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It is not the Mountains we Conquer

January 25, 2016 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

“It is not the mountains we conquer, but ourselves. – Sir Edmund Hillary” I’ve walked in nature my entire life.  I’ve hiked, and camped in woods, deserts, jungles, alpine mountains,  swamps, boreal forests, and caves.  I’ve lived, overnight, in snow, thunderstorms, ungodly heat, wind, and cold.  Mosquitos have eaten me alive, and bears…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: helping others, Camping, backpacking, serenity, widower, widower with children, Nature, Hiking, wilderness, Self-awareness, solitude

Into the Woods, Part 2

December 22, 2015 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I think I may be starting to sound like a broken record with all of my “nature” posts, but regardless, I’m writing about it again.  I’m even stealing the title of Sarah’s post on Sunday, and rolling with it.  Seeing as how we’ve both written about something we did together, I see no shame in making a “Part 2”   It feels odd,…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: Nature, healing, Lack of Grief, backpacking, Solo Activities, Past Experiences, widower, sarah treanor, Mike Welker

Into the Woods

December 19, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

 Patience. I’m trying  my hardest to have some lately… with myself, with change, with pain. It’s easier said than done. I am beginning to realize that it is going to take a lot longer to adjust to moving somewhere so far away than I’d imagined. Especially while carrying my grief on my back wherever I go. No matter how much good there is…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy, Miscellaneous Tagged With: struggle, coping, new life, questions, backpacking, new changes, escaping to nature, discovering, new self, widow, sarah treanor

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