My head is [...]]]> I just got off the AT having completed my Ridgerunner position.  Those eight weeks on the inspiring, motivating, and scintillating Trail crystallized my commitment to creating and offering coaching and guide services for women to walk through our limiting beliefs and physically empower us to step confidently and knowingly into our joyful purposes.

My head is spinning with a tantalizing array of ways to do this!  What I need now is some real women who can’t wait to go on a hike and have a list of “buts” blocking them.  They’re ready to begin the inner journey that can free them to take their outer journey.  I have the tools to facilitate that and want to have a dialog with women  to create the programs and services to address this need.

Do YOU want to go hiking and think you CAN’T?

Contact Regina and let’s talk!

http://forgivenesswalks.com/contact-regina/

It’s a rainy, work inside day today!  Sometimes, even a thru-hiker like me is grateful to have the choice of sitting dry at my computer, remembering, dreaming, and planning hikes.

Today, I’m remembering my summer walk on the Benton MacKaye Trail, a 300-mile journey through the forests of the southern Appalchian Mountains. 

Enjoy this short video, put [...]]]>

It’s a rainy, work inside day today!  Sometimes, even a thru-hiker like me is grateful to have the choice of sitting dry at my computer, remembering, dreaming, and planning hikes.

Today, I’m remembering my summer walk on the Benton MacKaye Trail, a 300-mile journey through the forests of the southern Appalchian Mountains. 

Enjoy this short video, put to the music of Here II Here’s Walk With Me.

On this trip, I experienced a true solo hike – I walked alone most of the trip.  In fact, south of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, I only saw three other hikers – going the opposite direction!  Nonetheless, I learned that hiking solo gives me plenty of time to go within, a journey that’s worth taking.

“I only went out for a walk………………… and finally concluded to stay out till sundown,

For going out, I found, was really………………going in.”

Thanks to John Muir for saying it better than I.

 I’m considering which way to walk the Benton MacKaye Trail for my Spring Walk – north or south?

What do you think?

So, [...]]]> Do you take steps into new territory with ease?  I learned last week in the Spirit Rich Retreat that I don’t!  At least, not in the realm of career.  Sure, when I get out on a Nature trail, I confidently and eagerly embark on a journey.  My heart sings when my feet hit the Earth!

So, why do I resist taking steps in creating my business?  Why have I resisted claiming my joy as a hiker, a Nature guide, a consummate Nature lover?  I can see it more clearly now.  I’ve had deeply ingrained beliefs that expressing my joy as a professional Nature guide has been something I’ve believed I can’t do! 

I’ve surrounded myself with people who tell me that’s not a real job. I’ve  convinced myself that the national econonmy supports that belief too.  

Well, I’m ready to topple that belief!  I’m ready to claim that exploring Nature, guiding others in Nature, and hiking ARE viable career choices for me!   I’m ready to attract mentors, clients, supporters, venture capitalists, marketers, health practitioners, insurance agents and all sorts of other experts into my expanding circle of creators.  I’m attracting all sorts of people who say “Yes!” to me as a spiritually and financially rich Nature guide.

Maybe it’s not that I have to convince others to enjoy Nature.  I have to convince ME!

How do you take new steps?