Companions for the journey home.
Sometimes the doorway into deeper change begins—with a book, a practice, or a gentle shift in how we relate to our bodies and the living world around us.
The resources shared here are not about fixing or optimizing. They are invitations to slow down, listen, and reconnect with what has always been within reach.
Each offering is rooted in embodied experience, nature-based wisdom, and years of guiding others through the terrain of restoration and renewal.
The Nature Reset
A practical and powerful guide for restoring your nervous system and remembering your place in the living world.
From a forest ecologist turned somatic therapist, The Nature Reset offers simple, accessible practices for calming the nervous system, rekindling creativity, and reconnecting with your body and spirit—whether you live in the heart of a city or a suburban backyard.
Rather than asking you to think your way into change, this book invites you to experience it—through sensory awareness, nature connection, and embodied presence.
You’ll find:
- 25 Gentle, step-by-step practices that support regulation and resilience
- Strategies to rewild right where you are through local foraging, elemental embodiment, earthing, and growing medical herbs
- Detailed charts that support you with incorporating Nature’s medicine into your daily life
- Ways to create your own Nature retreat, forest bathing experiences, and profoundly connect children with Nature
- Nature’s lessons, such as awakening the heart, embodiment, and getting grounded
This is a book to move with slowly—returning to it as you would a trusted guide.
“A detailed map that reveals true practices for awakening harmony in ourselves, and for bringing more peace into the world.”
Robin Rose Bennett
Author of Healing Magic: The Gift of Healing Herbs
“I believe the lessons from The Nature Reset are essential for the journey of coming home to your body and living a passionate and authentic life of connection. I am excited to share them with you.”
– Kathleen McIntyre, author
“This guide gently weaves together scientific insights and practical advice to highlight the profound impacts of nature on your nervous system, body, and spirit.”
– Angie Stegall
ANFT Certified Forest Therapy Guide
From five-minute practices to day-long journeys, each lesson learned from Nature provides a road map to well-being, connection, and the opportunity of coming home to yourself.
“This book challenges the reader to practice the lessons prescribed rather than just assimilate them mentally. This is not a book about learning; it is a book about trying…it leads the reader into a mindful relationship with Nature that can both renew and restore physical, mental and spiritual health.”
– Hope Andersen
Author of How to Remodel a Life
“Kathleen wisely and gently guides the reader through a multi-sensory experience as she teaches how connecting with nature can be a pleasure-filled pathway to accessing the best evidence-based approaches to restoring and sustaining well-being, resilience, and authentic self-compassion.”
– Wayne M. Sotile, Ph.D.
Author and Founder of Sotile Center for Resilience
“A kind and encouraging guide for any age to help restore our connections with Nature. Kathleen helps us find mindfulness, solace, balance, and endurance through her intelligent practices for Nature resetting.”
– Clare Walker Leslie
Author of A Year In Nature: A Memoir of Solace
Additional Resources
From time to time, I share reflections, practices, and seasonal insights through my newsletter. Gentle offerings to support presence and integration in everyday life.