Eileen Ystheim

Entrepreneurship, Outdoor & Adventures, Wellness

Choose your adventure

10Apr

You are the nature-love & earth-carer, the adventurer, the hiker, the traveler, and the rad girl, eager to live life on your own terms and blaze your own trails, all while pursuing a sustainable and healthy lifestyle. I believe you can live a life of adventure by feeling good. I believe you can achieve freedom by entrepreneurship. And most importantly, I believe you can do it all with a sustainable approach. Read more or choose your adventure to get started:

20May

How Essential Oils Can Improve Your Wellbeing

Essential oils have a long history when it comes to wellbeing and has been used for a wide range of health problems. Many oils have specific properties that make them excellent choices for treating particular health, but their effects can go far beyond this. Research has shown that the limbic system in your brain (which controls memory and emotions) can be acted on by scents to affect the whole body. A 2002 study from Japan confirmed that some oils could stimulate the sympathetic nervous system while others can promote calmness. With that in mind, let’s talk about exactly how essential oils can help you to take control of your wellbeing.

4 mins read

Zero waste concept. Eco-friendly shopping, flat lay

12May

Environment, Outdoor & Adventures, Wellness

Eco-friendly products on etsy 2019

In light of Earth Month, I wanted to share some eco-friendly products I found on Etsy. I like Etsy because as an earthpreneur and small shop owner, I do love the concept of supporting local crafters, artists, and product-makers rather than pouring money into the big corporations. These sustainable products make it easy to incorporate three essential principles I try to live by: reduce, reuse, and recycle.

5 mins read

Woman throwing a pile of must-read wilderness books around on her bed.

03May

Outdoor & Adventures

Must-Read Wilderness Books for adventurous women

There is nothing like adding a bit of hiking-inspiration than reading a few good books. I am nearly done with Wilder by Cheryl Strayed, and I felt compelled to share a few favorites and must-read wilderness books. Pour yourself a cuppa, curl up under a blanket and enjoy.

3 mins read

17Apr

Outdoor & Adventures

3 Ways to Improve Fitness for Hiking

No surprise to those following me on Instagram: I love hiking. As I talked about in How to start hiking without energy, I needed to train myself up and take one step at a time. Yes, literally and figurately speaking. Here you have another approach on how to improve fitness for hiking: Exercise.

3 mins read

15Apr

Outdoor & Adventures

How to Travel Without Being a Tourist

I love to travel. But I also think there are more ways to travel than visiting touristic hotspots. Here are three tips that you can use to make your next travel experience unique & how to travel without being a tourist.

3 mins read

Woman standing on a road wondering How to start hiking with no energy

11Apr

Wellness

How To Start Hiking With No Energy

Spending time in nature has so many amazing benefits: increasing creativity, boosting memory, lifting your mood, and giving you more sass to tackle the everyday life head on. Nature and hiking may also help you heal, whether you are suffering from depression or an achy back. But how to start hiking with no energy? How to make it through that door, when you barely feel like getting out of the sofa?

4 mins read

Are you ready for adventures in Gran Canaria? Two women smiling in the desert.

09Apr

Outdoor & Adventures

Adventures in Gran Canaria

Gran Canaria has so much more to offer than sandy beaches, beautiful resorts, and midnight margaritas. If you venture beyond the busy tourist magnets and off the beaten path, a whole new side to the island appears before you. Are you ready to awaken your adventurous soul and discover the hidden gems? Then read on and be prepared to be amazed by new adventures in Gran Canaria.

4 mins read

04Apr

Entrepreneurship

How I became a travel writer – and how you can, too!

I have always lived my life with an all or nothing mindset, daring to dream big and refusing to settle. I need to feel passionate about everything I do and make it part of my lifestyle, or else I won't do it. Though frustrating at times, it is also the reason I became an environmental and travel writer, and never gave up.

5 mins read