Kenya and Michelle are the founders of the Outdoor Journal Tour, a hybrid health organization that combines the healing benefits of the Great Outdoors with introspective journaling and mindful meditation. They are headquartered in Atlanta, GA and the creators of international outdoor wellness phenomenon #wehiketoheal. Most recently, they’ve spearheaded their Mindful Minutes program, a nationwide challenge designed to encourage more mindfulness in our everyday lives. 

In this episode, we discuss Kenya and Michelle’s root stories, the lessons they’ve learned as entrepreneurs and outdoor advocates, their definitions of “real healing,” the rewards and challenges of centering mindfulness and JEDI in the outdoors, the Nature Meditations Deck and so much more! 

IG: @_yourhealingnature

Email: info@yourhealingnature.com

Music: James & Black, "Everyday (Walking in Sunshine)"

To follow the Outdoor Journal Tour:

Website: www.outdoorjournaltour.com 

IG: @outdoorjournaltour 

Facebook Group: The Outdoor Journal Tour 

Twitter: @tweetODJT 

Chronicle Books: Nature Meditations Deck

https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/nature-meditations-deck 

You can also purchase via ODJT website:

https://www.outdoorjournaltour.com/nature-meditations-deck/ 

ShoutOut Atlanta: Meet Kenya Jackson-Saulters

April 27, 2021

https://shoutoutatlanta.com/meet-kenya-jackson-saulters-writer-spiritual-coach-outdoor-enthusiast/ 

Meggan Waterson: Divine Feminine Oracle Deck

https://www.megganwatterson.com/the-divine-feminine-oracle

John Tateishi is the former National Executive Director of the Japanese American Citizens League and author of Redress: The Inside Story of the Successful Campaign for Japanese American Reparations. 

At two and a half years old, John was among the 120,000 Japanese Americans who, at the outbreak of WWII, were forced from their homes in the western states and imprisoned in America’s concentration camps. With his family, he was sent to the so-called Manzanar Relocation Center in the Eastern Sierras, one of ten American concentration camps in which Japanese Americans spent the war as civilian prisoners of their own government without ever having been charged with any crimes.

In this episode, we discuss John’s root story, spending his formative childhood years as a prisoner at Manzanar, how traditional Japanese cultural values impacted the healing of the Japanese American community, his role in leading the fight for Japanese American reparations and so much more.

IG: @_yourhealingnature

Email: info@yourhealingnature.com

Show Notes

You can learn more about John Tateishi here:

https://www.johntateishi.com/ 

You can purchase Redress here through Heyday Books:

https://www.heydaybooks.com/catalog/redress-the-inside-story-of-the-successful-campaign-for-japanese-american-reparations/ 

Manzanar National Historic Site:

https://www.nps.gov/manz/index.htm 

About the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians

(National Archives)

https://www.archives.gov/research/japanese-americans/hearings 

President Reagan’s Apology: Signing of HR 442

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcaQRhcBXKY 

Letter of Apology from President George W. Bush

https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/japanese_internment/bush.cfm 

Milagros Phillips, Cracking the Healer’s Code

https://www.milagrosphillips.com/healerscode

Necota and Sonya Staples are the founders of Staples InTents and Black People Offroading, an Atlanta-based camping, adventure travel, and lifestyle bloggers. Their mission is to increase diversity in the outdoor adventure travel community by redefining the typical imagery associated with the outdoor adventurer.

As college sweethearts, Sonya and Necota have always had a passion for travel and adventure, but after several years, found themselves in a challenging place in their marriage and discovered camping as a way to say yes to each other and yes to the world. The discovery of camping led them to overlanding, where their passion for outdoor adventure rejuvenated their love for each other and gave them a common purpose while allowing them to play to their individual strengths and grow closer together.  

In this episode, they share their collective root story, how Mother Nature helped them save their marriage, their transition from corporate life to entrepreneurs and outdoor advocates, why representation matters, and so much more! 

IG: @_yourhealingnature

Email: info@yourhealingnature.com

Music By: James & Black, "Everyday (Walking in Sunshine)"

To contact Sonya and Necota:

IG: @staplesintents

IG: @blackpeopleoffroading

Twitter: @staplesintents

Website: https://staplesintents.com/

YouTube: Staples InTents

The New York Times Articles

“2020 is the Summer of the Road Trip, Unless You’re Black”

By Tariro Mzezewa, June 10, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/travel/road-trip-black.html 

"Road Tripping While Black: Readers Respond"

By Tariro Mzezewa and Tacey Rychter, June 25, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/travel/road-tripping-while-black-readers-respond.html

Staples InTents YouTube Video

“Ultimate Self-Care: Solo Camping”

By Necota Staples, February 28, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH2p8ByBJo4 

Workshop: Camping & Overlanding While Black

November 21, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Fs4ZYQc0Q

Overlanding: A Quick Rundown of What It Is, and Why it’s Cool.

November 20, 2020

https://www.motortrend.com/news/what-is-overlanding/