IDA Blog
My Summer Adventure
Backpack from Mt. Katahdin, Maine to Maine Jct. in Killington, VT(just north of Route 4, where the Appalachian Trail meets the Long Trail).500 miles or more. June 11-July 30, 2026 EPIC! Wow! I did...
My Training Plan for Thru Hikes
I knew I was going to be at a caloric deficit on my thru hike, just as I was in 2024 when I thru hiked the Long Trail in Vermont. So timing of my nutrition was my on trail strategy to optimize...
How Emotional Intelligence Enhanced my 500-Mile Backpacking Adventure
I am amazed at what what my body can accomplish and how my emotions can expand my potential in unexpected ways. Every day I had a self-doubting part (I knew it was there when I thought to myself...
The Benefit of Incorporating Thru Hiking Societal Norms into Society as a Whole
If we all treated each other the way the hiking community does, the world would be an easier and kinder place to live in. Connectedness and common humanity, experiencing the same struggles and...
AT Journal
Wednesday, June 10 Seven hours to Millinocket with Stacey Clark driving, it’s HOT! We dropped 4 resupply boxes on the way! Chatted the whole way, it was great. The folks at Shaw’s Hiker Hostel are...
Emotional Intelligence / Self Leadership Research
Emotional Intelligence has a significant, positive and substantial correlation with Self-leadership as described in the IFS model, in a team sport context Figure 1. A scatterplot of Emotional...
Internal Family Systems Model
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a method that enables a person to hone intrapersonal and interpersonal communication skills by raising awareness of a person’s internal system. Yes! We have an inner...
Seeing Data Delivered in a New Light
Introduction: Seeing data delivered in a new light Creative non-fiction (CNF) is a method of delivering the “results” of qualitative data. While it is factually true to the data regarding the lived...
The What and Why
IFS Informed Emotional Intelligence Training in a Team Sport Context – The “What” and the “Why” Ability emotional intelligence (EI) has been defined as the ability to monitor one’s own and others’...
A Literature Review
Internal Family Systems as a Possible Mode of Emotional Intelligence Training to Enhance Team Cohesion and Athletic Performance Department of Sports Studies, Bishop’s UniversitySPO 402: Course...