Treesister Water Carrier, Author, Grove Tender www.ellendeedavidson.com This is the first Creative InnerView follow-up that I have done. I chose to follow-up with Ellen to share the recent inspiration of growth, break through, and inner strength she has stepped into, because it is available for each of you to. Ellen Dee Davidson is an author living in the redwoods of Humboldt County California with her husband Steve, and dog, Badger. Ellen finds deep peace hiking and meditating in the forest, she has written a book, Wild Path to the Sacred Heart, to share how the ancient trees can guide us in restoring ourselves and our world. She is also the author of children's picture books and a young adult fantasy. Other books STOLEN VOICES PRINCESS JUSTINA ALBERTINA Zoe, The Misfit Enchanted by the lush green beauty and deep hush found in the redwood forest, Ellen Dee Davidson has spent the last nine years meditating beneath a few ancient trees. To her surprise, she discovered that the trees have different personalities and communicate with her in sensation, image, and wordless knowing. Sometimes she swears she can hear their creaky voices whispering in her mind! Sitting with the old growth trees has increased her inner peace and well-being. Ellen has experienced the healing and enlightening power of trees, which are proven by science to lower cortisol, elevate mood and boost immune systems. Ellen helps support people preserving and restoring forests. After graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Ellen worked as an elementary, creative writing and piano teacher and raised two daughters, Jessica and Michelle. She has four published books and several magazine articles, including one about saving ancient trees. Please enjoy and share this Creative InnerView as an invitation to "Calling All Women" to reforest the planet at https://www.Treesisters.org. Also to invite others to join our new online community, “Treesisters Nest”, https://www.treesisters-nest.org. The Nest is our larger online community where, you can find groups to join to reforest the planet, for sisterhood, creativity, leadership, encouragement, and collaboration, to share your creative ventures, ways to engage and restore the feminine and Earth, and MUCH more. Thank you for tuning in, Kathleen TreeSisters Artist Liaison & Community Engagement Coordinator Inhale Inspiration - Exhale your heART for Change Love Each other and the Earth

Welcome to Courageous Conversations, celebrating the voices, courage and wisdom of women. Today we are speaking with treesister and writer, Ellen Davidson. Ellen says: "Wandering the ancient redwood forest and meditating with the old trees is a love affair. I've been doing this several days a week over the past nine years. Now I've written a book inviting those of you who wish to join me on this wild path to the sacred heart to come along into the enchanted realm." (We had a few tech difficulties, so if you want to cut to the good stuff, Ellen joins us at 11 minutes!) To join our woman-led reforestation revolution please visit: http://www.treesisters.org/donate

The Peace Lab Week The Peace LAB was born out of hundreds of hours of intense dialogue following the past 190+ days of Humanity Rising. The challenges facing humanity are clear. The solutions are many. The question that inspires us is: “how are we rising”? For us, it is through Peace. Thousands of articles, hundreds of organizations, and millions of people are dedicated to bringing peace into our lives and the places in which we live. If we, as humanity, know so much about Peace, then why does systemic racism, brutal economic disparity, epidemic houselessness, escalating climate crises, (do we need to go on) continue to define our reality?  Each of these, and multiple others, open up the jagged chasms that divide us. Are we, as humanity, misguided in our notion of Peace? Is what we’re experiencing a direct result of the manner in which we define and embody Peace? In desiring a different reality, do we need a different approach? What would that look like? The Peace LAB is an experiment created to pursue these questions. We do not believe that doing more of one thing and less of another is the answer. We sense a new formula is emerging. We are finding it in the intersections of communities, disciplines, systems and worldviews. The emerging Peace narrative for 2021 is found in the alchemy of thought-provoking questions and intentional dialogue with key practitioners, artists, and activists playing in these intersections: March 1: The Intersection of Race, Culture and Activism; March 2: The Intersection of Trauma, Compassion and Value Economics; March 3: The Intersection of Beliefs, the Arts and Transformation; March 4: The Intersection of Spirituality, Reality and Intention; March 5: The Intersection of Action, Agency and Impact. Peace Week accompaniment includes several interactive platforms including our moderated After HR Chat; 7Vortex (an ecosystem platform), Sqale (a give-it-forward economic platform), the 21 Step Peace Challenge and the Peace Survey. The Peace LAB is an ongoing experiment. We look forward to more conversations on a variety of platforms as we explore the many intersections of peace.

Ellen Dee Davidson is a Treesister Water Carrier, and Grove Tender. Ellen now lives in the redwoods of Humboldt County with her husband Steve, and dog, Badger. After graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Ellen worked as an elementary, creative writing and piano teacher and raised two daughters, Jessica and Michelle. Ellen is curious to discover ...“What do the trees want to tell us?” As an author, finding deep peace hiking and meditating in the forest, she has written a book, Wild Path to the Sacred Heart, to share how the ancient trees can guide us in restoring ourselves and our world. In this book she has collaborated with many other TreeSisters who have contributed their stories to the book as well. Ellen is also the author of children's picture books and a young adult fantasy: Stolen Voices, Princess Justina Albertina and Zoe, The Misfit and several magazine articles, including one about saving ancient trees, where she writes about "Arch Angel Ancient Tree Archive" founded by Davis Milarch. Enchanted by the lush green beauty and deep hush found in the redwood forest, Ellen Dee Davidson has spent the last nine years meditating beneath a few ancient trees. To her surprise, she discovered that the trees have different personalities and communicate with her in sensation, image, and wordless knowing. Sometimes she swears she can hear their creaky voices whispering in her mind! Sitting with the old growth trees has increased her inner peace and well-being. Ellen has experienced the healing and enlightening power of trees, which are proven by science to lower cortisol, elevate mood and boost immune systems. Ellen helps support people preserving and restoring forests. You can read more of her magical writings here: https://www.ellendeedavidson.com/ Inhale Inspiration - Exhale your heART for Change Join us all as we are "Calling All Women" to reforest the planet at: https://www.treesisters.org/ Please enjoy and share this interview, as well as inviting others to join us here in the well, invoking our creativity to restore and reforest our precious planet. Love the Earth, Protect the Earth, Make it a Crime to Destroy the Earth. Stop Ecocide: Change the Law Kathleen Brigidina, Artist Partner Liaison Creative Doula of The Well Visit TS Well on FB at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/200294277085935/ #Treesisters #Art #Trees #Creativity #Earth #HeART #heARTh #Treesisterswellofcreativityandwisdom