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.
Growing Around the Wound
Liberation isn't cure. It's growing around what stays.
Becoming / Returning
A return to oneself through nature.
Where Grief Meets Grace
Grace is the quiet peace that opens when we stop demanding the impossible from ourselves.
Silence is a Form of Safety
Silence isn't avoidance. It's presence. It's where my nervous system exhales.
The Forest Reflects
The forest doesn't fix you. It shows you what still breathes beneath the exhaustion.
Raising the Floor: Tools That Helped Me Function Again
These are the resources that helped raise my baseline - enough to even imagine hiking again.
The Wisdom of Slowness
Healing happens when we allow ourselves to move at our own pace, without rushing toward an outcome.
The Stillness Between the Steps
The quiet spaces between our movements are where healing happens, not in the steps themselves.
Layer One: Start Where You Are
When you have nothing left, start with three things: sleep, food, movement. The minimum is sacred.
