Saskia Wolsak

I have been a counselor with Choose Again since 2006.Long before that, however, I began my life-long interest in the transformative power of honesty and awareness.This began at an early age with my interest in poetry, and later in the visual arts.Through writing and painting, I taught myself to become aware of my own thought patterns and to transform them by opening my mind to greater insights.My quest for self-awareness then branched out to include Buddhist meditation, Aikido, the culinary arts, and wilderness survival skills, in particular traditional plant knowledge.When I am not counseling, I am a researcher and educator in the field of ethnobiology – helping to rebuild bridges between humans and the natural world through historical inquiry and experiential education.My guiding principle in life seems to be: what does it mean to be human, and how can we do it well?