An introduction to mindful walking. I’ve been thinking about walking and wayfinding for a few years now. I wrote a book about mindful walking (Walking & Wayfinding: Create Your Own Mindful Practice, One Step at a Time ISBN #979-8990113404) and I have been contemplating what that means on most of my walks since then! What I think is great about walking mindfully, is that I don’t believe it needs to be far, for a really long time, or even has to be in nature. Mindful walking ca

Some books for you as we head into 2026. This post contains links where I am an affiliate. Clicking on the link and making a purchase means I receive a payment that supports this blog. I love to read about walking (almost) as much as I like walking itself. Here is a wide ranging list of 10 walking books for the new year—something for nearly everyone, really. If you are looking for walking books to read this year, these are some I've found that are cool, interesting, inspiring

The best part of my (mostly) daily walks is getting outside. When I go out for a walk I am outside of my small office, which sometimes feels confining, and into a much larger, open expanse. Clouds, a breeze, trees, and sidewalks often feel more welcoming than my desk! Without walls and a roof, my walks themselves become the containers for my experience, finite in time and infinite in possibility. I imagine them like the Mason jars my mom and gramma used to make jam...they get

And how I had to learn some patience. Three and a half months after my total hip replacement surgery I found myself at the General Store in Kennedy Meadows, CA, a resupply place along the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in the High Sierra mountain range in California. My first backpacking trip post-hip replacement surgery. While most everyone we met along the trail were headed to their next stop along the PCT, my husband I were hiking five miles and calling it a day. I was a little

I hiked the dunes in Death Valley in early May 2025—what an amazing place! While I was on the sand, I couldn't help but notice the passage of time as the wind swept up the particles so that footprints faded in minutes. And across the vista was a mountain range that grew over eons, a combination of volcanic and seismic activity. Quick change. Slow change. Both were evident. I know for me and for an awful lot of people I work with in coaching conversations, we prefer the quick