What does being a “Badass” mean to you? For years, I cringed when people applied this term to me for fear that I couldn’t live up to it. But this year, I’ve decided not only to own it, but to define it in my own terms!

Intimate encounters with wildlife are the marrow in our bones, the piece of our humanity that reminds us what it means to truly feel ALIVE and connected to all others in our ecosystem. Read on for my wildest of all encounters…

I consider birthdays to be a rare personal New Year’s Eve; a chance to reinvent yourself for your uniquely individual year ahead.