Been Outside: Adventures of Black Women, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming People in Nature
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Been Outside: Adventures of Black Women, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming People in Nature

I have become a specialist on the future self I know I want to arrive at and the work she will be doing.
I’ve had the privilege of hugging trees from the Cascades to the Great Smokies and have twirled from the Alps to the Alaska Range, giving mother nature a little performance in appreciation for her hospitality. I enter her gates broken and leave whole again.
I could hear the wind chimes calling me outdoors to release my pain and anguish.
Bonded, we went beyond, to bigger, higher, and deeper terrain.
if you have ever seen anyone do anything that you thought looked fun, you are just as human as they are and you have every right to try it out too.
Each person has the potential to learn and succeed given a supportive environment.
Decluttering your mind at any moment may help free up room for the thoughts that need more time.
Nature is my favorite place to explore, to frolic, to cry, to learn, to grow—the list is as endless as my curiosity.
Nature can be the perfect tool in your therapy toolbox. Engage your body as you meander along a trail or rest on the back porch. Inhale the scents of grass and moist earth. Listen to the sound of chipmunks rustling through the leaf litter and eastern towhees searching for fallen seed. Use these metronomes of the earth to keep the beat of your
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