Laurie King, editor of the book Wilder Journeys: True Stories of Nature, Adventure and & Connection, along with contributors Celia Bull and Karen Darke will be joining us for an exciting deep dive into the stories that get us excited about going out.
About the book: Follow the call of the wild with these incredible true stories from an international group of nature lovers, nomads and adventurers. In these pages, you are invited to share the wisdom they gained on their wild journeys. You will walk across the Australian desert with American explorer Angela Maxwell; live with Hamza Yassin and a family of eagles in Scotland; survive for 10 years in an Australian forest with Gregory Smith; hunt in the wilderness with Miriam Lancewood in New Zealand; chart Karl Bushby’s passage through the formidable Darien Gap; and set up a surf school for people of colour in California with David Malana.
With beautiful illustrations, a foreword from explorer Belinda Kirk and contributions from leading poets, including David Whyte and Fatimah Asghar, this book will inspire you to get out of your comfort zone and connect to your wild, animal soul.
About the authors:
Laurie King is Passionate about helping people heal their feeling of disconnect from the natural world, Laurie became a writer, researcher and facilitator.
“I decided to create Wilder Journeys to show people what is possible, to encourage them to transform themselves and their connection to the wider web of life, just as many of the authors have.”
As a freelance writer, she has written features for magazines such as Resurgence and Ecologist, Sustainable Food Trust, STIR to Action and Bristol Cable. She is currently completing her PhD at Cardiff University, which takes a more-than-human approach to researching sustainable harvesting of wild food. She is currently training as a wilderness rites of passage guide and organising courses which help people feel more purposeful and connected in these times.
Celia Bull is a sailor, yogi and crofter. She sailed her first boat, Ada, to Antarctica and South Georgia and in the fjords of Chile in the early 2000s. She then spent several years living in Chile before taking to the seas again on her aluminium sailboat, Selkie. She now lives on the Isle of Eigg in Scotland where she raises Shetland sheep for wool, runs sailing charters on Selkie and offers yoga retreats – bringing all her passions together.
Karen Darke could be described as a modern-day ‘Alchemist’: a learning & development specialist turned mindset- heartset coach, explorer, athlete, speaker and author. Karen’s purpose is about helping individuals and organisations ‘Find Inner Gold’: turning challenge into opportunity, turning ‘lead’ into ‘gold’. “I have a passion for helping others transform, move beyond perceived limitations and consider possibility. Ability is a state of mind not body: through my own journey, I have discovered the incredible power we have within us to change our thoughts, our emotions, and our energy. We can all learn to be our own alchemist, to transform unwanted emotions or experiences into gold, be creators of our reality and in doing so improve our performance, our wellbeing, and the world around us.“
