…and a devoted student to learning and walking the edges of my own psyche and beyond. I have a deep desire to move toward wholeness and the full expression of this one life that I can call mine. I have a deep desire to live with an open heart that can make room for the full spectrum of life.
My name is Angela, and I created Inner Guide out of a knowing that it was time to start giving my gifts to the world. I believe inside each of us is an Inner Guide (our Soul) who can helps us remember who we truly are and our purpose for being here. I am a guide for others who are longing for their wholeness and reconnection to all of Life.
Through the auspices of my many guides, I have found myself in places and with people and non-human beings that have helped me embody the birth-rites that belong to each of us and that I want to share with you:
We ARE nature:::separation is an illusion
We are not broken, there is nothing to fix
Psychological distress can be alleviated by coming back to wholeness within the self, connection to the more-than-human world, and claiming our Soul’s purpose for our lifetime
Reconnecting to our natural selves is crucial
What we desire to feel is here for us at any time
We are born to live in awe and gratitude
We aren’t meant do it alone
I AM A….
* SOUL GUIDE * *SHAPE-SHIFTER*
*EARTH PRAISER* *WILD WOMAN*
“The ultimate shapeshifter works undercover in service of the greater good.” — Kim Kranz
Given the angst and anxiety of living in a culture where individualism and monetary wealth are the hallmarks of success, it can be overwhelming trying to figure out how to find one’s way toward a life of meaning and contentment. In such a complicated and broken system, hopelessness may find its way into your heart and dim the light that is hidden there.
Though it may feel like a heavy burden, I believe we are born for the times we are in and what we need most urgently is to find our way home to ourselves, reclaiming ourself and our species as a beautiful and integral part within the larger Earth community. I believe the illusion of separation is what wreaks havoc on our hearts, minds, and souls both individually and collectively, and if we are to “save the world” we must first heal and whole ourselves.
Trainings & Soulcentric Personal Development
Wild Mind Intensive (2023)- Animas Valley Institute
Soulcraft Intensive (2023)- Animas Valley Institute
Gottman Method Couples Therapy Clinical Training-Level 1
The Four Shields of Wholeness for Women Assistant (2022) School of Lost Borders
Wilderness First Responder (2022) NOLS
Elders Journey Assistant (2019) School of Lost Borders
Month-Long Wilderness Guide Training, (2019) School of Lost Borders
Nature as Mirror Training (2018) School of Lost Borders
Bolad’s Kitchen with Martín Prechtel, 2014-current
Grief Tending with Sobonfu Somé, 2015
Regenerative Design and Nature Awareness with Weaving Earth, 2011-2013
Formal Education
Master’s of Marriage and Family Therapy from Touro University Worldwide (2022)
Ecotherapy Certificate Program: Nature Connection Practices that Heal from Pacifica Graduate Institute (2022-2023)
B.S in Secondary Education from Central Michigan University (2007)
A smattering of what has inspired & guided me…
Personal Growth & Development
The Five Invitations- Frank Otaseski
No Death No Fear- Thich Nhat Hanh
Goldmining the Shadows-Pixie Lighthorse
Sacred Land Sacred Sex Rapture of the Deep- Dolores LaChapelle
Soulcraft- Bill Plotkin
Transcend-Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D
How To Be An Antiracist-Ibram X. Kendi
Anything by Brené Brown
The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible- Charles Eisenstein
Sprituality & Spiritual Ecology
All books by Martín Prechtel
Anything by Terry Tempest Williams
Brene Brown (everything)
Consciousness Medicine-Francoise Bourzat
Braiding Sweetgrass- Robin Wall Kimmerer
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek-Annie Dillard
The Roaring of the Sacred River- Steven Foster & Meredith Little
The Four Shields -Steven Foster & Meredith Little
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek-Annie Dillard
Educational
The Ohlone Way- Margolin
Tending the Wild- Kat Anderson
How To Change Your Mind- Michael Pollan
Field Guides to Birds, Trees, Insects, Fungi, etc!
Teachers as Cultural Works & Pedagogy of the Oppressed- Paolo Freire
Myth
A Branch from the Lightening Tree-Martin Shaw
Wolf Milk- Martin Shaw
Snowy Tower- Martin Shaw
Mythos- Stephen Fry
Circe- Madeline Miller
Poetry
Mary Oliver
John O’Donohue
Pablo Neruda
Yung Pueblo
Rupi Kaur
Walker Abel
Wendell Berry
Rilke
Rumi
Podcasts
On Being w/ Krista Tippet
Making Sense w/ Sam Harris
For the Wild
Hidden Brain (psychology)
Feeling Good Podcast- TEAM-CBT
Living Myth- Michael Meade
Tara Brachs’s podcast
Awesome people & offerings
Dana Schlick- Womb Weaver’s & Grief Tending