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The only constant in life is change... how can you keep an adventurous spirit while evolving through the ebbs and flows of life? Tune in to hear musings about personal growth, wisdom gained from time spent in nature, and meaningful discussions with inspiring and empowering folks moving through uncharted territory, sometimes both literally and figuratively.Connect via cactusmoose@protonmail.com
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- Today49 min
E196: Navigating summer injuries with Taryn Shaffer
Injuries. Injuries. Injuries.No one likes them. They're a forced reset, a time when you may be unable to pursue those hobbies you love... and may find yourself pondering "Who am I?"In today's episode of The Evolving Adventure podcast we catch up with Taryn from episode 173, who had an unfortunate ankle injury that derailed her summer plans. We chat about what it's like to be injured, where to have fun with a knee scooter, maintaining mental sanity when your identity comes into question, and strategies for getting back to what you love.While this episode focuses on trail running, the lessons apply to any injury or change that disrupts your ability to do what you love. Listen to the first episode with Taryn here:
- 1 weeks ago53 min
E195: Getting REALLY serious about REALLY dumb things... but with good people... like Randi Strauss
Thanks for listening friends, and boy... do we have a fun storytime for y'all today.My new friend Randi had been trying to get into Cocodona for years.Then, one January morning, a friend sent her a screenshot of something called Burrito League.Fifteen minutes later she had her shoes on.Several months, a pile of new friendships (like me!) and a ridiculously questionable number of repeated Strava segments later…Randi found herself standing at the start of the Bigfoot 200 wondering what, exactly, she had gotten herself into.Spoiler: she finished. 😂Like shortly before we recorded this episode. She'd just driven back to Arizona from the Bigfoot finish line!Today's episode is a wonderfully unpolished tour through 200-mile running, community, finding your own limits, Burrito League absurdity, Ménière’s disease, free grassroots races like the PhoeftyK, accidental entrepreneurship, tie-dye chemistry, Ritz crackers for fuel, and the surprisingly motivational properties of an aid-station beer.PBR, naturally.Randi shares with us why she finally stopped waiting to get into Cocodona and chose a different 200-miler, what kept her moving when her brain repeatedly suggested that she could simply stop, and how adapting to the body she actually has changed what she believes is possible.We also talk about the community that grew out of Burrito League, her first experiences with Destination Trail races (Arizona Monster 300, Bigfoot 200), the free Phoenix “Fifty K,” and the tie-dye side hustle that recetly started showing up all over the trail-running world.Oh—and roughly a mile and half before completing her first 200-miler?Randi stopped at a bar for a beer and a tequila shot. Bought for her by someone who recognized her from Day 1 of the adventure race.Then Randi sprinted to the finish.As one does. Because after 198.x miles... there's still a LITTLE gas left in the tank.Underneath all the ridiculousness of this episode is one pretty wonderful idea:There’s something special about getting really serious about really dumb things with good people.Find her tie-dye creations on Instagram at @r.an.di.art
- 2 weeks ago58 min
E194: Danny Brigman: The Power of Caring... and Just Showing Up
Thanks for listening today, friends!So... what do Burrito League, ultrarunning, Indigenous land knowledge, app development and wildfire response have in common?Apparently quite a lot!Today we are joined by Danny Brigman from the Spokane Reservation for a conversation about what happens when you stop waiting for somebody else to build the thing you think should exist — and just start doing it yourself.Danny shares how starting a Burrito League chapter on his reservation sparked a broader community movement, why seeing other Native ultrarunners changed what he believed was possible for himself, and how his connection to the land has shaped everything from racing to directing the Spokane Homelands 27K.We also dig into Homelands, the app Danny has spent years building to help people understand whose lands they're traveling across and move beyond land acknowledgements toward actual knowledge, relationship and respect.And, this has been a crazy zummer... after devastating wildfires affected communities across the region (Danny and I have both been evacuated from different locations for fire activity) our conversation turns toward something more profound: what community looks like when people genuinely need one another.This episode is about land, belonging, imperfect action, authenticity and the powerful act of just showing up.Follow @homelands.app on Instagram or Facebook, and visit homelandsapp.com to follow Danny's project.
- 3 weeks ago54 min
E193: Jessica McBride: Which Parts Of You Belong To Someone Else?
