Finding Yourself In Nature: This Traveler Uses Outdoor Adventure To Find Herself

Have you ever felt a desire to discover yourself and your purpose on a deeper level? While travel and the great outdoors shouldn’t be thought of as a cure-all, connecting with nature can have a profound effect on your mental state and help you see more clearly. In this post — part of the Jessie on a Journey “Inspiring Travelers Series” — Caroline Van Hemert shares some incredible insight into why and how. Caroline is a scientist, adventurer, and author of the new book The Sun is a Compass, which is based on her 4,000-mile human-powered expedition from Alaska to the Arctic coast. With her husband Pat, she covered some of the most remote and rugged places remaining on earth by homemade rowboat, ski, foot, raft, and canoe. Sure, Caroline anticipated many of the tremendous physical challenges and dangers — among them, pursuit by bears, near starvation and biblical-sized swarms of mosquitos able to drain a caribou in minutes. More surprising, though, were the doubts and re-evaluations that came with the journey — about her relationship, her career, motherhood and herself. In this interview, Caroline will be sharing more about this experience, as well as about how others can also use travel, particularly nature travel, as a way to discover their sense of purpose. Just a sampling of what you’ll learn after digging into this inspiring interview includes: What goes into planning an epic outdoor adventure The key to getting started with nature travel A hack for making your trip real so you don’t back out How to reap the transformational benefits of outdoor travel And more! Ready for some serious outdoor travel inspiration? Read on. ***BONUS*** Click below for instant access to my FREE Ultimate Travel Planning Kit: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/w6y0s4