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5 Tips for Dining Out When You Have Food Allergies

A server's thoughts.
By Jesse Wroblewski
AllergiesNutrition Tips
PrimalCon

Embracing Primal Living at PrimalCon

Experience Life’s fitness editor discovers that PrimalCon — an immersion into primal living in the modern world — involves more than just eating like a caveman.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Play/RecreationSports & Recreation

A Skier’s Perspective (Video)

Join Experience Life’s Steve Waryan on the Rendezvous Ski Trails in West Yellowstone during his trip to the Yellowstone Ski Festival last November.
By Experience Life Staff
Sports & RecreationTravel
Nordic-Skiing Nirvana

Nordic-Skiing Nirvana

Breathtaking views and pristine mountain trails make the Yellowstone Ski Festival an early-season mecca for skiers of all abilities.
By Steve Waryan
Sports & RecreationTravel
A person on a boat looks at the water.

Paddling Into the Wild

A canoe transports you to places you’d never see otherwise — at a speed that allows you to appreciate them.
By Laurel Kallenbach
Personal DevelopmentPlay/Recreation
Rock Climbing

How to Get Into Rock Climbing

Thanks to its physical and mental challenges, rock climbing gives new meaning to upward mobility.
By Sarah Tuff
Travel
a man stands by Petra

The Unexpected Gifts of Travel

Why a change of scenery can make us feel better about everything — including ourselves.
By Anneli Rufus
Travel
equine therapy

Equine Therapy: How Horses Can Help Heal

Explore how equine-assisted therapy (hippotherapy) helps people build confidence, quiet anxiety, and find calm through powerful connection with horses.
By Terri Trespicio
Functional/Integrative MedicineMental Health

Beginner Tips for Adult Sk8rs (Video)

40-something Heidi Wachter demos the three moves that helped her get comfortable on her skateboard as an adult — and tries something new, too!
By Experience Life Staff
Sports & RecreationTravel
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Field Notes: Hog Hunting for a Good Cause

When a hog hunt is about more than just hunting.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Travel
sunset

Field Notes: Hog, from Ranch to Table

Whether you hunt or buy your meat, butcher Ross Flynn explains how — and why — to look beyond the tenderest cuts.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Travel
feralhogs

Field Notes: Feral Hog Factsheet

Learn more about wild hogs, which are running amuck in Texas and other southern states.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Travel
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Retreat to Simplicity: Restorative Spas

No-frills restorative spas offer few amenities, but plenty of relaxation and stress relief. Plus, they’re budget-friendly.
By Regina Winkle-Bryan
Travel
wanderlust

Indulge Your Wanderlust

Part yoga festival, part rave, the Wanderlust Festival feeds the mind, body and spirit — well into the wee hours.
By Courtney Helgoe
TravelYoga
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Sacred Silence: Silent Retreats

Writer Jon Spayde takes a break from his noisy world and spends a few days in quiet contemplation.
By Jon Spayde
Travel

Behind the Scenes With Jennifer Pharr Davis (Video)

Go behind the scenes at our October cover shoot with the adventurer and endurance hiker.
By Experience Life Staff
Travel
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Small-Scale Family Adventures: Fun Ideas to Get Your Kids Outside More

Not every family outing has to be a big-deal production. Here's how to get your kids off the couch and into nature the low-key way.
By Maya Bacon
Travel
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Sharp Shooter: An Outdoor Photography Adventure

Experience Life's social-media specialist, Heidi Wachter, embarks on a photography expedition in the Arizona desert and learns to see nature through a different lens.
By Heidi Wachter
Travel

Behind the Scenes With Survivorman Les Stroud (Video)

The host of the popular Discovery Channel show discusses his love of nature — and how we can all benefit from connecting to the earth.
By Experience Life Staff
Travel
horseback humanitarians

Horseback Humanitarians

Saddle up with Relief Riders International for a do-good adventure in one of India’s most dramatic desert landscapes — and find out if “voluntourism” is right for you.
By Laurel Kallenbach
Personal DevelopmentSustainability
Les stroud is camping.

Wild Thing: Les Stroud

The Survivorman talks about rediscovering his connection to the earth — and how we can all get more nature in our lives.
By Laine Bergeson, FMCHC
Travel
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