Author Archives: christinefonner
Amazing Women: Isabel Suppe – Climbing Past the Impossible
Isabel Suppé is no dweller. She doesn’t dwell on the negative. She doesn’t dwell on the past. And she sure doesn’t dwell in one place too long. Optimistic, reflective, and full of hilarious stories, it’s no wonder Isabel has picked up motivational speaking. She can turn the most terrifying, difficult, and impossible situations into aContinue reading “Amazing Women: Isabel Suppe – Climbing Past the Impossible”
Amazing Women: Meet Abigail Anderson
How I Found my Way Back to Adventure as a Stay-at-Home Mother by Abigail Anderson The day I turned twenty, I bought my first car. It was a white 1991 Honda Accord, with only 99,000 kilometers on it. Within the first year I owned it, I added another 50,000 kilometers to the odometer and manyContinue reading “Amazing Women: Meet Abigail Anderson”
Taking Risks Makes a Woman Strong
When I started Roam Your Soul, it was imperative to me to define why this project was so important to me. Why only women? Why outdoors? Why online? Why an adventure format? It all came down to one important factor: As women, taking educated risks that challenge our comfort zones, make us take in aContinue reading “Taking Risks Makes a Woman Strong”
Being an Advocate: Turning an Adventure into a Cause
Learning to advocate is an important part of becoming a complete person. We advocate for ourselves, we advocate for others, and we advocate for organizations. A focus of this workshop is to help develop the inner-advocate. In my line of work, I have found so often that girls, women, children do not know how toContinue reading “Being an Advocate: Turning an Adventure into a Cause”
Against the Grind and Roam Your Soul: An Online Adventure Week
[reblogged from the Against the Grind website] Roam Your Soul – Expanding Women’s Empowerment January 2nd, 2012 Posted by Rachel. Published under Website Profiles. No Comments. It’s been great to expand our readership over the past few months of riding. We always expected this to happen, but it’s been a vital part of how weContinue reading “Against the Grind and Roam Your Soul: An Online Adventure Week”
SO, WHY ONLY WOMEN?
SO, WHY ONLY WOMEN? Women, over centuries, have been influential in positive and philanthropic change in our societies. We are the communicators, the peacekeepers, the adventurers, and the renegades. We are naturally drawn to social circles. We are talkative, inquisitive and analytical. We are amazingly good at multi-tasking. Women, in today’s world, have less andContinue reading “SO, WHY ONLY WOMEN?”
Reaching Beyond Your Comfort Zone
Pushing Past Your Comfort Zone Prepared By Jen How is your adventure going so far? Have you been able to plan? Have you reached outside of your comfort zone? Here’s a mid-week update to keep you motivated, help you complete your adventure and provide some guidance to how best to make the most out ofContinue reading “Reaching Beyond Your Comfort Zone”
Taking Time Out for Daily Adventures…A How-To Guide
One of the major obstacles of adventure in our daily lives is how to find the time. Sounds silly, when I say it because isn’t this what makes life FUN? Shouldn’t we ALWAYS have time for fun? The reality, of course, is that fun is the first element of our daily lives to go whenContinue reading “Taking Time Out for Daily Adventures…A How-To Guide”
Taking Time Out for Daily Adventures
In the average American’s work day, we have two 15-minute breaks and one 30 minute lunch. This means we get one full hour to ourselves during normal daylight hours. Depressing? Yes. Could be worse? Totally. It is so easy to sit at our desks all day or run around doing our jobs all day beingContinue reading “Taking Time Out for Daily Adventures”