Wednesday Apr 30, 2025
EP 171 In a Cabin in the Woods: Tending the Fire, Facing the Fear, and Finally Getting Quiet

Lately, I felt this deep pull to get away—not to escape life, but to find something underneath all the noise. So I packed up and took my first solo trip to a cabin that’s been in my wife’s family for generations, tucked right up against a river. No Wi-Fi. No distractions. Just silence, cold water, firewood, and whatever was waiting for me in the quiet. In this episode, I share what it was like to face my nerves, to find stillness in the middle of fear, and to reconnect with something I didn’t know I’d been missing. There’s a bald eagle involved. There’s a soap-in-the-river moment. There’s a whole lot of wrestling with what it means to "find your wild." And maybe, just maybe, an invitation for you to find yours too.
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