Selene of Maine, Selene’s Fly Shop

End of college, I fly fished for the first time. And I was on the was on the water for two hours, and I forgot the rest of the world. And it was like my ‘aha, zen, wow’ epiphany.

Julie Sloan, Maine River Runners

We’re trying to do things ethically, and we’re trying to do things with the environment in mind. I’m not just trying to pump people down the water.

Tarin O’Donnell, Tarin It Up Podcast and TKO Yoga & Fitness

It’s networking. Everything in life is networking. You meet people, and you’re just exposed to things you weren’t exposed to before. You find these opportunities you didn’t even know existed.

Val Hopkins, 365 Mile Challenge

I have some banned words… I don’t let people say ‘just’, or ‘only’.

Rae-a Moughty, Campfire Institute

The suicide rate amongst Queer teens is ginormous… If these little moments, laying in the snow, looking at the stars, can help give them just a tiny bit of resilience, then I want to keep giving them camp. So I never turn anyone away.

Amy Hopkins, Saltwater Mountain Co.

The next day, I thought “Wow, that felt really good, I need to go back and do that again”. And so I did. And I didn’t stop.

I’m really inspired by that whole concept of bringing people together… I’m really fed by relationships and connecting people, and I don’t think I’m going to tire of always creating new ways to do that. The practice of sauna-ing and meeting new people in that context can help a lot of people.

Paige Emerson, Chubby Hiker Reviews

The thing that I’ve noticed is, hiking is my passion, it’s the thing that makes me feel better, and so I need to stop not doing that when I don’t feel good, because it makes me feel better… it makes things better even when life sucks.

Tori Gray, The Wilderness Guru

I actually find a lot of peace in sitting in silence in the wilderness, because to me - it’s not sitting in silence.

Michelle Boyer, Arctic Lynx Maternity Activewear

If activity is part of your life pre-pregnancy, I think that it’s such a gift to stay active during pregnancy and beyond.

Susan Shasok, Caroline’s Dream

The choices that you have to make…. none of them are good. None of them are good. And yet, you still have to make those choices.

Kristina Cannon, Main Street Skowhegan & Mary Haley, MXH Marketing

There’s no reason why we couldn’t do it here…. it’s just, no one had.