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Sage advice to our current guides from HRE Alumni Jennifer Davison. "Take care of your body, take care of your gear, take care of each other, and take care of the river. " #HREalumni #RiverCurrentsBlog #Raftingguides #adventurejobs

West Coast = Best Coast! This article PROVES it once and for all (also the band Best Coast is the best but that would be a different article). https://lnkd.in/ejDVKRVM?

National Park Week starts tomorrow- the perfect time to get out and explore nature! 🌳 Why is a Speech Pathologist and Brain Health Coach excited about National Park Week? Because our brains are wired to connect with nature. 🧠 Research has found that spending as little as 3-5 minutes in nature can reduce anxiety, anger, sadness, and muscle tension while increasing blood flow to your brain. For many people, nature provides a feeling of pleasure 😊 and who doesn't need more pleasure in their life? Spending time in nature is a must for all of us. If you can't access a National Park, visit your local park instead. You will experience the same brain benefit. https://lnkd.in/etwh-FJE  

In our #longliveyourbrain course, we review the lifestyle choices to improve #brainhealth. 🧠 Spending time in nature 🌲 is one because of the brain benefits including reducing stress, cortisol levels, and negativity. Most people experience increased pleasure in natural environments, increasing the number of neural pathways. For this reason, spending time in nature has been recommended for people experiencing increased stress, anxiety, depression, decreased attention, and forgetfulness. Pair time in nature with socializing and physical activity, and you have covered three lifestyle choices to improve your #brainhealth. What park will you visit this weekend?

There are only two Colorado 14er summits you can drive up in your car. One is open year-round, the other is only open during the summer months. Can you name them? If not, check out my guide 👉 https://zurl.co/EYOK #14ers #ColoradoAdventure #ScenicDrive #TheNextSummit

Discover the abundance of wonders in Northern Ireland, with the Causeway Coast standing as its pulsating core. Delve deeper into this remarkable region: https://bit.ly/48YYftp

The State of Utah was ranked as the #1 BEST STATE in the nation for the second year in a row by U.S. News & World Report! City of Cedar City, UT, Iron County and Southern Utah epitomize all that makes Utah so great! Here's just a few highlights that make living and working in Cedar City, Utah so amazing: - #1 small city in the nation to start a business by WalletHub. - #3 fastest-growing college town in America by Broke Scholar, with a D1 school like Southern Utah University and an incredible tech school like Southwest Technical College. - Home to the Tony Award winning and globally recognized Utah Shakespeare Festival. - Did I mention that Cedar City is also known as "Festival City USA"? - Plus, we are considered the "Gateway to the Parks." We're talking about places like Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, and so much more that mother nature has to offer, like... - 30 minute drive to Brian Head Resort and skiing some the greatest snow on earth! - ....oh, and don't worry about air quality in Southern Utah because our neighbors in the City of St. George were ranked #9 in the nation for air quality by the American Lung Association! Yeah...we're jumping on that bandwagon ;) Reach out if you want to learn more about what makes Utah so great! Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity, Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDCUtah), Utah Alliance for Economic Development, Utah Inland Port Authority, Cedar City Chamber of Commerce #economicdevelopment #smallbusiness #utah #qualityoflife #lifeelevated

Late summer is the perfect time to touch upon a universal theme that echoes across every facet of life on Earth—transformation and migration. Whether it's within our lives or in the expansive wilderness, transformation is a constant reality. It signifies growth, change and the ceaseless movement forward, embodying our inherent capacity to adapt, survive and thrive. For instance, the Festival de Pipas in Brazil stands as a vibrant testament to the transformative power of hope and dreams. Individuals gather to fill the sky with kites—emblems of rising above challenges, with each ascension reflecting our ability to change and evolve. But the majesty of transformation and migration isn't limited to human festivities. August marks the onset of an incredible natural phenomenon: the migration of the Monarch butterflies. These creatures embark on an epic journey from the northern and central United States and southern Canada to warmer climates in Mexico and Southern California. August also signals a significant transition in the lives of many young individuals, when the gates of colleges and universities swing open, welcome a new batch of students and mark a transformative period in their lives. Even younger children experience this transition when they move from grade school to middle school or middle school to high school. As we reflect on these events, remember that change, although sometimes daunting, is essential, powerful, indicates growth and promises new opportunities. Like the Monarch butterflies and students embarking on their new journeys, embrace the transformations and migrations in our own lives, so that we can continue to evolve and discover our true potential. Here's to the power of transformation and the beauty of progression! Warm regards, Tom Stallings Team at McCallum Realty #tomstallingsteam #mccallumrealty #houstonrealestate

I found this article surprisingly resonant for this moment in my life and career. While I mostly paused my climbing habit over the last year to focus on building an incredible new health plan at Delaware First Health, and wouldn’t trade that experience for the world, that chapter of my life is coming to an end, and we’re welcoming a new finance leader due to my relocation back to Missouri to better support my family. A couple particularly poignant passages I didn’t expect in a climbing article: “One-third of the 170,000 Navajos today still live without clean running water. It’s a complex and contentious issue with no solution in sight, tracing back to a treaty 150 years ago between the Navajos and the U.S. government. Upheld as recently as June 2023 by the U.S. Supreme Court, astoundingly, the treaty still determines Navajo reservation water rights. While the Supreme Court Justices acknowledged that Navajo water needs have changed since the Civil War era and that the Navajos today face dire water shortages, the Court ruled that it didn’t have the authority to modify the treaty, which could only come from Congress. Meanwhile, Calhoun also saw 15% of the Navajos living without electricity—no way to recharge devices without plugging into running vehicles or resorting to loud and dirty generators, in turn limiting crucial online access to education, college admissions and scholarships, medical care, and various government programs. The 2022 U.S. Census reflects this painful reality: Versus the overall U.S. population, Navajos are twice as likely to live in poverty (24.8% vs 11.5%) and without health insurance (17.0% vs. 9.3%), while half as likely to graduate from college (16.7% vs. 38.7%).” And this: “For all her extraordinary summits, Calhoun remains grounded. “Just because you do something extraordinary doesn’t mean that you are. You come home after an expedition but people don’t understand what you’ve been through. Maybe they say, ‘Wow, that’s nice.’ But you still have to get by, reintegrate yourself in daily life, while you’re thinking, ‘What’s next?’”

𝑵𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒂 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝑩𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 - Jeckells The Sailmakers ⛵ Mason Curtis, 14, is continuing a 200-year family tradition by becoming the 9th generation to join one of the country’s top sailmakers.   Jeckells, based in Wroxham, has been creating sails for yachts all over the world since 1832, when fisherman William Thomas Jeckells founded the business.   Jeckells has been in family ownership since, and the family said the tradition is set to continue, with Mason, WT Jeckells 9-time great-grandson, learning the ropes at the company’s factory, over the summer holidays.   Director Chris Jeckells has been hailing him “a huge hit with staff.” Saying: “It’s been a very intentional decision to keep this a family business, and I know that means a lot to our customers.”   “I remember when I was Mason’s age being brought into the factory to hold the end of the tape measure in the school holidays, so it’s been great watching that continue.”   Next week the teenager will have to leave his post and head back to School for the start of term, but hopes to return post his GCSE’s.   Chris Jeckells said: “When I started working here in the early 70s my father told me I needed to ‘find the future’.   “Since then, I have always been looking for ways to bring in new technology, or upgrade the way we do things.   “That’s been essential to our continued success, and we’re all so proud to see Mason becoming part of the future too.” As revealed in July 2023, exclusive Family Business UK and Censuswide polling found that almost half of British consumers would prefer to buy from a family business. With the study revealing a quarter of the British Public feel the UK Government should do more to promote the family business model within policymaking. Read more about the study here: https://bit.ly/FBUKstudy Congratulations Mason, Chris Jeckells and family, and all the team. #familybusiness #innovation #legacy #nextgeneration ⛵ https://lnkd.in/ea9MtR46