A
A LOT
A LOT OF
A LOT OF EVENTS ARE STILL TAKING PLACE THIS YEAR BUT THEY'RE LOOKING DIFFERENT
BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING VIRTUAL
SO EVERYBODY GET READY. TIME TO
GATHER AROUND THE CAMPFIRE. WE
WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT VIRTUAL
CAMPFIRES. THEY ARE INSPIRING
OTHER PEOPLE AND THIS MORNING
SIDNEY WILLIAMS IS HERE TO TALK
ABOUT IT. IT'S A WELCOME TO OUR
SHOW. TELL US ABOUT THESE
VIRTUAL CAMPFIRES AND
THE NONPROFIT YOU STARTED
CALLED HIKING MY FEELINGS.
YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD
MORNING, HEIDI. MY FEELINGS IS
A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION BASED
HERE IN SAN DIEGO. WE'RE
CURRENTLY OUT AND JULIAN,
CALIFORNIA AND WE ARE ON A
MISSION TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY
HEALTH BY INCREASING BY
INTRODUCING PEOPLE TO
THE HEALING POWER OF NATURE AND
THE VIRTUAL CAMPFIRE SERIES IS
WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO INSTEAD
OF OUR MAJOR FUNDRAISER THIS
YEAR SINCE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO
GO HIKE 220 MILES AROUND
CHICAGO. WE DECIDED TO USE
THOSE SAME DAYS AND HOSTED A
VIRTUAL CAMPFIRE EVERY EVENING
THAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HIKING.
SO THIS IS A FUNDRAISER FOR
THE HIKING MY FEELINGS
WILDERNESS WELLNESS CENTER
WHICH WE WILL BE BUILDING RIGHT
HERE. AND WE'RE JUST REALLY
EXCITED TO BE GATHERING AROUND
THE FIRE WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL
OVER THE UNITED STATES. SO
YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING ON THESE
VIRTUAL CAMPFIRES FOR A COUPLE
OF WEEKS NOW. I THINK IT'S
GOING UNTIL JUNE 14TH, RIGHT?
IF I'M CORRECT. HOW'S IT BEEN
GOING SO FAR? WHO'S BEEN
JOINING? WHAT CAN PEOPLE
EXPECT? YEAH. SO WE'VE BEEN
DOING THIS SINCE MAY 26 TONIGHT
WE'LL BE CAMPFIRE NUMBER 10 AND
THIS IS WHERE I HOSTED FROM. SO
SO FAR WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY
GREAT GUESTS. WE'VE HAD LOCAL
MUSICIANS LIKE CLEO OSMAN FROM
THE BAND PEPPER. WE'VE ALSO HAD
KEVIN BOND FROM THE BAND STICK
FIGURE. UPCOMING GUESTS INCLUDE
NATALIE RISE WE HAD ZION I LAST
NIGHT AND WE ALSO BRINGING IN
SOME MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS TO HELP REALLY
BRING TOGETHER THE COMMUNITY
AND OFFER SOME DIFFERENT COPING
MECHANISMS THAT CAN BE USED IN
THESE TIMES. EVERYTHING'S JUST
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN
WE'RE USED TO. SO WE'RE REALLY
LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING TO
DR. TAMER BRIAN DAVIS. WE ALSO
HAVE JUDITH'S FEDORA FROM
SEDONA WELLNESS JOINING US. AND
WHAT FOLKS CAN EXPECT IS JUST
CAMPFIRE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT?
LIKE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BRING
INSPIRATION AND HOPE AND GIVE
PEOPLE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN
THESE TIMES WHERE EVERYTHING
FEELS LIKE IT'S KIND OF BURNING
DOWN AROUND US. SO WE WANT TO
GIVE FOLKS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REST AND RECHARGE SO THEY CAN
BE READY KEEP FIGHTING THE GOOD
FIGHTS THAT ARE HAPPENING OUT
ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY RIGHT
NOW. SO YOUR BIG GOAL WITH MY
FEELINGS IS TO SHARE
THE HEALING POW OF NATURE.
