by Kristina | Nov 19, 2015 | Advice, Life, Skiing, Travel
While on a hut trip in Canada, I learned of this amazing game called “What’s yours like?” Incredibly simple and requiring zero accoutrements to play, “What’s Yours Like?” is both an amazing get-to-know-you and disturbing...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Kristina | Sep 30, 2015 | Advice, Life, Skiing, Tutu
A few months ago I published a piece for LinkedIn outlining the four things skiing in a tutu has taught me about taking risks in business. The story was fun to write and got some great feedback, but since it didn’t happen unless it’s on my blog, here it is...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Kristina | Aug 19, 2015 | Advice, Backcountry, Life, Mountains, Skiing, Tutu
When I was asked to participate on a panel for the Arc’Teryx #DefinineFeminine campaign at an event cosponsored by SheJumps, I was a lot excited and a little nervous. “I can talk for 10 minutes about what being a female adventurer means to me, no...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Kristina | Dec 23, 2014 | Advice, Life
In the fall of 2007 I made a decree to my family: “I will not be celebrating Christmas this year,” I said authoritatively. “I’m not going to get you anything, and my gift to you is that you don’t have to get me anything in return....				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Kristina | Dec 10, 2014 | Advice, Life
One of the benefits of getting older is the ability to look back on your life with a certain understanding and perspective about how the different choices you made delivered you right to where you sit at this exact moment. As you’re reading this – as...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Kristina | Nov 26, 2014 | Advice, Life
People say I’m intimidating. A good friend recently told me she doesn’t feel like she knows me very well despite having traveled together to another country and knowing each other for years. I’ve heard this for much of my life actually. “You’re intimidating.” In high...