# Carlos Guastavino

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Good Luck, Bad Luck

Send us a text When Blissful is diagnosed with breast cancer, she undergoes a bilateral mastectomy to save her life and secure her future. A friend tells Blissful she has it easy because she has a partner in her husband Richard.  Indeed, she is incredibly grateful to be part of a team because it's…

Breast Cancer Trail: You're done!

Send us a text Blissful is given the "all clear" by her surgeon and gets ready to step into the rest of her life.   Surgery for breast cancer has completely changed Blissful's body, but has given her a new power of bravery and knowing herself better.  One friend calls her a "sur-thriver" facing do…

The Fear Factor

Send us a text Blissful  feels plenty of fear and anxiety before a thru-hike, but she manages her fears by asking, “If the worst happens, then what?” The answers to those questions helps us think more rationally rather than being paralyzed by anxiety, and thus live a more zesty and adventurous life…

Don't Dream. Do.

Send us a text Have you been wanting to do something a little wild and out-of-your-comfort-zone but were afraid to take the first step?  When it comes to dreams, don't let them become a broken record of something you'll do "someday."  In this episode, Blissful shares three reasons why we fail to ac…

Hiking While Old

Send us a text On the Pyrenean Haute Route, an oafish American hiker questioned Blissful's ability to manage a route of this difficulty.  “Even YOU?” he asked, his lip curling in disdain. “I haven’t seen many old people hiking this.” It shook her confidence, for sure, but here she was, backpacking …

Life is Too Short to Waste on Speed

Send us a text On the Teton Crest Trail in Wyoming, Blissful decides to go for an "SKT" (Slowest Known Time) and surprises abound. 1. John Muir (and Henry David Thoreau) hated the word "hike" and preferred to saunter, entering beautiful natural places with reverence.2. Physiologists tell us that wa…

The Grace of a Good Teacher

Send us a text Taking a class this weekend, Blissful learns about the key skills of a good teacher.  This was especially important when she needed to face down an irrational fear of falling out of her kayak and being upside down in the water. Here are some of those skills: Positive Learning Enviro…

blissful TEDx speaker

Send us a text WATCH TEDx On October 10, Blissful gave her first TEDx talk about Resilience as part of TEDX AmoskeagMillyard in Manchester, New Hampshire.  What is a TED talk?? TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design and was founded in 1984 to showcase the "most interesting people on e…

TEDx excerpts: “How do you find your bliss? Take the long trail!”

Send us a text On October 10, Blissful gave her first TEDx talk, “How do you find your bliss? Take the long trail!” Blissful shares the loss of her flute career due to a neurological disorder called dystonia.  It was on trail that she began to heal – and her greatest teacher on learning to live wi…

Music at Third: "Under the Same Sky"

Third Presbyterian Church kicks off their Music at Third 2026 Spring Concert Series with "Under the Same Sky," a program interweaving Yiddish Tangos and fragments from the writings of Etty Hillesum. Lenny Young and Raquel Winnica Young joined Jim Cunningham live on the QED Morning Show to talk abou…