Natalie Ogbourne

Hi there! I'm Natalie. Let's go for a hike.

Traveling through life is a lot like hiking. Whether we’re figuratively trudging uphill, fighting to stay upright on the downhill, or facing a blind corner, it’s better when we have people walking alongside us and spurring us on. That’s what we do here.

Whether at home, at work, or even planning a visit to Yellowstone, it seems like there’s always something to navigate. Maybe you know what that’s like. If you do, I hope you’ll stick around. You’ll find: 

  • guidance for planning your Yellowstone adventure
  • ideas to make it a spiritually uplifting experience
  • tales from the trail to spur you on
  • lessons from Yellowstone to encourage and equip you to navigate the landscape of life by faith rather than by feel, fear, autopilot, or anything else
  • navigational tools, techniques & practices

A Few Thing You Might Like to Know

 

 

Hiking didn’t come naturally to me. (We grow, you know.) I love life outside but I have a hard time—and I mean a really hard time—getting out the door. I also have a hard time getting out of my head.

After meeting Jesus as a little one, I’m spending my grown-up years learning what it means to navigate the ups & downs, twists & turns, and flat places of everyday life by faith.

I have maybe one athletic bone in my body. One. Maybe. It divides its time between hiking and downhill skiing. 

My husband and I have been married for 30 years. He’s my favorite. Marriage is hard. God is good. Counseling does for marriages what mechanics do for cars.

We have a rapidly emptying nest. My kids are also my favorite. Aside from potty training, I’ve loved every stage of raising kids. Still, my delusions that parenting would get easier as the kids got older have shattered like a glass vase on a tile floor.

Aside from writing, I also speak and teach to encourage others to navigate the landscape of life by faith. You can find more information about that here.

I love Yellowstone, mountains, still water and dancing streams, lilacs, daffodils, rugged skirts and ridiculous shoes, speaking, teaching, and singing. 

Thanks for being here. If you’d like to hear from me about navigating life and Yellowstone, subscribe here. If you’d like work with me to map out your Yellowstone adventure, contact me here. 

take heart and happy trails  ~ 

Natalie

For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7