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I haven’t always been outdoorsy. For the first half of my life, I never did any hiking unless a group of us were headed to a watering hole on a hot day. My first two backpac...

I have always considered myself a creative person. I love creativity and being in a flow state with whatever creative task is at hand from collaging to cooking. But admittedly, sometimes creativity ca...

Just because I live off the grid in a remote desert community, does not mean that you need to in order to connect with the natural world. City life just isn’t my thing. Unless I’m visiting a foreign c...

Are you a writer?
Do you want to be a writer?

Everyone has access to creative channels, and anyone interested in writing can be a writer.

I have been a writing instructor since I taught my first com...

Summer Solstice is June 21^st. It marks the start of astronomical summer and the longest day of the year. People have been celebrating the summer solstice for thousands of years and it is a holiday tha...

Once upon a time in my twenties, I was a bad ass bitch. I proclaimed it, I sang about it, I was resplendent with badassery. I was proud of my fierce independence. I needed no one. This was the 90s in ...

My last solo medicine walk was in October. I am planning another one for next week to mark the Beltane spring season. (You can read about my first solo walk here.) I love to continue this beautiful pr...

More and more scientists concur that nature has miraculous healing affects for physical and mental health. But we don’t need scientific studies to prove to us how much better we feel when we are in gr...

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."  --Khalil Gibran

The other day I burned my dinner. I was thinking about something else. I was de...

Lately, I’ve been working with raccoon medicine.

It all started on vacation in Florida when I was taking a walk on Jensen Island and a limping racoon came out of the mangroves and was walking straigh...

At the darkest point of my life, I found salvation in the voice of mother nature.

My mid-life transition (also known as “crisis”) emerged fast and strong. I lost my business, relocated my home, chang...

Originally published in elephant journal

As a nature intuitive and nature therapy guide, I spend a lot of time out of doors, communing with the natural world and developing a reciprocal relationship ...