Learning to fly - steering towards goals
Taking first steps into the realm of flight is a daunting experience. But as with aspiring to achieve dreams in life, you have to start...
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Dave Gallagher
- Mar 28
- 5 min
Challenge mindset - Part two: Be (para)sympathetic to stress
Approaching a stressful situation as a challenge rather responding to it as a threat can energise us and facilitate a positive experience....
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Dave Gallagher
- Mar 28
- 5 min
Challenge mindset - Part one: Tip-toeing through the Andes
Adopting a challenge-based mindset would appear to be key in building resilience to adversity and optimising behaviours under stress. At...
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Dave Gallagher
- Mar 2
- 8 min
Breaking the ice: laughter and awareness of others beyond linguistic borders
The world watches anxiously as Putin re-evokes the spirit of Dictatorship, leaving Russian and Ukrainian citizens alike to bear the...
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Dave Gallagher
- Feb 23
- 8 min
Dealing with the aftermath: innoculating against the Pandemic
Stormproofing, as previously elaborated upon, can help us withstand adversity generally in life. How does this relate more specifically...
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Dave Gallagher
- Feb 18
- 7 min
Stormproof - weathering adversity
Exposure to the elements can provided us with a sense of how capable we are, our limitations, but also our strengths. It's too easy to...
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Dave Gallagher
- Feb 11
- 5 min
The aging gorilla in the room: Exploring the limits of our perception
As we get older we tend to lose a capacity for exploration of the world. We seek less novelty, and rely on what we already know and have...
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Dave Gallagher
- Feb 4
- 8 min
Don't panic! Managing stress when out of air...
A worse case scenario can scarcely be imagined than being deep underwater and finding your air supply compromised. We can experience...
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Dave Gallagher
- Jan 3
- 8 min
Cold sweat - Tibetan yoga, Wim Hof and wild swimming
Jumping into a freezing lake (in winter or summer it doesn't make much difference if you live in the UK!) can be counterintuitively...
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Dave Gallagher
- Dec 31, 2021
- 7 min
Extraordinary Resolve
We can get stuck in the rut of living ordinary lives, envying those who seem to exist on a higher plane (known as 'instagram'): heroic...
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Dave Gallagher
- Dec 9, 2021
- 7 min
(Don't) Stress!!
Life is stressful. We get it. But 'stress' comes as a negatively loaded term, and this is a reinforcing concept that plays on a...
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Dave Gallagher
- Nov 21, 2021
- 6 min
Transformative adventures: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Adventure awaits us all. But beware! it's not all fun and games, though you will prosper for engaging in its challenge, its discomforts,...
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Dave Gallagher
- Sep 5, 2021
- 6 min
Mexican Monkey Business
When you find yourself in a maelstrom of chaos and uncertainty, it's sometimes an opportunity to step up, embrace the experience and...
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Dave Gallagher
- Aug 23, 2021
- 4 min
Inspire Yourself
When in a motivational slump we often look outside of ourselves for inspiration, putting our 'heroes' up on pedestals and dreaming about...
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Dave Gallagher
- Jul 29, 2021
- 5 min
The Adventurous Brain
Modern life, whilst sometimes appearing to confer comfort, routine, safety, in fact can give rise to unfulfilment, a sense of malaise and...
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Dave Gallagher
- Jul 29, 2021
- 6 min
Back on the horse - Part 2: Hans - a solo story
We all encounter setbacks in life. It can be hard to pick oneself up, dust oneself off and get back to what it is we were trying to...
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Dave Gallagher
- Jul 29, 2021
- 4 min
Defibrillating the senses - jolting yourself out of apathy
When you get knocked down, often repeatedly, you can use this as impetus to spring back up, make adjustments and show that your spirit is...
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Dave Gallagher
- Jul 29, 2021
- 5 min
Back on the horse: Part one - letting go and stepping up to the next level
An #AdventureMindset can stand you in good stead through life. Not just to motivate the pursuit of challenge, but also to embrace the...
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Dave Gallagher
- Jul 29, 2021
- 5 min
Getting your greens (or making the most of the blues) - daily exposure to nature
In order to be healthy and mentally 'fit', a balanced diet means more than just 'getting your greens' in a nutritional sense. It also...
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Dave Gallagher
- Jul 29, 2021
- 4 min
Without Wild Abandon - taking an informed view of extreme sports
Extreme sports activities seem to polarise people - those who condemn and show outrage, often without being fully informed, and those who...
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Blogs focus on ways to develop Mental Fitness by building an Adventure Mindset. Using examples from wild adventures experienced and practises from Adventure Psychology to stimulate thinking, and entertain!