Brady is a San Luis Obispo wedding and landscape photographer, astrophotography workshop teacher, husband, father of two, half marathon finisher, bacon & chocolate lover.

Stress will always be a part of life. It’s necessary for providing challenge to our emotional, mental and physical development. However, chronic stress and our inability to deal with it can cause serious problems with our health and how we adapt to our environment.

In my quest to understand how the outdoors can have an impact in your life and help you eliminate the stress you can control, or at least how you react to it, I’m discovering new information myself.

Jonathan Milligan is an author, blogger, speaker and career coach. He has spent the last decade counseling, guiding and directing career professinals on how to pursue meaningful work. Since 2009 Jonathan has been building a portable lifestyle business through blogging. Today, he teaches others the roadmap to doing the same.

Jennifer is the owner and founder of Blue Ridge Hiking Company. Jennifer has been name Blue Ridge Outdoors Person of the Year and a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. She has kiked over 12,000 miles on six continents including the Kilimanjaro Summit, Machu Picchu, the Pacific Crest Trail and has completed the Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike three times holding the overall Appalachian Trail Record at 46 days, 11 hours and 20 minutes. Her Appalachian Trail record was voted Ultrarunning Magazine's Female Performance of 2011. For the last two years she has hike in all 50 states with her family. 

Life can be overwhelming at times. Maybe even most of the time. We're constantly on the go and in a hurry. We've made more commitments than we can handle. The pressure and weight cause havoc on our mental and emotional health.

We don’t know how to handle it all and assume it’s just a part of life. Life is stress, we begin to believe.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. You don’t have to always be emotionally and mentally drained.

You don’t have to let the stress in your life determine who you are and ultimately how you feel.

You can get your stress under control.

Denise is the host and co-producer, along with ValleyPBS, of One Woman Adventure: Along Nature's Path; an outdoor adventure program which will begin airing in late Spring 2015. California is home to world-class national parks and wilderness spaces. Denise will bring her cameras and backpack along as she explores these wild spaces in the hopes of encouraging viewers to set aside technology for a day or so, breathe deep, and rekindle their sense of adventure.

Justin is a story writer. He helps individuals and businesses tell better stories that attract customers and change the world. He graduated from College with a degree in aviation and immediately became a commercial pilot. Knowing it wasn't the story he wanted to live, he began coaching people to get out of debt. He grew his business so quickly (with the help of coaches and mentors) that other business owners took notice and asked for advice on doing the same.

You lay in bed at night tossing and turning with tomorrow on your mind. You can't stop thinking about work. You wake up groggy. Maybe even late because you're tired and hit the snooze on your phone. “Just a few more minutes” you think. You get up, hop in the shower, make your coffee, and grab something to eat for your drive to work. You're not excited about the day. You can’t wait for it to be over. So you can relax. Does this sound familiar? In this episode, I share why stress impacts how well we sleep and what you can do about it. 

Andrew is the Executive Director of Solid Rock Outdoor Ministries that is a premier Christ-centered, deep wilderess ministry. As a young boy he began to climb with his father, uncle and cousins. His life was changed by the grace of Jesus Christ and the love of the Father on a Harrower Peak overlooking Titcomb Basin durning a course in the summer of 1999.

Marta Goertzen is an entrepreneur, dog lover, head WordPress Geek over at Trail GuideWeb Works, writer, and Oregon explorer currently living along the South Central Oregon Coast. Her new project, Selah Reflections, focuses on the importance of taking time to recharge and refresh in the midst of the chaotic world we live in.