In this episode Franziska chats with Mitchel, who grew up in the Pacific Northwest enjoying the woods with the boy scouts. As he grew up and moved to beautiful Arizona and Utah, Mitchel started truly discovering himself through the quietness of the outdoors. The silence of the forest spoke loudly to him and helped him go through some tough life situations. 

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In this episode Franziska chats with Troy, who is a childhood traumatic brain injury survivor and later on in life Troy was in a bad car accident and unfortunately suffered another TBI. He was told that he was never going to walk again and would be in a nursing home for the rest of his life. Troy was motivated to be able to take his dog hiking again and a few months later was able to move to Oregon to become a medical cannabis patient. The physical relief from the cannabis allowed Troy to be able to get outdoors again and enjoy the psychological relief that nature brought him. To raise awareness for traumatic brain injuries and medicinal marijuana, Troy hiked 420 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail.

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In this episode Franziska chats with Tom, who just 5 months ago was avidly hiking all over the Oregon Cascades. Now he is fighting stage 4 cancer and spent the winter bedridden. Tom had a unique way of dealing with his new circumstances of not being able to get outdoors and you'll hear all about it in today's episode.

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In this episode Franziska chats with Riccie who became an orphan at the age of 2 and then was horribly abused by her uncle. She spent much of her childhood fearing for her life. Due to this constant state of terror, Riccie became severely depressed and began overeating. She discovered her love for hiking and the outdoors together with her sister and they both moved to Oregon. Now Riccie lives a happy life enjoying the nature around her and she enjoys learning about plants, mushrooms and wildflowers.

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In this episode Franziska chats with long time friend Randi who became a widow at an early age and was left to raise two young kids on her own. In her 40's Randi discovered hiking and found that piece of herself that had been missing for so long. Over the years she has gained the knowledge and confidence to now enjoy solo hiking, backpacking and car camping.

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In this episode Franziska chats with Audra who struggled with alcohol early in life due to a traumatic childhood. After being almost 300 pounds, Audra got weight loss surgery and found her church in the outdoors. She fell in love with her husband on the trail and she now summits mountains and goes backpacking with her kids! If you have an inspirational story about how hiking/the outdoors positively changed your life, please email me a short synopsis to [email protected] with the subject: Podcast Guest.

In this episode Franziska chats with Amy who grew up in Nebraska and became a heavy drinker while she spent her days and nights working and socializing in bars. The death of her friend was a wake up call and Amy quit drinking and moved to Oregon in 2017, which ultimately changed her life. 

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In this episode Franziska chats with Ken who grew up exploring in the Willamette Valley as a child and then went to prison in his 20's. Ken's love for the outdoors is what helped him through a 20 year prison stay and helped him stay sane once he got out and had to navigate this busy and hectic world. 

If you have an inspirational story about how hiking/the outdoors positively changed your life, please email me a short synopsis to [email protected] with the subject: Podcast Guest.