BGCL began as personal healing project and has grown into a community learning practice. Today, Hillarie shares why Black Girl Country Living is evolving into Rewild Learning—and what’s next.

In This Episode:

- The five-year arc from city to country and what changed along the way

- Why this season is about collective learning, not just personal healing

- How Rewild Learning weaves community social work, systems change, and organizational learning

- Upcoming community programs (mend & swap, breathwork, women’s health) and how to get involved

RESOURCES & LINKS:

✍🏾📖 BGCL archive highlights: “Endings Are Also Beginnings,” “The Audacity to Dream,” “Spaces Where We Are Seen,” BGCL Magazine series: Slowly, Freedom, Light, Essentials, Belonging

📸🌿 Rewild Learning on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rewild.learning

🌬️🤝 Breathwork for Community Builders: get on the interest list!

📅🌱 Book a consult for a community learning project this fall/winter.

📰✨ Rewild Learning on Substack

UPCOMING PROGRAMS:

Fall Mend & Swap (Whidbey Island, Sept 7): repair what you love, trade what you’ve outgrown—family-friendly, with collaborators Nurtured Sprout Caregiving, The Collective, and Whidbey Menders.

Breathwork for Community Builders (Online, early fall): renew, release, and re-enter the work with clarity; donation-based, small group—join the interest list.

Cycles & Seasons of Women’s Health with Dr. Robyn White (Whidbey Island, October): listening sessions + community care. Dates coming soon.

TRANSCRIPT: Read the article on Substack

👩🏽‍🌾 Hillarie Maddox is a learning strategist, community consultant, and founder of Rewild Learning. After years in corporate education, she now designs place-based learning spaces that connect people, land, and care systems. Her work centers on the belief that community-led learning is the pathway to collective transformation.

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