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This was the first 14er I ever climbed. I had no idea what I was doing and wasn't completely prepared. Much like when I first started looking within myself and studying my own emotional patterns. There isn't a way to remove all danger and a mountain can be horribly daunting. But how do we climb a mountain whether in life or in our hearts? Not all at once, but one step at a time.

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5. Examine how journaling can be used as an insightful tool in health related and/or coaching profession practices, which may accelerate the healing process for clients.

I am excited about all the course objectives but I'll say number 5 strikes me because when I was in the lowest points of my life, I felt hopelessly helpless. I want to normalize safe space for healthy ways to find our voice, to face our pain, and to heal. I want to lead by example with healthy coping techniques. If they help me stay alive and experience peace, I can teach with conviction.

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After my years of wilderness adventure counseling, I wanted to become a camper again in the school of life. So I bought a one way ticket to Hawaii and started a life from scratch. Adventure always nourished me but while I was succeeding on the outside, I became more self destructive on the inside, and in my later years I discovered the greatest adventure of my life.  Becoming healthy, independent, and capable of loving myself. This adventure began when I started losing family and friends to addiction and suicide which showed me clearly how my own trauma had control over me.  I am studying integrative health science at FRCC to not only further my ability to live and thrive as a human being, but also to help people who are living lives of recovery. People helped me when I didn't expect it. Now its my turn to give back.

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The kids knew helmets are not to be worn with hats but they forgave me because I wasn't climbing that day and I was "old and couldn't see in the sun." 

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I used to counsel groups of high school "leaders in training" through multiday backpacking trips. I'd often ask myself, "Am I working to let these people become their best? Or am I projecting?
Journaling has always been a way for me to see my own story from an outside perspective.
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Born February 12, 1990 in Boulder, CO. I grew up in Longmont however so that is where all my memories are. You know, before cell phones? All my friends names were in the back of a rolodex. If I couldn't reach them on the home phone, I'd actually get excited, it meant they were probably outside. So I'd ride my bike to go look for them and the joy of one of us randomly showing up while we were all riding bikes is still sweet. Having been raised with homeopathic and vibropathic medicine, I seek to expand my tool kit and learn how alternative forms of medicine are being integrated into the mainstream in order to help facilitate that process. I am taking this class because I believe in the power of journaling and I believe in the power to change our lives even when we think it's impossible. My path is that of a guidance counselor, recovery coach, raiser of human frequency, and stigma breaker.