Top Current Clips:
Fireside Chat with Erin Parisi of TranSending7, Hosted by Natasha Buffo | Kirkwood Mountain Resort Employee “Proud To Be Me Week” | March 30, 2021
For our 3rd Annual “Proud To Be Me Week” our guest of honor was Erin Parisi, of TranSending7. I was proud to be me after successfully achieving this event, having spent more than a month of back and forth emails to coordinate, raising $1,120 from the Kirkwood Community, and writing and hosting the full interview myself. Feedback from the audience included, but was not limited to, “that was incredibly professional. You are really good at that! You should be a podcast host.”
Clawing Onto Anything | Growing Up | West & Sunbelt Storytellers Project | March 4, 2021
“Growth is about glorious failures as much as victorious triumphs. Join the newsrooms of the Ventura County Star, Salem Statesman Journal, Reno Gazette-Journal, Tucson Daily Star, Arizona Republic for an hour of true, first-person stories celebrating the stories about the little and big moments of growing up.” [My story begins at minute 4:00].
Out of Curiosity| Sex Outside Podcast| May 6th, 2021
Even though sex may never be a completely comfortable topic for many folks to discuss, there are ways to make it easier to talk about. We explore with writer, traveler, and sexuality specialist Natasha Buffo when it comes to healthy communication, gender roles and expectations, and learning about our own bodies through outdoor recreation metaphors.
Escape the 9 to 5 and Feed Your Adventurous Soul, with Natasha Buffo| Adventure Bound | Dec 8, 2020
Natasha Buffo…loves to travel abroad and thru-hike epic trails, but these days she can be found skiing around Lake Tahoe with a smile on her face. We chat all about how she escaped the corporate world to then travel to New Zealand several times and later talk about about the importance of incorporating nature into our lives and what we can all do to improve mental health for ourselves and those around us.
“People tend to gravitate towards an outdoor lifestyle after going through something traumatic…If you go on a five day backpacking trip and you realize you want to do more of it, do that.”
Natasha Buffo
Additional Storytelling/Podcasts:
Using Adventure to Navigate Life with Natasha Buffo/Dirt and Tears | Outside by Design Podcast | Nov 11, 2020
Natasha covers a wide range of topics including finding spirituality in nature, listening to your intuition, slowing down in her outdoor pursuits, how to use nature to navigate grief, and why sex should be treated as any other adventure. Oh, did we mention she’s also writing a book? This is a jam-packed episode you won’t want to miss.
“The decision to sit down and write a full book… it really came from a craving, a need to purge this story.”
Natasha Buffo
“Beginners” Episode|Out There Podcast
“Beginners” – Live Storytelling Event (Video) | Out There Podcast
* Start at 30:00 for my bio/intro and 50:00 for my story
“We bring you several tales from Out There’s live storytelling night earlier this month. Each story touches on the theme of being a beginner in the outdoors […]
Natasha Buffo reflects on the intertwined experiences of falling in love with backpacking, and losing a parent.”
“A good friend … doesn’t wait for you to tell her what you need; she just knows, and she takes care of it.”
Natasha Buffo