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Ordinary Sherpa inspires families to turn their adventure dreams to experiences. The podcast episodes help families define adventure, be inspired from other families on this journey, and be supported by a tribe of Sherpas helping you to reach your summit.  Join us in creating connection through simple and authentic adventure experiences.  

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7 yo influencer

089 | Would you Listen to a 7YO Infleuncer

September 7, 2022 No Comments

How can I be more adventurous? social conditioning begins around age 10 – we begin the entry point into educational pathways grooming us for specific careers, we are taught to tame our personalities and fall in line with the expectations of society, we lose some of the vivacious energy of our early years. Exercises to practice the 7 YO mindset and be guided by curiosity.

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Family Field Trips

088 | How to Plan Family Field Trips with Erin Austen Abbott

August 26, 2022 No Comments

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 trips.  She also peel back the layers of untourism by describing what makes a place like Mississippi so unique and filled with hidden gems, yet rarely on our travel list.  

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How to quit a job you love

087 | How to Quit a Job you Love?

August 24, 2022 No Comments

There are a million examples of people leaving jobs because of a toxic work environment, or being burned out. But what if you genuinely love your job? Learn how Heidi is leaving a dream job for a dream lifestyle and how she approached this decision.

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Experimenting

086 | Experimenting with our Ideal Lifestyle

August 10, 2022 No Comments

The reason I encourage people to not only think about their ideal life, but also to experiment is there are so many things we wouldn’t know until we actually practice doing the thing.
It is easy to see all the reasons this doesn’t make sense, but without trying it and testing portions of your idea you may be artificially writing off an opportunity or delaying something that is completely feasible.

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foraging

083 | Eating the Landscape with Tony Slabaugh

July 13, 2022 No Comments

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 this episode we’ll be talking about edible landscapes, or in some terms foraging.

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Adventure Ed Tee

083 | (Best of) Redefining Adventures Near and Far with Ed Tee

July 20, 2022 No Comments

Ed takes adventure to the next level in this episode 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 sophisticated travel hacker, but now more of an aspiring polyglot. Others might also say he’s a tax optimizer, a geo-arbitrage schemer, homeschooler, entrepreneur, and just adding a budding asian cuisine chef. The menu of adventure is vast as we explore how each of these characteristics came to life.

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We're glad you are here

Ordinary Sherpa inspires families to turn their adventure dreams to experiences. The podcast episodes help families define adventure, be inspired from other families on this journey, and be supported by a tribe of Sherpas helping you to reach your summit.  Join us in creating connection through simple and authentic adventure experiences.  

Leave a Review
Listen Now
7 yo influencer

089 | Would you Listen to a 7YO Infleuncer

September 7, 2022 No Comments

How can I be more adventurous? social conditioning begins around age 10 – we begin the entry point into educational pathways grooming us for specific careers, we are taught to tame our personalities and fall in line with the expectations of society, we lose some of the vivacious energy of our early years. Exercises to practice the 7 YO mindset and be guided by curiosity.

Read More »
Family Field Trips

088 | How to Plan Family Field Trips with Erin Austen Abbott

August 26, 2022 No Comments

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 trips.  She also peel back the layers of untourism by describing what makes a place like Mississippi so unique and filled with hidden gems, yet rarely on our travel list.  

Read More »
How to quit a job you love

087 | How to Quit a Job you Love?

August 24, 2022 No Comments

There are a million examples of people leaving jobs because of a toxic work environment, or being burned out. But what if you genuinely love your job? Learn how Heidi is leaving a dream job for a dream lifestyle and how she approached this decision.

Read More »
Experimenting

086 | Experimenting with our Ideal Lifestyle

August 10, 2022 No Comments

The reason I encourage people to not only think about their ideal life, but also to experiment is there are so many things we wouldn’t know until we actually practice doing the thing.
It is easy to see all the reasons this doesn’t make sense, but without trying it and testing portions of your idea you may be artificially writing off an opportunity or delaying something that is completely feasible.

Read More »
foraging

083 | Eating the Landscape with Tony Slabaugh

July 13, 2022 No Comments

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 this episode we’ll be talking about edible landscapes, or in some terms foraging.

Read More »
Adventure Ed Tee

083 | (Best of) Redefining Adventures Near and Far with Ed Tee

July 20, 2022 No Comments

Ed takes adventure to the next level in this episode 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 sophisticated travel hacker, but now more of an aspiring polyglot. Others might also say he’s a tax optimizer, a geo-arbitrage schemer, homeschooler, entrepreneur, and just adding a budding asian cuisine chef. The menu of adventure is vast as we explore how each of these characteristics came to life.

Read More »

Where to Listen

Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher,  Google Podcast, anywhere podcasts are played

Apple Spotify Google-play

We LOVE questions!!

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