What do you do when a slower life begins to call? You answer, of course.

In today’s conversation, we get to hear Hillarie’s story of moving out of the city to a one-acre homestead in the Pacific Northwest. Hillarie Maddox is a writer, homesteader, and the brilliant soul behind Black Girl Country Living Magazine, available here on Substack! In our conversation, we explore what rewilding and slow living mean to us as Black women from rural communities, reclaiming a relationship with the land, and building community along the way.

We talk about:

• Coming home to the inherent beauty of Black racial identity

• Journeying from a small rural place to big cities in search of meaning, only to find our way back to a lifestyle of country living

• The grief and loss felt when choosing to leave one version of your life in cultivating another

• Waking up to the costs of the conveniences of modern life

• Receiving nourishment and healing from connection with the land

• Remembering that we are all indigenous to some place

You can listen to the podcast here or on Apple Podcasts.

If you’d prefer to read this conversation instead of listening to it, you can do so here. Enjoy!

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