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The Walk - How Daily Walks Changed My Life
It’s been 100 days.
One hundred days since the white smoke rose over the Vatican and Pope Leo stepped onto the balcony as the first American pope.
And also—one hundred days since I started walking every single day and...
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The Walk - When Life Switches to Red Alert
I was walking in the woods, trying to escape the heatwave—and the mental heatwave in my head. I’d just come out of a Sunday that flipped everything upside down.
You know that feeling when life throws a sudden...
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The Walk - Why My Parish Now Includes 55,000 Fantasy Fans
This weekend, I followed a bunch of gnomes into a rock concert.
That sentence alone should explain why I love Castlefest.
But honestly, what stood out most wasn’t the fantasy costumes or the festival energy—it was the...
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The Walk - Walking My Way Back to Peace
This week, I walked through the woods—and through a lot of thoughts.
After last week’s intense physical challenge (four marathons' worth of walking!), my body hit the brakes. Fatigue rolled in like a heavy fog, and I...
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The Walk - Time, Trust, and the Gift of Simple Goals
After a month of traveling—first to Ireland for a writing retreat, then to the Walk of the World—I’m finally back home, walking in the woods near where I live. And as I reflect on those weeks, one thing keeps...
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The Walk - What a 4-Day March Taught Me About Life
I just finished the Walk of the World in Nijmegen—40 kilometers a day, for four days straight—and I feel… surprisingly great.
That wasn’t always the case. The last two times I joined this epic Dutch hiking event, it...
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Following My Nose (and Finding Peace in the Wicklow Hills)
This week’s episode of The Walk was recorded on a quiet trail in the Wicklow Mountains. It’s my last full day in Ireland, and I wanted to soak up every second of it. No plans, no pressure—just following my nose, as I...
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The Walk - Why Classic Retreats Don’t Work for Me (and What Does)
I always thought retreats had to happen in silence. In a monastery. With stillness, books, and maybe the sound of a distant bell.
But this week, soaked to the bone on a rain-slicked mountain trail in Wicklow, I...
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The Walk - Why I Returned to Glendalough
I’m writing this from a quiet mountain trail overlooking the Upper Lake of Glendalough. The same path Saint Kevin walked 1,500 years ago. And maybe, in some small way, I’m walking it too.
I came to Ireland not for a...
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The Walk - Creating Without Performing
This week, I walked 40 kilometers in the heat, visited my favorite zoo, got a nasty blister, and accidentally outlined three new books. All while talking to myself.
That’s the power of walking. It doesn’t just move...
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The Walk - Yellow Alert: How I Catch Stress Before It Spirals
I used to be what the Dutch call a “stress chicken.” Always on edge, grinding my teeth over deadlines, trying to please everyone, and convinced that anything less than perfect was failure.
In high school, I’d wait...
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The Walk - Tell a Better Story (About Yourself)
For years, I kept telling myself the same story.
That I never finished my doctorate. That I start too many things and finish too few. That I’m wasting time while others are moving ahead.
And honestly, that story...
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