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Feel like running away? She Walks the Walk curates small group, Global Walking Adventures for women. TICO # 50013851. Phone: 647-689-3884.

Get off society's treadmill and rediscover your true self on a journey for the body, heart and spirit. She Walks the Walk is affiliated with Travel Professionals International (TPI). Direct line: 1-888-503-WALK.

04/28/2026

Seven years ago, I said this out loud on a dirt path in rural Spain. I meant every word.

Pulled from The Sam I Am - out July 1st.

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04/24/2026

Some of us have been sitting on a volcano for a very long time. This is that story. I wrote the book I needed… 🌋🥾

The Sam I Am.

(One Woman’s Search for Meaning, Miracles and Potato Chips on the Camino de Santiago)

July 1st. In audio, e-book and paperback.

Photo credit Luan Schittenhelm. With thanks to .co for all these incredible months of dance expression. ❤️

11/13/2025

Somewhere between dance-class bruises, new-job learnings, book dreams, and trying not to lose my damn mind… I found a spark again.

And that spark matters.

I’ll always chase the things that make me feel alive. I’ll keep taking chances on myself, trying things out, changing course when something no longer fits.

We’re allowed to change. We’re allowed to break the rules that cage us in. We’re allowed to keep our spark alive at all costs.

And don’t be fooled. I’m still deep in the messy middle of my life. Still unsure about the future of SWTW. Still the same old Sam with a thousand projects on the go.

I hope you’ll stick around to hear about my book. If you’ve ever wanted to run for the hills… if you’ve ever questioned your life… it’s for you.

I’m not on here much these days. But I’m still very much alive— figuring my s**t out, rediscovering what lit me up when I was young, and pushing through new routines.

Life’s what you make of it.
So this is me.
Still alive. Still trying.

Love,
Sam 🤍

04/29/2025

Creating impact—that was our intention in setting out on this film journey! We’d taken our slightly cynical selves deep into the Himalaya to try and find a reset.

What could Bhutan teach us about happiness? How could we challenge our thinking? Would the toughest trek in the world just bring us to our knees—or share valuable lessons in humility, simplicity and tenacity….

The response to our film has been OVERWHELMINGLY positive!!! It generated thought-provoking discussion. Brought some tears. Some laughter. And even inspired the youngest in the screening rooms. (When an 18-year-old is leaning in… you know there’s magic!)

Please join us for our third public screening this Saturday in the great city of Thunder Bay, Ontario. We’ll be live streaming the event and encouraging audience participation from far and wide for the Q and A that follows.

Our hearts and souls were poured into this thing 🙏🏻✨We are humbled and grateful and stoked. Festival circuit—here we come! 🎞️

Link for TIX in bio ⬆️

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when you receive heartfelt reflection like this? It makes all the effort worth it.

04/04/2025

Why do women struggle to put themselves first? 🤔

Well, we know why. And yet. 😳

It’s not even just one thing. It’s a tangled mess of expectations, habits, guilt, and good ol’ cultural conditioning!

These are my reasons why it feels hard to take time out. (And I know it may not appear that way, but this business is literally my own needed therapy!)

Taking time out for ourselves without clock-watching or losing our s**t over the things that could come undone if we aren’t staying on top of them is miraculous. Those moments are rare and special.

And hands up if you’re an eldest daughter??!? 🙋🏻‍♀️Yeah. That’s a thing. Responsibility-soaked skin makes it a challenge to say no.

If any of these reasons hit home, know you’re not alone. I’m trying to start conversations around this stuff.

The pleasing, nurturing instinct isn’t evil. We just can’t forget about ourselves.

Right?!

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03/25/2025

Hello, CONTROL FREAK much?! 🤪

Where are my Type A, go-out-and-make-sh*t-happen people at? I know you’re out there. Somewhere.

I thought I knew better. Honestly, I still often think I know what’s best for me, myself, and I.

But uh uh uh… not so fast, says LIFE.

I think about all the times I was sure I had something in the bag—my truest heart’s desire—and then it went sideways.

Until… it didn’t. Until some magical force conspired to turn my lemons into the most meaningful, delicious tasting lemonade.

Letting go has been one of my signature “Sam Crosses” to bear. But the truth? When I take myself a little less seriously, things tend to work out.

