When ski town life leads to depression or worse
Few in search of paradise in ski towns think they will, instead, find the black dog lurking in the woods waiting to pounce and...
Jackson Hole mindful camp to make you a better skier or...
Jackson Hole just upped the ante on their already rocking multi day ski and snowboard camps. For many mindfulness isn't new and the need...
How skiing can make you a better leader in the workplace
It’s my first week back at the office after some rest and relaxation from a three-week skiing vacation.
In between gliding through groomers, dodging trees...
The seasonal struggle is real and how to combat the blues
Before I worked in ski resorts, I was a tourist in ski resorts. I saved for my ski holidays for ages. I had a...
How skiing and snowboarding brings mindful life moments
“I am so happy”.
Four words I haven’t said much in 2021. Words reserved only for intimate moments with those who move my soul, in...
Adrenaline, depression and death in the snow world
Hilaree Nelson (nee O'Neill) and Mike Douglas know first hand the impact of adrenal highs and lows, death and grief in the world of the extreme...
Finding your purpose in skiing and snowboarding
No, I haven't gone all religious and, no, the Mormons haven't got me since moving to Utah. I did, however, spend the day recently...
How to use skiing/boarding to improve life resilience in 2020
As a skier or snowboarder, you have an advantage during this pandemic time. Plenty of people avoid the discomfort that comes with uncertainty, risk...
Beating the Colorado blues
A tale of sitting still and finding Joy while travelling round the world
It's 4.00am and I'm battling the desire to fully awaken. My body is...
When girls aren’t pretty or thin enough to ski or snowboard
WHEN I was five I did ballet in the local church hall. I would dress up in my blush pinks and pirouette with what...
Mick Fanning & Owen Wright release mental health video
DRAGON SOUTH PACIFIC RELEASE MENTAL HEALTH VIDEO FEATURING KEY DRAGON ATHLETE ROLE MODELS.
As part of National Mental Health Week (October 8 - 14, 2017)...
How skiing became my happy place and saved my mental health
Standing on the edge of couloir, tips over the edge, working out my line — from the run out and safe stop at the...
New ski and snowboard retreats in Japan for burnt out busy...
Feeling stressed, overwhelmed? If you think a bit of time on-snow may be just what the doctor ordered for a burnout cure - you're...
Vail Resorts $2million mental health support for ski communities
Regular readers will know we are huge advocates of mental health support for ski towns and regularly write about the risks of depression for...
The meaning of life is skiing or snowboarding
If you ski or snowboard then you know that moment when your body is in rhythm with the earth, and you dance with nature...
Are we really surprised by the cocaine epidemic in ski towns?
If you think ski towns are class A drug free then you're clearly living in la la land and not in the ski towns...
