Break Toxic Patterns and Rediscover Your Strength
Kat Ripley, Juniper Moss Guide Services
Today we get back to my wild fan-girling business with Renaissance woman and Registered Maine Guide, Kat Ripley.
Kat and I recently worked together on an amazing event hosted by Anna Heath and We Built This, where eight wanna-be carpenters were brought together for a weekend of learning, building, mending, yoga and outdoor mindfulness - that last part was where Kat came in for this event.
Kat encourages We Built This participants to consider how nature prepares for winter
One of Kat’s most potent talents involves bringing people into nature in a meaningful way, which she’s now doing through her Juniper Moss Guide Services. Kat walked us all through an amazing exercise at the end of our weekend, which she is generous enough to share again today.
But that’s just the tip of the iceberg of value and inspiration this exceptional woman brings - Kat’s many interests and multiple resets and restarts might just get you fired up to try something new yourself in the new year, or at the very least, start putting yourself first in ways that truly matter!
Kat Ripley joined Lindsay Currier on a bikepack/packrafting adventure this fall!
As a gift for yourself this holiday season, make for darn sure that you follow Kat Ripley everywhere: check out her website, JuniperMossGuideServices.com, where she’s already got some very fun-sounding stuff brewing for 2024; then head over to Instagram and give her a follow @junipermossguideservices and @kat_rip so you can bask in her thoughtful longer-form captions and the fun pix of her adventures and yurt life!
**IMPORTANT NOTE: Content warning for this episode - we don’t get into a ton of detail, but we do discuss domestic abuse and child abuse. If those topics will be hard for you, maybe take this week off - but let me also say that your home should be a safe place, and if you ever feel even remotely like that is not the case, please reach out to the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. Help is available, please keep yourself and your family safe this holiday season and always.
You can also find help locally:
In Maine - The Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence
In New Hampshire - NH Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
In Massachusetts - MA Domestic Violence Services by County
In Vermont - VT Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
In Connecticut - CT Coalition Against Domestic Violence
In Rhode Island - RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence
In New York - New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
And more links from our conversation:
Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, MD
Attached by Amir Levine, M.D. and Rachel S. F. Heller, M.A.
And of course, a nod to our founding sponsor, Evans Notch Lodge - it’s not too late to claim a winter weekend for your friend or family reunion, 2024 planning session, masterclass or retreat - if you can dream it, we can probably host it!