At the start of the year, I joined a Shamanic course online. The course consisted of a series of holistic workshops, carried a tribal tone, and was heavily themed on our human connection to the elements. It delivered a “same, same but different” feel to the work I do already with my own life…
Hi there, Are my amazing readers still out there? Around early February, I wrote my most recent blog post, then buckled down for a busy series of transformational retreats here in Nicaragua. When I looked up, it was tax season. If you’re looking for signs of life, I am still here. And…
At the time of writing this, I’m sitting in the front seat of a parked taxi, hot-spotting from my phone, and typing away on my laptop. The side door is open, letting in an occasional breeze that I’m grateful for on this sweltering day, waiting at the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. It’s…
This April, I’m offering an experience that I have long wanted to create. For the past 10 years, my businesses have blended travel with personal growth, fused cultural immersion with education, and combined adventure with relaxation. I’ve partnered with elephant rehab centers, worked alongside sea turtle conservation non-profits, and worked with local community schools…
Happy New Year! Can we still exchange this greeting so deep into January? I would think so, as this is the first article I’ve sent out since we crossed into 2022. My cat Tino is already exhausted, but I – I am just getting started. Despite the arc of time since my last…
I finished writing my book back in September, almost 20 years to the day after the events in the first few pages take place. Since September, I have experienced promising spikes in Venture Within’s growth and busy-ness, indulged in a splash of important birthdays to celebrate (and I wouldn’t miss), was taken out by…
We stood on the sand, the calm waters nearing us, then falling back with the tide. The three of them were in a stand-off with me. Did I want to hike the nearby cliffs named Giant’s Foot that overlook the ocean with them? I threw out every excuse in the book, which were echoed…
When my stepdad passed a few years ago, I bought a silver bracelet custom engraved with his and my mother’s initials: T & C. I rarely took it off, unless I was afraid I’d lose it swimming, or break it when working out. But then – crossing the border by foot into Costa…
This is a story about what happens when we allow fear and panic to fuel our decisions. And . . . . it’s another story about Tino, and the life lessons I learn from my cat. For those of you following, my one-and-a-half-year-old kitty has recently survived her third horrifying free fall. Her third.…
Since kicking off this newsletter, I aim to share not just my services, but my personal stories. Episodes and events that pepper my life in lesson-learning ways that I hope will offer some kind of relevancy to my readers, through humor or connection in some way. I recently moved in with my Viking boyfriend.…