Joyful by Nature Embracing Outdoor Adventure as Women of Color

by Blades Wylie, Nailah

• ISBN13: 9781577154105
• ISBN10: 157715410X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2024-05-07
• Publisher: Wellfleet Press

Summary

Created for the modern woman of color, Joyful by Nature is your guide to reconnecting with nature and reclaiming your place in the outdoor community.

Women, especially women of color, are often taught to quiet their inner voice and instead put everyone else’s needs ahead of their own. We’re taught to search for answers outside of ourselves that may leave us feeling broken, not enough, and disconnected from our true self. Joyful by Nature inspires and encourages you, as part of a new generation of women, to transcend these feelings and explore wellness through:
 

• Understanding why the outdoors is important to women of color
• Identifying the outdoors as a place accessible to everyone and self-care as a given, not as a "reward"
• Learning grounding and mindfulness techniques to help you connect with the physical world
• Building your unique restorative self-care plan by identifying personal values and activities that align with them

Let’s embark on an outdoor journey together and discover clarity, rest, joy, play, and freedom!

Author Biography

Nailah Blades is a leadership coach and consultant who helps leaders tap into their power to build personal and professional lives that are whole, good, and full of possibility. She is the founder of Color Outside, a community for Black, Indigenous, and women of color who are ready to create unapologetic, soul-stirring lives through outdoor adventure. Through high-touch coaching that integrates the outdoors, Nailah teaches her clients how to go from languishing to flourishing in every area of their lives.

Her work centers on the belief that when we stand in the truth of our authentic selves, we can live and lead in a way that creates real change in our world. When she’s not coaching or speaking, you can find her hiking with her husband or playing intense games of hide-and-go-seek with her two young kids.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Stoking Your Inner Fire
CHAPTER 1: THE DIVERSITY GAP IN THE OUTDOORS
CHAPTER 2: OUTDOORS AS A VEHICLE FOR WELL-BEING
CHAPTER 3: CLARITY IS QUEEN
CHAPTER 4: SELF-CARE IS NOT SELFISH
CHAPTER 5: JOY IS THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT
CHAPTER 6: THE POWER OF PLAY
CHAPTER 7: TUNE INTO YOUR AWE
CHAPTER 8: YOU DESERVE TO TAKE UP SPACE
Conclusion: Positive Ripples
Acknowledgments
About the Author
References