Tam Willey

Tam Willey (they/them) is a nature therapy guide, trainer, mentor, and educator based in Boston, Massachusetts. Tam explores themes of belonging and attention through story and nature immersive experiences, facilitating ways of being together that support a culture of reciprocity and relational kinship. Tam’s guiding practice is informed by their background as a local handy person, children’s woodworking instructor, custodian, skateboarder, musician, artist, mentor, love for outdoor adventure, and their lived experience as a gender expansive Queer community advocate serving and uplifting LGBTQ+ youth & adults through BAGLY (Boston's Alliance of LGBTQ Youth), The Theater Offensive’s True Colors out Youth Theater, Black and Pink (Queer & Trans prison abolitionist organization), The Venture Out Project, and Wild Mountain Retreats. Tam has been guiding ongoing community programming since 2017,  partnering with The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Speak For The Trees, The Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Boston Harbor Now, Peabody Essex Museum, Mass Audubon, Boston-based colleges and universities, and more. Tam holds CPR, First Aid, Wilderness First Aid, and Mental Health First Aid certifications.  Learn more about Tam at ToadstoolWalks.com

Keywords: Belonging, Presence, Recipcority, Relational, Forest Therapy, Forest Bathing, Nature Therapy, Nature Bathing, LGBTQ+