In 2015 while teaching my kids to surf I fell off a surfboard into shallow water and received a spinal cord injury. My experience of facing and overcoming obstacles, letting go of attachments to ideas of who I thought I needed to be to be loved and appreciated by others, letting go of dreams and re-creating a whole new sense of meaning and purpose in my life is now part of the story of AdventureWorks. I’ve always found the most meaning and purpose and satisfaction in my life when helping other people connect and discover themselves in more healthy and fulfilling ways. This business is my mechanism for living this purpose. Before the injury I was an active adventurer including alpine climbing, rock climbing, kayaking, adventure racing and multi day hikes, I have been teacher in charge of an Outdoor Education programme in a  secondary school  and trained and worked as a counsellor.  It has been a steep but satisfying learning curve going from a teacher of 9 years to a small business owner to learning how to live as a quadriplegic. But there is no such thing as an easy life. Either we are actively working on the edges of ourselves and continually and intentionally act towards meaningful and purposeful living or we are going backwards.