Blog

Five reasons to get outside MORE: Other reasons to get outside more: Warmly, Angie

Rogue River Adventure Update: we’ve got four seats already spoken for and two under solid consideration. Is there is a seat for you? YES! I LOVE flipping through photos of past adventures. I get a full sensory experience of how cold the water was, how tasty and welcome the food in my belly became, and […]

I am a HUGE fan of Michael Easter’s book “The Comfort Crisis.” In a recent Substack post with the same theme, he shares, “We’ve engineered the world for comfort and ease. Most people rarely step outside of their comfort zones these days—we’re living progressively soft, sterile, temperature-controlled, overfed, under-challenged, safety-netted lives.” I have been a […]

Last weekend, my hubby and I paddled back into a creek in a more remote part of South Carolina. Bend after bend, we went deeper in, and farther away from the noisy, busy Highway 9 bridge put in. We paddled and chatted, spotting eagles and herons and kingfishers along the way. At some point, both […]

Sometimes when I offer Forest Therapy invitations during the 3-hour-long experience, I get “dead” stares from people. Like nothing is happening on the outside…or the inside. And boy does my mind start making up stories: They hate this. I suck. This is a ridiculous practice. It’s too woo-woo. I’M too woo-woo. They think I’m unprofessional. […]

Are you searching for wellness alternatives to offer your team? I’d like to suggest Forest Therapy (don’t stress: I am simply the guide, the forest is the therapist). In a world where there is a LOT of focus on doing, producing, and achieving, the practice of Forest Therapy (aka: forest bathing or Shinrin Yoku) is […]