blissful hiker ❤︎ inspiring you to hike your own hike
Long-distance backpacker Alison "Blissful Hiker" Young has walked over 13,000 miles on six continents including New Zealand's Te Araroa, Europe's Pyrenean Haute Route, Africa's Drakensberg Traverse and the Pacific Crest Trail in the United States.
In a series of personal essays coupled with found sound, this podcast explores her journey of self-discovery as a middle-aged titanium-reinforced cancer thriver, sharing the sometimes unglamorous but vital truth about empowerment, inspiring others to blaze their own trails in this journey we call life.
Podcasting since 2020 • 149 episodes
blissful hiker ❤︎ inspiring you to hike your own hike
Latest Episodes
Mindset in Motion
"You can think your way into a new way of acting, or act your way into a new way of thinking."Sometimes we can’t wait for the right mindset to show up. Sometimes we have to step into the behavior first, and trust that the mindset wi...
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Season 7
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Episode 149
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8:16
Embrace the Suck
The trail—like life—may not always be what we want it to be, but it offers us the opportunity to choose how we respond to whatever it doles out.In the hiking world we have a saying, "Embrace the Suck!" It's a r...
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Season 7
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Episode 148
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5:58
Open to Awe
Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between is a great mindset when planning a major thru-hike – or any major life endeavor.Blissful is planning a thru...
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Season 7
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Episode 147
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5:58
