CURRENT MISSION

root down in the bay for a while~~~

ABOUT ME

i am seeking to live as presently as possible while keeping the important pieces of life in balance.

i just left philadelphia, where i was working as a trauma therapist for children ages 18 months to 13 years old. on the night of my 30th birthday while in the woods of maine, i made a plan to leave that position and begin living in a more sustainable, balanced way...in a way that allows me to be more tuned into the creative and wild. as of march 4th, i stopped working full time. now on a mission to use my photography and my training in social work to see what can happen.

i've lived in swaziland, south africa, mexico, and in a castle in the hudson river valley with an old woman and a ghost. my favorite places are the ones i've not been yet. always craving new adventures and to follow the thing that's seen out of the corner of my eye. i think hunches, gut feelings, and intuition are important guides.

PHILOSOPHY

"people living deeply have no fear of death." (anais nin)

"The way to maintain one's connection to the wild is to ask yourself what it is that you want. This is the sorting of the seed from the dirt. One of the most important discriminations we can make in this matter is the difference between things that beckon to us and things that call from our souls." (Clarissa Pinkola Estes)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

meet travelers for coffee/drinks until i am able to host. message me if you are in the bay and want to hang with some locals.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

my last roommate and i hosted several CSers and met some lovely folks in doing so. travelers, musicians, artists, etc.

i was hosted as a surfer in kansas and had a lovely experience.

Interests

photography, yoga, coffee, dark chocolate, color, light, water, soil, trees, sensory experiences, learning, baths, dreams, art, succulents, breathing, families, live music, hazelnuts, horoscopes, healing

• arts
• photography
• coloring
• chocolate
• coffee
• yoga
• drinking
• music
• live music
• social work

Music, Movies, and Books

authors: alice walker, susan griffin, annie dillard, clarissa pinkola estes, howard zinn, nikki giovanni, kingsolver, arundhati roy

sounds: leonard cohen, nina simone, cat power, over the rhine, patty griffin, lucinda williams, brandi carlile, the felice brothers, tom waits, miriam makeba

films: fried green tomatoes, volver, under the same moon, frida

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

swam and crawled deep into a bat cave in guatemala by candlelight

Teach, Learn, Share

photography

social work/therapy-related stuff (i specialized in a trauma treatment program for kids in philly)

southern africa, guatemala

Countries I’ve Visited

Botswana, Guatemala, India, Mexico, South Africa

Countries I’ve Lived In

Swaziland, United States