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When the Trail Grows Quiet: Just Move
Glimpse Ahead: There is a place many thoughtful people arrive at in the middle decades of life; not a crisis, not a failure, just a subtle quieting. Your life may look full from the outside but feels somehow flat from within. In this article I introduce Just Move, a new free eBook written for exactly that experience. More than a book about physical movement, it explores what it means to move – through the body, the mind, identity, emotion, and spirit – toward a life that is genuinely inhabited rather than merely managed.…
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Encountering the Unexpected on Familiar Trails
Glimpse Ahead: Even the most familiar paths can surprise us. Sometimes what blocks our way becomes the very thing that reveals resources we didn’t know we were carrying. This essay looks at how things change when we don’t know what’s coming, and how the things that seem to hold us back can show us how we adjust to new situations.
When the Familiar Becomes Unfamiliar
I’ve walked this trail dozens of times. The same loop, the same landmarks, the same spot where I let the dogs wade, the same comforting sense of rhythm.…
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Getting Untangled: What My Dog Teaches About Grace
Glimpse Ahead: Sometimes the most profound teachers walk on four legs. In this reflection, I explore what my dog Dahlia has taught me about getting unstuck when life’s leash gets wrapped around our legs. Her graceful approach to untangling offers insights about patience, movement, and the soul’s response to being caught.
Dancing Out of the Tangle
I’m hiking a trail with Jaxyn and Dahlia, my two Springerdoodles, tethered together on their dual leash system. Inevitably, as we navigate roots and rocks and the occasional interesting smell that demands investigation, the leash finds creative ways to wrap itself around legs, under bellies, and through the spaces between eager paws.…
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Becoming and Being: The Motion Within the Moment
Glimpse Ahead: Becoming isn’t just a steady march toward something new. Being and becoming move together, not as separate states, but in partnership. Each shapes the other along the path. Becoming reveals itself in presence, in what we notice and in each small choice. Being and becoming mirror the dance between where we are and who is already emerging. Even small shifts carry us closer to the self unfolding within.
Trailhead Invitation
I headed out inviting thoughts about being and becoming. My first goal was simply to appreciate being out in nature.…