Coming Out & Beyond: Season 3 Episode 8 | Mary’s Story

Mary is a transformational travel junkie and explorer of inner and outer landscapes. She loves to discover what lights people up and help move them in that direction. As a connector, reflector, motivator and reverent passenger of this planet, Mary builds adventure trips and specialty retreats which inspire deeper connections to the self, to others and to the Earth. She’s a Colorado resident, but calls many places home; hiking in the high desert, anywhere on a bike, in the presence of ancient Redwoods or in a kayak at sunrise. One of her core beliefs is that “Nature nurtures,” that it’s a powerful catalyst for personal growth, and that unplugged outdoor experiences result in calmer, more grounded humans, often looking toward their futures with new eyes. Providing women a conduit for this kind of transformation is her jam, and the driving force behind her new endeavor, Women OUT West Tours. Mary worked as a midwife and women’s health clinician for 20 years until a 10-day solo “walkabout” in the high desert radically shifted her perspective. Her mission now is to help other women on the path towards their best iteration, using Nature as a conduit. Her other side gigs include being mom to two phenomenal man-children, sharing a Maine Coon with her ex-husband down the street, and spending an inordinate amount of time crafting adventures in her head.