Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Shift Your Perspective
this is not a sound bath, just a fun bathtub What is a Sound Bath? Have you heard of the latest wellness craze, which is actually as old as (at least) the Ancient Greeks? Sound baths are not where you sit in a tub and listen to music (although, I suppose, that can be...
ABC is Always Be Curious, Shift Your Perspective
To hell with New Year’s you make Resolutions that don’t always stick! Why not try something different? Pick a Word. One simple word that’s easy to remember. One that helps you be who you want to be. You could even go one step further…trust the...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Shift Your Perspective, Travel (and Burning Man)
Does this time of year tends to bring out your reflective nature? Maybe it’s the shorter days and longer dark periods. Could it be it’s the end of a calendar year, or the beginning of a new year? Then again, it could be a phase of life where you...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Shift Your Perspective
by Kara Fortier, guest blogger The midlife crisis. It’s a cliche. It’s about aging, fear of death, existential dread, regret. It’s a reliable way to make light of something we all feel just beneath the surface as we reach that “certain age” (which is different...
Tiny Living & Vintage Trailers
Thank you for letting me know you enjoy learning about Wednesday the Airstream Adventure Mobile, a 27′ vintage 1975 Overlander. We bought her in September, on a Wednesday (See “Introducing Wednesday, our Airstream Adventure” for this story). She does have her...
Chocolate
What happens when you take two common food items, coffee and chocolate, and pair them together? You may not think of this as much of a tasty adventure if your daily coffee is a mocha latte or you order a mild cup of joe with a side croissant with chocolate (or as the...
Chocolate
Part 2, How to Have a Coffee and Chocolate Pairing Party Want to have a tasting adventure? To try something new, either on your own or with friends? Have a chocolate and coffee pairing party! (For more info on this dynamic duo, pairing suggestions and a tasting mat...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Shift Your Perspective
Do you know what an Akashic Record is? I kinda-sorta knew, but never (before) had explored it much. As a preface, I am a bit of a “woo-woo” with my belief in alternative healing modalities and other non-scientific systems such as astrology, spirit world...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Inspirations for Your Adventure Trips, Travel (and Burning Man)
Corvallis mural walk: Buteo jamaicensis, Red-Tailed Hawk by Alice Marshall. Photo by my niece, Stacey. What’s a key element for an adventurous mindset? Appreciation. It helps you to be present in the moment and let go of worry. One way to learn appreciation is...
Learn A Skill, Play With Your Food
Magic or Poison mushroom? Have you ever been to a gourmet restaurant and had a dish with an interesting accent or focus of mushroom? Or maybe you’re more the one to add mushrooms to your salad-bar lunch with the vague notion “it’s healthy for you”. Come...
Shift Your Perspective, Travel (and Burning Man)
Quote from my free Play Book – Finding Fun. It seems appropriate today. Inspiration can be the spark to light a new direction. Creativity sparks inspiration. Do you wish you could be more creative, and are curious where to find inspiration? Why...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Learn A Skill, Shift Your Perspective
In last week’s blog I asked for your help in choosing adventures that would help me face my fears of not making new connections in my new home town. Your response (here, on Facebook and personally replying by email) was heart-warming. You motivated me to go out...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Shift Your Perspective
Adventures in the ‘hood OMG, I whined to myself recently, is the biggest adventure I’m going to have around here is learning Pioneer Woman skills? And, my inner crybaby went on, will I ever find friends who are like me here…in this college town? Will...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Learn A Skill, Shift Your Perspective
Did you know there are times you can turn left on a red light?? When the “right on red” laws passed eons ago, I didn’t remember learning this! PS – more recent drivers aren’t taught this either! Left on red? Brake for horses? And what in...
Learn A Skill, Shift Your Perspective, Travel (and Burning Man)
Met Tim, the 40′ 15,000lb crocodile who dominated the playa While registering my art for placement during Burning Man this year, I had to wait for the next step. I sat on a bench with several people around me. I introduced myself to the man sitting nearby,...
Shift Your Perspective, Tiny Living & Vintage Trailers, Travel (and Burning Man)
We did it! We found our rolling home project and bought it (on a memorable Wednesday – 9/11/19) Introducing Wednesday, our Airstream Adventure! (Did you know we were looking? Check out last week’s blog here: “Could this be my new tiny home?” )...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Shift Your Perspective, Tiny Living & Vintage Trailers
This banner from a travel expo expresses the sentiment of having all the choices… When “The World is your Oyster” and you have the opportunity to choose what you want, how does it make you feel? Excited? Or overwhelmed? Or both? The range of...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Learn A Skill, Shift Your Perspective
YAY! I DID IT! I’m so freakin’ proud of myself! It took me three months, but I’ve created my first e-book!! It’s called “Finding Fun: The Play Book to move from “Woe is me” to “WOW is me” – in 10 liberating steps”. (As you read on, a “pop up” will show up...
Learn A Skill, Shift Your Perspective
How I Was Around Joy Before I Was “aRoundJoy” – by Geri McNiece Stacey says… My aRoundJoy hula hoop, in custom size & colors If you read The Hula Hoop Solution you know I recently I purchased a travel hula hoop from an entrepreneur who I...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Inspirations for Your Adventure Trips, Travel (and Burning Man)
Sitting in my (former) backyard, where many adventures were had and plotted My backyard is not (necessarily) your backyard, yet adventures are there when you look for them. Recently, as you may or may not know, I sold off my house and am on a journey to creating...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Learn A Skill, Shift Your Perspective, Travel (and Burning Man)
If hula hoop is the solution, which question does it answer? Learn new things? Try new things? What exercise could be done that would be fun and be done while traveling cross country? When I saw a woman, Geri, my age(ish) selling custom made hula hoops that come...
