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Where the Trail Begins: The Power of Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone

Posted on April 27, 2025April 23, 2025 by Laura Caldwell

There’s something transformative about trading comfort for challenge, especially when it happens on a trail. Hiking forces you to face yourself—blisters, fears, doubts and all—and still keep going. Stepping outside your comfort zone doesn’t just build stronger legs; it builds a stronger you. Out there in the quiet, where cell service fades and excuses don’t work, you start to remember what you’re capable of.

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Hiking at Your Own Pace: How to Embrace Slower Hiking Without Guilt

Posted on April 20, 2025April 21, 2025 by Laura Caldwell

You’re not “too slow.” You’re just moving like yourself—and that’s enough. Let’s Get This Out of the Way First You are not a burden. You’re not “holding anyone back,” “too out of shape,” or “not a real hiker” just because you take your time on the trail. Somewhere along the way, hiking got wrapped up…

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Why “Hike Your Own Hike” Matters: The Psychology Behind the Trail’s Favorite Phrase

Posted on April 19, 2025April 21, 2025 by Laura Caldwell

Everyone’s hike looks a little different—and that’s exactly the point. “Hike Your Own Hike” isn’t just advice for the trail; it’s a reminder to let go of comparison and trust your own pace.

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The “Next Stump” Method

Posted on February 16, 2025April 30, 2025 by Laura Caldwell

There is a better way of accomplishing our goals—what I like to call the Next Stump Method. It’s all about taking the impossible and breaking it down into something possible to achieve.

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Hike Your Own Hike: What it Means to Me.

Posted on January 12, 2024June 22, 2024 by Laura Caldwell

It’s about more than pace. One of the most used phrases in the hiking community is hike your own hike. It basically means to go at your own pace and to experience the trail in your own way. For me, a plus-size backpacker, the phrase hike your own hike is about much more than keeping…

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