I'm a 34 year old guy interested in earth-based and buddhist spirituality, poetry and creative writing, photography, plants, dreams, outdoor experiences, some sports, activism (particularly regarding climate) and currently in a master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Appalachian State University in Western North Carolina. I spent most of my twenties traveling and living all over the place, focusing on spirituality and healing from trauma. It delivered me to living here in Celo, North Carolina with some dear friends with ambitions of cultivating a land-based community in the future.

I think a lot about the fragility of the systems we're living in and what makes sense to do, now, knowing that it's collapsing before our eyes. Learning the slow ways of the ancestors, growing through my wounds to reconnect to others, and following the inspiration of my soul has been my answer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To connect to others either as a host or a traveler and share some moments of beauty.

Interests

lets chat

• writing
• poetry
• dancing
• exercise
• homesteading
• music
• psychology
• travel
• food
• wilderness
• buddhism
• activism
• dreams
• community
• animism

Music, Movies, and Books

Ensouling Language by Stephen Buhner
The Ascent of Humanity by Charles Eisenstein
Devotions by Mary Oliver
Emergence Magazine
Empire of Illusion by Chris Hedges
Harry Potter series

Music - too many to name. Currently enjoying Fat Freddy's Drop and Mipso

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Stopped projecting my pain onto others and taken responsibility for my own inner life

Teach, Learn, Share

Dreamwork, poetry, time in nature, good conversation, writing, book exchange. I ask great questions. Could teach beginning muay thai and play around with that. Psychology nerding. Camping, skiing, escaping the matrix.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good food, music, handyman type stuff, a listening ear, a quiet evening of being out of your way, empathy, stories of breakdown and breakthrough, how to build the most heat efficient fire.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, England, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Greece, Indonesia, New Zealand, South Korea, United Kingdom, Viet Nam