They say spending time in nature can change your life. But in a world packed with indoor life pressures, how can you make getting outside just a part of who you are?
Welcome to the Humans Outside podcast, where we explore life in the great outdoors from our perch in Alaska, all while hearing from fascinating outdoor-minded guests.
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.
[:30] A song quote
[1:05] Standing on the edge of something large
[1:20] How the waves teach me this
[2:02] What this looks like for life
[2:36] How the outside helps with the something large
[3:37] Something large in my work life and a big change
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
[3:52] Holly Horch’s favorite outdoor space
[4:32] How Holly became someone who likes to go outside
[5:30] How nature became a part of their family culture
[8:49] Yes, the struggle is real
[9:26] How they’ve built outdoor time into their daily schedule
[11:04] Why we like nature so much as parents
[13:41] All about Holly’s All Weather Adventuring kits
[19:44] The secret art of marketing
[21:03] A philosophical pondering about kids and understanding fun
[22:06] Why group suffering matters
[25:00] The best way to make everyone happy
[29:04] The art of taking care of parental overwhelm
[37:07] Holly’s favorite outdoor moment
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.
[:40] I know it’s wild, but here it goes
[1:00] What the movie is about
[1:30] Some words from the director
[2:40] Why I think you should watch it
[3:14] Here’s what I hope you take away
[4:25] All the ways you can see the film
Sometimes the best way to understand the importance of connecting to your place in the world is through wandering away from it. And when we pair that with spending time in the wild outdoors, we might also learn that things aren’t quite as wild as they seemed from the outside. Maybe what you think of as “wild” others simply consider “home.”
John Messick, author of the new book Compass Lines, is currently grounded in Alaska — but his life hasn’t always looked that way. In this episode he talks about the importance of belonging in relation to the world, how he found that in his travels and how you might be able to find it too. Listen now.
[2:23] John’s favorite outdoor space
[5:15] How he became someone who likes to go outside
[10:02] The idea of wild
[14:03] How does traveling the world impact that idea
[18:27] How many countries has he visited?
[20:23] What was he looking for during his travels?
[21:21] A diversion to “Gathland”
[27:13] Tip for finding a grounding where you are
[30:31] John’s favorite outdoor space
Keeping a daily habit, any habit, comes with a risk that it eventually transforms from something you want to do into something that’s simply a chore. You do it without thinking. It’s so a part of who you are that you may not even remember if you did it or not.
I don’t want my outdoor habit to be a chore. I want it to feel like recess, a concept introduced to me by New York Times best-selling author Gretechn Rubin in her recent guest episode with Humans Outside.
What changes when I think about heading outside as recess instead of a chore? Listen now.
[:35] What might happen when you realize that every day is a lot of days
[1:11] You don’t want this to feel like a chore
[1:37] What I want it to feel like instead
[2:15] What Gretchen Rubin taught me about this in our recent episode
[2:50] Do you remember recess as a kid?
[3:15] What would happen if I made my outdoor time recess
[4:00] Here’s how that looks
[4:45] Two great examples of this
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. The following is an edited transcript of this episode of Humans
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. The following is an edited transcript of this episode of Humans
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. The following is an edited transcript of this episode