Radical Rest and Decolonized care

Year 2020

Partner

Independent initiative (CampUS Studios, KNKXN)

Location

Southern Vermont + Remote (A "Decolonized Self-Care Ecosystem")

Context / Challenge

Amid the pandemic and growing cultural burnout, people were struggling to sustain creativity, wellness, and connection. Traditional wellness models felt either too commercialized or inaccessible, while mental health frameworks often overlooked the healing power of nature, creativity, and community care. There was a clear need for a practice that could help individuals build resilience by disconnecting from the noise to reconnect with themselves.

Role

Founder, Worldbuilder, and Experience Designer — synthesizing decades of human-centered design into a program focused on radical restoration and embodied creativity.

What We Built

MEhab is a reimagined form of “rehab”—not for addiction, but for life. It’s a curriculum and retreat model designed to restore energy, creativity, and purpose through radical rest, nature immersion, and creative practices. Core offerings include: 3-day & 5-day retreats in Southern Vermont, the Shedding Ceremony (a transformational ritual of closure and release), and custom experiences integrating bodywork, coaching, and communal meals.

Approach / Methods

Nature-based immersion (forest walks, water rituals, land-based ceremony); creative self-care practices (art, journaling, bodywork, collective play); radical rest + structured disconnection from tech and noise; and a mutual aid economy using a sliding-scale access model to foster community-supported care.

Impact / Outcomes

Helped participants release burnout, grief, and creative stagnation while restoring clarity and vitality. Built a replicable model that intentionally merges wellness, education, and community economics. The initiative is a model for self-care that strengthens relational intelligence and fosters a belief that "healing, creation, and connection are collective acts."

Story

MEhab is where you disconnect from the noise and reconnect with yourself. It’s not about escape — it’s about remembering who you are when you are rested, creative, and cared for, and then returning to the world with renewed aliveness.”

Tags

Wellness, Radical Rest, Self-Care, Creative Healing, Mutual Aid, Resilience

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