Walk with the Wild

02/12/2025

🌿🐾 What a Little Abandoned Puppy Teaches Us About Life & Mental Health 🐾🌿

Imagine a tiny puppy, just a few days old scared, alone, and unsure of what will happen next. No one to comfort him. No one to say, “You’re safe now.” That image tugs at our hearts, doesn’t it?

But here’s the truth: many people also walk through life feeling just like that puppy.

Alone. Unseen. Vulnerable.

We all come into this world needing warmth, connection, and care. Yet somewhere along the way, some of us are left out in the cold emotionally, mentally, spiritually. And just like that little pup, we may not have the words to ask for help, but we feel the ache of abandonment all the same.

So what can we learn from this little soul?

- Every living being needs a safe place. Whether it’s a friend or a community, support is a lifeline.
- Compassion is a superpower.
- We all deserve love not because we’ve earned it, but because we exist. Just like that puppy, we are worthy of care. That truth can change a life.

Let’s build a world where no one feels like this abandoned pup. Let’s be the ones who notice, who reach out, who offer shelter emotionally and otherwise.

Because mental health isn’t just about surviving. It’s about thriving. And no one should have to do it alone.

This little soul now named Soul is safe. Thanks to HAART - Helping All Animals in Rural Towns he’s on his way to a beautiful new life.

Spending time with him in this raw world reminds me of my own struggles and what it means to connect, to support, and to truly see one another.

When we look deeper, we reconnect with the parts of ourselves we thought were forgotten.

24/11/2025

🌿 Wild Ground 🌿

🐾 The Tracks That Led me back 🐾

I’ve arrived in Africa.
The land feels familiar, but I’ve changed.

This is a new chapter.
It’s the same river, finding another bend and adventure.

I’m here to keep listening to the land, to the wild, to the quiet truths that only show up when you slow down.

This track stopped me.
Just one print in the mud, but it held everything: presence, movement, memory.

Every track is sacred.
A moment of decision. A sign of life.

A question: Where are you going?

Wilderness therapy teaches us that healing doesn’t always roar.

Sometimes it’s a whisper in the sand or dirt.

I’ll be sharing what I learn along the way not as answers, but as offerings.

And yes, I left my best friend behind my dog, my shadow, my reminder to stay present. Her footprints are missed and her absence is loud. But I carry her with me, in every step.

🐾 Track by track, the wild teaches. I’m here to listen and to share 🐾

🌿What’s one track you’ve followed lately that’s taught you something real? 🌿

16/11/2025

🐾 “And God said, I will send them without wings so no one suspects they are angels.” 🐾 DOG..

She is my soul’s compass. My silent healer.

While I’m away on my trip to learn and experience more, I’ll miss her deeply.

Not just her presence, but the way she teaches me to rest, to trust, to belong.

Her sleeping is more than stillness.
It’s a ritual.
It’s devotion.
It’s the kind of love that asks for nothing but your presence.

She is my world.
She reminds me that belonging walks quietly, Leaves pawprints, and teachs us how to come home to ourselves.

🌿 Even in my absence, love leaves tracks. Even in silence, she speaks 🌿

14/11/2025

🌿🐾 Where the tracks lead 🐾🌿

I’m heading back to Africa on Monday.

I’m leaving my soul mate at home my dog, my shadow, my reminder to stay present and to embrace every moment.

Her gaze holds more wisdom than most words ever could and how all my dogs have taught me so much in my life.

Another chance to learn. Another chance to listen.

Wilderness therapy isn’t always about answers.

It’s about being shaped by the land and what the wild ones teach us.

I’ve followed tracks through courses, through questions, through quiet moments.

This is another trip to continue that path.

I don’t know exactly what I’ll find.
But I trust where it’s leading me.

I’ll share what I learn along the way the raw, the real, the wild.

🌿 Sometimes healing looks like walking into the unknown 🌿

12/11/2025

11/11/2025

🌿 Noses in Nature 🐾 What the nose knows 🐾

Some truths can’t be seen they must be sensed.

That’s what brought me deeper in my understanding. Walking beside conservation dogs whose noses read the land like memory.

In the dirt trails they:

- Detect endangered species through s**t, fur, or scent trails
- Locate illegal wildlife products like ivory or pangolin scales
- Identify invasive plants before they spread
- Track Poachers footprints

Their noses are precise. They know.

But what strikes me most isn’t just their training it’s what is already in them. A deeper connection and understanding.

These dogs don’t just learn they remember.
They remember how to listen to the land.
They remember how to follow what can’t be seen.
They remember how to trust what they feel.

That’s not in any manual. It’s instinct.

🌿 And we have it too 🌿

I'm sharing these moments and this deep rooted knowledge with you:

- Trust your senses. Dogs don’t second-guess a scent. What if we trusted our instincts that way?

- Stay curious. Every trail tells a story. The question is are we paying attention?

- Work with joy. These dogs track with tail wags. Purpose doesn’t have to feel heavy and you can find that too.

- Use what’s already in you. You don’t have to be taught how to feel, to trust your own instincts and intuition, to sense, or care. You just have to choose it for yourself.

The wild leaves clues.

What are you sensing today that’s asking to be followed?



K9 Conservation

11/11/2025

As you all know I am heading off to Africa next week on another journey to help support in places that are close to my heart.

To every single heart and you know who you are that gave whether pennies or pounds a huge huge thank you 💚🙏 we raised £200 which is great.

Because of you and the money I also put in a little life has a future. A rescued pup, now named Soul (a name I offered, and it was chosen 💛), begins their journey wrapped in love, safety, and second chances. Amazing how this little one came about at the time I started this. I hope to be a part of his journey when I get there 🙏

But it doesn’t stop there.

The same and part of the funds will ripple outward supporting K9 conservation units and teams on frontlines of anti-poaching. Which I will be sharing with them when I arrive.

Your kindness fuels more than one life. It protects the sacred.

Every gift matters. Every act counts.
No matter how small, it saves something irreplaceable.

I will share my journey when I get there but for now little 'soul' is doing well and has his little eyes open to the world 🐾✨️

From my heart to yours thank you for standing with me.

For choosing Soul. For choosing life 🐾💚

HAART - Helping All Animals in Rural Towns

10/11/2025

🌿 Wild Ground 🐾 The ground holds stories 🐾

As we walked the beach yesterday I stopped in my tracks to see...

Lots of paw prints from beings who move with instinct, loyalty, and purpose.
Each track is different.
Each dog, a unique soul.
Some big some small.
Some bold, some quiet. Some playful, some fierce.
But all walked this path. All left something behind.

Proof that presence matters. That movement leaves meaning.
And that even when the tracks fade, the impact remains.

Nature doesn’t separate us it connects us.
The dog, the deer, the wind, the soil… all part of the same rhythm.

🌿 Wildlife and nature teaches us that every being belongs, every step matters, and every mark is sacred 🌿

What kind of track are you leaving behind?

Who might be walking beside you or had walked the path before you but with their own unique presence and purpose?

09/11/2025

🌿 Sunday reflection 🐾 Truth unleashed

“In a world of masks and noise, dogs remain truth tellers. What if we led like they do with presence, loyalty, and quiet strength?”