![]() ![]() I have been invited as part of a Canadian contingent to do a 170 km trek, the Tour Du Mont Blanc,-( Two months ago I didn’t even know this place existed)- I will be trekking in France, Italy and Switzerland to help raise funds for the five charitable programs Outward Bound Canada has. And in just over 3 weeks I will once again be involved with them…in Europe. I have been informally involved with Outward Bound on and off since then, speaking at some events, taking more courses, being invited as part of an alumni group for input on a new program etc. I came home a much more confident, stronger person, more at peace with myself and it was after this course that I started my mental health advocacy work. It was magical, hard, amazing, a struggle and great growth happened. I sent a week, with 10 other women paddling in Algonquian Park, in Ontario. This was a life changing program and a game changer for me. ![]() This program is for women who have experienced violence or trauma at some point in their life. It was one of their charitable programs, the Women of Courage program. While it is not Ireland, it is international and it is in Europe, and it also came out of left field.Īs some of you may know I have been informally involved on and off with Outward Bound Canada since 2005, when I took my first Outward Bound Canada course. In just over 3 weeks, I will once again be on route to another adventure. I hoped to save up enough money by then to go back to Ireland. I also figured that would be it for my international traveling for at least 5 years. This time last year I had been home for a few weeks from my Epic Irish odyssey, and I was processing. It’s love y to have an outside view and someone to help me with all of this. I also now have a writing coach, her name is Sylvia Taylor, she has been grand at helping me organize my work, get me organized etc. You can find it here I will be adding testimonials etc along the way. It also tells you a bit about myself, what I do etc, and it, like me is a work in progress. I now have a web page up and running, where all my blogs etc can be found by clicking on the one page- you can find the blogs under the “other adventures” menu on the top right of the page. Well, its been a few months and life as we know it, some things have gone well, other things not as I planed, and even other things have been totally unexpected and out of the blue.Īnd, of course, Ireland has still be speaking to me along the way. ![]()
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