There are some parts of this grand adventure that I'll appreciate for the rest of my life, like hiking as the sun rises or sets or knowing that my body can hike 20+ miles in one day while wearing a full backpack.

And, to say the trail was difficult would be quite an understatement.

It completely kicked my ass.

Mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally.

My latest Outgrow the Grind podcast episode takes you on a 38-minute journey of joy, embodiment, creative expression, and community!

In this episode, I had the pleasure of hosting Kellita Maloof, a trauma-informed, award-winning Performing and Teaching Artist and Conscious Burlesque Mentor, lovingly known as the Showgirl Shaman.

“What do women hold?

The home and the family and the children and the food.

The friendships, the work, the work of the world and the work of being human,

The memories and the troubles and the sorrows and the triumphs and the love.”

-Maira Kalman

You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your knees

for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body

love what it loves.

-Mary Oliver, Wild Geese