When you close your eyes and meditate on a place in nature that brings you peace and helps to recenter your mind, where do you go? 

This is the sixth post in our summer series "Lessons Learned in the Woods." Find the intro here. We had just begun the winding drive back to our campsite when we heard the familiar sound of an ambulance coming our way. There was only one thing it could mean: a climber was in trouble. We had just completed a satisfying day of rock climbing at the poetically named Purple Valley in the Red River Gorge, Kentucky. As first-time visitors of this crag, we were exhausted from the extra miles we’d put in searching for the routes we wanted to climb. Our stomachs...

This is the fifth post in our summer series "Lessons Learned in the Woods." Find the intro here. Give me a shout if you’ve ever caught yourself mindlessly scrolling through social media, standing up in the middle of the living room, when you’ve got a million other things to do and you can’t believe where the last hour went. The first step towards taking control of your smartphone is admitting that it already controls you. A few weeks ago I heard an interview that blew my mind. Tristan Harris, founder of Time Well Spent introduced me to the Attention Economy. Suddenly...