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embracing the feeling of fear by rock climbing by the lake

Feeling of Fear and the Growth Found Through Climbing

Your leg is vibrating like a sewing needle, breath is shallow, heart is beating out of your chest. This is the feeling of fear. Your hands are wet, stomach churning. A desperate reach, far out to your left. You wrap your hands around a familiar and welcome shape as you lift a nearly empty mug…

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using fly fishing an activity in the outdoors and mental health improvement

Spend Time Outdoors and Mental Health Will Blossom

For a long time, I didn’t fully realize how much the impact of the outdoors and mental health. I just knew that I always felt better after a day outside. Not the kind of better that magically fixes everything. But quieter, lighter and more grounded. Like my brain could finally unclench for a while.  I think most people dealing with ADHD,…

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Keith promoting the Mental Mountains project and learning to grow through imperfection in edurance sports

Imperfection in Endurance Sports Made Me Stronger

With May being Mental Health Awareness Month, we have teamed up with Mental Mountains project. In this post, Keith (the founder of the Mental Mountains project) opens up about his experience with mental health. Keith talks about how imperfection in endurance sports can take a mental toll. But how showing up time after time creates…

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sitting in the woods, getting into the flow state after a trail run, using exercise and brain chemistry to her benefit

What Is Flow State and Why Is It Important?

A flow state. An "if you know you know" type situation. If you have ever experienced this, you know. A common saying of "I was in the zone." It’s a time when your body flows through a movement without any thought. There’s no overanalyzing, no hesitation. Just smooth, natural movement that feels both controlled and…

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Two women holding their long surfboards on the beach

New Sports as an Adult: the joys of trying them

As kids, we’re constantly thrown into new activities—sports, music, hobbies—a forced upon activity that our parents thought would release some of our zoomies. Willingly, we mingle with new groups of people, fall, fumble, and lack embarrassment when we aren’t naturally gifted. As adults, trying something new, especially a sport, can feel daunting. There’s an unspoken…

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Welcome to the snowy mountains to snowboard

New year, New you?

Setting Realistic Goals for the New Year: Progress, Not Perfection. New year, new you. The start of a new year often brings the urge to reinvent ourselves. Social media is full of messages about “New Year, New You,” and while the idea of transformation can be motivating, it can also feel overwhelming. The truth…

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Woman in the gym holding a kettlebell

Workout to feel better; Physically and Mentally

The relationship between mental and physical health is undeniably inseparable. We often treat them as differing realms, science and personal experiences alike show us that our minds and bodies are deeply intertwined. A mental health struggle can manifest physical symptoms–headache, fatigue, and a weakened immune system—quite quickly. Similarly, changes in physical health can trigger feelings…

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