Trauma therapist, bodyworker, latent ethnobotanist, lazy writer .

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I live to travel, am interested in meeting new friends from unfamiliar places, and will do anything to subvert neoliberal capitalist consumer practices.

Interests

• organic food
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• journalism
• public policy
• storytelling
• intentional communities
• dance
• public health
• sustainable development
• community
• art therapy
• hot springs
• natural building
• natural medicine
• ecstatic dance
• bodywork
• therapy

Music, Movies, and Books

My Name is Lucy Barton, Gloria Steinem's My Life on the Road, anything Ursula Le Guin or Malcolm Gladwell. I watch Westworld, BBC shows. I listen to podcasts Revisionist History, Lavar Burton, Radiolab, Snap Judgement, Invisibilia, and the Moth. Eclectic musical tastes.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I wish hitchhiking was more common. I spent one summer doing master's research in southern Belize, hitchhiking the highway and meeting so many interesting people.

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach a lot about relationships, stress and the brain. I love to learn any and everything and hear people's stories.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm a bodyworker and body-oriented trauma therapist, mindfulness practitioner. I know lots of fun exercises for accessing healthy aggression, and I love animals and children. I've done hands-on healing work my whole adult life, so that's easy to offer. I also like like to cook.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Ecuador, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore