
Lydia Wylie-Kellermann
Lydia Wylie-Kellermann is a writer, editor, activist, and mother. She is the Executive Director of Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center. She is the author of This Sweet Earth: Walking with Our Children in the Age of Climate Collapse (Broadleaf, 2024). She was previously the editor of Geez magazine exploring the intersection of activism, art, and spirit. She edited The Sandbox Revolution: Raising Kids for a Just World (Broadleaf, 2021). She lives with her two kids at Kirkridge.
Upcoming Programs by Lydia Wylie-Kellermann

Bird Omens: A Winter Writing Retreat
Also With Lacey Hunter
Join us for a cozy weekend in the mountains to focus on your writing life. Trust that there will be roaring fires, snowy trails, hot chocolate, candlelight, good food, and lots of quiet. We will offer some brief prompts and rituals throughout the days to nudge the imagination and then offer spacious hours for your […]

Word and Wind: A Yearlong Writing Cohort
Also With Lacey Hunter
Word and Wind: A Yearlong Writing Cohort is an opportunity to breathe life into the stories and imaginations you carry and call them by name. Writing is often sacred, solitary work. Through this cohort, we invite you to nourish that work by holding it with land and community. This year will offer participants writing time […]
Held in the Dark: An Advent Retreat
Advent is a holy time of waiting and preparation. This year, gather with us around the fire as we sink into the dark as the nights grow longer. Let us give space to honor the stories that rise in our dreams. Let us tend to the silence and embrace solitude. Join us for an Advent […]