Category Archives: Expedition to Discover Your Strength

You’ve made it…20 miles into the trail.  Since most of us never hike at all, if so only short afternoon excursions, hiking 20 miles in three days with a pack on your back is well respected.   Twenty miles gives you a taste, … Continue reading →

A slow morning.  We got going late and have only covered 3 miles.  I can understand.  Our conversations the last couple of days have been shining a light on feelings that you’d been working so hard to supress and control.  … Continue reading →

It’s been a day on the trail, hasn’t it?  You’ve done a quiet 8 miles today.  After a day of getting introduced and a night without distractions, I usually like hikers to be with themselves the second day.  In the … Continue reading →

Good morning…  I hope you slept well, but I’m gathering you might have been a bit unsettled.  You did great last night.  I know you were sore and exhausted…but still you got your tent up and helped me with the … Continue reading →

As I’m rearranging this overloaded pack, I see you have some anxiety in here as well.  It’s hard to get through tough cirmstances of without any.  I don’t know anyone who doesn’t experience dark clouded anticipation of what is coming … Continue reading →

The second most common burden hikers carry in their packs is lingering depression.  Some have been bogged down with lower levels of malaise for years.  If you’ve been carrying this weight longer than you can remember, you might not even notice it … Continue reading →

We’re five miles into the trail and it must feel like a thousand considering how heavy that pack of yours looks.  Did you know that the first 50 miles of the Appalachian Trail is littered with provisioning cast offs?  Many … Continue reading →

Hey… so here you are.  I saw you pull up in your car and already began wondering about you – Where have you come from? What have you gone through?  Then when you got out of your car and began … Continue reading →