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WENDY'S BLOG
Bonus chapters, thoughts and Information from Dr Wendy Sarkissian. This blog is regularly updated.


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, 20242 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, 20243 min read


If I trusted grief...
Dr Wendy Sarkissian's thoughts on trusting grief.
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 6, 20242 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.
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 6, 20245 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.
Chris Baudat
Apr 6, 20242 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.
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 6, 20243 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...
Chris Baudat
Apr 6, 20242 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, 20244 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...
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 6, 202413 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...
Chris Baudat
Apr 6, 20245 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, 20242 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, 20246 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,...
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 1, 20244 min read
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