I am a calm and open minded person who really enjoys meeting new people and expanding my horizons wherever I can. I'm an environmentalist, mental health advocate, feminist, and progressive social activist. I believe in equality and dismantling classist and other discriminatory barriers for all humans.

I am very passionate about the wilderness and experiencing nature. I feel beautifully insignificant, and get a true sense of peace when I am outnumbered by giants who speak with their leaves.

I also live and breathe music and art! I love listening to music, writing music, and seeing music. I have also taken quite an interest in photography and making collage art (@kokesch_kollage on IG)

My other passions include seeing live entertainment and the arts, music festivals, having insightful conversations, mushroom hunting, stretching and mediation, sharing laughs, stargazing, canoeing/hiking, watching films, having a casual night of cards/games, and getting out to see the world.

Current Mission:

Currently, I've just finishing up my Honours BSc. in Psychology and will be beginning my Masters in Counselling Psychology in September. Apart from that, I spend the free time I have with friends and delving deep into my creativity and inspiring others to do the same. The world needs more art.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is a great way to meet new and interesting people and to participate in/witness how they shape their world, and how their world shapes them.

Interests

psychology,
meditation,
Therapy
ecology/environmental sciences.
medicinal plants,
ambient music and soundscapes,
Jazz
nature,
coffee,
games/board games, (Anyone know how to play Pente? Dutch Blitz? Rummie? Bonanza?)
literature,
film,
travelling,
comedy,
Guitar and writing music. (check out some of my music on my instagram @lylekokesch)

• literature
• music festivals
• dancing
• cocktails
• coffee
• politics
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• canoeing
• camping
• biology
• philosophy
• psychology
• nature
• plants
• film
• games
• collage
• buddhist philosophy

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Ari Aster, Stanley Kubrick, Embrace of the Serpent, There Will Be Blood, Before Sunrise series, Midsommar, Waking Life, The Big Lebowski, A Serious Man, Dead Man, Baraka/Koyaanisqatsi, Mulholland Drive, My Dinner With Andre, No Country for Old Men, Apocalypse Now, Bird Man, Whiplash, Holy Mountain, Down By Law, Magnolia,

Music: I enjoy all genres of music, but the musicians who aren't afraid to experiment are the ones I like best.

To name a few; The Smile, Yussef Dayes, Big Thief, Cass McCombs, Sam Evian, Marconi Union, Radiohead, Steve Reich, Madvillain, Deerhunter, Harold Budd, Broken Social Scene, Miles Davis, Art Pepper, John Coltrane, Grant Green, Aphex Twin, Toe, Gangstarr, Neil Young, The Barr Brothers, Bonobo, Howlin' Wolf, Phillip Glass... and on and on and on.....

Books: In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Herman Hesse, Prometheus Rising, Crime and Punishment, Breakfast of Champions, Brave New World, The Island, A Clockwork Orange, Brothers Karamazov, East of Eden, The Grapes of Wrath, Buddha's Brain, The Power of Now, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

Teach, Learn, Share

Music, art, card games, cocktails, coffee/espresso

What I Can Share with Hosts

A helping hand,
honesty,
Cribbage partner,
Conversations,
Food and drink!

Countries I’ve Visited

Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada