Nicole and nature have pretty much been one all her life. She was born and raised in a rural area in the Canadian countryside. Even her career path required working in a natural environment as she pursued professional activities as a woodcutter, a ranch guide, and an environmental program developer for an international hotel chain. Always making choices that were different than the conventional path, enjoying living as a rebel against societal demands yet caught in a web of personal expectations, nature her only solace.

When she became a mom to twin daughters in her mid-30’s…