Ordinary Sherpa: Family Adventure Coaching and Design
After exploring the world and embracing adventure often in my teens and twenties, I realized the shift to motherhood and a professional career was threatening the amount of adventure that showed up in my life. I responded by reframing the destination to a journey. In designing a life of adventure we nurtured the creation of new experiences, challenged the status quo, and tested our risk tolerance. 10 years and 3 children later, these intentional family adventures were far greater than any destination. These simple and authentic adventure experiences had a noticeable impact on every member in the family. Adventure is an ingredient in our lives that allows everyone to connect deeper and show up as their authentic selves.
The quest for the summit requires support from a tribe of helpers, a noble force of goodness and strength known as Sherpas. They push each person toward their summit and celebrate peaks and pits together. This mighty crew of listeners and the community we are forming online are the ordinary everyday people who support families connecting and experiencing authentic adventures together. We are Ordinary Sherpa, a podcast designed to share learning and create community to inspire families to experience joy and connection together through adventure.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
116 | Doing Hard Things with Rich Jun
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115 | Break Away from the Bucket List, Practice Untourism Instead
Our road trip across the United States was intended to have us exploring the vast beauty of this country while discovering some of the most unexpected hidden gems and unique experiences. Join me as I…
114 | Generations of Adventure with Diane Nachel
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113 | Lesson in Unlocating, Unlearning, and Unschooling
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112 | Is Travel Overrated? with Gary of Financial Fives
If you want to follow along to get the behind the scenes details of our family gap year you can subscribe to our email list; ordinarysherpa.com/subscribe and make sure to select Family Gap Year Adve…
111 | Family Travel Hacking Strategy with Rachel West
Today's episode is a little different from a typical interview. Our guest today is a member of our Family Travel Hackers (Link) membership where we help families travel more for less. The Family Tr…
110 | Thinking Differently About What Life Could Be with the Jurek Family
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109 | Experiencing Childhood Dreams with Chris from Life Outside the Maze.
Joing the Everyday Adventure Challenge In this 60-day everyday adventure challenge I help your family create an adventure list to show up in your own life and connect as a family. You will bring simp…
108 | Winter Camping and Skiing {Gap Year Diaries}
The first week of our family gap year is complete. I will give you a glimpse behind the scenes on week 1 which include several everyday adventures such as winter camping frozen waterfalls, and skiin…
107 | 12 Yo Fly Fishing Business Adventure
WeI’ll round out the series interviewing my kids about their thoughts on the gap year and their version of adventure. This week the guest is my 12 YO son and how his love for fly fishing has develop…
106 | Getting Back on Your Bike After an Accident with my 10 YO daughter
I heard from a few of you that you enjoyed hearing from my 7 YO last week. I’ll continue this week with my 10 YO daughter. As you may or may not know, my daughter had a severe bike accident in 2022…
105 | Ordinary Adventure Conversations with 7YO Little Monster
"How do your kids feel about the gap year?" Let's have them tell you how they feel with a series of interviews with my kids. While the family behind Ordinary Sherpa is taking a gap year, Ordinary Sh…
104 | Eliminating Shoulds with Tricia Your Joyologist
I am coming off a weekend at Camp FI which is like summer camp with people who are interested in doing things differently with their life and I must say, I have come to think money is the least inter…
103 | The Refreshing Benefits of Cold
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102 | How the Camino and FIRE create Community with Diania Merriam
As we shift from the holidays to the new year there is often the most reflective time of year for reflection and intention setting for the upcoming year. I am not talking about new year's resolution…
101 | Start Here - Less Stuff, More Simple & Authentic Expereinces
If you are new here, Welcome to Ordinary Sherpa. A brand designed to support families connecting through adventure based on the pillars of simplicity, authenticity, and connection. If you have been h…
100 | Supporting Moms on the Go with Kimberly Crossland
We have a bit of a RV theme to this episode and before we get to our guest I thought I’d share a Facebook post from a Book Reader: Diane recently retired and is traveling the country in a travel trai…
099 | 60 days to departure {Family Gap Year}
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098 | Take Your Kids Everywhere (TM) with Eric Stoen of Travel Babbo
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At one time, our guest worked in healthcare, but was (not so sec…
097 | Travel Hacking for Families Offer
Today you are going to a little bit of real talk with Heidi. Maybe because I am on night 3 of a hotel to MYSELF while I’m at a conference or maybe I shouldn’t have had that second cup of coffee (by t…