“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Rumi

It took me a while to fully understand what I was trying to do with One Wild Life. It had always been my mission to protect the planet from further destruction. To preserve it. To educate people to want to protect it. In fact it is this very mission that saw me burn out, develop M.E. and be of use to no one.

So when the idea came to create a business that simply helped women to experience the freedom, joy and wildness of spending time out in nature, I felt like a fraud. Like I was copping out.

I was no eco warrior. How could I hold my head up and say that I stood by those who were doing so like Greta and the rest of Extinction  Rebellion?

But then I realised I too have a dream.

I too believe.

I learned from my journey from burn out and realised the following:

That one of the greatest, most radical, most noble things we can do, not just for the planet but for every person we love and hold dear, is to live wild.

But what do I mean by that? To live wild?

Oh my dear reader,to live wild is as rich in meaning as the houmous that nourishes the forest. It’s as deep as the ocean and as vibrant as a flurry of rainbow wings in tropical sunlight as macaws dance in their own magnificence.

For now I will uncover just the surface of this mystery, this deep act of service for the world. The rest, I invite you to discover for yourself. To open your eyes to beauty, your heart to wonderment and your soul to a remembrance of who it always was. What you have been searching for your whole life.

To Live Wild:

1.   To simply spend more time outside,untangling your mind, refilling your cup, unpicking who you are from the beliefs and structures of those around you. 

Time to connect back to your heart. Your truth. And feel replenished.

To stare awes-struck at the beauty of the crimson sky as the fiery sun sinks to be embraced by the cool, still ocean.

To inhale the perfumes of countless wildflowers of an early summer meadow or listen to the whispers of birch leaves as they share their secrets on the fresh, late Spring afternoon.

2.  To live as a part of nature, nurturing the land, growing your food.

Thrusting your hands into the deep loamy soil to retrieve the crisp, artistically-shaped carrots, lost in the magic that the last time you saw them they were seeds barely visible.

Knowing that every action you take from chopping your food to going to the toilet is all a sacred and important part of a cycle. That every single thing that you do will help to support the food you grow and the wildlife who share the land with you.

3.  To learn the language of the wild.

To know how to read the weather, the mountains, the messages that the plants and birds share with you. To journey knowing that you are fully supported by the land and to surrender to the trust that you have everything that you need, and more.

To discover that your body is a part of this tapestry and by learning to move with its rhythms and cycles, to understand the signals that your body tells you, your understanding of the wild deepens further.

 4. To find the wild within you.

To release the bonds of cultural pressure, of judgement, of criticism. To feel the fire of your existence, the passion that lies dormant within you and be able to release it in a joyful exuberance, announcing who you are to the wildest of worlds.

To know your truth To seek your own council. To build the future you believe in.

To laugh on the floor from the belly, tears rolling down your cheeks, to sing from your heart knowing your voice is perfect as it is and the sheer vibrance of your aliveness is all that is needed for everyone to know you exist. 

That you belong.

“But why is this so important for the world?” I hear you ask.

Some of this is obvious. As we adopt a lifestyle that allows us to work with the land more closely, we are more able to be conscientious caretakers for the very thing that supports us.

But how is taking time to run bare foot through the forests useful for the world?

Well, I asked myself these questions:

How can we tend to others if our cup is not already full?

How can we inspire our children if we are not already bursting with inspiration?

How can we maintain our boundaries if we don’t know where we end and the world begins?

How can we speak with conviction with a tangled, tired mind?

How can we create a beautiful world, more connected to nature if we don’t know how to inhabit that world ourselves?

How can we make a stand for the truth in our hearts if our voices are still silenced by the criticism of others?

Our joy is our power.

It’s the source of our fire. And a power that is fed by nothing more than the sheer exhilaration of experiencing this wild and precious earth is a magnificent power indeed. One to be nurtured and cherished.

And so my invitation to all those who feel the call of the wild, who long to feel that deeper connection to something much bigger than yourselves:

A wilder life is there already. It already exists. 

It has been waiting for you.

All that is needed from you is the curiosity and courage to take that first step.

And I’m here to help you do that.

Journey well xx

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“A power that is fed by nothing more than the sheer exhilaration of experiencing this wild and precious earth is a magnificent power indeed. One to be nurtured and cherished”