Change is hard. Transition stress is real. How we choose to deal with change is how we choose to live our lives. Change happens, and ignoring it shelters you from opportunities for unique, eye-opening and transformative situations. Over the past... READ MORE
Dear Future Self, As I write to you, I’m having the best day I’ve had this year. I’m alone in the wilderness. Well, I’m not technically alone. In fact, I’m surrounded by folks who are also alone in the wilderness.... READ MORE
Someone once demonstrated life after Outward Bound to me this way: join hands in a circle of four or five people, and begin to move clockwise. Now choose one person and instruct them to try to move counter-clockwise as the... READ MORE
Working as a field Instructor, we’re challenged to navigate all facets of our being. We learn, live, play, work and lead with our co-workers, sometimes our supervisors, and often our students. It’s not a question of how we do it,... READ MORE
In the way that humans are different at home and at work, with different skills and personalities, dogs are the same. Especially the ones pulling sleds at the Outward Bound School in Minnesota. Dogs Are at the Heart of Homeplace... READ MORE
I hit the road in the city and drove toward the cloud-kissed mountains, back to basecamp. I felt the stresses of my life in Asheville slide from my mind. They stayed within the city limits and were replaced with thoughts... READ MORE
“I will never litter again,” one of my students declared on a canoeing expedition in Florida. We had just finished picking toothbrushes and straws out of the sand. We collected them in black garbage bags that billowed in the wind... READ MORE
The excerpt below has been reprinted with permission from the book, Outward Bound Lessons to Live a Life of Leadership: To Serve, to Strive, and Not to Yield by Mark Brown, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 2019. *** As a participant on... READ MORE
Solo is one of my favorite aspects of an Outward Bound course to facilitate. We find a remote, wild spot, and open an experience that our students are unlikely to be able to re-create on their own—the feeling of being... READ MORE
This year, as I go into one of my favorite holidays—Thanksgiving—I’m hoping to think deeply about what appreciation means to me and how I want to continue a practice of giving thanks through the year. To fully embrace the beauty... READ MORE
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