368 'Like Going Outdoors on a Rainy Day:' The Power of Nature for Moving Grief and Trauma (Denali Strabel, semi-pro mountain runner)

<p>When life comes at you hard -- pain, trauma, injury, loss, grief -- the outdoors is there just waiting for you to use it for healing. You just have to go outside.</p> <p>That's what Denali Strabel, a semi-professional mountain runner and life-long Alaskan has found as she navigates the wide variety of victories and challenges life has thrown at her. From addiction to the loss of her identical twin sister, Rubye, Denali knows that by keeping the mountains a part of her, she can move through pain.</p> <p>In this episode Denali gifts us a rare window into what it's like to actively move through grief after loss while still in the thick of it as she's daily making the decision to heal and move.</p> <p>Hear Denali share how the mountains, ocean and running have been key in helping her with this challenge and so many others -- and learn how you, too, can lean on heading into nature to get through the hard stuff.</p> <p><br /> Listen now.</p> <p><strong>Connect with this episode:</strong><...