Contemplative Hiking

My Traditional Bio

I am a writer, designer and ecopsychologist. I hold a bachelor’s in Art/Graphic Design from San Diego State University and a master’s in Ecopsychology from Naropa University.

I’ve been a freelance graphic designer since 1996 and a copywriter since 2007.

I worked as a copywriter for Hot Topic Media, a virtual company specializing in self-help products, where I wrote relationship advice articles, sales letters, promotional e-mails and banner advertising. I currently offer similar services on a freelance basis to internet-based companies.

As a freelance graphic designer, I create marketing collateral for large companies and small nonprofits. I specialize in brochure design, annual reports, newsletters and brand design.

Currently, I’m using my skills, experience and knowledge to write a book on contemplative hiking along the Front Range, and offering workshops on the psychological aspects of activism. I take people on contemplative hikes in the mountains of Colorado and in the future hope to expand that into weekend-long wilderness retreats.

My vision is to inspire people to realize the intrinsic value of nature.

My Eco-Bio

I was born in Poland in a northern city on the Baltic Sea. I lived in a small studio apartment with my parents until I was about six, at which point we emigrated to the U.S. We ended up in Detroit, Michigan, where we lived in a house that bordered a large park and ball fields. My bedroom had a small balcony where I would watch sunsets and thunderstorms. I remember floating in my backyard above-ground swimming pool, making lazy circles in the water on hot days.

We moved to San Diego, California when I graduated from high school, and I spent 12 years there getting to know a warm, relatively unchanging climate near the ocean. My favorite memories from San Diego involve solitary walks on the beach, swimming in the cold, olive-green ocean early one Sunday morning and seeing fish in the waves, and the constant smell of salt, kelp and eucalyptus.

My soul’s true home is Colorado, where I now live with my family. I am particularly hypnotized by the San Juan mountains, which are pictured to the left. At the top is the Sneffels Range and the Dallas Divide, near Ridgway, Colorado. The bottom photo depicts a serene pastoral scene not far away from where the first photo was taken. There is a feeling of timelessness and power when you’re surrounded by these mountains. Worries seem puny and your imagination soars when you contemplate the silence and mystery of the peaks. The summits are often dangerously windy, shrouded in mist or snow, and allow only the most enduring and hearty of creatures to survive there.

I hope to spend most of my time contemplating those mountains, and leading people to discover where their own soul resides.

Hot air balloons often take off and land on clear summer mornings along the Dallas Divide in Ridgway, Colorado.

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