101: Kimberly Beck, Founder of Relational Rewilding

<p>Kimberly Beck is the founder of <a href= "https://www.relationalrewilding.com/about.html">Relational Rewilding</a> in CO. Kimberly shares that she was obsessed with animals and nature as a child. Her passion grew into facilitating the relationship between people and nature, people and animals, and people and people in various ways. Kimberly has designed and led environmental programs as a Naturalist and a Certified Interpretive Guide. She would go earn a Master’s in Counseling from Colorado State University which began her path into healing others via Ecotherapy.</p> <p>Bio from the Relational Rewilding Website: </p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style= "font-size: large;">As a young child walking through Ohio oak-hickory forests, Kimberly would regularly ask: 'How can I teach others to love these woods as much as I do? How might people take care of these places? Can we heal here? Do people develop differently with more exposure to nature?' </span></span>These internal questions have guided her life's work, and still continue today.<br /> <br /> Kimberly's passion is facilitating relationship between people and nature, people and animals, and people and people. As a naturalist, humane educator, eco-therapist, nature mentor and dog trainer, <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style= "font-size: large;">she considers herself to be living her childhood dreams. She attributes her relationship with nature as a primary protective factor in her own emotional and psychological resilience, and hence chose to blend nature and psychology in her work. Kimberly</span> </span>values helping others improve their health, confidence, relationships, and sense of belonging in the world by restoring the original kinship we humans share with nature.<span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style= "font-size: large;">She believes the health of people is absolutely intertwined with the health of our ecosystems, and hopes that re-establishing natural, native connections will generate more compassionate attitudes and acti