In addition to Jamie’s twenty five year career as an organizational development consultant to Fortune 100 and 500 companies, her deep interest and involvement with the natural world and indigenous wisdom traditions spans almost 30 years. She was an Outward Bound and wilderness instructor in the l970’s and 1980’s and has studied with indigenous teachers since l980.

Jamie became intrigued with the 15,000-year-old wisdom traditions of indigenous peoples’ community making, personal growth and conflict resolution approaches and began to slowly integrate their philosophies into her corporate and organizational work.

She has immersed herself in many cultures over the years. She has worked with dancers, mask makers and healers in Bali; animal trackers in Arizona; vision fast guides in the Sierras; and has taken part in ceremonies of First Nations people including the Iroquois, Arapahoe and Lakota; and with the Basque elders of the Pyrenees