• This is the story of my husband @theres.no.aaron.space finding his love for the ukulele. Aaron told me once that he didn’t think that he had talents or passions... he just felt like he wasn’t one of the ‘lucky’ people who had an obvious path in life. This is the most common thing that I hear from aspiring Adventurepreneurs... very often we unconsciously create ourselves into a rut and then (incorrectly) believe that we were not meant for anything more in life. I encouraged him to be open to his path revealing itself to him... and he started visualizing his ideal day... he started meditating and finding gratitude in moments that would otherwise be frustrating. One day, out of the blue, he told me, “@facebook thinks that I want to buy a ukulele!”. Apparently, his Facebook marketplace app was consistently showing him ads for ukuleles. The plot thickened as we visited a violin shop a few weeks before Christmas, and the wife of the violin maker randomly brought out a ukulele to show us. Convinced that the universe was showing enough signs, I bought Aaron his first uke for Christmas - figuring that it could at least be a cool decoration if he hated it. I still remember when he played his first chord - a C-Chord - and struggled through learning his first song. As he started practicing for hours and hours, I noticed a change - the spark that he believed he did not have, was shining brighter than I could have ever imagined. Aaron has now been playing for a year and two months - we’ve even performed at a wedding together... but it’s our mountain sunrise concerts that I’ve enjoyed the most... Aaron packing his @flightukulele travel uke in his backpack and chasing a sunrise together. Every single person on this planet is precious and unique - we are each meant to discover that spark that lives inside us - that’s how we smother the darkness and bring more light into the world... it’s how we remind others that they have the same light too ❤️
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    This is the story of my husband @theres.no.aaron.space finding his love for the ukulele. Aaron told me once that he didn’t think that he had talents or passions... he just felt like he wasn’t one of the ‘lucky’ people who had an obvious path in life. This is the most common thing that I hear from aspiring Adventurepreneurs... very often we unconsciously create ourselves into a rut and then (incorrectly) believe that we were not meant for anything more in life. I encouraged him to be open to his path revealing itself to him... and he started visualizing his ideal day... he started meditating and finding gratitude in moments that would otherwise be frustrating. One day, out of the blue, he told me, “@facebook thinks that I want to buy a ukulele!”. Apparently, his Facebook marketplace app was consistently showing him ads for ukuleles. The plot thickened as we visited a violin shop a few weeks before Christmas, and the wife of the violin maker randomly brought out a ukulele to show us. Convinced that the universe was showing enough signs, I bought Aaron his first uke for Christmas - figuring that it could at least be a cool decoration if he hated it. I still remember when he played his first chord - a C-Chord - and struggled through learning his first song. As he started practicing for hours and hours, I noticed a change - the spark that he believed he did not have, was shining brighter than I could have ever imagined. Aaron has now been playing for a year and two months - we’ve even performed at a wedding together... but it’s our mountain sunrise concerts that I’ve enjoyed the most... Aaron packing his @flightukulele travel uke in his backpack and chasing a sunrise together. Every single person on this planet is precious and unique - we are each meant to discover that spark that lives inside us - that’s how we smother the darkness and bring more light into the world... it’s how we remind others that they have the same light too ❤️
  • (Confession: this caption turned into an essay 😂) . . I tied myself to a tree in Glacier National Park on the first road trip of my life at age thirteen. And while my parents ultimately managed to physically cut me away from the tree, the connection I made to myself on that trip was never severed. In fact, I would spend the next nearly three decades of my life searching for that connection again. Something changed in me when our family hit the road that summer in our minivan with a piece of printer paper taped to the rear window, “MONTANA OR BUST”, it exclaimed in large letters, handwritten by my mother. Suddenly, the world grew beyond the geographic boundaries of my neighborhood and town – infinite possibilities existed, quite literally, around every corner. On that trip, I saw a thunderstorm in the Badlands… I learned to dance with a pillow on my head (a ploy devised by my sisters to get a reaction out of other drivers)… I relished in the precious moments where my parents allowed us to crawl around our minivan without (gasp) our seatbelts on. I climbed mountains, I woke up to snow in Yellowstone and I saw backpackers for the first time in my life. Most importantly, I saw myself reflected in the places that we visited. These mountains and sunrises and towering trees and wild animals were not strangers… they didn’t judge me … they simply reminded me that I was an important part of the puzzle too. Looking at the world around me on that road trip, I didn’t question my worthiness as I would for the next 30 years. I knew that they were right. (Continued in comments) 📷 by the amazing @kellyselzler