Because who knows where I’d be if:

I’d married that boy.
Gotten that orchestra job.
Had the second baby right away.
Not hiked Bolivia with my dad.
Hadn’t gone through “the audit.”
Hadn’t been putridly ill in Bhutan.

I’ll take every plot twist, every “no,” every reroute. They’ve all served me.

So here’s my message to my high-achieving, perfectionist ladies:

It can still work out. Even when it doesn’t go to plan.

Maybe especially when it doesn’t.

(Shout-out to my old NAC crew who made those six years some of the best of my professional life!!! 🎶🎭🩰💾☎️💁‍♀️)

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03/21/2025

There’s gold in the places no one thinks to look.

Not the obvious spots. Not the well-worn trails or the top of someone else’s highlight reel.

The legit stuff? You find it when you’ve gone farther than you thought you could.
When you’re cold, tired, and wondering why you signed up for this in the first place.

(Where are my Guatemala ladies?!)

You find it in the quiet.

In the conversations that happen when you’re too spent to be some version other than the real you.

It’s in the steps you take when no one’s watching.

It’s in the slow acceptance of yourself. As being, perhaps, the slowest.

It’s in the recognition that whatever anyone else thinks, it’s none of your business. It’s your life. These are your steps. It’s your path forward.

This is where it all starts to make sense.
This is where you find your gold.

Bhutan taught me that. So so so so grateful. And thank you to for this beautiful capture.

❤️🇧🇹

03/20/2025

10 RANDOM THINGS I Love About Adventure 💃🪩🎒🥾🌋

(The “specific” list version)

1. Frank’s Red Hot = SCORE.

2. Rope. Don’t ask, I just… love rope.

3. Surviving 111 switchbacks (barely).

4. Spotting toilet brushes on walls.

5. Drinking weird green things with peeps who get me.

6. Absurd signs and places that don’t make sense but kind of do?!

7. Hikes where I could be on the moon.

8. Sunrises above the clouds.

9. Holding hands Titanic-style!

10. The reminder that adventure makes me more me.

What’s on YOUR random adventure love list? Please say chips!!! Or, hunting down tacky fridge magnets…

The most random thing you’ve encountered will bring me so much joy. Hit me! I wanna know!

With thanks to SWTW Ambassadors for capturing (and hunting down) some of the weirdest and best moments of my recent life in Guatemala 🇬🇹

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02/20/2025

HARD-WORKING BAD-ASS AT WORK ALERT!! 📢💃🎸✨🎒🥾

Hey, peeps. See that redhead? She’s locked-in right now. Grinding and creating and editing so that our film, SEARCHING FOR HAPPINESS 🎬🎥 is ready in time for its two premieres! (April 19th and May 3rd!)

That’s right. There’s a wee documentary going to make its way into the world soon. (We believe it matters now more than ever.) and I set out last fall to tackle one of the world’s toughest treks, the “SNOWMAN” in Bhutan 🇧🇹. Along our journey, we encountered physical sickness, tricky group dynamics, altitude malaise and some very rough terrain.

But we also walked straight into some newfound perspective on what it takes to be happy, what it even means to be happy and what we might be getting wrong in our stressed out society. We are forever imprinted with the kindness and hospitality of the beautiful Bhutanese people.

And, soooo…. We can’t wait to share this film with you!! We remain grateful to all the generous supporters who rallied behind our Kickstarter, and the fantastic companies who believed in our vision, backing us financially and with gear, specifically .

Kendra—you’ve got this! 🙏🏻😘Will be your best film yet. So stoked to have partnered with you and for the record? I’d share a tent for for three weeks with you again… ANYTIME. ANYWHERE.

Details on our film premieres are in my story. Tickets will be available mid-March. Stay tuned! 🤩

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02/18/2025

I was asked recently if I wished we had saved more for our kids futures. 🫣The answer is—see below.

We’ve always believed they need skin in the game and won’t be getting handouts… The fact is, kids value what they must earn.

Still, we help where we can. Reflecting on that question and the ultimate decision that took a big dent out of “their future”… I go back ten years to a conscious choice my husband and I made for the greater good of the family:

1) be responsible and save, because, well, the “future”

OR

2) seize the day and make memories because, well, that future isn’t guaranteed anyways.

No regrets.

If you are on the fence about life TODAY vs THE FUTURE, remember this: most people never regret the time they spend with those they love. However that looks for you, don’t wait. Get out and do that THING.

What have you been putting off? 💭🤔

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