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"Risk is essential. There is no growth or inspiration in staying within what is safe and comfortable."

– Alex Noble

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Sunday
Dec182011

prAna Blog

December 18, 2011

PrAna is a brand that I adore and am beyond stoked to have been able to write a guest post for their blog about living on the road for 364 days via the adVANture. Their clothes are incredibly well-crafted and comfortable*, and their philosophy and mission is aligned with my own.

Read Moments from the adVANture

*These are my own opinions and beliefs. I received no compensation from prAna for this entry or my guest post.
Friday
Dec022011

Alpine Athena Issue #8: Exposing My Fear of Exposure

December 2, 2011

Alpine Athena is an online women's climbing magazine. This month in my monthly column, Life on Lead, I talk about my fear of exposure.

Read Exposing My Fear of Exposure

Wednesday
Oct262011

Colorado Daily

October 24, 2011

Jenn Fields, outdoor reporter for the Colorado Daily, is at it again... this time with a column about the F-You Stop inspired by my post in September.

Read Field Notes: The eff-you stop

Wednesday
Oct192011

Kim Kircher

October 20, 2011

I am honored to be featured on Kim Kircher's blog, in a post that talks about how we are often so much more capable than we believe ourselves to be.

Read Pushing Beyond Our Perceived Limits

Tuesday
Sep062011

Alpine Athena Issue #7 | Life on Lead: Making Progress Two Inches at a Time

September 1, 2011

Alpine Athena is an online women's climbing magazine. This month in my monthly column, Life on Lead, I talk about baby steps and trusting the process.

Read Making Progress Two Inches at a Time

Tuesday
Aug092011

Alpine Athena Issue #6: Life on Lead monthly column

August 7, 2011

Alpine Athena is an online women's climbing magazine. Beginning this month, I am writing a monthly column, Life on Lead that talks about the intersection of life and climbing.

Read Speak Up and Out—Finding Your Voice

Tuesday
Jul052011

Alpine Athena

July 1, 2011

Alpine Athena is an online women's climbing magazine. I am honored to have a new article published in their fifth issue.

Read Letting Go

Wednesday
Apr272011

Colorado Daily

April 25, 2011

Jenn Fields, outdoor reporter for the Colorado Daily, contacted me to talk about motivation and getting your mojo back.

Read Mojo Found: Relief from a Motivational Funk

Tuesday
Apr192011

The Heartbeat of Kaua'i

April 2011

After living on Kaua'i for eight months, it hold an incredibly special place in my heart. I was honored when my post Finding Your Tribe was accepted as a guest post.

Read Finding Your Tribe

Monday
Feb212011

Kevin Sink Photography

March 2010

Kevin Sink, of Kevin Sink Photography, creates beautiful images of the natural world. He believes in the healing power of nature and through his photography, brings the outdoors into healthcare and corporate environments, promoting healing and growth. He contacted me for an interview and we sat down to talk about the powerful effects of the outdoors.

Read the interview

Thursday
Jan062011

Love Your Work Life

January 2011

Betty Jean Bell of LoveYourWorkLife graciously invited me to speak with her as part of her podcast series. Listen in as I walk her through an exercise that's covered in the first week of the Renewal Expedition. It's designed to help answer the question, what does fitness mean to you? You can also read her reaction to the call.

Listen to the podcast | Bonus: Listen to a live call with Betty Jean, December 2010.

Friday
Oct222010

Super Mama Fitness

October 2010

Angie, over at Super Mama Fitness writes a lot about specific exercises and nutrition for workouts. I was excited to be asked to write a guest post on how attitude and mental strength is just as important to staying healthy and fit.

Read How to Think Like the Little Engine that Could

Friday
Oct222010

Ignite Bouder 12

September 2, 2010

My first public speaking event! Ignite Boulder is a night of presentations with a twist. Presenting on a subject of their choice, speakers have exactly five minutes to teach something, enlighten, or simply inspire—backed by twenty slides auto-advancing every fifteen seconds. I spoke about "Stripping Down on Kaua'i."

Watch the video | Read my wrap-up post

Friday
Oct222010

PembaServes

September 2010

I had the honor of writing a guest post for PembaServes about being a beginner in the outdoors.

Read Finding the Outdoors

Thursday
Sep302010

Adventure-Inspired Tales

June and July, 2010

My friend Katie has written a couple of beautiful and inspiring posts over at Adventure-Inspired after reading a couple of my posts here. I'm always happy when I hear something I've written has touched another and I very sincerely thank Katie for sharing her thoughts with us.

Read Confessions of an Obsessive Planner. | Read "Excuses, Excuses" and Turning 'em Around

Wednesday
Mar312010

OnceMany

March 2010
I partnered with Shane Rich of OnceMany to help me celebrate the launch of the Expand Outdoors website.

read the article

Wednesday
Mar312010

Runners Roundtable podcast

October 2009
I joined fellow triathletes and ultra runners on The Runners Roundtable podcast to talk about the appeal of endurance events, lessons learned and advice for those considering.

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Wednesday
Mar312010

The Joy Trip Project podcast

April 2009
James Mills of The Joy Trip Project read a post I’d written at ameliacarolyn.com called, “how i want to grow old” and approached me about the possibility of recording it. It appeared during the first season of The Joy Trip Project. You can listen to it by clicking on the link below.

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