Author: Miriam

Miriam spent her childhood in Central and Eastern Africa, embracing a need to live close to nature and profound respect for the wisdom of the divine feminine. Combining her training in Intercultural Communication, Sustainable Development, Nonprofit Leadership and Spiritual Direction, she has served in a variety of community development programs over the last 25 years across Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea and Kenya. Since 2010 she has served as Founding Director of Eden Thriving, a nonprofit dedicated to cultivating thriving lives and flourishing landscapes by addressing the environmental roots of poverty. She makes her permanent home at Echoes of Eden along the banks of the Malewa River in Naivasha, Kenya.

Becoming a Soulful Traveller is an art

I'm sure you've heard it said, "Please be a traveller, not a tourist." This can evoke a sense of unease, as if engaging in 'touristy' activities or conforming to a stereotypical tourist image may hinder the quest for soulful travel. It is not doing touristy things or looking like a tourist that determines whether you are travelling soulfully. So what does it mean to become a...

Our Longings as Echoes of Eden

There are some things you know you were born for. When you experience them, you feel sheltered like coming home to a soul-mate, you feel joy like sparks snapping out of a campfire, you feel satisfaction like sipping your favorite wine, and you feel peace like laying on a green lawn staring at the clouds. A smile draws up from your soul, breaks across your face, and you relax...

Wholeness: the Secret Ingredient of Beauty

The longings within human experience are the yearnings for goodness, beauty, and unity within every being. These longings point us to what is most real, beautiful and good. We spend a lot of time and emotional energy trying to assuage our longings without ever really feeling them. Beauty wraps unity, truth and goodness into one brilliant package of completion and perfect...

A Listening Pilgrimage

This concept of a Listening Pilgrimage has become one of my core spiritual practices. This poem tries to capture the essence and spirit of the practice. I’m walking, yes, but not thinking about exercise or calories; not listening to a podcast; not praying or talking to anyone, including God. I really mean it when I say, “My feet hear the beat”. I try to walk slow enough that...