Category: Reconnect to the Natural World
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How Going Vegan Can Lead to Deeper Fulfillment, Peace, and Adventure with Angela Crawford
To empower others to work through their pain, prevent unnecessary suffering, and align her everyday choices with her highest values — those were some of the driving forces that first led Angela Crawford to a career as a psychotherapist and then to a still unfolding path as a vegan author,…
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Navigating Dark Nights of the Soul Through Nature Connection with Sandra Ingerman
Being struck by lightning. Drowning. Living with a rare brain disorder. Those are just three of the life events that shamanic practitioner Sandra Ingerman has survived. So when she says she understands struggle — and navigating the Dark Night of the Soul — she means it. Ingerman is known for her…
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Nature Connection, Soul Retrieval, and Honoring Ancestral Lands and Teachings: A Q&A with Animist Healer Angela Prider
Before Angela Prider became a renowned somatic counselor, animist healer, and ceremonialist who has helped more than 5,000 people on their journeys toward wholeness, she went through decades of dark times when she described herself as “lost.” Over a Zoom call in January, Prider — who also is known as…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Compassionate Coexistence 