Shawnee Goddess

14/12/2025

Piney creek is a beautiful spot. One of my favorites. 🌲

13/12/2025

🌳 ✨Hiking With Shawn
Southernmost Illinois Tourism Bureau

Winter is a great time to enjoy the slower, quieter side of Shawnee Forest Country in Southernmost Illinois. The cooler temperatures mean no bugs or snakes and the trees are bare, allowing you to see much further into the forests. Bluffs hidden behind the summer foliage emerge dramatically into sight. The Shawnee National Forest can be magical any time of the year but the transition to winter can be especially dramatic.
Read the full article by visiting https://traveltasteandtour.com/2022/12/winter-getaways-and-adventures-in-shawnee-forest-country/

13/12/2025

⟡ friday belongs to the forest friends on the forest floor, tiny lives move among fallen leaves, offering a glimpse of quiet magic before the season of stillness. soon, the forest will settle into calm, as dormancy and hibernation blanket the land.
//with only 20 days left in the year, i’ll be sharing daily reflections to honor moments of growth, quiet, and wonder. closing out 2025 with gratitude and intention. ⟡

11/12/2025

forest bathing and a meteor shower?
join me under the stars.
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***UPDATE**** Due to wet, freezing conditions and cloudy skies, the Geminid meteor shower viewing at Giant City on 12/13 has been cancelled. Stay safe!

11/11/2025

09/11/2025

16/10/2025

good evening everyone, with the free time i have on my hands, i have decided to open up my calendar next week for some private forest walks!! if you would love to have a session, direct message me + we can set something up. if you want information please reach out!!

10/10/2025

I’ve been working quietly on something that means a lot to me. At this year’s midwest environmental education conference, I’ll be guiding a forest bathing walk — a space to slow down, reconnect, and let nature hold us for a while. If you’re attending, I’d love to share this experience with you. And if it resonates, feel free to like or share the main post. 🌲

The upcoming 2025 Midwest Environmental Education Conference is all about getting outside and connecting! And we have all the best sessions to help you do just that including "An Immersive Journey into Nature" with certified Forest Therapy guide, Emily Webb.

This guided walk encourages mindfulness and sensory awareness. Through intentional practices and gentle prompts, participants will slow down, observe, and reconnect.

All sessions and field experiences are included with your registration! Learn more and join us here: https://eeaoi.wildapricot.org/event-6250581

03/10/2025

⟡ september was a blur — i turned 34.

⟡ i stayed in a dome at , such a magical place + it felt like pressing pause in the best way. (will post photo/video content sometime.)

⟡ i found the best gym + gym crew in town. 

⟡ i started prozac a little over 2 months ago — slowly, even though i feel like a zombie, the negative voices have been silenced. 

⟡ i danced + ate my way through festivals, breathed in (warm) fall air, + remembered what it feels like to feel okay again.

⟡ i haven’t posted in over a month because i’ve been busy living. not curating. not promoting. just… being.

⟡ instagram feels weird sometimes + i’m questioning what the point of it even is. like it’s all ads, influencers, and perfectly filtered lives. but maybe there’s still space here for honesty. for quiet wins. for saying: i’m still here. i’m doing well. i’m figuring it out.

27/08/2025

Grand rising. ☀️✨
Enjoyed the cooler temps + went out to find new paths.
Let me know if you have a trail you'd love to connect with more! Starting to plan Autumn Forest walks.

09/08/2025

In honor of 100 years of conservation in Illinois, the Illinois Conservation Foundation (ICF) has released a series of vintage-style posters and sticker packs celebrating 12 of the state’s most iconic parks and historic sites.

Designed in the bold, timeless style of Works Progress Administration (WPA)-era posters, each piece highlights a unique landmark or natural feature, from the frozen waterfalls of Starved Rock to the cypress swamps of the Cache River.

Posters and sticker packs featuring the parks will be available for purchase at the Conservation World welcome tent during the Illinois State Fair, Aug. 7-17, with a selection of four posters offered on site – Starved Rock, Giant City, New Salem, and Pere Marquette – for a special fair-only price of $10 each. Every poster in the series of 12, along with sticker packs, will be available online at https://ilconservation.org/shop while supplies last. Some posters will require pre-order.