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Category Archives: Hiking

Standing on the Ledge of a Mountain…

17 Tuesday Jun 2014

Posted by in Adventures, Anxiety, Career, Courageous Self, Embrace Change, Facing Fears, Fitness/Wellness/Health, Goal Setting, Happiness, Hiking, Liberation, Life Lessons, Living in the Moment, Motivation, Overcoming challenges, Relationships, Resilience, Runner, Self-determined, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies, Success Strategies, Travel

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5/2014 Liberation Moment at the Megaliths cliff Schunemunk Mountain Hike with Discover Outdoors
5/2014 Liberation Moment at the Megaliths cliff Schunemunk Mountain Hike with Discover Outdoors

Following the precise steps of the hiker in front of me, I chanted mantras (in this case out loud to keep focus), “One with the rock, one with rock, one with the tree,” until I safely made it through the bouldering cliff climb upward and onward. I carefully fangled my way around each enormous rock and reached for the tree trunk to my right, realizing I was on a ledge of an undetermined height (I told myself not to look over my right shoulder, because it didn’t matter, I had to keep going.) This was just one of the many moments along the edge of Schunemunk Mountain, an 8-mile hike with Discover Outdoors, taking us through changing terrains of trails and stones that we had to navigate through.

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From Chaos to Flowing with Life!

16 Friday May 2014

Posted by in Adventures, Embrace Change, Fitness/Wellness/Health, Friendships, Goal Setting, Green Juice, Happiness, Hay House Authors, Hiking, Liberation, Life Lessons, Motivation, Overcoming challenges, Stress Strategies, Success Strategies, Travel

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Laos - GAdventures SE Asia Tour - 2/2012
Laos - GAdventures SE Asia Tour - 2/2012

Sacrificing anything and everything to get my book proposal done, that’s how passionate I was about it. Though, I never realized how this promise, the stress and major sleep deprivation (consistently getting less than 5/6 hours) would impact my health. Sure, my daily dose of green juice and eating more of an alkaline diet kept the flu and even strep throat away when my sister, Amanda, came down with it. But my body couldn’t recover and it absolutely needed to.

Never mind, the warning signs to change something or to take a sick day: the irritability, not being able to think straight, and my heart racing on exhaustion overdrive that it had difficulty shifting down a few gears!

Yes, I survived, though the lack of sleep is nothing to be proud of. [Continue Reading...]

My Real Reasons for Traveling the World Fearlessly…

18 Friday Apr 2014

Posted by in Adventures, Career, Embrace Change, Facing Fears, Happiness, High School Students, Hiking, Liberation, Life Lessons, Overcoming challenges, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies, Success Strategies, Travel, Workplace

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Sarina as a Class Speaker for High School Seniors at Half Hollow Hills West, Dix Hills, NY 4/2014
Sarina as a Class Speaker for High School Seniors at Half Hollow Hills West, Dix Hills, NY 4/2014

Impressive and so very fortunate! Those were my thoughts on learning how world traveled the High School Students are from Half Hollow Hills West when I spoke with them last week! I went in assuming I may need to convince them to get a plane to see another country. Well, I so underestimated the response I would get from asking the question, how many of you have traveled out of the country?

Nearly half the class of 40 students! And the places they’ve already visited: France, England, Germany, Canada, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Israel, Germany, Mexico, Dominican Republic, and Aruba. One student has even decided to postpone college and enrolled into a year-long travel program!

Simply A-MAZING and such a courageous decision!

I continued on with the discussion sharing with the seniors how I’ve [Continue Reading...]

How to Solve Your Biggest Problems with Adventures (11 Ideas Included)!

15 Saturday Feb 2014

Posted by in Adventures, Anxiety, Career, Clean Living, Embrace Change, Facing Fears, Fitness/Wellness/Health, Goal Setting, Happiness, Healthy Lifestyle, Hiking, Liberation, Life Lessons, Overcoming challenges, Relationships, Runner, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies, Success Strategies, Travel, Workplace, Yoga

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Ometepe Island, Nicaragua GAdventures Central America Tour - 1/2013
Ometepe Island, Nicaragua GAdventures Central America Tour - 1/2013

Perhaps you’re single having trouble finding the right person for you or maybe you’re just experiencing some tension in your current relationship. Ever had to deal with a friendship that you’ve out grown? I know, really difficult to make that decision and communicate that truth.

What about… Facing career inner conflict because you’re feeling stuck in a job that isn’t using your talents or feeling just burned out. Perhaps, those damn fears and doubts (and excuses) keep getting the best of you and bringing you to the same tormented situation again and again, leaving you asking, why? Otherwise, maybe it’s just that life has been the same routine for way too long and you feel as if your life is lacking excitement.

Could one or more of these scenarios be yours?

Well, if that’s [Continue Reading...]

Everywhere I go…

29 Friday Nov 2013

Posted by in Adventures, Career, College, Determination, Embrace Change, Facing Fears, Fitness/Wellness/Health, Friendships, Goal Setting, Hay House Authors, Healthy Lifestyle, High School Students, Hiking, Liberation, Life Lessons, Overcoming challenges, Relationships, role models, Speaker, Travel, Workplace

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Sarina on the Masaya Volcano Sunset Hike in Nicaragua GAdventures Volcano Trail Tour 1/2013
Sarina on the Masaya Volcano Sunset Hike in Nicaragua
GAdventures Volcano Trail Tour 1/2013

Everywhere I go I simply find myself speaking and teaching about green juice and my mostly vegan lifestyle. At work meetings, at social events/gatherings, while on trips, at my wellness chiro’s office, at the gym, after races, and at high schools!

While on my trip to Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala), I had green juice or carrot juice 4 times during my 18 day trip! I was thrilled to discover it while at Pure Natural Health & Fitness Center in Granada, Nicaragua. Then at a healthy bistro place in Antigua, Guatemala. When I visited my friend Jessica in Alberta, Canada, I practically had green juice every day. Lo and behold, Jessica and her boyfriend were drinking right along with me!

About a month ago, out of nowhere, my [Continue Reading...]