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Selected Writing

Terrain Magazine

“Visiting La Ceiba is like stepping back in time,” Encar Vila, founder of the Jaguar Rescue Center (JRC), tells me. “It’s the womb of Mother Earth where everything starts; an irreplaceable ecosystem we cannot lose.” A sliver of the vast Mesoamerican Biological Corridor which contains an incredible 7 percent of the world’s biodiversity, the privately owned La Ceiba Natural Reserve is primary forest, untouched by humans for millennia.

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Psyche Magazine

“We are raised by people, but we are also raised by the Earth – here’s what that means for our emotional development

In the 1950s, at a research clinic in London, the psychologists John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth began to study the impact that human relationships have on the emotional development of children. What they discovered during the following decades radically altered the direction of Western psychology.”

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Project Coyote

“We humans are a storytelling species, drawn to tales that illuminate worlds beyond our own.  As children, we devour books like Charlotte’s Web, Winnie The Pooh, The Velveteen Rabbit, and Horton Hatches the Egg where animals are individuals with rich emotional lives. These books can awaken a deep empathy for other creatures, fostering a sense of kinship with the natural world. However, the stories we encounter aren’t always kind.

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Atlas Obscura

The wild is calling, and writing offers a powerful tool for reconnection. By taking the time to observe and reflect on our outdoor experiences, we begin to notice intricate details we might have otherwise missed: the delicate veins of a violet flower, the cool embrace beneath a linden tree in summer, or the haunting melody of a wood thrush. Through keen observation and evocative language, we can translate this wild beauty onto the page while fostering a deeper connection with our environment. The practice of nature writing can awaken our sense of wonder and a new appreciation for the living world around us.

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Selected Publications

Saving La Ceiba, Terrain Magazine

Feeling at Home in Your Earthly Body, Next Big Idea Book Club Magazine

Rewilding Through Boxing, Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe

Beyond Settler Ecologies, Yes Magazine

Rewilding Attachment Theory, Psyche Magazine

Creating Corridors: How Storytelling Fosters Empathy for Wild Kin, Project Coyote

How to Reconnect With Nature Through Writing Atlas Obscura

Wild Rituals, Weeds, Wolves & Wild Women

What Are You Hungry For? (Beyond Gratitude Lists) Oprah Daily

Rethinking Weeds Harvard Divinity Bulletin

Chaga & Birch: A Meditation on Relationship Journal of Medicinal Plant Conservation