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Decreasing Stress Injuries and Increasing Resilience with Somatic Experiencing - a Trauma-Informed Approach for Outdoor & Experiential Education Programs
By Stacy Earlywine, Experiential Consulting Associate Consultant I’m delighted to have this opportunity to join the team at Experiential Consulting and to share with you - what is Somatic Experiencing (SE), why I feel so passionately about it, and what I think it may be able to offer individuals and organizations in the outdoor and experiential education communities. What is SE? It is a monumental challenge to adequately summarize what, for me, has become a way of life. SE
DEI Is a Risk Management Strategy — And Refusing It Is Riskier Than You Think
Introduction: This Moment Requires More Than Good Intentions Over the past fifteen years working in outdoor education, youth programs, and national organizational systems, I’ve watched the language of equity evolve, fracture, expand, and realign more times than I can count. We’ve moved from multiculturalism to diversity, from D&I to DEI to DEIJ, from inclusivity to belonging, from equity to access — and we’re not done. But one thing remains constant: Organizations don’t succe
Whose Standard Is the Industry Standard in the Outdoors?
by Christopher Bartram, Associate Consultant Dr. Erik Rabinowitz (Appalachian State University) and I began our first spirited discussions on the topic of industry standards as I stepped into my first position as an Assistant Program Director at a university. I had high hopes and high expectations for the program and wanted to do my best to ensure our students had access to the resources and training they needed for us to provide safe and successful programs. I immediately f
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants - Learning from the Safety II / HOP Community
Presenting at outdoor & experiential education conferences is an enjoyable part of our work at Experiential Consulting. We always learn...
Navigating Risk and Innovation in Program Leadership — Lessons from Backcountry Skiing in Alaska
by Chris Bartram, Associate Consultant What can decision-making during three weeks of backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering in Alaska...
How Can We Manage Safety If We Don't Agree What It Is?
A recent study published in Safety Science provides an overview and summary of the schools of thought regarding how we define Safety.
UPDATED: Federal Government Layoffs and Executive Orders: Risk Management Implications
Last Update : April 6, 2025 - adding information about most recent Executive Order Anyone running an outdoor or experiential education...
How Cognitive Biases Short-Circuit Learning From Incidents
“Rather than perceiving time as a continuum, we tend to think about our lives as episodes, creating story arcs from the notable incidents...
Experiential Consulting and Outdoor Promise: Working Together to Connect Underserved Communities to Nature
Experiential Consulting and Outdoor Promise recently started exploring how we might be able to collaborate to help Outdoor Promise...
The Mountain Center: Blending Traditional and Contemporary Thinking for Trauma-Informed, Risk-Aware Therapeutic Programming
The Mountain Center and Experiential Consulting - Blending traditional and contemporary thinking for trauma-informed, risk-aware programs
