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WENDY'S BLOG
Bonus chapters, thoughts and Information from Dr Wendy Sarkissian. This blog is regularly updated.
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 6, 20242 min read
Fog in the Valley
Join Wendy and Becky Hirst at the "Beginning Again with Nature" workshop in Blewitt Springs, May 25, 2024
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 6, 20243 min read
Beginning Again with Nature: A Workshop for Cultivating Mindfulness and Unity.
Join Wendy at a workshop in Blewett Springs, South Australia, 25 May 2024.
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 6, 20243 min read
Embarking on an Initiatory Journey
Wendy's thoughts on embarking on a journey
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 6, 20243 min read
Creative Community Engagement with “Zing”
Wendy talks about the Creative Community Planning Workshop in Adelaide, May 24 2024.
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 6, 20243 min read
“Meeting My Armenian Family”: An Author’s Reflection
Wendy's thoughts about meeting her Armenian family.
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 6, 20242 min read
If I trusted grief...
Dr Wendy Sarkissian's thoughts on trusting grief.
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 6, 20245 min read
Coping Strategies for Navigating Climate Anxiety and Eco-Grief
Wendy's thoughts on coping strategies for navigating climate anxiety and eco-grief
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 6, 20245 min read
Climate Breakdown: Navigating Grief and Healing in the Face of Environmental Crisis
Wendy's thoughts on how to navigate grief and healing in the face of environmental crisis.
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 6, 20245 min read
Habitat Forum: A Recollection after 48 Years
The Habitat Forum was a six-day transformative event held in Vancouver in early June 1976. It brought together a diverse group of...
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 6, 20245 min read
Rain: A study in the metaphors of fear.
Wendy finds metaphors in the rain.
Chris Baudat
Apr 6, 20242 min read
Crafting the Soundscape for the "No Place to Hide" Audiobook Chapter
Chris Baudat talks about how he created the No Place To Hide chapter in the Creeksong audiobook.
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 6, 20243 min read
Young people are grieving for the Earth, changing their lifestyles, and demanding action
Wendy's thoughts on young people demanding action.
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 6, 20243 min read
A Place at the Table for Nature in Community Engagement (for Becky Hirst FRSA)
Wendy's collaborations with Becky Hirst exploring the interconnectedness of personal well-being, professional fufillment and Earth's health.
Chris Baudat
Apr 6, 20242 min read
How I Crafted the "Creeksong" Audiobook Chapter
“Creeksong” is the title chapter of the audiobook. It’s probably Wendy’s most poetic writing in the whole book, and for that reason, it...
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 6, 20244 min read
Considering Professor Jem Bendell in the Time of Dying
I’ve been eager to learn more about the work of Jem Bendell since I watched him in Australian Michael Shaw’s provocative film, “Living in...
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 6, 202413 min read
Midlife Hot Mess 1: The Global Crisis
May 1991 I just received your fax, Sarah. What you say in it can’t be right. Tell me this isn’t true. This can’t be true. You are not...
Chris Baudat
Apr 6, 20245 min read
Lost in the Forest: Mixing music and special effects to capture a childhood journey through fear.
Early in Wendy’s powerful memoir, the audiobook version of Creeksong: One Woman Sings the Climate Blues is a chapter called “Lost in the...
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 1, 20242 min read
More about Weaving
Humpty Doo, Northern Territory, June 1992 The poet Antler claims, “To learn to die, cut down a tree.” I did that. I killed a huge tree....
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 1, 20246 min read
Snake Woman
Scream. Middle of nowhere. Screaming. Woman. Young woman. Screaming. Gracie’s scream, gigantic for a tiny woman, echoed between the...
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 1, 20244 min read
Let's Talk about Weaving and Mending!
I’ve never been a weaver. And I’ve always been a weaver. I believe that in the dance of existence, where the threads of life intertwine,...
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