by Dortha Hise | Sep 1, 2021 | Business
Wednesday Wisdom: Sometimes You Have To Surrender. Today would have been my Mom’s 73rd birthday. She passed away in 2012, unexpectedly, a few months before her 64th birthday. We had a challenging relationship… and that’s ok, as I always say…...
by Dortha Hise | Aug 29, 2021 | Business
Your Friendly Hise Hikers Tuesday Tip… Sometimes, you have to reevaluate, reassess, and regroup. Then kick a$$ and finish strong! Recently, on one of our backpacking trip, it became very apparent finishing the hike in 5 days wasn’t going to happen. In...
by Dortha Hise | Aug 29, 2021 | Business
Motivation Monday: Lean into the Divine notions you hear when in nature. On our last day of hiking, I received a lot of Divine downloads, I did my best to capture them at the moment (by recording while I was hiking), and here’s one… While walking in the...
by Dortha Hise | Aug 29, 2021 | Business
Wednesday Wisdom: Reflect on year-over-year successes (and celebrate)! I thought it was fitting to reflect on the last hike we climbed Freel Peak… which was almost one year ago from when we did it this year. As I’ve mentioned a few times, this time we...
by Dortha Hise | Aug 29, 2021 | Business
Your Friendly Hise Hikers Tuesday Tip… Be Prepared. We’ve been getting our gear ready for an upcoming 75-mile backpacking trip. As we pack, we ask ourselves questions like, “Will I need this?” and “Will it serve more than one...
by Dortha Hise | Aug 29, 2021 | Business
Motivation Monday: I determine my worth and what I bring. Over the weekend, in addition to hiking with my amazing and talented hiking partner extraordinaire, Jason, we were hiking with 2 new hiking friends we met on a backpacking excursion in July. It’s fair to...
by Dortha Hise | Aug 29, 2021 | Business
Wednesday Wisdom… This quote has always held a close spot in my heart. I don’t know if it came up for me today because I have been thinking of friends and family who have passed away… or if it’s all of the healing I’ve been processing and...
by Dortha Hise | Aug 29, 2021 | Business
Your Friendly Hise Hikers Tuesday Tip… Planning is an integral part of any trip and when doing a section hike, there’s a LOT of planning that needs to happen. For our upcoming backpacking trip in a couple of weeks, we are doing a stretch from around the...
by Dortha Hise | Jul 29, 2021 | Business
This still very deeply resonates. My Mom passed away unexpectedly in July 2012 and it sometimes still seems surreal to talk about her in the past tense. Sure, maybe it gets a little bit easier every year that passes… Do I still miss my Mom? Abso-friggen-lutely....
by Dortha Hise | Jul 29, 2021 | Business
On Fridays, we are on the Healing Lessons trail… Sometimes, I sit in silence to reflect on the loss of someone. Recently, I read a post from a friend’s son sharing that their mom had passed away. It was one of those profound, gut-punch kinds of...
by Dortha Hise | Jul 29, 2021 | Business
Motivation Monday: Dig deep and find embrace and rock that confidence! If you’d have asked me 10 years ago if I thought Jason and I would be completing 18.5 miles in a single day on a trail anywhere – let alone with 4,000 feet of climbing… I’d...
by Dortha Hise | Jul 29, 2021 | Business
Your Friendly Hise Hikers Tuesday Tip: Live Your Best Life! Recently, we met a few people who shared they were hiking without their partner because they weren’t into it… and it got me to thinking just how fortunate I am to be blessed with a hubby...
by Dortha Hise | Jul 29, 2021 | Business
Wednesday Wisdom… Jason and I were having a discussion about our hiking shoes wearing out and I was like “yeah, they might be wearing out more quickly… now we track our shoes by how long we’ve had them, rather how many miles are on them.”...
by Dortha Hise | Jul 29, 2021 | Business
Think about it Thursday… Self-Care is so important. If I’ve learned anything this past year and a half in a life of quarantines and lockdowns, it is the importance of self-care. It’s not that I didn’t before, it’s that I appreciate it...
by Dortha Hise | Jul 29, 2021 | Business
Wednesday Wisdom: “Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.” – Zig Ziglar Isn’t that the truth? Recently we explored Nutter Lake, Gilman Lake, Upper, and Lower Hoover Lakes, and reached our final destination for the day of Summit...
