What is Urban Wildbeing?
Creating new stories and habits
Healthy nature connection
We all have a relationship with the natural world — whether we pay attention to it or not. There are parts we love, parts we dislike or fear, and parts we ignore.
In urban life, it’s especially easy to lose touch with the living systems around us. Yet we are still part of them. When we start to notice, we see that each of our unique relationships with the natural world are shaped by stories — from our families, our culture, our experiences, and ourselves. These stories shape what we value, what we care for, and how we belong.
When we begin to uncover our own story — our Wildstory — we can reshape it. We can reconnect with our animal selves, our wild neighbours, and the ecosystems we’re part of. That’s where the magic happens.
It was my own voyage of discovery in nature connection that led me to create Urban Wildbeing — a way of reclaiming my story, caring in new ways, improving my wellbeing, finding belonging, and rediscovering my own wild nature.
Urban Wildbeing is no longer just something I do. It’s something I am.
Are you ready to Reawaken your Wild?
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”
Gary Snyder
Urban Wildbeing Workshops
What’s your nature story?
Who wrote it for you?
Reclaim your Wildstory
Improve your wellbeing, care for nature.
We all have a Wildstory. How do you live yours? Who are the heroes, who are the villains? What’s your role?
Art meets science in these interactive and collaborative workshops, in which alongside others you will unearth your personal story of nature-relating, make sense of how it’s been shaped, and craft your next chapters as the author and lead character.
Available online, and in person in Beverley, East Yorkshire, UK
Contact me for more details, and to book your place
Be More Squirrel
Lessons in personal and relational skills through working with wild animals.
What Crows Know
Re-cultivating curiosity in service of learning and belonging
Philip Pullman
Mentoring & Coaching
Sir David Attenborough
Would you like…
- To be free of old unhelpful habits and stories, about yourself and your place in the world, and create new ones?
- To learn to take better care of yourself by recognising and working with your own animal nature?
- To reawaken your wildness in the midst of our chaotic but constrained world?
I bring together the science of health behaviour change, nature connection, and psychological wellbeing, with the Art of GooyowTM (‘Getting out of your own way’), to craft a tailored path to unleashing your potential as an Urban Wildbeing.
Get in touch to find out more.
“The wild calls to those who listen.”
Jessica Marie Baumgartner
About Me
I’m a nature-lover, storyteller, urban dweller, a wildlife rehabilitator…and an Urban Wildbeing.
The official bit is that I’m a Chartered Research & Teaching Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society.
My research and practice focus on our relationships with the environments in which we live, work and play. I provide services as a consultant in leadership, health & wellbeing, and learning & development, and work as an academic researcher in nature connection in urban environments.
Alongside my professional practice I run a small, licensed wildlife sanctuary from my home in Beverley.
You can find out more about me and my work here:
“The wild heart knows no boundaries, for it beats to the rhythm of untamed winds and silent woods.”
An Marke