Amanda is an outdoor blogger and YouTuber. She creates content for hiking, backpacking, and camping education that helps people go from confused and overwhelmed, to confident and adventurous in the outdoors. Learn more on her blog at Amanda Outside.
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed and to have my senses put in order.” ~John Burroughs
Nature is a big part of my life, as I spend a lot of time outdoors.
When I first started hiking …
“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Have you ever had an inner knowing that it was time to make some life changes, but you felt too confused to make them?
I’ve …
“Love does not obey our expectations; it obeys our intentions.” ~Lloyd Strom
Recently, I did something radical; I entered into a relationship with the intention of extending love. I consciously set the goal of peace.
It’s with the intention …
“Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings.” ~Jonathan Lockwood Huie
One day when I was a kid, my best friend and I decided that we were going to bury a time capsule in the backyard. We gathered an old shoebox, …
“Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be.” ~Alan Watts
For a long time, I felt like I was standing on a riverbank just watching the water of life go by, too …
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