TRAIL NOTES
thoughts from along the way
Trail Notes are reflections, stories, and perspectives on the experiences that shape us—change, uncertainty, growth, wellbeing, identity, and the many ways we learn to navigate what comes next.
Grounded in the thinking behind Mountain Awakening, they offer a place to pause, consider your own experience, and perhaps see something familiar from a different perspective.
Is Someone Going to Ask
How I’m Doing?
A personal reflection on what it means to be the person others depend on, especially during life's more difficult moments. Michelle shares how caring for her parents led her to consider a question she wasn't always comfortable answering herself: How am I doing?
The Experiences That Shape
How I Walk Alongside Others
Explore how career, life transitions, endurance challenges, and behavior change shaped Michelle Farkas’s approach to walking alongside others through meaningful change.
Have You Ever Felt Like You've Outgrown the Life You Built?
Explore what it can mean to outgrow a life that once fit—and how changing priorities, identity, and definitions of success can shape what comes next.
Feeling Less Sure Does Not Mean You Are Less Strong
Explore what unfamiliar terrain can teach us about strength, capability, change, and learning to navigate differently when the landmarks we once relied upon are no longer as easy to see.