Ordinary Sherpa: Family Adventure Coaching and Design

Want to connect? Here are 3 ways to connect with me or other adventure families through Ordinary Sherpa: For a quick 1:1 with Heidi buy me a coffee  For a cohort adventure challenge: https://ordinarysherpa.com/challenge In a community of other adventure families: https://ordinarysherpa.com/arena Website for this episode : https://ordinarysherpa.com/061 I was first exposed to the Jetsetting Family...

What are simple ways to adventure as a family?  As a follow up to Episode 060 | Invitation to Connect and Create Simple Adventures I wanted to give you some examples of simple adventures that your family could do this weekend.   These are some of the Everyday Adventures we build into our monthly adventure list that I will be helping you create and bring to life in the Everyday Adventure Challenge....

Register for Ordinary Sherpa Everyday Adventure Challenge: ordinarysherpa.com/challenge What does winning look like in the  everyday adventure challenge?  I thought I would share some wins from previous participants.   The first list of wins comes from a new mom with an infant (he was only a few months old at the time of the challenge) and they shared  " While we didn't do many of the adventure id...

Website for this episode : https://ordinarysherpa.com/0459 Join the 60-day Everyday Adventure Challenge: https://ordinarysherpa.com/challenge Subscribe to the email List :   https://ordinarysherpa.com/subscribe/ Our guest today is a ski mom based in Vermont. She is the founder of Momtrends.com where she writes articles and ski guides, clearly she is a skilled skier and passionate about the sport....

Website for this episode : https://ordinarysherpa.com/058 Join the Waitlist for In the Arena Mastermind or Adventure Tribe Community :  https://ordinarysherpa.com/arena May this episode inspire you to take a step in the arena and know what matters is not the outcome, but that you are supported by people who have been there are want to support you reaching your brave and bold vision of your future....

I heard an interview the other day with English writer Katherine May which introduced me to the term Wintering.   I drew this quote from the Book Reads description of her book  Wintering The power if rest and retreat.  "Ultimately Wintering invites us to change how we relate to our own fallow times. May models an active acceptance of sadness and finds nourishment in deep retreat, joy in the hushed...

As I sit on the platform about to jump into 2022 with a bit of hesitation and bit of unrelenting eagerness I find myself coming out of an overwhelmed and demanding November schedule only to jump into escape and retreat mode in early December. In addition to my workload, I sent my book to the editor, the kids were in the thick of all the not-fun parts of school.  We created some much needed family...

I've had several meet ups with listeners thanks to them buying me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ordsherpa I just want to give a shout out to Dani and Julia.  It was great connecting with you and learning more about your adventures.  You may even hear from both of them on a future podcast episode.  Meeting and connecting with listeners is one of my favorite things, building a community of...

Join the Waitlist for In the Arena Mastermind or Adventure Tribe Community :  https://ordinarysherpa.com/arena Website for this episode : https://ordinarysherpa.com/054 Buy me a Coffee: Enjoy the podcast without the ads and interruptions many podcasters use.  If you enjoy the ideas, find joy or inspiration from my work, you can buy me a coffee to say thanks and support the show. A Weekend of mini-...

To Connect regarding the Intention workshop Email: heidi@ordinarysherpa.com If you enjoy the ideas, find joy or inspiration from my work, you can buy me a coffee to say thanks and support the show.    Website for this episode :  https://ordinarysherpa.com/053 Subscribe to the email List :  https://ordinarysherpa.com/subscribe/ Our guest today indirectly thrust our family onto Mountain biking and s...

I did a thing this week, I sent my book to the editor.   In some ways it feels like a major step on a new and uncomfortable experience. Writing a book has been on the long life list of things I wanted to do someday. I know this isn't the summit. The manuscript will come back in a couple weeks marked and dismantled, but I am excited for that. It means someone else is going to see something I spent...

With the holidays upon us and the media fraught with stories of supply chain issues and retailers bursting with consumerism, I thought I'd bring this episode out a little sooner than planned to help you navigate the holidays and share some perspectives, tips and stories of gifting experiences.  I also want pause and thank the many who reached out with kind words in celebrating our 1 year podcast b...

