Into the Light

Level II Fun (Part 2): Out of the Pain Cave, Into the Light

Posted on August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 by Live Life OutdoorsIn Adventure, Personal Essay8 Minutes Read

How (Not) to Give a Wedding Gift

How (Not) to Give a Wedding Gift

What does a Nature lover and adventure writer gift to friends for their wedding? It may not be what you think. The next installment in the How (Not) To series is a little funny, a little serious, and all good. Names and deets have been changed to protect the innocent.

Posted on July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 by Live Life OutdoorsIn Advice, How To9 Minutes Read

Why The Humanities are Still King

Why The Humanities are Still King

Posted on June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 by Live Life OutdoorsIn Literature, Writing9 Minutes Read

In Through the Out Door: How Going Out Into Nature Leads Us In to Our Truest Selves

In Through the Out Door: How Going Out Into Nature Leads Us In to Our Truest Selves

Posted on May 6, 2019June 3, 2019 by Live Life OutdoorsIn Health and Wellness, Nature, Personal Essay7 Minutes Read

Lacing up Your Boots: Picking up the Pieces After Relapse

Lacing up Your Boots: Picking up the Pieces After Relapse

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Live Life OutdoorsIn Addiction, Personal Essay, Recovery6 Minutes Read

The Simple Joy of Walking in the Woods

The Simple Joy of Walking in the Woods

Posted on March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 by Live Life OutdoorsIn Health and Wellness, Mindfulness6 Minutes Read

Mountain Madness: The Limits of Human Endurance and Lessons the Mountains Teach

Mountain Madness: The Limits of Human Endurance and Lessons the Mountains Teach

Posted on January 2, 2019July 3, 2019 by Live Life OutdoorsIn Health and Wellness, Hiking, Personal Essay10 Minutes Read

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Finding Greater Meaning in the Mundane. This podcast is a companion piece to the essay, “Denkwork: the Promise of Work, and the Work of Promises”, from September of 2019

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The Secret to self control is giving up control.

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Quotes that make you go, hmm.

“It is necessary to be sometimes exclusive, not on behalf of wealth or rank, but of those human qualities that can apprehend loneliness.”

Nan Shepherd

Spring is fast approaching here in the Northeasern United States. It’s time to emerge from our dens and spend even more time outdoors

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