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    (Confession: this caption turned into an essay 😂) . . I tied myself to a tree in Glacier National Park on the first road trip of my life at age thirteen. And while my parents ultimately managed to physically cut me away from the tree, the connection I made to myself on that trip was never severed. In fact, I would spend the next nearly three decades of my life searching for that connection again. Something changed in me when our family hit the road that summer in our minivan with a piece of printer paper taped to the rear window, “MONTANA OR BUST”, it exclaimed in large letters, handwritten by my mother. Suddenly, the world grew beyond the geographic boundaries of my neighborhood and town – infinite possibilities existed, quite literally, around every corner. On that trip, I saw a thunderstorm in the Badlands… I learned to dance with a pillow on my head (a ploy devised by my sisters to get a reaction out of other drivers)… I relished in the precious moments where my parents allowed us to crawl around our minivan without (gasp) our seatbelts on. I climbed mountains, I woke up to snow in Yellowstone and I saw backpackers for the first time in my life. Most importantly, I saw myself reflected in the places that we visited. These mountains and sunrises and towering trees and wild animals were not strangers… they didn’t judge me … they simply reminded me that I was an important part of the puzzle too. Looking at the world around me on that road trip, I didn’t question my worthiness as I would for the next 30 years. I knew that they were right. (Continued in comments) 📷 by the amazing @kellyselzler
  • I’m not quite sure what it is about the desert that calls me back so often. A few years ago, I had a moment of understanding about life while I was sitting on a rock in the Canyonlands - I saw a glimpse into how we all are connected... how each little action that we take affects the whole. That glimpse into the way the world is changed my entire perspective on life. I realized that each of us are a part of something much bigger than we can possibly understand - and yet, we are each an important piece of the puzzle. My husband and I spent the last week backpacking in Death Valley - a place that sounds so foreboding, yet is so much the opposite of its name ... it is a place teeming with life and surprises and beauty around every corner. The desert helps me remember that things are not always what they seem. Life always finds a way, even in the most unlikely places. ❤️
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    I’m not quite sure what it is about the desert that calls me back so often. A few years ago, I had a moment of understanding about life while I was sitting on a rock in the Canyonlands - I saw a glimpse into how we all are connected... how each little action that we take affects the whole. That glimpse into the way the world is changed my entire perspective on life. I realized that each of us are a part of something much bigger than we can possibly understand - and yet, we are each an important piece of the puzzle. My husband and I spent the last week backpacking in Death Valley - a place that sounds so foreboding, yet is so much the opposite of its name ... it is a place teeming with life and surprises and beauty around every corner. The desert helps me remember that things are not always what they seem. Life always finds a way, even in the most unlikely places. ❤️
  • Two Decembers ago, my husband @theres.no.aaron.space and I went through a coaching course together. As a part of the course, we participated in a lot of pretty powerful exercises, but one in particular stands out. We were told to look into the (left) eye (it’s too hard to try and stare at both!) of another person and take turns asking the question, “What do you see when you look at me?” At first, the answers are predictably at surface level - i.e. “I see love. I see happiness. I see memories.” But at some point, the superficial answers give way to a depth so profound that I was not prepared for it. How can you reduce the complexities of a living being to mere words? I honestly can’t even remember what I said that day when Aaron asked that question, except that I wept and wept - not in sadness, but almost with an overwhelming joy of truly SEEING and simply BEING at the same time. How often we take others for granted, without taking the time to witness the eternity of who they are - which is visible for all of us to see, if we stop and take the time to watch and listen and allow the aliveness of who we are to truly shine ❤️ 📷 @kellyselzler
