Astronauts in the Wilderness

Did you know that the Artemis II crew trained for space in the Wyoming backcountry?

That's right,  the crew that achieved a historic 10-day crewed lunar flyby, setting a record for human distance from Earth (252,756 miles), prepared for the cosmos by going into the woods. Artemis II marked the first crewed mission to the moon in over 50 years, and featured the first woman, person of color, and Canadian to fly beyond low-Earth orbit.

What did they take away from those Wyoming mountains?

"There's a saying that we learned from one of our National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) instructors: integrity is not a one or a zero. You can be in integrity, and you can be out of integrity." — Reid Wiseman

They went to learn about integrity. And not only did they name their spacecraft Integrity, they named a crater on the MOON Integrity.

I am dying here, I LOVE this so much.

The people who have traveled deepest into space, operated the most advanced spacecraft, and broken records across disciplines, what did they say mattered most? Integrity. They had cutting-edge technology, world-class training, and accolades beyond measure. But it was their sense of integrity that got them to deep space and back.

As someone who completed a NOLS semester in college, began my professional life in outdoor education, and have gone on many expeditions across many wild places, I understand this truth intimately.

This is exactly what my coaching is about: finding your integrity.

Not performing success. Not checking the boxes the world handed you. Not contorting yourself to fit a template that was never built for you.

"Peace is your home, integrity is the way to it, and everything you long for will meet you there." — Martha Beck

That's the work. And I promise you: what you find there will be greater than any template you've ever been handed.

If you're ready to find your integrity — to stop performing and start living — I'd love to talk.