About Emily | Wise & Wild

A young boy is roasting a marshmallow on a stick by a backyard fire, with a woman sitting on the wooden deck smiling at him, during sunset with boats and water in the background. 
Welcome to Wise + Wild.

This is the home of my work as a mother, writer, channel, healer, and guide for people who are growing while parenting.

I write and speak about the inner work that parenting brings to the surface. The moments I fail and repair. Old patterns, emotional triggers, spiritual growth, and messy moments that ask us to become more conscious.

I write about boys and sensitivity, anger, and the complexity of raising deeply feeling children while also learning how to care for your own nervous system, your own needs, and your own history. I write about the space where personal growth, and parenthood meet, because that is where so much real transformation is available.

My work is shaped by intuition, lived experience, spiritual practice, and the wisdom that comes from learning in real time. It is also shaped by what I call the Wise + Wild method- leadership, spiritual growth, and real life integration and coaching.  

I know this work intimately. I have recovered from an eating disorder and alcoholism. I have rebuilt my relationship with myself. I have learned how to care for my inner world while showing up more honestly for my sons. 

Here you will find resources for people who want to return to their most expanded, authentic selves. I am interested in honesty, depth, and what actually helps us live with more presence,  joy, and freedom.

If you are here because you want to parent with intention, heal what has been holding you back, and live from a more expansive and grounded place, you are in the right place.

Ways to work with me

  • A woman and a boy hugging and smiling on a boat near the water during sunset.

    Writings

    Reflections about boys + culture, honest moments from motherhood and important lessons from spiritual healings or channeling.

    Blogs
  • A family of four boating on a river surrounded by green trees, with a young girl sitting on a woman's lap, a boy at the steering wheel, and a man sitting beside him, all enjoying the outdoor scenery.

    Podcasts & Videos

    Real conversations and honest moments for conscious parents.

    Tune in!
  • A woman with long brown hair and blue eyes smiling, resting her chin on her hand, wearing a gray sweatshirt, with green plants and a window in the background.

    Work with me

    Check this page for latest live workshops and offerings, or to book a private session.
    Quantum energetic sessions that combine spiritual healings + live coaching.

    Available via Zoom or in person.

    Schedule
A smiling woman with long brown hair and a young boy with tousled light brown hair pose outdoors on a wooden surface on a sunny day. The background features a clear blue sky, bare trees, and a grassy area with a small pond.

"I am deeply concerned about adolescent boys and grown men, who currently top the charts with suicide, drug abuse, sexual abuse, feelings of isolation and loneliness.”

It feels crucial to help steer a better course for our boys and men, even if it’s just by sharing my own failures and growth. 

I believe the way we respond to children teaches them to ignore their intuition from a young age, and look outside of themselves to determine how they are doing and feeling, instead of trusting themselves and looking within. We don’t do this on purpose- but some simple awareness of this can help to raise more truly resiliant, emotionally intelligent children… children who grow into adults who trust themselves, regulate themselves, communicate with clarity and open-heartedness. 
And yet… here’s the twist.
As a quiet person, and a female, I am often completely overstimulated by the chaos of raising two intensely active, strong-willed boys. My nervous system frequently can’t keep up with my goals to parent consciously. Many of the moms I know also struggle to understand their children. I know the tools, but I still lose it.  
I started researching boyhood, manhood, and the male brain—not just to “understand” my sons, but to actually enjoy them more easily and naturally- and to see if I can help them avoid the struggles their father and I experienced.
Learning how to parent our children differently can be one of the most transformational experiences an adult can have, because we can re-pattern our emotional processes and mental health in the process.