Email archive
Wilderness Recovery Guide
The full archive of Wilderness Recovery Guide emails, preserved close to how they were sent and organized for easier reading on the site.
Guide email 21
What is Health Coaching?
Information, knowledge, the exact right diet, a fully optimized and science-backed strength training progression… if these were what it took to achieve and maintain perfect health,...
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Guide email 20
2025 Summer Recap
I'm no super athlete, but I want to capture the possibilities and struggles of training while recovering from injury and illness—the ups and downs, but most importantly, the...
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Guide email 19
Practice vs Habit
The word "habit" gets thrown around a lot in health and fitness. And for good reason—there's solid science behind forming healthy habits. But in my coaching, I use a different word:...
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Guide email 18
The hardest part of planning your next hike
Something that has been on my mind lately—something I think a lot of us struggle with when we're recovering from injury or illness: How do you know what you're capable of when you're...
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Guide email 17
What to do when you get injured
I was in the process of completing one of my big summer goals earlier this week - hiking MT Thompson, the tallest mountain here in the Sawtooths - when a rock slipped out from...
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Rebuild to Roam: Activity Tracking & Progress Monitoring
I wanted to introduce the next feature in the Rebuild to Roam app: hiking and activity tracking . You know that you can create a training plan using the backpacking training...
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Guide email 15
The Heart of the Rebuild to Roam App
Today I want to share one of the core features of the Rebuild to Roam app—the assessment and trail maps. When I reflected on my own recovery journey and the experiences of people I...
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Guide email 14
"Is this goal realistic?" (New tool to help you find out)
Planning a big hiking goal can be challenging. Planning for it when you are recovering from injury, illness, or setbacks can be overwhelmingly. Maybe you're eyeing a 4-day backpacking...
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Guide email 13
I'm building the recovery tool I wish I'd had (beta testers wanted!)
I have some exciting news to share with you - I am building a web app! 🏔️ After months of development (and really years in the making), I'm putting the finishing touches on something...
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Guide email 12
Your Brain on Movement (It's Pretty Amazing)
Quick question: Have you ever noticed how much clearer your thinking feels after a good hike or walk? Turns out, there's solid science behind that feeling. 🧠 Movement literally...
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Guide email 11
Your Body's Hidden Network
This week in the Wilderness Recovery Guide , we're exploring one of my favorite systems—fascia. It's fascinating because it connects so many different areas, and we can make really...
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Guide email 10
Your DNA is Listening to Every Step You Take
This week on our nature trail through mechanotransduction, we're diving into something that completely shifted how I think about movement: how movement literally talks to your DNA ....
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Guide email 9
Why Your Joints Need Movement
At 22, a doctor told me I'd never run again after diagnosing chondromalacia in my knee. For the next decade, I lived in cycles—feeling better, then worse, then better again. Eventually...
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Guide email 8
Your Body's Trail Crew (And Why It Needs You to Keep Moving)
The lymphatic system is one of the most powerful but definitely underrated systems of the body. Think of it as your body's trail crew—it clears debris, hauls waste, and helps your body...
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Guide email 7
Kicking Off Our “Nature Trail” of Movement Adaptations
This week, we’re starting our nature trail by looking at some of the more obvious parts of the body that change with movement—but also exploring some surprising ways these systems...
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Guide email 6
Default to Movement
The most significant mindset shift I had to make during my recovery was learning to default to movement. For most of my life, the main advice I got for any injury from health and...
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Guide email 5
Major Update! A New Home for Free Resources (and Why I’m Making the Switch)
Over the past four weeks, I’ve been releasing the Self-Compassion Guide for the Recovering Hiker and Backpacker —and behind the scenes, I’ve been quietly building something new. Not...
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Guide email 4
Pillar 3: You’re Not the Only One on This Trail
Start Pillar 3: Common Humanity Our final pillar of self-compassion is common humanity —recognizing that pain, imperfection, and struggle are part of the shared human experience. When...
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Guide email 3
Pillar 2: Learning the Skill of Self-Kindness
Explore Self-Kindness Here Our next stop on the trail is self-kindness —the second pillar of self-compassion. At its core, self-kindness is simply treating yourself like you would a...
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Mindfulness: The Skill That Makes Everything Else Possible
In this second part of the series, you’ll learn simple, practical mindfulness methods you can use daily, on the trail or at home. Pillar 1: Mindfulness When it comes to building...
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Guide email 1
Ready to Build Some Trail-Worthy Self-Compassion?
You're here because you know what it’s like when your body isn’t cooperating and things feel uncertain on the trail ahead. Recovery from injury or illness can stir up frustration,...
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