Sometimes my big dreams scare me. Do I even care that much? The amount of work in my head to get there, it’s exhausting just thinking about it. Sometimes I fantasize about calling it. Accepting that I could serve tables for as long as my body would allow. Sometimes I think I would be happier. […]
Can walking heal us? It healed Emma and her decades-long struggle with weight and addiction.
Are we aiming too high or too low? Is survival really good enough?
She was at the end of her rope, running on a treadmill with corporate America. But she walked away and hasn't looked back.
I bought the damn earrings. And they will never go with my mostly-hiking-attire wardrobe.
A vomit of insecurity started rising in my throat when I decided to wander onto Facebook this morning.
The hardest part of adventure is not in the doing. It's in the deciding to do.
I clinged to my busy-ness as my identity of choice. But it's not who I was. And it isn't who I am.
Why don't we talk more about our vulnerabilities? They're part of life. And a part of the human experience.
I'm annoyed by the tears these days, but Deepak says it's the body releasing stress.
If Saoirse Ibargüen can accept that her worth doesn't come from anyone’s perceptions of her achievements and losses, then she can focus on what really matters to her: the people she loves. Perhaps on that list of people, she’ll even add her own name someday.
In the outdoors, being capable is valued over being poised. And Danielle Baker is capable as fuck.
Kendra Slagter finds a new rhythm with herself, and her dad, on the Bruce Trail.
Hopping over the dog vomit: a metaphor for the January blues.
It's a mess, but humanity is looking for a way out. Humanity, is persevering.
A co-authored piece by Sam Plavins & Melissa Dafoe, MSW, on facing our ghosts of the past.
A simple decision to complete 100 hikes in a year changed Heather Ferrin's life.
An elite athlete's journey through chronic illness, homelessness, and a faith that ultimately changed her life.
As long as we're human, we're going to suck at many things. And that has to be ok.
Why I stopped chasing money, and what I now know about happiness.
It's ok. We all lose it from time to time.
Do you believe everything happens for a reason? I do.
How much stock do you put in someone's judgement of you?
Are we setting men up for future behaviour where they don't clearly know our boundaries?
We are all connected. It's time to move past complacency.
My awkward relationship with money is finally healed.
The bar has officially been set very, very low. We are limping along.
Searching for the positives in this wackadoodle situation.
Are you working yourself to the bone? I made that mistake. Twice.
If only hormones could read, they'd want to hear this.
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