Shrinking the Brain-Body Disconnect.
I take my body for granted, and I’m sure that you do too, sometimes. Or more than sometimes. Our society often tells us to view our bodies as an enemy; […]
I take my body for granted, and I’m sure that you do too, sometimes. Or more than sometimes. Our society often tells us to view our bodies as an enemy; […]
The water is probably between 40 and 50 degrees. It is so cold that when I dip my hands in to splash water on my neoprene skirt, my fingertips go […]
To me, the natural state of the North Woods and the Boundary Waters is shrouded in mist, fog, or rain. When the sky is an overcast grey, the green of […]
Yesterday, I walked into the office of a therapeutic boarding school. I was greeted by one of the staff. “Did you have trouble finding us?” He asked. “We are kind […]
The scar on my knee is probably my favorite. It is straight, almost surgical, though I am sure I didn’t have to get stitches. It is my favorite perhaps because […]
This is a blog entry that I wrote for the Voyageur Outward Bound School’s website. It’s about the first half of a course I instructed earlier this fall! Our group […]
I find myself inhabiting a space that is quickly becoming my own. This is not a space I can drive away in, or pack up in a pack and carry […]
Hey folks, I have recently moved down to North Carolina, where I have spent the past two weekends whitewater kayaking. Back when I was in college at Colgate, I spent […]
Working at Outward Bound this summer, I felt I was living the old adage “expect the unexpected.” My friends and I instead started calling it “resiliency training.” To be fully […]
Outward Bound instructors are addicted to coffee. Not all of them, but a lot of them. When out on trail, we work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, […]
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