by Diana Proemm | Oct 14, 2020 | Adventure, anxiety, Environment, hiking, nature, outdoors, Recreation Therapy, sisterhood, transformation, Travel
Question: If your friend told you that you were heading to the farthest peak in the distance – would you follow? This is what happened last week to me. I looked at the rounded peak in the distance and my heart sank. I have lived and breathed mountain air for the...
by Diana Proemm | Sep 15, 2020 | Adaptive, Adventure, anxiety, Fear, Mountain Biking, nature, outdoors, sisterhood, transformation
Recently, I went downhill mountain biking at Big Sky resort. I have ridden here many times before but there was something different about this trip. I arrived early and made a couple runs on my own. The second run brought me to a classic scenario I’ve seen and heard...
by Diana Proemm | Feb 3, 2020 | Adventure, anxiety, hiking, meditation, nature, outdoors, Recreation Therapy, sisterhood, transformation, Travel, vacation, women only
We live in an artificial world, with digital media and what seems like a million things pulling for our attention. But we thirst for something real. Nature is real and what happens when you spend a few hours in nature? Anxiety, depression, and heart rate decrease Mood...
by Diana Proemm | Aug 8, 2019 | Fear, Mountain Biking, outdoors, Recreation Therapy, sisterhood, Travel, women only, women tours
True Story – My friend, who is a badass little mtn biker was very nervous to bike with me at Big Sky Resort last weekend. I could hear it in her voice while she said.. “I don’t know, I don’t want to hold you back, I’m not sure that I can...
by Diana Proemm | Jul 25, 2019 | Adventure, anxiety, Fear, hiking, nature, outdoors, Recreation Therapy, sisterhood, women only, women tours
Life. Most of the time life is amazing and wonderful but sometimes it just sucks! There are days I consider walking into the woods and never returning. On my retreat a couple weeks ago, the other ladies who joined me felt the same and wanted to walk that same trail...
by Diana Proemm | Jun 14, 2019 | Adventure, anxiety, Fear, hiking, sisterhood, transformation, women only, women tours
We need community. I led a hiking therapy program the other night and the take away was how to let go and be vulnerable. In our crazy world of connection to digital devices, we sometimes discount the fact that talking with an actual human can do wonders with our...