I know firsthand the rupture that occurs when women’s journeys are not well-tended.

One of my most significant shifts happened at age 30, when I simultaneously became a first-time mother and a woman with stage-four cancer. There I was, carrying both a newborn baby and a diagnosis of metastatic cancer. I was thrown into the underworld, completely off script from the story I thought I had been living. While I was blessed to have good medical care, I did not have the cultural support to connect the torrent of emotions, thoughts, dreams, and bodily sensations wilding through me to the deep holding of initiation and transformation.

I survived—no small thing! But I also struggled for years to integrate these experiences, learning to mother and heal as best I could. I went to therapy, did Reiki, affirmations, yoga, meditation, and so much more. Many practices provided comfort, coping, or momentary respite, but a deep heartbreak and sense of dissonance remained, as though a vital part of myself was permanently, irreparably missing. It wasn’t until I found women’s wilderness immersions that engaged mythology and an embodied, eco-psychological approach that I began to truly metabolize my experiences and reconnect to my soul ache—and what a surprise to find that a well of creativity, eros, and magic was waiting on the other side! As I learned to feel and accept the authentic support of this mature human and nonhuman community, I finally remembered who I was and what I had to share with the world.

For me, Self emerges from continued encounter: with my emotions, the images that arrive in dreams, the sensations of my body, the stories that hold and move through me, and the wild ones whom I meet everywhere (including you!). I have learned that the whole world expresses the language of soul—and is waiting patiently for us to listen. I’m honored to rest an ear to the ground and pick up the threads of the stories that are mine to carry and to help others do the same. I cannot wait to help you claim your soul story; experience your transition as transformation; and find your own embeddedness and belonging to yourself, your community, and this beautiful animate Earth.