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Most of the time, it’s a little in my head that tells me I can do things or narrates when they feel like they are about to go very wrong. Sometimes it’s more like a movie — a dramatic demonstration of the terrible thing that’s about to happen, or a picture of the upcoming victory. According to our recent podcast guest Sarah Histand, a mental health-informed fitness trainer all of it is self-talk.

Over my days building my outdoor habit, I’ve learned to make self talk work for me with a few phrases, or mantras, I can repeat over and over.

But there’s still one major thing I struggle with.

And leaning into this negative self-talk? It produces that kind of silly outdoor fail that seems to be my personal speciality.

Listen now.

If you follow me you know I run. But what got me started is an entirely different story.

My first runs were done as a way to honor, remember and move with others through grief. Today it helps me move through everything.

When it comes to marking Memorial Day, taking purposeful steps forward is a powerful way to do it. In this episode you can hear some of my running back story and learn how you can commit purposeful steps to honoring a fallen service member whether you are a runner or not. Listen now!

It’s that moment where you know something big is coming — maybe not what, maybe not what will happen — but you can feel it coming in your soul.

It is standing on the edge of something large, the moment before the leap, or the wave’s crash or when you simply take flight.

I just made a huge life decision, and it has me contemplating how this moment before the action feels and looks.

Taking kids outside? Then you know the struggle. No matter how fun the thing you’re planning is likely to be, getting the crew out the door with all of the necessary belongings and good attitudes intact is a real challenge. So what are some strategies to get kids out into nature all year long without the fun unraveling into a fight?

In this episode of Humans Outside mom and creator of the All Weather Adventure kit line joins the podcast to talk about her best tips and tricks for getting h

A new feature-length documentary streaming and airing on PBS nationwide and showing in some theaters is all about mental health and healing from trauma — and it features me and my family and follows our life in Alaska. Want to see it? Here’s how.