Year to Live Project: Cage to Stage – My TEDx Story
Deep breaths fail to stop my hands from shaking. My mouth is bone dry. The hair on my arms stands straight up. I’ve done this walk before, many times. Up the stairs, past the guys in the headsets, no one making any real eye contact. Every scent is magnified. My eyes dart in a thousand […]
Year To Live Project: Esalen & The Art Of Skillful Living
Everyone I see in front of me is naked. Naked naked. Rumor had it Esalen Institute in Big Sur is “where you come to get naked” — and so far, it’s living up to its reputation. Big Sur is the magical stretch of earth just north of San Luis Obispo, California where the mountains meet […]
Year To Live Project: B.O.S.S. – Full Moon Forgiveness
Read Part 1 HERE, Part 2 HERE, Part 3 HERE Shadows lie to me as I walk through the Southern Utah desert at night, creating fake creatures whose eyes follow each step, all the while letting me know I am the stranger in their world. I am no longer in the safety of the forest, […]
Year To Live Project: B.O.S.S. – Solo – Five Days Alone In The Wilderness
Catch up on the Boulder Outdoor Survival school portion of the adventure! PART 1 HERE. PART 2 HERE. Our week at Survival Camp made way into one of the hardest aspects of the BOSS experience — Primitive Camp. Hard because there we were, a full two and a half weeks into our month-long adventure and […]
Year To Live Project: B.O.S.S. – Silence Of The Lamb
I always thought lambs were little white things that frolicked through fields in children’s nursery rhymes. The one lying on the ground of in front of me was black, larger than expected, and doing a brilliant job of hiding her terror. Two of our instructors were engaged in the delicate balance of restraining her while […]