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    Two Decembers ago, my husband @theres.no.aaron.space and I went through a coaching course together. As a part of the course, we participated in a lot of pretty powerful exercises, but one in particular stands out. We were told to look into the (left) eye (it’s too hard to try and stare at both!) of another person and take turns asking the question, “What do you see when you look at me?” At first, the answers are predictably at surface level - i.e. “I see love. I see happiness. I see memories.” But at some point, the superficial answers give way to a depth so profound that I was not prepared for it. How can you reduce the complexities of a living being to mere words? I honestly can’t even remember what I said that day when Aaron asked that question, except that I wept and wept - not in sadness, but almost with an overwhelming joy of truly SEEING and simply BEING at the same time. How often we take others for granted, without taking the time to witness the eternity of who they are - which is visible for all of us to see, if we stop and take the time to watch and listen and allow the aliveness of who we are to truly shine ❤️ 📷 @kellyselzler
  • I am not the voice in my head That tells me to worry Fear Doubt I know I am not that voice Because I know it is there I am simply the listener, not the thinker of those things That try to rip me away from myself And so I choose To soar above and in the space between Where rain washes away the Sentences Vowels Constants That try to tell me who I am And as they drip away They are replaced not by words But by being Rain prickling on my face As snow gently perches on the highest peaks Air sucking in and out of my lungs As the wind breathes the earth beneath my feet Blood pumping in and out of every cell As the water rushes from rivers to the sea Each breath Each pulse Reminding me that I may not understand each snowflake or gust of wind or drop of water But I do know That I am all of those things And so much more 📷 @kellyselzler ❤️❤️
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    I am not the voice in my head That tells me to worry Fear Doubt I know I am not that voice Because I know it is there I am simply the listener, not the thinker of those things That try to rip me away from myself And so I choose To soar above and in the space between Where rain washes away the Sentences Vowels Constants That try to tell me who I am And as they drip away They are replaced not by words But by being Rain prickling on my face As snow gently perches on the highest peaks Air sucking in and out of my lungs As the wind breathes the earth beneath my feet Blood pumping in and out of every cell As the water rushes from rivers to the sea Each breath Each pulse Reminding me that I may not understand each snowflake or gust of wind or drop of water But I do know That I am all of those things And so much more 📷 @kellyselzler ❤️❤️
  • I'm excited to share a new interview series that I'm a part of! @quinn.tempest asked me to chat about the idea of purpose-driven entrepreneurship on her blog, and the video + audio recording are now live. Tune in to hear: My journey of becoming an adventurepreneur How shifting my mindset to gratitude has helped me stay balanced Why blazing my own trail has often felt like *magic* to me Fun story: I’ve known Quinn since I was a railroad police officer. When I first decided to launch into full time Adventurepreneur-ship, Quinn designed my personal website! She took my very vague vision and helped me to find clarity in my own path and purpose. It was SO fun to visit with Quinn and also reflect on how far I have come in those two years! Click the link in my bio to watch and listen to the full interview! 📷 @missroselouise
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    I'm excited to share a new interview series that I'm a part of! @quinn.tempest asked me to chat about the idea of purpose-driven entrepreneurship on her blog, and the video + audio recording are now live. Tune in to hear: My journey of becoming an adventurepreneur How shifting my mindset to gratitude has helped me stay balanced Why blazing my own trail has often felt like *magic* to me Fun story: I’ve known Quinn since I was a railroad police officer. When I first decided to launch into full time Adventurepreneur-ship, Quinn designed my personal website! She took my very vague vision and helped me to find clarity in my own path and purpose. It was SO fun to visit with Quinn and also reflect on how far I have come in those two years! Click the link in my bio to watch and listen to the full interview! 📷 @missroselouise