blissful hiker ❤︎ inspiring you to hike your own hike
Long-distance backpacker Alison “Blissful Hiker” Young has logged more than 14,000 miles across six continents, tackling iconic routes such as New Zealand’s Te Araroa, Europe’s Pyrenean Haute Route, South Africa’s Drakensberg Traverse, Nepal’s Great Himalayan Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail in the United States.
An award-winning professional musician and syndicated American Public Media host, Alison approaches storytelling through a deeply attuned ear. Her series of intimate personal essays — coupled with field recordings gathered on trail — trace a path of self-discovery as a middle-aged, titanium-reinforced cancer thriver. They reveal the often unglamorous but essential truths of empowerment, inviting listeners to find the courage to blaze their own trails on the journey we call life.
blissful hiker ❤︎ inspiring you to hike your own hike
TEDx excerpts: “How do you find your bliss? Take the long trail!”
On October 10, Blissful gave her first TEDx talk, “How do you find your bliss? Take the long trail!”
- Blissful shares the loss of her flute career due to a neurological disorder called dystonia.
- It was on trail that she began to heal – and her greatest teacher on learning to live with her loss and move forward into the unknown.
- Blissful's talk is about resilience in spite of life's inexplicable randomness.
- Watch the TEDx and see some jaw-dropping images as well!
MUSIC: Introduccion y Allegro by Carlos Guastavino as played by Alison Young, flute and Vicki Seldon, piano.
