Up until my late twenties, I had a relatively superficial relationship with the outdoors. Sure I could enjoy views from a beautiful mountaintop, or bask in a pristine beach. But I’d certainly call BS hearing woo-woo new-agers talk about the healing properties of forest bathing,…

Qumran, Israel. A Bedouin shepherd boy tends to his goats on the banks of the Dead Sea (known today as the West Bank). On this warm winter’s day, the boy grabs a rock a throws it into a nearby cave. To his surprise, he hears…

A few years ago, I suffered a nasty concussion while surfing in Bali, Indonesia. What was supposed to be a week-long recovery period, slowly morphed into a six-month journey of healing. If you’re unfamiliar with traumatic brain injuries, it can come with a slew of…