Getting Gutsy by Going Solo
2014 was my Year of Adventure. While adventures by definition can certainly be gutsy, sometimes it’s how you choose to experience the adventures that can be even gutsier. I went solo on these adventures, which is scary because it’s a lot easier to be brave when...
2015: The Year of Clarity
I try to stay away from New Year’s resolutions as I feel they can set us up for unnecessary anxiety. Instead, I like to reflect on highlights from the outgoing year and see what themes emerge for the incoming year. For example, 2011 was my Year of Getting Real....
Creating Community in a Digital World
Last month I had the good fortune of attending, presenting, playing and performing at the Applied Improvisation Network World Conference in Austin, Texas (Yeehaw!). What the heck is applied improvisation anyways? It’s using the principals of improvisational theater...
A Pie Chart Kind of Retreat in Raymond
When you google “Raymond, Colorado” you don’t really get much. Besides the Raymond Store and Cabins, you don’t come up with anything at all. Nestled between Lyons and Allenspark, Raymond lies is in a canyon next to a small river. It has a population of 60. When my...
Finding Flow on a Road Trip Around Southwest Colorado
I think it all started when I began getting sick every year on my birthday. I’d mope around my South Philly row house feeling sorry for myself wishing I were visiting somewhere colorful with cold medicine nowhere in sight. And then one day I made the conscious...
A Farewell to Summer by Processing Personal Development in the Big Trees
We arrived at Far Horizons Retreat Center (or, Far Horizons Camp depending on which page of the website you read) after a seven-hour ride from the Bay Area. It was late and we were a bit disoriented; however, the friendly face that greeted us told me I looked...
Rediscovering Joy at Camp Improv Utopia
“Amy, I really liked playing with you today – you had such a joy about you. It was obvious how much fun you were having!” I turned around the campfire to figure out which camper Tamara was talking to even though she was looking straight at me – and using my name. A...
Ten Good, Bad & Ugly Colombian Surprises
“We’re going to be in Colombia for ten weeks this summer, so why don’t you visit?” suggested my friend, Clayton, over pints at a Yorkshire pub during Memorial Day weekend. Well that would be impossible. It was practically summer already. We had blown the budget on...
48 Hours of Nothing but “Yes!”
“To be human is to have problems.” - Lauren Huffman, Life of Yes! Sleepaway Camp, Somewhere Magical, Wisconsin ***** I arrived at the designated meeting spot in Chicago not knowing: Where I was going. With whom I was going. What I was to be doing once I got going. And...
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The Adventure Project is a full-service, experience-based company based in St. Augustine, Florida that offers improvisation, laughter yoga, mindfulness exercises, camp games and retreat activities for self-exploration and team building. We host individuals, corporate groups and travel adventures for adults by creating transformational experiences through the art of play.
