Everyday mountain girl: Recent Episodes
Alex Elizabeth
It’s time to hit the open road! Let’s go visit Colorado and beyond one little mountain town at a time!
Today I’m giving you a little bit of a life update but more specifically I want to tell you about a big powerful lesson I learned last Monday. It’s important and it’s big and it’s wonderful and I want you to know about it. Listen for the details in today’s episode!
We took off on a day trip, covered 92 miles, got the best iced Americano we’ve ever had, had some awesome ice cream, a picnic lunch, explored trails at nearly 12,000 feet, and enjoy the charm of a sweet small mountain town! Hear all about it in today’s episode!
It seems the world has gone crazy. Some times the happenings of today’s Society are really big and really scary. Some will lead you to believe that trying to find happiness and joy in the midst of chaos makes you insensitive or indifferent to the trials were currently facing. This just isn’t true. Taking time to fill our minds with things that are good, happy, noble honorable, true, and joyful is a way for us to be people who lead with love and a kind heart. I learned this lesson in a profound way yesterday and I’m gonna share my story with you.
Our lives will only ever be as good as our thoughts. The things we think drive the lives we live. Can you we change those thoughts for the better? You can!
I wrote about this on my blog but I wanted to share it here because I got such a grand response! The quote “there is gold in every piece of your story” got me thinking. Gold in EVERY piece of my story? Nah... but then, after I started digging, I realized there is gold in the mud, the muck, the good, the bad, and the ugly pieces of my story and yours!
I am a chronic and professional overthinker. In today’s episode I talk about one big way you can break a cycle of overthinking and five ways to help you turn that habit of overthinking off and flip the switch on getting moving again.
In today’s podcast I’m talking about how running is a whole lot like life. It’s full of risk and reward, work and rest, pushing through and taking a step back, charging up the hill and choosing the coast down the other side, wanting to give up but showing up anyway, feeling like a failure but also striving for that sweet taste of victory, choosing discipline over motivation when motivation chooses to not show up. Maybe God made us able to run to teach us about life and living. On today’s episode I talk about my relationship with running, why I care about it, and what we can learn from running in our every day lives.
Living in the mountains with the elements… Wind, extreme temperatures, crazy sun, and altitude makes skin and hair care a little bit unique. On today’s episode I give you some tips, tricks, and product recommendations to keep you healthy and glowing year round!
Today I talk about how separating your life’s happenings, activities, and circumstances can change how you feel about you and your value. If we can untie our worth from life’s going’s on and learned our value doesn’t came for our ability to perform but rather, a really good God, we can begin to learned about our true authentic identity and handle life’s storms in a whole new way.
If you haven’t noticed some things have changed around here. Today I’m talking about a little bit of a pivot and the every day mountain girl podcast. Yeah what’s new in the new direction we are headed! I’m so excited to have you here
Today were talking about some of our favorite stories and favorite memories from camping… I say we because today I am featuring a special surprise guest! Listen for fun adventures and a few laughs here and there.
A car camping experience has given me a great tool for dealing with fear of the unknown. We can’t control what happens to us but we can control how we respond. Right? Car camping, wide open wilderness, and learning to do the next right thing has taught me how to handle fear and create purpose in times of uncertainty.
I was given an exercise to write about myself as a character in a book. The exercise for me was life-changing because it broke down limitations, barriers, and insecurities. On today’s episode I talk about how to do the exercise and then how to Apply it to your life, here and now.
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In the past I have considered trail running something that I have to do and I have had a love-hate relationship with it. I love being out in the mountains and exploring but I have hated it because I have a loud the joy of being in the mountains on the trails to be clouded by insecurity. Insecurity steals and corrupt bravery, joy, hope, and gratitude. But something happened this week to make me rethink. Listen in for my first episode in this new series called rethink. The mission statement for this series is live from your wild heart rather than your weary hurt. That is a paraphrase quote from the book braving the wilderness by Brittnay Brown. Let’s go get this crazy wild life and enjoy it together!
Today I’m just chatting with you about current life, making the most of today, living with faith, hope, and no regrets after we’re “back to normal”.
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Today I’m talking about how hiking can teach us one of the most valuable life lessons there is. Whether you’re on a real hike and you’re trying to reach that summit or you have a goal set out In the future for your life, hiking has a lot of wisdom to give.
One of the major blessings we’re getting to experience right now is the beauty and the freedom to enjoy the outdoors. During these uncertain times and with the world going crazy, we are drawn to the peace and serenity and healing of our outdoor spaces but, we need to be responsible. Today I talk about four points to help you remember to be responsible and wise in the outdoors in our current situation.
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This episode is full of wonderful fabulous distraction from the world around us. The world is uncertain and crazy but we have an opportunity to take advantage of a lot of rest, relaxation, and time being our own! This episode is full of wonderful ideas and activities that you can do for the next 30 days to make yourself in the world a better place! This is a wonderful opportunity to grow and thrive.
My professional career has been spent in labs, gyms, medical facilities, and military academies. I know the ins and outs of bacteria, viruses, and germ control but that’s not what this is about. What this is about is how not to absolutely freaking out and panic a time of seemingly great crisis. I’ve been there and I know how to handle it. We all feel a lack of control but let’s talk about what we can control and make this process as painless as possible!
Today I’m talking about how to make every single day look a little bit more like your dream life. Once you figure out what you want, the passions you have, the dreams you want to achieve how do you go about actually achieving it? I talk a little bit about that today and what you can do right here and right now to begin chasing down the every day life you want to live.
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We get a little lost sometimes and I’ve spent the last six months digging out from the bushes and figuring out who I am. What I’ve learned is that I Danity and knowing who you are leads to authenticity and being identical you leads to abundant happiness. But what if you lost? What if you don’t know who you are… Today we talk about how to figure out who you are, what are you live, and embracing it with every ounce of your being
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On today’s post I am sharing a little bit of what’s going on in my heart and in my head. Is it vulnerable? You better believe it is. I share my thoughts on overcoming anxiety and being a happiness leader. Have you heard of the term thought leader? I’m putting a twist on that and sharing why I want to be a happiness leader. Join me today as I discussed my thoughts on dealing with anxiety, negativity, fear, worry, doubt and doing away with all of those and turning to happiness, joy, and gratitude!
On today’s episode we are talking about mountain adventures. I have so many adventures that I would like to try out but the adventures I have already experienced have led me to be more brave and have led me to want more! Listen in today to get a taste of some of my favorite mountain adventures and some of the ones that I have yet to go on!
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On today’s episode I talk about when and how I learn to love what I love and how it is change my life. Celebrating what makes you jump out of the bed in the morning he’s also celebrating what makes you you. Embrace what you love, embrace who you are.
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We shouldn’t have changed your plans, we should’ve trusted our instincts, and we should’ve turned around. We didn’t. Never underestimate the power of the mountains, here’s a story about the wild wilderness and how the mountains can bring you to your knees if you don’t make the right choices.
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On today’s episode we are talking about what this podcast is going to be about. From everything from identity, to inspiration and authenticity, to mountain gear I love, to places I’ve traveled. Today tell you a little bit about why the mountains have my heart.
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