Follow Sarah D. Tiedemann on her journey from being a nervous wreck to walking cliffside along Kauai’s most perilous trail, snowmobiling through herds of buffalo in America’s oldest national park, and hiking to a windswept summit in the dead of winter. Troubled by anxiety from an early age, Sarah knows just how difficult it can be to step outside your comfort zone.

Do you want to travel to places you’ve only dreamt of? Do you want to navigate trails in breathtaking locations? Do you want to try camping, canoeing, zip lining, or other outdoor adventures? Do you want to do it all and not be as scared?

If you’re longing for a change of scenery but don’t know where to start, Sarah will show even the most apprehensive travelers how to get outside.

Disclosure: I was contacted by Sarah Tiedemann with an offer to receive her book. It was provided at no cost to me. My only responsibility was an agreement to complete this review. I was not pressured in any way to make a positive endorsement.

An Introduction

This is your book of courage. Does driving long distance to places unknown make you nervous? Have you never set foot in the woods, but always wondered what it would be like? Do creepy, crawly things or wild animals scare the living daylights out of you? Perhaps you’ve been hiking before, but that 3,000 foot elevation gain always seemed like too much. Well, Sarah Teidemann has suggestions for coping with all of those fears and more. She described her childhood as “inherent anxiety coupled with the [sketchy] neighborhood and subsequent sheltered upbringing,” all of which “led to her being a fearful person.” But she learned to be brave.