You don’t have to be famous to understand what it feels like when life gets loud.
For many women, the noise comes from different places: work that never truly ends, expectations that stack up, the pressure to always be “on.” The details change, but the feeling is familiar. Somewhere along the way, it becomes hard to find a place where you can shut everything else out and just breathe.
For platinum-selling country music artist Priscilla Block, that place turned out to be the outdoors.
Priscilla’s career moves fast, but her story isn’t about charts or tour buses. It’s about finding stillness in a world that rarely offers it. Hunting became that reset. “With my life being so busy, hunting has been this newer thing I’ve found as a way to just shut off,” she says. “It’s been really great for my mind and mental space.”
She didn’t grow up hunting, and she’s the first to admit she’s still learning. That’s part of why the experience matters so much to her. In the field, there’s no performance; no perfection required. “Whenever I can give myself a moment away from everything I do in my career, I start to feel inspired again,” she says. “And that tends to happen when I’m hunting.”
Priscilla’s story resonates because she refuses to fit into a single box. She laughs about being just as comfortable dressed up for a show as she is pulling on muck boots and heading into the woods. That balance feels honest to many women who live full, layered lives and don’t want to choose just one version of themselves.
Hunting has also reshaped how she thinks about patience. Waiting for the right moment, accepting that timing can’t be forced, and learning to enjoy the process all mirror lessons she’s learned in life. “There’s so much patience in hunting,” she says. “It’s the same with my career. When it finally comes together, it makes it all sweeter.”
Her message to women curious about the outdoors is simple and unfiltered. You don’t need a lifelong background or perfect knowledge. “Just because you didn’t grow up hunting doesn’t mean you can’t go,” she says. “Ask the questions. Try it.”
At its heart, Priscilla’s story isn’t about hunting at all. It’s about finding a place that grounds you, quiets the noise, and gives you room to be yourself. The outdoors did that for her. And for many women reading this, it might offer the same.
Listen to the Ascend Podcast episode to hear Priscilla Block share how the outdoors became her reset and her quiet place.
Learn more at ducks.org/ascend.
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