…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