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
096 | Dual-Citizen Family Explores all 49 State Parks in Wisconsin
096 | Dual-Citizen Family Explores all State Parks in Wisconsin
Tracy Philippi is a 4-seasons adventure enthusiast raising her 3 young, dual-citizens between Madison, Wisconsin and Canada. During C…
095 | Working Through a Low Energy Slump
As nature prepares for winter, the leaves fall, the damp chill has us grabbing for blankets or cozy clothes, the drive to adventure can sometimes dissipate. The darkness lingers longer in the mornin…
094 | Adventuring with Teens and Tweens with Tiffany of the Stoke Fam
A fun win of the week is that Ordinary Sherpa crossed 100 written reviews. This is a huge benchmark for the Podcast. If your name is NOT one of the 100 Written reviews, there is still time - we wil…
093 | But I'm Not Adventurous {Excerpt from Beyond Normal Audiobook}
My Adventure Win of the Week (btw a weekly feature in the Ordinary Sherpa Facebook Group) is that I am coming off my first Ordinary Sherpa meet up locally and a mini book launch party. After publish…
092| Optimize your Time, Money and Travel with Chris Hutchins of All the Hacks
When you learn tricks to optimize your time, money, and travel it sometimes feels like you are winning at life. While I love a good optimization strategy, I have found that there is nothing to opti…
091 | Finding your Adventure Community
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090 | The Power of Slowing Down with Jess of the Fioneers
Jessica is a full-time human being and a part-time lifestyle design coach and writer at the award-winning blog, The Fioneers. Jessica’s goal is to build a life she doesn’t want to retire from and hel…
089 | Would you Listen to a 7YO Influencer?
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Return to school we are rounding out our summer by visiting the ki…
088 | How to plan Family Field Trips with Erin Austen Abbott
Field Trips are often an immersion, a hands on learning experience. In this episode Heidi interviews Erin Austen Abbott to cultivate backyard family adventures sharing planning tips for family field…
087 | How to Leave a Job you Love?
Something big happened last week (actually a few weeks ago now) Before I get into all of the thoughts and attempt to address FAQ about this decision I just wanted to remind you that if this sounds i…
086 | Experimenting with our "Ideal Lifestyle"
If you are curious about RV life or even Remote Lifestyle I strongly encourage you to consider attending the RV Entrepreneur Roundtable. It’s September 7-11 in Montrose CO. They just changed it fro…
085 | Taking Stock with Jordan Grumet
Welcome back to another episode of Ordinary Sherpa, I am your host Heidi Dusek. This summer has been a fascinating journey in continuing to live out and test our adventurous lifestyle with kids. We…
084 | (Best of) Redefining Adventures Near and Far with Ed Tee
This episode, Ed takes adventure to the next level with ways to experience adventure near and far. Ed is a husband and father originally from Singapore now in Washington. Prior to Covid he was a s…
083 | Eating the Landscape with Tony Slabaugh
As I’ve mentioned in the past adventure looks different for everyone and using the simple definition of a new or different slightly risky experience still drives home this theme week after week. On…
082 | (Best of) From John Muir to Toddler Hikes with Courtney Fleet
Replay of Episode 007 with Courtney Fleet where she discusses everything from studying abroad in Italy to hiking the John Muir trail to now hiking with Toddlers. This episode launched in December of…
081 | Being BRAVE on the Camino with Liz Vivian
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080 | (Best of) The Magic of Micro-Experiences
Adventure can feel overwhelming if we don’t make it simple. This episode is dedicated to give you some tools and tips to make it simple and action-oriented. When I say simple, I am always thinking …
079 | Doing Better in Sustainability with Ketti of Tilted Map
078 Adventures inspired by Ice Cream
077 | Funding the Fun with Jen of Investor Mama
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