Slow Wisdom
Healing, Rest, and Moving at Nature’s Pace
This series shares the quiet wisdom of slowing down. Finding guidance in the wild world that holds us and the inner landscapes we often rush past. Each reflection is an invitation to pause—a breath, a reminder the way forward is not speed but grace, patience, and your own rhythm.
These pieces grow from learning to tend fire without letting it consume you, knowing that rest is not earned but required, and noticing how stillness between steps is often where transformation begins.
In a world driven by haste, we’ve forgotten something essential: healing follows nature’s timeline, not ours.
Notes from the Edge: Hiking with Lupus and RA
Learning to carry the fire without letting it consume you.
The Paradox of Necessary Grief
Healing as a lifetime endeavor and the grief that comes with that recognition.
When Rest Isn’t a Reward
Understanding rest as necessity, not something to be earned.
Moving with the Wind
Learning to bend rather than resist life's inevitable changes.
The Stillness Between the Steps
The pause is not empty, it’s where the nervous system settles, lessons take root, and the trail teaches patience.
The Wisdom of Slowness
When the world hurries, nature doesn’t. Healing unfolds at its own pace and so can we.
The Art of Not Doing
Sometimes, it's about allowing ourselves to simply be.
More reflections to follow
Slowly. Patiently. In their own time. Each one is a quiet invitation to reimagine your relationship with urgency, effort, and healing. To release the rush, make peace with stillness, and move through life with presence, not pressure.
Walking Beside, Not Ahead
These trails are stories, not instructions. I'm not here to tell you what you should do or how you ought to heal. You carry your own map. I carry mine.
We meet on the path, trade company, and keep moving in our own directions. If you find something here that makes your journey lighter, take it. If not, leave it on the trail for someone else.
*Still Rolling Outdoors is a blog of peer perspectives and reflections. Your healing journey is uniquely yours. Nothing here should be confused with medical or therapy advice. (More about this approach)*