October 23, 2019
I recently finished a long walk of the Oregon Coast Trail. If you haven’t yet, you can read my journal of that walk here: Regina’s Oregon Coast Trail Journal
Well, I used to feel let down when I got back home from one of my walks. I perceived separation between my trail world and my home world. That all changed when I got a job as a ridgerunner on the Appalachian Trail. My workplace was the Trail! One day, I stood at the base of Bluff Mountain, looked around at the rare spruce trees and reflected on the conversation I had just had with a hiker and realized, “I’m living my dream. I’m earning my living hiking!” As the ridgerunning season passed and I went back to my house in Atlanta, I had a new view and a whole list of hikers I had met. They had shared their stories, their joys, their disappointments, their impressions of the Trail and what they thought about their hike. Mostly, I had listened to how they felt about their hikes. Some loved their walk! Others were disappointed with the difficulties they were having. I knew I could contribute to each of them! From this vantage point, the Trail world and the Home world seemed closer together! They depended on each other! Hikers needed people at home to support them. Hikers needed preparation at home After their hike they needed to go back and create something just as fulfilling as their hike; they needed to heal their disappointment if they quit; they needed to reconcile relationships with others.
At that time in 2010, Forgiveness Walks was a new idea I was developing. I was an eager participant in Laura West’s Spirit Rich mastermind program to learn how to grow a passion-based business. I joined her group coaching calls from the Appalachian Trail, locating cellphone spots along Fuller Ridge in Virginia. I believed that I could contribute to hikers in a very important way!
Today, nine years later, I’m sure of it!
And, I have successful clients to show for my years of honing my unique message!
I’m working on putting it all into a book, with all of a book’s proper parts: dedication, foreword, preface, introduction, sections and chapters. If you want to read my tips for creating a radiantly fulfilling walk in a nutshell before it’s formalized into a book, you can! Just get my report! In it, you’ll read briefly about each of the five essentials for creating a radiantly fulfilling walk, from around the block to the length of the Appalachian Trail!
Click this link and enjoy! I’ll ask you to share your email address, then send you to the report right away. That way, I can stay in touch with updates and let you know when the book is ready!
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Enjoy reading, and we’ll chat about it later!
Regina