Run with heart. Dance with soul. Climb with courage. Still..i rise.
I blinked and fall flew right by into winter. Family. Hiking. Ebbs. Flows. Birthdays. Holidays. More Ebbs. More Flows. Remembering to breathe it all in and love it all out. Because it's all gonna be alright. You know, braving the wilderness. "Braving the Wilderness" are the words Brené Brown gave to brilliantly describe this exact …
Another life sabbatical as it seems for me again. Life has been full of joy and upside-down "flippedness." However, my recent journey to Kripalu has been guiding my soul through reflective journal writing lately. Meeting Liz Gilbert that weekend was a defining moment for me. (More on that soon...) The question she asked, that …
“Speak only when it improves upon the silence.” -Gandhi Silence. It was deafening to my soul most of my life. Truly deafening. I did all that I could to fill the void with noise…constantly initiating conversations, funny jokes, pointless rambling, playing music. Anything. Anything to drown out the silence. Silence was something I could …
Getting caught in the rain often gives you time to think. And when you think, your mind starts wonder and wonder and wonder. I was caught in the rain this past weekend up in the Adirondacks. Time to think? Yes....there was plenty of that to go around. I rushed into the Adirondack Growl & Grub …
Setbacks. They are discouraging. Frustrating. And at times, weakening. Or so it feels. I've recently had some setbacks. Physically, health wise and ultimately mentally. My only choice these past few weeks was to "sit and rest." Rest? Yes..necessary for the body to heal. Not so great, though, when you are training for a …
Ever since I hiked Mount Jo, I've longed to discover her love's summit as well. Mount Jo is one of my favorite little mountains in the Adirondacks. The mountain was named after Josephine Schofield in 1877, Henry Van Hoevenberg's fiancé. She died shortly before they were to marry. I wondered about his hike through …
I've been planning this climb for the past 5 months...since the moment I gazed at her regal beauty from the summit of Mount Colden. It would be my birthday present to me, from me. Miss Marcy and I had a date with enduring faith, accompanied by a side of "don't you dare quit." My mountain …
I did it!!! I completed my first ever duathlon! Run Bike Run! And it was BY FAR the most challenging race to date. I'm learning the hard way that April in Rochester is not exactly the best weather for racing. I ran the Flower City Half Marathon last year at this time....and that was a killer race …
Wash your spirit clean. The essence of why so many of us escape into nature. Well, not escape...more like come home to nature. What I love most about spending time in the mountains is the freedom it reveals. It could be discovered through kayaking on a lake in the glistening sun. Or resting on …
There will always be days to recount mountain journeys or races to run. (In 7 days to be exact). But yesterday, all day, my mind has been heavy, weighed down in self-reflection. My heart consumed with worry. How do you raise a man? How do you know that you are making the right decisions to …
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