WHAT HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED? WOW,
THE HEALING POWER OF NATURE FOR
ME. WELL, IT ROCKED MY LIFE SO
MUCH I WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT.
IT MADE ME SELL EVERYTHING I
OWN. SO MY HUSBAND AND I CAN
MOVE INTO A BAND AND TOUR
THE COUNTRY AND SHARE MY STORY
PERSONALLY. FOR ME THE HEALING
POWER OF NATURE HELP ME CONNECT
THE DOTS BETWEEN A SEXUAL
ASSAULT I SURVIVED IN COLLEGE
AND HOW IT HAD MANIFESTED IN MY
MIND BODY IN THE FORM FOR ME OF
FREQUENT PANIC ATTACKS ANXIETY,
DEPRESSION AND ALSO TYPE 2
DIABETES SO SINCE I'VE STARTED
HIKING AND INTRODUCING THIS
INTO MY LIFE AS PART OF MY
DIABETES MANAGEMENT PLAN I'M
REALLY STOKED TO SHARE THAT
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO REVERSE MY
DIABETES. SO THE HEALING POWER
OF NATURE FOR ME HAS JUST BEEN
ABSOLUTELY LIFE CHANGING. IT
CHANGES THE WAY I'VE LIVED MY
LIFE. IT CHANGES HOW I SHOW UP
IN RELATIONSHIPS AND IT HELPED
US CREATE THIS BUSINESS IN THIS
ORGANIZATION TO HELP BRING
OTHER PEOPLE OUT HERE. THANK
YOU FOR BEING SO RAW AND SO
OPEN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO
YOU. BUT YOU'RE ALSO PROVIDING
A LOT OF HOPE FOR PEOPLE WHO
MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME KIND
OF TRAUMA AS WELL WHO ARE
LISTENING RIGHT NOW OR WATCHING
US. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AFTER
SOCIAL DISTANCING IS NO LONGER
AN ISSUE WITH YOUR
ORGANIZATION? THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
SO THE VIRTUAL CAMPFIRE SERIES
IS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE HIKING
MY FEELINGS WILDERNESS WELLNESS
CENTER. SO THAT WILL SERVE AS
THE COMMUNITY HUB FOR ALL OF
OUR ONLINE PROGRAMING. WE'RE
LAUNCHING A COURSE TODAY FUNNY
ENOUGH CALLED BLAZE YOUR OWN
TRAIL TO SELF LOVE AND THAT'S
OUR 12 WEEK MIND PROGRAM THAT
ALSO COMES WITH A HIKING
TRAINING PROGRESSION FOR FOLKS
THAT HAVE BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT
THE HEALING POWER OF NATURE BUT
AREN'T QUITE SURE WHERE TO
START. WE OFFER UP SOME TIPS
AND TRICKS FOR HOW TO GET
STARTED HIKING. AND THEN WE
POST WILDERNESS WELLNESS
RETREATS. WE HOST BACKPACKING
TRIPS IN-PERSON STORYTELLING
EVENTS. I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR
WHEN SOCIAL DISTANCING IS OVER.
BUT ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE
REALLY JUST SO HAPPY TO BE HERE
AND BE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING
IS OUR GROUPS ARE SMALL SO
WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP DOING WORK
RIGHT NOW SOCIALLY DISTANCE
WITH MASKS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO WE HAVE SOME TRAILS ON
THE PROPERTY HERE. WE'RE ALSO
WITHIN DRIVING DISTANCE OF SOME
LOCAL ICONIC SAN DIEGO TRAILS.
SO ONCE THOSE REOPEN LIKE THREE
SISTERS FALLS, WE'RE GONNA BE
EXCITED TO BE TAKING PEOPLE
DOWN THERE AS WELL. THERE IS NO
SHORTAGE OF BEAUTIFUL TRAILS IN
NATURE HERE IN CALIFORNIA,
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SIDNEY
WILLIAMS, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING AND TALKING ABOUT
VIRTUAL CAMPFIRES AS WELL AS
YOUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
WE'LL POST THIS VIDEO ON OUR
WEB SITE CBS