Live Your Adventure

Hand Adventures

Hand Adventures explores adventure as a way of living — not just something you do outdoors. Led by Steve Hand, the Live Your Adventure podcast and content focus on choosing growth over comfort, living intentionally, and defining adventure in every season of life. Adventure is personal. It adapts to health, family, finances, and responsibility. This is a space for reflection, growth, and stories of people who chose engagement over drift.

  1. Living The Adventure Every Day

    May 26

    Living The Adventure Every Day

    Adventure isn’t a single decision—it’s a way of living. In this final episode of Season 1, Steve sits down with Geoff and Anita Scott to explore what it looks like to carry adventure into everyday life. Through their experiences, they share how intention, perspective, and consistency shape a life that feels full—not just in moments, but over time. This conversation moves beyond the idea of big events or one‑time choices and focuses on the quieter, ongoing commitment to living with purpose. It’s about integrating adventure into family, work, relationships, and the rhythms of daily life. Season 1 has explored what it means to choose your adventure. This episode brings it all together—showing that the real goal isn’t chasing something new, but building a life where adventure is always present. Adventure is a decision.Living it is a practice.

    1 hr
  2. Momentum Beats Motivation

    May 19

    Momentum Beats Motivation

    Motivation comes and goes—but momentum is what keeps you moving. In this episode, Steve sits down with Tom Cochran to explore what it really takes to follow through on big decisions. From a career in tech and the U.S. State Department to relocating his family to Maine during the pandemic, Tom shares how action—not inspiration—drives meaningful change. Together, they discuss the gap between deciding and doing, the role of consistency in building a life that aligns with your values, and how momentum is created through small, repeated choices over time. This isn’t about waiting to feel ready—it’s about moving forward, even when you don’t. Because once you start, things begin to shift. Adventure isn’t sustained by motivation.It’s built through momentum.

    32 min
  3. The Stories We Tell Ourselves

    May 12

    The Stories We Tell Ourselves

    The biggest barriers to adventure aren’t always external—they’re often the stories we tell ourselves. In this episode, Steve sits down with author Wade Ellett to explore how our internal narratives shape the decisions we make, the risks we avoid, and the lives we ultimately live. Together, they unpack how identity, assumptions, and past experiences can quietly limit what we believe is possible. This conversation isn’t about ignoring reality—it’s about recognizing where our thinking may be holding us back, and learning how to challenge the stories that no longer serve us. Because once you begin to question those stories, you create space for something new. Adventure starts with a decision.But sometimes, the first step is changing the story.

    53 min
  4. Adventure Looks Different For Everyone

    May 5

    Adventure Looks Different For Everyone

    In this episode, Steve sits down with Greg Johnson for a wide‑ranging conversation about what adventure looks like when it’s woven into everyday life. From running a retail store to diving, fishing, snowmobiling, and making time for the things that matter, Greg shares how curiosity, commitment, and balance shape his approach to living fully.This episode challenges the idea that adventure has to be extreme or all‑consuming. Instead, it shows how meaningful adventures can exist alongside work, responsibility, and community—each season looking a little different than the last.Adventure isn’t about comparison.It’s about choosing what fits your life and leaning into it with intention.

    30 min
  5. Education as an Adventure

    Apr 28

    Education as an Adventure

    Adventure doesn’t always require walking away from everything you know. Sometimes, it starts by learning something new. In this episode, Steve visits Film The Hunt School to explore how education itself can be an adventure—one rooted in curiosity, skill‑building, and intentional growth. Through conversations and observations, this episode highlights how learning opens doors without requiring drastic life changes. Education isn’t just about credentials or outcomes. It’s about expanding perspective, gaining confidence, and creating new possibilities—while still honoring the life you already have. This episode is a reminder that adventure doesn’t always mean quitting your job or starting over. Sometimes, it simply means choosing to learn.

    35 min
  6. The Adventure Community

    Apr 21

    The Adventure Community

    Adventure doesn’t happen in isolation. In this episode, recorded at the 207 Overland Cabin Fever Reliever event, Steve explores the role community plays in choosing—and sustaining—adventure. Through conversations with the founder of 207 Overland, program ambassadors, and event sponsors, this episode highlights how shared experiences, support, and belonging make it easier to take the first step and keep going. You’ll hear stories about getting started, learning alongside others, and discovering that adventure becomes more accessible when you don’t have to do it alone. This isn’t about extreme journeys or having it all figured out—it’s about showing up, finding your people, and building momentum together. Adventure is a decision.Living it is better with community. Live Your Adventure.

    50 min
  7. Health as an Adventure

    Apr 14

    Health as an Adventure

    Adventure doesn’t start on a trail, a trip, or a big decision. It starts with your health. In this episode, Steve sits down with his sister, Suzanne, for an honest conversation about what happens when health challenges force you to slow down, reassess, and choose a different path forward. Together, they talk about setbacks, resilience, and the quiet, daily decisions that shape what kind of adventure is possible. This episode isn’t about extremes or perfection. It’s about awareness, responsibility, and recognizing that without health, every other adventure becomes harder—or impossible. If you’ve ever pushed through when you should have paused, or struggled to balance ambition with well-being, this episode is a reminder that taking care of yourself is not stepping back from adventure—it’s choosing it. Live Your Adventure.

    34 min
  8. Life long friends and The Cost of Comfort

    Apr 7

    Life long friends and The Cost of Comfort

    Join life-long friends Steve and Clifton as they discuss childhood, daring boat rescues, girl scouts, and much more. The underlying thread is that we have to live intentionally and that we need to choose adventure over comfort - "Get off the couch."

    1 hr
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Hand Adventures explores adventure as a way of living — not just something you do outdoors. Led by Steve Hand, the Live Your Adventure podcast and content focus on choosing growth over comfort, living intentionally, and defining adventure in every season of life. Adventure is personal. It adapts to health, family, finances, and responsibility. This is a space for reflection, growth, and stories of people who chose engagement over drift.

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  • Episodes
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