Wild Words
I write because I can’t not write. Words burn inside of me waiting to find a moment to escape onto the page. I have written a personal blog for over ten years publicly, behind a paywall on Patreon for five of those years and now publicly again via Substack.
Below some links to some of my writing and where you can find it.
What Substack Means to Me
I like the idea of a future where we return to small businesses, cottage industry, bartering, shopping local and supporting the arts. Substack's values align to mine in this regard.
Subscriptions for writers and other creatives allow us to live more aligned to these values and still have an income. Which is huge.
So to those of you who sign up - thank you for choosing to be here and supporting my work. It really means so much. x
Who I offer my work to...
The spaces I offer online and in person are for anyone who feels the call. If you have found your way here and it feels right then you are so very, very welcome.
But I wonder if you’ve made your way here because you…
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Feel more at home outside than in
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Find the modern world bewildering and exhausting
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Would rather own a Nokia 3210
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Think nothing of having conversations with trees
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Spend a lot of time thinking about the soil
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Problem solve by wondering what our nomadic hunter gatherer ancestors would have done in any given scenario
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Begrudge having to wear shoes
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Love standing in the rain
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Feel most comfortable in outdoors clothes and no make up
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Grew up feeling more of a connection with animals than humans
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Lived in books as a kid and could easily read for a solid 8 hours if you had the time
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Would rather read a long-form piece of writing than watch a video
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Felt lost and confused before you found your people or still do and are still looking (I hope you find them here!)
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Dream of finding a patch of land for you and your friends
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Would rather gaze into a campfire than a TV
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May have a past that is in total opposition to your present (addiction, raving, office work, a mismatched crowd, a high powered job etc.)
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Long to live closer to nature and her rhythms
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Know (or are starting to) that you are an entirely different creature with different needs on day 1 of your cycle to day 14
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Have started to notice that the alternative crowd that formed your teenage homecoming still bear the marks of that past (tattoos, good taste in music and a critical mind) but are more likely to be found in the woods or at their local regenerative farm than in the pit these days. Ancestral is the new punk.
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Feel a primal knowing that the modern approach to pregnancy, birthing, post partum and parenting is entirely at odds with our well-being whether you are a mother or not
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Have discovered traditional foods and are living your best life eating a whole heap of organic grass-fed tooth butter (a Danish word meaning so much butter that you can see your teeth marks in it) on organic homemade bread.
I could go on but you get the gist.
Book
Know Grow Flow is a fully illustrated 180 page A4 workbook with audio and video resources. Sold out in paperback you can still download it as an eBook.
Within its pages you are invited to explore cyclical living through the practice of Menstrual Cycle Awareness, providing support as you get to know your cycle, grow with your cycle and flow with your cycle.
Menstrual Cycle Awareness is the simple yet profound practice of coming to know, accept and cooperate with your cycle.
It is an invitation to reclaim the parts of ourselves and our cycles that have been personally and culturally rejected, so that you might cultivate mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.
In this beautiful, informative, funny and often shocking workbook, Carly shares her personal experiences, the biology behind our cycles, and the inspirational work and words of others that led her to becoming a passionate advocate for Menstrual Cycle Awareness.
'Menstrual Cycle Awareness invites us to step into harmony with our bodies and nature and in doing so we join a not so secret club where the entry fee is self-acceptance and it feels like a homecoming.'
Why I write
I have written a blog for ten years. It started out as a medium through which to share my initial experiences of yoga, meditation and nature but soon transformed into more of a public journal sharing a deeply personal and transformative healing journey. Around 2020 I felt a desire to shift from sharing publicly to sharing within the containment of a private Patreon community and have since moved to Substack.
It took me a lifetime to claim my title as a writer which is ridiculous because it's the main and most continuous thing I've done all my life. I have kept a journal since I was ten years old and have always written poetry, stories, songs, letters, blogs and streams of consciousness.
It is the place I turn for processing, insights, healing, holding, venting, creating, connecting and channeling inspiration.
Writing has always been there for me and helps bring me back home to myself. I often find myself writing things I would struggle to share out loud and then questioning why I do it but the responses I receive every single time remind me how important it is to share for those of us who feel the call.
When we see a piece of ourselves in the story of another it helps us to feel a little less alone.