One year ago I put out a trailer into the world with no idea what I was doing.  But I was excited.  Each step in this journey has been a daring adventure.  I want to use this episode to give you some of the behind the scenes at Ordinary Sherpa over the past year and also answer some of your questions.    " In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity an...

Hello to Iceland and Denmark.  Ordinary Sherpa ranked in the top 200 in both countries.  Which is fun, because I have not been to Iceland, but glad to know that my podcast has. Maybe we can do a virtual meet-up and share a cup of coffee. I want to thank those who bought me coffee, who left written reviews, and took action to do something adventurous this week.     Will you leave Written Review on...

I want to start by saying thank you to those who left a written review.  I have two reviews this week: AJ_on_FIRE Adventure is out there.   A great addition for anyone seeking adventure from small acts at home to getting out in the world and exploring. Heidi and her guests share stories from their lives and their work that break down the barriers to adventuring, making it human and attainable. It...

047 | Opportunities from Adventure  with Mason Gravley   Our theme this week is the doors that open because of adventure.  THIS. (Soapbox warning) this is the reason we need to stop treating adventure like a destination we visit 2 weeks out of the year, and more about a part of the overall journey.  I have lots of thoughts on this and hope this podcast helps you see the value proposition of advent...

After a summer of adventure with 27 non-adventure days the return to routine was needed but also a bit stifling so we have spent the last few weekends adventuring and unplugged.  I am in the midst of finishing the book I am writing and need less distractions.  I went into airplane mode only using my phone for photos on the weekends and taking a social media and podcast pause.  Ironically it just s...

Happy National Coffee Day (if you are listening to this episode when it drops on Wednesday, September 29th).  I would gladly celebrate coffee any day of the year. I am currently enjoying a Hawaiian Coffee and am a bit hooked after our 3 weeks on the islands in summer of 2021.  Personally, I think the world could use a little more conversations over coffee with friends these days.  I chuckle a bit...

Website for this episode : https://ord inarysherpa.com/04 4 Will you leave Written Review on Apple Podcasts:   https://ordinarysherpa.com/review/ Subscribe to the email List :   https://ordinarysherpa.com/subscribe/ Generosity can be giving our time, talents or money to help someone else without expecting anything in return.  Science has shown (Harvard Study) that individuals that volunteer live l...

We are embracing this season of transition with simple adventures.  Between the soccer games and school adventures are less like the travel and mountain biking experiences this summer and more like simple things in our backyard.  I really enjoyed the meet up this weekend of the Everyday Adventure Challenge members where we discussed novel and simple concerts to experience adventure at all differen...

There is no handbook to life, but sometimes it would be nice.  Kids add a layer of complexity requiring an extra level of planning and support.   Website for this episode : https://ordinarysherpa.com/042 Join the Ordinary Sherpa Facebook Group to interact with other listeners.   https://www.facebook.com/groups/ordinarysherpa Will you leave Written Review on Apple Podcasts:   https://ordinarysherpa...

We have talked about brown signs in Episode 013 | Untourism. How to Travel like a Local which focuses on a way to travel differently.  It is a form of authentic adventures where our intent is to design an experience based on local insights (rather than from the tourism industry)  and 028B | 15 Mini Adventures your Family can do this Weekend are ways to experience simple adventures in your own comm...

The concept of "exposure therapy" can help expose you to blind spots of what is possible.  Sometimes that means practicing being uncomfortable.  Two examples this week were having her kids run in the rain, and getting out of the comfortable passenger seat and be a little uncomfortable in the driver seat of the 30+ foot RV.  If you want to practice simple ways to experience adventure and get a litt...

Everyday Adventure Challenge: The Fall 60-day challenge is open.  In this everyday adventure challenge we create an adventure list to show up in your own life and connect as a family. I will show up each week to guide you with ideas tips and offer as much or as little accountability as you wish through the process.  In addition, the participants will have several virtual meet up opportunities to s...

038 | Making Space with Jennifer Bried Website for this episode : https://ordinarysherpa.com/038 Join the Ordinary Sherpa Facebook Group to interact with other listeners.   https://www.facebook.com/groups/ordinarysherpa Will you leave Written Review on Apple Podcasts:   https://ordinarysherpa.com/review/ Subscribe to the email List :   https://ordinarysherpa.com/subscribe/ We just wrapped up our S...