About Wildkind Outdoors
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Jess Caldwell is the Founder and lead instructor of Wildkind Outdoors.
She is a wilderness survival instructor and curates outdoor adventures, nature-based education courses and rewilding retreats. With her unique background in holistic health, mindfulness training and guided nature immersion experiences in the backcountry, Jess is an advocate for living with greater ALIVENESS and cultivating resilience for fearlessly and compassionately navigating the many challenges of our modern world.
Jess is also the Founder of Wildkind Academy, a nature-inspired rewilding & leadership school for teens & young adults. Wildkind Academy is a nonprofit organization guiding teens through transformational experiences that deepen their connection to the natural world. We empower the next generation of changemakers to lead with courage, confidence and connection.
Outdoor-based education and learning the basic hard skills that our Ancestors passed down throughout generations, help shift us into a greater integration with the natural world.
I love being an educator, community builder and leadership retreat facilitator. It is an honor to have the with the opportunity to share and receive knowledge from others. Thank you for taking the time to read a bit about me and I hope to see you at one our Wildkind Outdoor retreats or in our membership portal!
"In this unique time, we are being called to live in greater communion with ourselves, humanity and the natural world.
We can awaken our senses to engage life in a more meaningful way through what I call ALIVENESS training. By becoming a student of the outdoors we give ourselves the gift of going to wild places with greater reverence and confidence. Welcome to the way of the Wildkind... for those who value joy based living, nature connectivity and equanimity of mind"
JESS CALDWELL
