March 07, 2025

131. Rewilding Our Way Home to Ourselves with Hillarie Maddox of Black Girl Country Living

1 hour 10 minutes

Mary & Emma are on a brief hiatus and plan to return next spring. Please enjoy this episode that was originally aired on March 3rd, 2023

This week we are talking to writer, creator and self proclaimed life-long learner, Hillarie Maddox, founder of Black Girl, Country Living. Hillarie preaches the idea that slow living in a lifestyle anyone can live, and focuses her encouragement specifically on the BIPOC community. She climbed the big tech corporate ladder, then ditched the city for slow living and finding her love of nature, and she found herself in the process.

Topics discussed

How Hillarie and her family went from city to rural living

What was the new way of being that Hillarie discovered?

When you live in an urban environment, many things are made "invisible"

A feeling of disconnection might lead to excess consumerism

Seeking a slower and more sustainable lifestyle is like peeling an onion

How a vision board helped Hillarie and her husband make the shift

The shift to slow living does not always mean a move to the country

Hillarie speaks to her intention and mission on the land, beginning with gardening

Hillarie's gardening experience and desire to share the knowledge

Rewilding workshops launching next year, helping particularly bipoc people develop a relationship with nature

Hillarie talks about the slow living movement and what that means for people of color

The value of mentors and community in this lifestyle

Hillarie's family connection to the original Homesteading Act

The changes of agriculture in America in the last century

Wendall Berry, The Unsettling of America

Hillarie explains what "rewilding" means to her

The indigenous people of the region where Hillarie now lives

The biggest challenges and rewards of this lifestyle shift for Hillarie's family

Connect with Hillarie Maddox

Website: Black Girl Country Living

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Original music by John Kingsley. Our technical partner for this series is CitizenRacecar, Post-Production by Alex Brouwer and José Miguel Baez, Coordinated by Gabriela Montequin and Mary Ball. The Good Dirt is a part of the Connectd Podcasts Network.

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