Welcome!
Who am I? What is this space about?
The short version: I am a college dropout who loves to read science and philosophy, lives for deep conversations and good memes and ‘90s sitcoms and understanding why things are the way they are. I’m a coach and creator who built a successful business online, but now has a complicated relationship to the internet. In 2020 I left everything familiar behind, closed my professional social media accounts, sold my house and all my belongings, moved aboard a 40 foot sailboat, and traveled the world for four years.
These days, I am adjusting back to life on land, navigating the countless inner and outer transitions this requires, and settling into a new life, again.
Over the last decade or two, I have evolved in and out of a multitude of roles and spaces, including photographer (from weddings and landscapes to portraits of Olympians and NYT bestselling authors), fitness professional (the head crossfit coach at a large athletic facility), an online coach for women (beginning with body image and food freedom work, moving into mindset and inner healing work), podcaster, video creator, sailor, global vagabond, psychonaut, and writer.
And now?
I no longer have 90% of my belongings, the business I spent a decade building, or any of the titles that I wore in my previous life. My four years at sea taught me many lessons, most of which are still becoming clear, bit by bit. I am fascinated by the ways in which modern life has encouraged us to forget who we are at our core, and right now I’m most interested in the various ways in which we can remember: to rewild ourselves.
Slow living, creativity, stillness, embodiment, community, and spirituality lie at the heart of what I explore here. Connection is what I study — to ourselves, to others, to the earth, to our place in the cosmos.
You can read more about what rewilding means to me here.
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xo
Taylor
