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25
Aug
three hikers resting above lake

Layer Three: Applied Adaptation

Trail-ready doesn't mean strong. It means honest.
1 min read
25
Aug
boots on rocks afternoon light

Layer Two: Structural Integrity

Where chronic illness recovery meets stability - starting with your feet, reconnecting the chain, and building control you can feel in your body again.
2 min read
21
Aug
wind stressed tree still growing

Trauma-Illness Connection: What I Wish I'd Known Sooner

We're not broken, we're adapted. Understanding how trauma lives in the body changes everything about chronic illness healing.
3 min read
21
Aug
Three horses charging in open field.

The Dance of Memory and Mirror

That day on the trail, I discovered I was carrying more than I knew.
3 min read
20
Aug
Embrace Your Pain Without Being Imprisoned by It

Embrace Your Pain Without Being Imprisoned by It

Re-entry after a flare, pacing, or grounding through sensation.
1 min read
19
Aug
soft light tree canopy

Held from Above

You are held, even when you can’t see it.
15
Aug
hikers with trekking poles

Trailcraft on Thin Ice: Hiking with Lupus, RA, POTS & Intracranial Hypertension

Living with multiple systemic illnesses in wild terrain requires more than grit. It takes strategy, humility, and respect for a body that can crash in five directions at once.
3 min read
14
Aug
tree growing around a wound

Growing Around the Wound

Liberation isn't cure. It's growing around what stays.
1 min read
14
Aug
trail bending into light

Becoming / Returning

A return to oneself through nature.
1 min read
12
Aug
misty forest shadows light

Where Grief Meets Grace

Grace is the quiet peace that opens when we stop demanding the impossible from ourselves.
1 min read