Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Shift Your Perspective
Stretch and Play in the Oculus Imagine you’re walking home from a stressful Monday at work and you come across a group stretching, playing and laughing at their antics. Their energy is warm and inviting. Do you a) scoff, judge them as ridiculous and walk...
Shift Your Perspective, Travel (and Burning Man)
Have courage matey’s, we’re about to set off on an adventure that does not involve pirates! “Wait, where did you get the courage to reach out to the Captain of the Monaco to ask if we could go over this morning? Its so out of the blue! ...
Self Care, Travel (and Burning Man)
Do you eat Paleo? Maybe even Keto, or some form of AIP (Anti-Inflammatory Protocol)? Even if not, you may be able to imagine how tough it can be when the list of foods you can eat are restricted. Last summer I wrote about eating Paleo (ish) at Burning Man, and created...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
Ever get that feeling, the phase you go through before you get an adventure craving? Over the holiday break, I was in a seaside resort town in the middle of winter with my Adventure Partner’s family. I had been looking forward to the quiet and rest usually...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Shift Your Perspective
Choosing a word for the year has become a New Year ritual. At this time of year, it seems there are all sorts of rituals to be done since the new year starting symbolizes a fresh start. Why pick a Word for the year? I’ve suggested other rituals to try –...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Learn A Skill
Burlesque – when you hear that word what image comes up for you? Olde timey vaudeville shows? the hey-days of Coney Island? Stage shows of the Wild West? Cabarets and dark nightclubs filled with cigar smoke? Or maybe you think it’s women doing a fancy...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Shift Your Perspective
How many friends do you have through social media? How many are there that you consider a meaningful relationship – enough of one that you’d invite them to a party? Research shows this number is around 150, and of that, about five are your closest friends. While...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Learn A Skill, Shift Your Perspective
Do you have a collection of books on your shelves, or on your nightstand or even sitting stacked in odd places? What would you do if you had to let go of a majority of them? I came across this issue recently in my process of downsizing my home. Books are inanimate...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Learn A Skill, Play With Your Food, Shift Your Perspective
Are you interested in taking a challenge? Maybe even a 21 Day Adventure Challenge to add some fun into life? I dare you to take this on! A few weeks ago I woke up inspired to create a “21 Day Adventure Challenge” that would start on November 1st, and end...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
Most people call it Spring cleaning, but why not call it – alternatively- Zen cleaning? The difference, to me, is that the goal of Spring cleaning is to feel accomplished for having cleaned while Zen cleaning the aim is more about keeping life balanced by...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Learn A Skill, Shift Your Perspective
Are you open and/or curious about meditation? I have found that Adventures become more available when I’m feeling grounded. There are lots of ways to meditate, and maybe you have lots of reasons (i.e objections) to not trying it (for example, my son says...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Shift Your Perspective
Someone once told me that people with depression are preoccupied with regrets about the past, and people with anxiety worry excessively about the future. I can’t imagine a human being not doing both of those things to some degree, but living on either of the extreme...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Shift Your Perspective
The catch-all, trendy phrase “finding your tribe” has struck a chord with me these past few years. In the entrepreneurial digital world that I’ve entered since leaving the corporate world, this phrase seems to be everywhere. What the online marketing gurus mean when...
Chocolate
Tequila and chocolate pairings are becoming the trend these days. More and more restaurants are offering some kind of combination (such as hot chocolate with tequila, tequila infused truffles and ice cream – a top seller at Tipsy Scoop is the “Tequila Mexican...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Shift Your Perspective
Nancy and Amy started their podcast, The Passionistas Project, when they were inspired after connecting with so many passionate women at a Women’s March in Los Angeles. In this interview you will hear how passionate I am about how adventure help turn my life...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Shift Your Perspective
The question was asked: How do you use your adventure attitude to shift all the fears, anxiety and negativity coming up because of the current news about #metoo or sexual abuse (or alleged sexual abuse, depending on your view)? This question, and the seeking of the...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Travel (and Burning Man)
“Stacey, I didn’t know you are an artist” was the response I recently received after talking about the art installation of wooden “AdventureMobiles” I created over the summer. More telling was my hesitant reply. Do I identify with the label “artist”? Who gets to...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Shift Your Perspective
Are you goal oriented? Want to know ahead of time where the results or benefits will lead you, guaranteed, if you do something…like decide that life is an adventure and you want to dare it…that life will be all fun and games? At a speech I gave about...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Learn A Skill, Shift Your Perspective, Travel (and Burning Man)
Turning fear into an adventure In last week’s blog (Preaching to the Choir, Part 1) I let you know about a big fear I have about public speaking, and how I turned it into an adventure by signing up to speak at Burning Man. I can safely tell you, I did it! For...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, Travel (and Burning Man)
By the time you read this, I will have already done something that really scares me – given a speech to a bunch of strangers. However, it’s more than just public speaking. The topic is “Life is an Adventure. Dare it,” and I’m giving it to...
Learn A Skill, Shift Your Perspective
Why do two (very) grown woman spend their spare time making puppets? And what does that have to do with Adventure? We know it’s odd. Believe us, we see the side-eye glances when we meet someone new and explain to them coyly, “we make sock puppets.” But then we show...
