Mandy Bishop

Mandy Bishop is a professional nature-based coach, guide, writer, farmer and artist. In all of her musings she is following a golden thread of relationship to self, land and spirit, apprenticing to the mystery and the old ways. She’s in service to the remembrance of our wild selves; to a partnership between nature, creativity and soul; and to the wisdom carried in our bones waking us up to what is most important in our lives.

Hard to squeeze into a short little paragraph, here’s a bit more of her story if you’d like to read it.

I am a dancer. I am a writer. I am an artist. I am one who laughs and plays and loves to love. I am deeply connected to Earth and heart, story and hands. And music. I am a bridge between worlds, with the soles of my feet on the Earth and my heart oriented towards Spirit. I am a farmer. I am a bread baker. I am a medicine maker. I live in a cabin and chop my own wood to keep warm.

You could say that I am an expert lemonade maker. I am a dancer who lost use of her body. I am an artist who lost use of her hands. I am a lover who has grieved what I thought I would never lose, but what led me down a path to my own soul. I’m an expert at making it through and overcoming tough odds. I am a testament to the strength of a spirit that—far beyond my own conscious intent—is determined to bring its medicine into the world. I am a woman with a warrior spirit. An unrelenting creative with an internal spark that will not accept anything less than a fully awake, soul-led life of depth and creativity. I am a basket weaver, a fire maker, a lover of story. An apprentice to the old ways and the wisdom of the Indigenous soul.

Six years ago I survived a high level spinal cord injury and mild head injury that left me paralyzed from the neck down. It has been a journey, a fight, a triumph, a struggle, a love song, a wake up call, an ongoing challenge, a sweet embrace, and the greatest blessing I could ever imagine. Our tears are our healers and our challenges are our greatest blessings. It is a knowing in my bones that each of us comes to this life carrying a specific gift—a medicine. There is purpose in what we go through, and it is in the breaking apart that we are able to let the light shine on the true purpose and meaning of our lives.

You can learn more about Mandy and her work via her website.