fbpx
Menu

Posts by Michelle McFadyen

Michelle started trekking in 2009 summiting Mt Kinabalu in Borneo, and went on to trek the arduous Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea three times. In 2014 she summited both Mt Meru (4555m) and Mt Kilimanjaro (5895m) in Africa. Just days before the devastating earthquake on 25 April 2015, Michelle made it to Everest Base Camp in Nepal.

We Can Get Through It, Even If We Think We Can’t

By

“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” ~Carl Gustav

It used to be my favorite guided meditation. You know the one about the mountain, where you imagine yourself as the mountain? Strong, tall, standing firm in the face of all that comes at it—rain, hail, shine. Letting it all wash off without getting rattled by it.

One of the reasons I used to love that particular guided meditation was because I could relate to it. I could relate to it because I love mountains. I love trekking and I love mountains. Big mountains. …