blissful hiker ❤︎ inspiring you to hike your own hike
Long-distance backpacker Alison "Blissful Hiker" Young has walked over 13,000 miles on six continents including New Zealand's Te Araroa, Europe's Pyrenean Haute Route, Africa's Drakensberg Traverse and the Pacific Crest Trail in the United States.
In a series of personal essays coupled with found sound, this podcast explores her journey of self-discovery as a middle-aged titanium-reinforced cancer thriver, sharing the sometimes unglamorous but vital truth about empowerment, inspiring others to blaze their own trails in this journey we call life.
blissful hiker ❤︎ inspiring you to hike your own hike
TEDx excerpts: “How do you find your bliss? Take the long trail!”
On October 10, Blissful gave her first TEDx talk, “How do you find your bliss? Take the long trail!”
- Blissful shares the loss of her flute career due to a neurological disorder called dystonia.
- It was on trail that she began to heal – and her greatest teacher on learning to live with her loss and move forward into the unknown.
- Blissful's talk is about resilience in spite of life's inexplicable randomness.
- Watch the TEDx and see some jaw-dropping images as well!
MUSIC: Introduccion y Allegro by Carlos Guastavino as played by Alison Young, flute and Vicki Seldon, piano.
