Stories by Rachel Hunsell

Nature can be a healer for us. Nature Heals written by Alan Wolfelt explores how to begin integrating it into your grief journey.

As we celebrate Earth Day, Arbor Day and National Park week, we invite you to explore how your life intertwines with nature and its impacts on grief.

To give and receive love is life’s most grand adventure and deepest valley, a painful darkness and a holy sanctuary.

Find hope in the winter wilderness with an open heart and mind. Be open to what is and what is to come both in the winter and in our grief.

There is power in pairing movement with time spent outdoors for our physical, mental and emotional health. Get the resources for your future hiking experiences!

TAPS Outdoors Manager shares lessons learned from her grandmother and how even in her death she made life’s blooms brighter and fuller.

TAPS invites all to celebrate the power of connection through nature with our new series "A Breath of Fresh Air" with #TAPSOutdoors!

TAPS Expeditions are outdoor therapeutic adventures that require participants to step out of their comfort zones, and foster growth in mind, body and spirit.

A group of TAPS survivors traveled to East Africa to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Although on different journeys, they are all connected.

On TAPS Expeditions, we explore the wilderness of our earth and of our grief; setting us on a path to find the answers.

Survivors gain strength and bond together as they push through extreme difficulty during their 4-day, 50 mile trek in the Grand Canyon.

I was submerged in one of the Seven Wonders of the World with people who, without speaking, knew my heart and its pain.