Thanks for listening today, friends! Today we've got an inspirational episode with Jessica McBride on Motherhood, Belief & Becoming a Team Canada Ultrarunner.The core question we explore-what happens when you stop letting other people decide who you’re allowed to become?Jessica was once the kid whose gym teacher made fun of the way she ran.Years later, after three kids, a huge identity shift, and one very important question later, she started running anyway. That question? Which things I believe about myself are actually someone else’s property? We all know that moderation is overrated, so naturally, her first race was a marathon. Then came a 50-miler.Which landed her on the podium.Then a DNF that actually helped her understand what kind of runner she was.Then baby #4, the very real fear that her best athletic years might already be behind her……and eventually, Team Canada. 🇨🇦And in 2026, a Canadian record.Jessica’s story is about running, but it’s really about identity, motherhood, ambition, self-belief, and the stories we inherit about what we’re supposedly capable of.We talk about the price of chasing big goals, why success doesn’t magically erase self-doubt, the strange grief that can come after achieving the dream, and one question she asked that stopped me:“What gym teacher am I becoming in my kids’ heads?”For the woman who thinks she’s too old, too late, too busy, too much of a mom, or simply not built for the thing she wants?Jessica has something to say to you. ❤️🎧 Jessica McBride is episode 193 on The Evolving Adventure Podcast. Find us anywhere you find podcasts, and on YouTube.Find Jessica at @thingsthatgoruninthenight and follow @dm.running.team.And for real… if your first ever race is a marathon, I feel like we’re allowed to question your decision-making from the beginning... says the guy whose first trail race was DNFing a 100 miler. #WomenWhoRun #WomensRunning #UltraRunning #RunningCommunity #WomenInSport
- 3 weeks ago52 min
E192: My Dream Life is currently in Beta
Thanks for listening today, friends!So... I sat down to record a 20–30 minute episode about creating a dream life.Fifty-two minutes later… apparently I had thoughts. 😂This isn't a polished “five steps to manifest everything you want” episode. I am recording this while the housing feature is still being developed, income is being intermittent, and the American Southwest has yet to send me a move-in date.But the dream is getting clearer.In today's solo episode, I talk about:✨ Why money and opportunities started showing up when I stopped trying to impress people and started being honest🌵 The bright, spacious Southwest home—and very specific dream Tuesday—I am building toward🏃 Why finishing 100 miles taught me to run my race instead of chasing someone else’s pace🚙 What truck living taught me about the difference between freedom and constant mental load🧠 The rituals, visualization, energy work, networking, and asking for help that keep me moving😬 And the fears underneath it all: running out of money, getting stuck, losing the podcast, and never quite arrivingThere are also dream-home amenities, impromptu tangents, and considerably more vulnerability than originally scheduled. You're welcome.My dream life is not finished.But it is becoming more specific—and I am learning that we do not have to arrive before we begin building it.What does an ordinary Tuesday look like in your dream life?
- Aug 18, 202635 min
E191: I asked for a sign... and got an 8 hour drive.
So it's been an adventure lately, friends, and one that's ever evolving. Phew, has it been a ride. I asked the universe for a sign.It gave me a cancelled course, an eight-hour drive, sideways sleet, and a five-day logistics contract at the Divide 200. 😂So… not exactly the glittering manifestation portal I had pictured.In today’s solo episode, I’m sharing what really happened: lots of driving, long gaps between runners, filming in the rain, helping at aid stations, protecting snacks from bears, making one very weird 360 video, making a better one, and losing a lens cover somewhere in the mountains.I had hoped the race might lead to exciting collaborations or an obvious next opportunity.It hasn't... yet.But it did give me experience, information, a few good lessons, and proof that the first attempt can be weird without being the final attempt.This one is about the Magic Dark—that uncomfortable middle where you believe things are moving, even though nothing has arrived with a tracking number yet.The race didn’t solve my life. It wasn’t pointless either.Sometimes the experience is the next step.
- Jul 20, 202633 min
E190: Nine Miles in Crocs and 37 Open Tabs
Apparently, my identity change has a dress code: tie-dyed Crocs.I wore them for the final nine miles of a 100-mile race after my shoes, legs, and better judgment had all filed separate complaints.Funny story? Absolutely.A motivational “never quit” lesson? Nope.I’m proud I finished Jackpot Ultras, but I neglected the strength, mobility, and yoga that help keep me healthy. My body gave me information I did not want, and I kept walking anyway. Sometimes stubbornness looks like resilience... and sometimes it is simply stubbornness with a buckle waiting at the end.What happened afterward was interesting:Recovery meant months of biking instead of running. Running is where I process life, so I did not just lose training... I lost one of the places where I feel calm, confident, and most like myself.Then I quit my job.Career change. Identity change. No fixed location. No neat long-term plan. Just me, recording from my truck while my brain operates like a browser with 37 open tabs and mystery music playing somewhere.In this solo episode of The Evolving Adventurer Podcast, I share four questions helping me through this life transition:What role changed?What story am I attaching to it?What small piece of evidence can I create this week?Who can support me without taking over?That last one is still a work in progress. Guess what? I am, too.Unfinished is not the same thing as imaginary.Discomfort is not automatic proof that you should push harder. It may mean practice, prepare, pause, ask for help, or change direction.The episode is live right now. This is what is happening right now in my life. Follow for the unfinished chapters—not just the polished stories told five years later after .What role has changed for you, and what are you practicing now?#TheEvolvingAdventurer #LifeTransition #IdentityChange #InjuryRecovery #Ultrarunning
- Jul 13, 20261h 9m
E189: 30-Tirement, Travel Tales & Mexican Surf Magic with Amber Walker
This week on The Evolving Adventure, I’m joined by Amber Walker — adventurer, surfer, author, holistic wellness practitioner, and my first international guest! Amber joins from Punta de Mita, Mexico, where she can literally see two surf breaks from her recording spot. We talk about growing up in Anchorage, Alaska, competitive swimming, qualifying for Boston, inventing her own “30-tirement,” selling her stuff, buying a one-way ticket to Australia, running around New Zealand, surviving a crazy incident in Indonesia, and eventually finding her way into a completely different rhythm of life in Mexico.This episode is full of the kind of stories that make you want to pack a bag, trust your gut, and maybe rethink the whole “I’ll live later” plan. Amber shares how solo travel helped her grow, why learning even a few words of the local language matters, what it means to enter a culture with respect, and how surfing became a form of floating meditation after years of pushing, training, and living in a state of hypervigilance. We also get into dance, play, intuition, chronic illness, faith, Peru, Barbados, wild birthday challenges, trail running through a blizzard, and that beautiful middle place where adventure becomes healing.You'll want to focus later in the episode when Amber and I talk about a number of our bucket list places. You can find Amber at @originwellnessclinic and @breakfreefromchronicillness, and you can find me at @cactusmoose and @theevolvingadventure. Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts — this one is for anyone craving more adventure, more trust, more play, and a little less grind.
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