Dana Kent

PARTNERSHIP LAUNCH • SEPT 2026 Dana Kent Coaching × ACL Strong The Outdoor Pro Collective: Whole-Person Support for Industry Professionals. Guiding outdoor careers with enduring resilience. Dana Kent Coaching LLC has joined forces with Dr. Leslie Desrosiers and ACL Strong to launch the Outdoor Pro Collective (OPC)—a transformative alliance built on one foundational ethos: Pros Supporting Pros. Outdoor Pro Collective brings together the expertise of Dr. Leslie Desrosiers, founder of ACL...

Most people know I've spent the last 30 years in the outdoor industry. What they may not know is that, for much of my career, I was slowly drifting away from the person who first fell in love with it. It started when I was a teenager working at Pico Mountain. I remember sitting at the bottom of the Alpine Slide, surrounded by fresh air and mountains, thinking, I want to work outside forever. That dream came true. As my career grew, so did my responsibilities. Promotions led to bigger teams,...

I don’t know about you, but the world feels like it is constantly on fire. Every time I open a news feed, scroll social media, or even listen to NPR, I feel it in my body: that conflicted pull between wanting to hide and wanting to fight. Between the urge to shut down and the urge to take action. Trauma gets triggered. My nervous system says, run. My heart says, don’t look away. And I know I’m not the only one. So I want to talk about it—because this is bigger than a news cycle. This is...