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Adventure is in your heart

Dear Adventurer,

There was a time when I was so wrapped up in my high-stress career, anxious about all the details of life (home and work), and too busy giving and people-pleasing others, that I truly believed life was supposed to be hard.  Do you feel this way too?

 

I was ready for burn out, but carried on.  My marriage fell apart.  More bad relationships.  I finally hit rock bottom.  With my desire to be a better mom firmly in hand, I reached out for help.  Not wanting to ever be so low again, I tried “all the things.“

 

Climbing out of my “dark night of the soul” I discovered there was a better way of looking at life.  That I could learn to play and have fun, again.  To change my “story” & attitude from life is hard to life is joyous, I was advised to take myself out on adventures.

What do you think of when someone says “go on adventures”?

I immediately panicked!  I had kids, a mortgage, a job and all sorts of responsibilities – I couldn’t skip out on them to go mountain climbing in search of a guru!

Fortunately, the advice was clarified: take your self on mini adventures, pushing past your comfort zone, taking chances and be open to whatever shows up.

 

If I can do this, so can you!

facing fear of flying

Why Wednesdays? 

When I committed to myself to try new things and explore what I find fun, the only time I had to myself were Wednesdays.  Most other nights I had my kids or work events.

 My very first adventure was simply walking a different route from the office to Grand Central Terminal in NYC (where I commuted home).  Little did I know then where my adventures would take me. 

From one day a week to every day is an adventure.

What day will you choose to rediscover the adventure that is in your heart?

Stacey with Natural Blue hair color
Stacey jumping inside the world's largest pie pan
Me tandem jumping out of an airplane
Stacey Adventure Mindset Mentor

Hi, I'm Stacey!

Over 10 years ago I started going out on adventures on Wednesdays to explore what I found fun.

While this may sound easy, it was a challenge for me.  I had a lifetime of being a people-pleaser, so good times were dependent on someone else’s validation.  I also had this fear that if I had too much of a good time, somehow I’d be ‘punished’ for it.  Talk about a limiting fear!

Through my weekly outings I learned more about myself and faced more fears than I expected. Adventures, big and small, have expanded from one evening out to other days of the week…and now have become my way of looking at life: An Adventure Mindset.

It’s become my mission to inspire others to face their fears through daring themselves to change.  To know that if I can do it, so can you.  To guide you to take action because it’s not that ‘adventure awaits’ or “adventure is out there’; rather it’s how you choose to look at life.

Adventure is in your heart! Let’s go play & have fun!

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What do Nancy & Amy say?

Stacey inspires us to keep trying new things, going different directions, and expecting fun in the unexpected.  Even though we have stresses from being in the entertainment industry – she reminds us how to flip issues by following our curiosity and a dose of joy!

Amy & Nancy Harrington

Founders, The Passionistas Project

Fun facts about Stacey

  • I’ve been going on Adventures on Wednesdays for 10+ years
  • My spirit “animal” is the cacao bean.  I am certified to conduct chocolate tastings.
  • Reiki taught me about faith in something bigger than myself (I’m currently level 2 certified)
  • I’ve was honored as one of the top advertising media salespeople (in 2010, back in my corporate days).
  • At a weekend retreat learning about herbal remedies, I was given the title of Green Witch.
  • In 2016 and 2017 I attended the Burning Man Global Leader Conference representing the NYC region. In 2018 and 2019 I was a registered artist at the Burning Man event in Black Rock City, NV.
  • My main play personality type is Explorer.
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