Category: Connect to Others
-
Survival Skills and Connecting to the Natural World: A Q&A with Alderleaf Wilderness College’s Jason Knight
You can listen to the interview on Spotify here! When two teenagers set out to climb a mountain as a jaunt, little did one know that the ordeals they’d face would catapult him into a lifelong love of learning — and teaching — wilderness skills. Jason Knight, now the founder of Alderleaf…
-
On Ecovillages and Intentional Communities: A Q&A with Matchmaker Cynthia Tina
On a crisp day in March 2022, I caught up with Cynthia Tina over Zoom from her home space at Headwaters, a multigenerational Ecovillage of eight households on 14 acres near the Winooski River in Vermont. The intentional community has a garden, orchard, meadow, and greenhouse, and most inhabitants built their own homes…
-
Master Your Mindset and Climb Mountains: A Q&A with Wild Minds Founder Zoe Gillis
Editorial Note: A little more than a year ago I connected with Zoe Gillis, a licensed therapist and wilderness guide, after booking a 5-day backpacking trip to the Sespe Wilderness with her organization, Wild Minds. The experience changed my life, and it’s time to feature Zoe as the life-giver that…
-
The Sanctuary Model: A Q&A About Trauma and Choices
This month I connected with Andrus- The Sanctuary Institute, a nonprofit based in Yonkers, New York, that provides mental health services and education through a trauma-informed framework called “The Sanctuary Model.” The Sanctuary Model was first developed in the 1980s by Sandra Bloom and a team of clinicians at a small…
Compassionate Coexistence 