S'more Outdoor

What can the Nature Effect do for you? Join us on Dustin's journey as he shares his experience with the outdoors and how it has an impact in his business and life today. Dustin created Engaged Marriage to help other married couples live a life they love, especially when they feel too busy to make it happen.  He's been happily married "up" to his wife Bethany for 14 years and has three kids under the age of 10.  He lives for the outdoors and loves sharing the beauty of God's creation with his family around St. Louis and on their trips away.

Every company, every business, and every entrepreneur has a desire to be more productive. They want to hire the best employees or the best independent contractors to make sure they increase productivity and therefore increase profits.  There may come a point in your life or in your business where you or your employees aren’t very productive.  I believe personal productivity in any position depends on how satisfied you are with your job. How motivated you are to perform. When you’re dissatisfied or burnt out at work, your unproductive behavior affects everyone.    You’ll learn what I did to increase my productivity when I was burnt out at work. 

What can the Nature Effect do for you? Join us on Brendan's journey as he shares his experience with the outdoors and how it has an impact in his business and life today. Brendan is an entrepreneur who helps people make a difference and an income from doing what they love. He is the founder of The Start of Happiness, a community that helps people find what they're passionate about and start to build an income around it.

When you first got married, you had dreams and goals. It was important for you to make sure you were going into your relationship with the right reasons and the ability to take care of your spouse. To support them no matter what when things take a turn in life. It’s the excitement of finding a person you can love that keeps the marriage alive in the beginning and then the constant things you work on to create the life you want with your spouse. But eventually, life happens and stress takes over. You no longer have mental or emotional stability. Since the outdoors reduces stress and builds you up emotionally, and one definition of balance is mental and emotional stability, this is how you will be able to keep from being emotionally drained while balancing work and family. 

What can the Nature Effect do for you? Join us on Derek's journey as he shares his experience with the outdoors and how it has an impact in his business and life today. Derek is a happy father and husband. He's a typical guy, not an athlete or someone with an extensive amount of time off. He works his outdoor adventures into an otherwise busy life with family and work obligations. He gets outside to recharge his batteries as much as he can. 

What can the Nature Effect do for you? Join us on Rebecca's journey as she shares her experience with the outdoors and how it has an impact in her business and life today. Rebecca is a former Army officer who lives with her husband and two young children in Laramie, Wyoming. They own Just Trails and write trail guides for southeastern Wyoming and Northern Colorado. Rebecca also leads a popular family hiking group in Laramie and writes about women in the outdoors at Hike Like A Woman She's also writing her first book all about hiking with babies and toddlers.

This week I started a new job. It all happened very quickly and had a huge impact on the amount of time I’ve had to work on my topic shows. Even though my time was limited and I’m adjusting to this new schedule, it’s exciting. I am having a blast learning about the company. I am doing something that aligns with my values, dreams and passions. This position allows me to do everything I love to do. Talk to people and sell them on the benefits of getting outdoors. How will this have an impact on the future of S’more Outdoor? One day, my wife and I would like to own a retreat like the place I’m now working for. I will do the best I can do for this new family run business and I am just excited that I get to spend my time doing what I love. 

Pete moved from the East Coast to sunny Los Angeles and has been hitting the trails ever since. You can read about his adventures and his encounter with a bikini-clad panda at Eastwesthike.com and his 140 character thoughts at Twitter.com/adkinla

Adam relishes being an avid backpacker, hiker, and all-around adventure junkie. While he currently spends his time hiking in southern Arizona, he grew up in Missouri, where he was naturally inclined to spend as much time as he could outdoors. Adam’s passion for the outdoors grew as he climbed the ranks of the Cub Scouts and then Boy Scouts, eventually attaining the rank of Eagle Scout. Adam currently runs Hiking The Trail a hiking blog and is the Co-Founder of Epic Social Adventures.

  There’s a lot of information on the internet as well as from those who’ve written articles and books on the subject of work life balance. Some believe we need more balance in our lives and that without it, we’re not happy and stressed. That we’re out of balance because we’re overwhelmed and always on the go. Others believe that balance is stupid, is bunk or that it’s a lie.  In today's episode, I share my thoughts on work life balance, what it really means and how you can achieve it by incorporating the outdoors. 

