Just a quick check in and announcement of Summer Camp dates at Warm Beach 2021! Camp will be July 11th-15th and July 18th-22nd. In this podcast I give a short "tour" of the facilities...and clearly I didn't have a script. Count how many times I say...

A quick post-holiday check-in. What are you thankful for in 2020? How was your modified Turkey Day? It's easy to look at the negatives of this year, this month or yesterday but what are you doing to switch that up? Today is a new day...embrace it!!!

Podcast number 20!!!!That's right our little Blue Compass Podcast has reached our 20th episode. A huge thank you to all of you that have taken time out of your busy schedules to listen to us. With Halloween being this Saturday, I thought it would be fun..

We will discuss our plans for Summer 2021. We are super excited to partner with Warm Beach for Adventure camp and Breakwater Expedition for a bunch of Wilderness camp programs. Don't let the term Wilderness scare you off...we plan trips that will...

As many of you may know I was a sea and white water guide and instructor for many years. I also photography the wilderness and sell prints and a yearly calendar. Nature is my passion! Whether that is Mountain biking, skiing, hiking, backpacking,...

Debi has been a therapist specializing in Anxiety, OCD, and Selective Mutism for 18 years. She is seeing a large uptick of anxiety around the isolation of 2020. Now with school going Virtual this is only going to become more challenging. In this Podcast..

A quick check-in now that school has started for the majority of students. I give a long list of things to do to get out in the community. Social distance, but still socialize. I think many of us have been quarantined since March. Maybe not locked in...

We just returned form Glacier National Park after a week of hiking, backpacking and rafting. Each year we invite a group of young adults to explore our National Park system with us. This year we had 4 adventurous campers take to the trails with Blue...

Is being too upbeat, too happy and going with the flow actually healthy? It can be if it's not how you are actually feeling. On this episode I explore the notion of Toxic Positivity. How to recognize it and deal with it head on. 

This week I did a phone interview with one of our staff, Counselor Sam. We discuss Virtual Camp #1, are expectations vs reality. Talk about the resiliency of our campers and the impact of camp...whether in person or online.