Gratitude on Giving Thanks Day

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The circle of life swings around each and every Thanksgiving for me and returns me once again to a place of reflection. I ask myself if I have lived the past year with gratitude. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Thanksgiving is just another day. But, the true beauty of our desire to recognize a day for ‘thankfulness’ is that […]

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Assistant Position

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I need help. There, I’ve said it. I need an assistant. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 4XPEDITION needs to grow and to do so I need some help. I need someone who can handle a variety of different tasks. Someone who is on top of it all. Someone driven, motivated, owns the role and executes. Someone who thinks […]

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Putting Distance Between You and Your Comfort Zone

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Each spring I find myself coming down with a bug. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] There are never advertisements on the radio for shots that can be taken for what I experience, yet it arrives around the same time each year without fail. My experience becomes an unavoidable desire to spread wings and soar to far-distant corners of […]

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Finding Clarity in Unpredictable Times

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Creating focus and clarity in your life can oftentimes be a difficult task. Remaining focused is even harder. There are so many options, possibilities, distractions, diversions, and so forth, to persuade us away from core initiatives. In our lives, we embark on many varying ‘micro-adventures’ that ultimately, with their ups and downs, create the […]

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The Nature of Deeply Rooted Trees

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I have planted and nurtured many trees in my life–some with real roots, bark and leaves, and others as commitments and promises to myself and others. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]For over 30 years I have lived in a desert environment. I find it so fascinating to witness the resilience of a tree in the desert that found […]

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The Genius of Self-Reliance

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I have found there to be such a deeply rooted relationship between our internal evolution of Self with our association as a living, breathing human being within our natural surroundings. I have been pondering this concept of self-reliance and the attraction to societal conveniences lately, all while meeting and interacting with a number of […]

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Finding Your Mojo – The Benefits of Solo Travel

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I wrote a book several years back that discussed, among other things, that solo adventure travel offered a list of very enticing benefits even for highly social individuals who are less likely to travel alone. In the book, I commented that traveling to distant locales affords each of us the opportunity to discover ourselves and […]

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