Alyssa is the founder and CEO of Hipcamp, a company that helps people discover and book amazing places to camp. Their mission is get more people outside. She has a degree from UCLA in Digital Democracy and her deepest passion is helping shape how the internet impacts our humanity and our planet.

Amy Marquis, Co-Director & Founder As a writer, editor, photo editor and film director with nearly 15 years of editorial experience, including nine years atNational Parks Magazine – Amy is uniquely poised to access and produce the most compelling stories about the national parks today. Her award winning Yosemite film, “The Way Home,” inspired the NPX series. She is the editor of The Digital Naturalist, a blog dedicated to improving advocacy video storytelling, teaches a filmmaking class at Boulder Digital Arts, and recently produced a short film for The New York Times. Dana Romanoff, Co-Director & Digital Photographer Dana is a visual storyteller whose images grace the pages of National Geographic, The New York Times and publications worldwide. While working at The Charlotte Observer, Dana was among the team recognized as a runner-up to the Pulitzer Prize in 2007. She’s received international awards and recognition including the Anthropographia Multimedia and Human Rights Award, which brought her film

  We live in a time when we are constantly immersed in technology. There is so much noise and distractions in our life, that we sometimes struggle day to day. We just go to through the motions. Studies show, technology is making us smarter, but if we don't have some balance, if we don't spend more time outdoors, it will have a negative effect on us. If you embrace technology, then you need to embrace the outdoors and in this episode, you will learn why. 

Kate is the Content Creator and Community Leader over at Entrepreneur On Fire, a 7 day a week podcast that interviews today's most inspiring and successful entrepreneurs. Kate partnered up with John Lee Dumas, the Founder and Host of Entrepreneur On Fire, after leaving her position as an Account Executive at an advertising and marketing agency in 2013. She is the host of Kate's Take: The EntrepreneurOnFire Audio Blog and author of The Fire Path: Where your passion and our guidance unite!

Brendan owns Brazilian Jiu Jitsu clothing brand - Ok Kimonos which does 6 figures in revenue while he works from 3am to 5am every morning, some nights, and some weekends and has been doing this for the last few years. He has two blogs at Gi Reviews and Ok Kimonos Blog. He is a full time high school assistant principal, trains with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as well as does strength and conditioning training. Brendan has recently launched his podcast Entrepreneurs and Coffee. The things that matter most in his life are his faith, church and spending time with his wife and son.

It has been said that each of us has one idea a year that could make us millions. We have ideas we get excited about and then after a few weeks, or maybe even a few days, our excitement goes away. We start telling ourselves the idea won’t work or no one will like the idea. But then someone else has been blessed with the same idea you had, runs with it and it’s a success.

Dan is the author of the New York Times best-selling 48 Days To The Work You Love.  If you’ve ever buried your dreams in an attempt to be “practical” or “realistic,” Dan will show you how embracing those dreams is the most practical way to enjoy life and achieve the success you’re looking for.

Tim served five years in the United States Marine Corps, spending the majority of his career as a Marine Security Guard protecting U.S. embassies in Algeria, Russia and Peru. He was inspired to start the 1, 2, Many Project after seeing media coverage of the epidemic of veteran suicide concentrate on the statistics rather than the human beings caught inside the crisis. As a veteran and a survivor of suicidal behavior, Tim wanted to change the conversation to engage the broader community in proactive solutions.

None of us like being sick. It’s an awful feeling and one we would prefer not to experience if we didn’t have to. Sickness, whether it’s from a cold, the flu or food poisoning isn’t enjoyable. A few days of  constant sweats and chills, followed by a few weeks of runny noses and a sore throat.. who wants to deal with that?  You promise to take better care of yourself.    However your body reacts to being sick, you can help to reduce your chances of being sick by doing a couple of things I’ve found to help in my life. 

Brian, a servant of King Jesus, husband to Jodi, father to senve beautiful blessings, is a certified Funhog who loves to share his passion for Jesus and adventure. Brian has been leading people of all ages (6 months to 65) through adventure eperiences for the last twenty years. Part of his gifting is the ability to mold any adventure to the capability of the group. With Brian on the trip you are sure to be challenged no matter what you are doing.