Her Adventurous Life
Where we step into discomfort and embrace adventure, one woman, one story at a time
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The Women Who Walk Beside Us (opens the original)
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One of my goals for this year was to build an adventure community. I want to have a group of friends who will pitch somewhat crazy ideas to each other and have the response be: “Yes! How do we make this happen?”Of course, building community takes time. It takes intention and effort. And it often takes someone willing to put themselves out there and risk rejection.Through consistent effort, I have several adventure communities starting to blossom in my life. One of these has been organized by my
Sunshine and Dirt (opens the original)
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Traveling the world with her dog (opens the original)
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The common narrative is that pets and travel don’t mix well together. If you want to spend extensive time traveling the world and exploring different countries, most people will tell you not to get a pet, especially a dog.Today we meet a woman who pushes back against this narrative. Lora was living a nomadic lifestyle when an adorable four legged friend dropped unexpectedly into her life. At first, she thought her days of travel were over. But then, she began to question the script.Now, Lora and
Rugged Outdoorswoman (opens the original)
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We’ve talked about this before, and it’s worth saying again, storytelling is instrumental in helping women see a different version of their future selves. Storytelling opens up possibilities and allows us to dream. It’s an expansive process. If she can do that, why not me?Using story to inspire others is exactly the work of our guest today. Christine Reed is an author herself (with several books and her own Substack), as well as the host of an adventure memoir book club and podcast series.<
Finding the Fullness of Life (opens the original)
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“There are some sections of our yard that haven’t been mowed at all this summer,” my husband quietly admits.We are standing on our property, sweat dripping from our temples in the blasting sun, admiring the section of fence we just built. The end is finally in sight of this multi-year fencing endeavor we undertook when we bought our property. Finally, just a few sections remain to be stretched and the project will be completed. The focus on this has its trade offs, like anything in life does.“I
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