A Woman in the Woods Podcast

A Woman in the Woods Podcast


Latest Episodes

Life Is a Laundromat: EP013
April 20, 2020

Hello again. These past two weeks I found it impossible to function normally beyond taking care of myself. As the number of cases and deaths from the virus continued to increase exponentially around the globe,

Living on the Edge of Death: EP012
April 02, 2020

I hope you all had a good week, considering the circumstances. A week where you were able to take good care of yourselves and found a way to alleviate some of the stress that you are most likely under right now.

Self Care During the Crisis: EP011
March 24, 2020

This past week I have found it very difficult to function, as I am sure most of you who are listening to this podcast have found as well. So, I took some time off in order to focus a bit on some self care.

Forgiveness: EP010
March 10, 2020

Nature was my safe space when I was a child. Whether I was sitting on the top of a mountain, hanging out by the side of a glacial lake, or lying on my back in a meadow looking up at the clouds, it made me feel as though everything in my life would some...

Staring Down the Barrel: EP009
March 03, 2020

Nature has its own special type of silence. When I am alone, embraced by it, there is no true absence of sound. On the contrary, you can still hear the breath of the wind as it exhales through the trees. Songbirds create a pleasing hallelujah chorus in...

Nature Is My Religion: EP008
February 25, 2020

This episode Im going to start things off a little bit differently. Im going to read a chapter from my upcoming book of essays, Walking on the Edge of Crazy. This essay is titled Of Demons and Ange

Healing Waters: EP007
February 18, 2020

There is a seasonal creek that sits right below the cabin. It runs full and swift during the Spring runoff once the temperatures begin to rise, which usually occurs sometime in April. Several small waterfalls form and the sounds are soothing and energi...

Lost in the Wilderness: EP006
February 11, 2020

Many years ago, I was involved in a search and rescue party. This was for a teenage girl who had run away from the private residential school, where I was working at the time. The school sat on 500 forested acres and was far from a highway and the near...

Under the Heavens: EP005
February 04, 2020

I dont know how many of you have had the opportunity to remove yourself from the light pollution of the cities and stand under the breathtaking canopy of the heavens on a moonless night. If you have

Scaling Mountains: EP004
January 28, 2020

Many years ago now, I decided to make a journey back to my home town to do some backpacking and a solo climb of one of my favorite 13,000 foot peaks. I had been living in the crowded suburbs for 24 years at that point,