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What It Means What It Means to Rewild Your Soul | Fiadhaich Anamto Re-Wild Your Soul

September 15, 20252 min read

When you hear the word re-wilding, you might think of forests, rivers, or wolves being reintroduced into the wild. It’s about restoring nature to its natural state, letting it balance and flourish, untamed, as it was always meant to be.

But what if the same is true for us?

What if re-wilding your soul means letting go of the expectations, fears, and roles that have caged you for too long, and remembering who you were always meant to be?

Why We Become Caged Souls

Life gives us labels and responsibilities. Mum, Dad, Daughter, Son, Partner, Friend, employee, boss.....

We’re told who to be, how to act, what’s acceptable, what is not.

We carry beliefs that were never truly ours:

  • “I have to please everyone, put everyone else first.”

  • “I can’t fail.”

  • “I shouldn’t take up too much space.”

Slowly, our wild spark gets buried. We become a “caged soul”, living small, disconnected, untethered.

Re-Wilding is Coming Home

To re-wild your soul is not about adding more.

It’s about stripping away what doesn’t belong, so that what is true can breathe again.

It’s about reconnecting with your authentic self, your body, your soul, nature, and the universe itself.

When you re-wild, you don’t become someone new. You remember the you that has been there all along.

How It Feels

Re-wilding the soul feels like:

  • Breathing more deeply, as though a weight has been lifted.

  • Feeling connected, to yourself, to others, to nature.

  • Moving with confidence and clarity, rather than doubt and fear.

  • Finally belonging, not because you fit in, but because you know yourself.

The Invitation

Your soul has been whispering to you all along: “There must be more to life than this.”

Re-wilding is how you answer.

✨ This is the path I’ve walked myself, and it’s the reason I created Re-Wild The Soul - a 3-month Nature-inspired journey of release, reconnection, and re-wilding.

We begin this Samhain (31st October), the Celtic New Year - the perfect threshold of endings and beginnings.

👉 Discover the programme here

Your wild soul has been waiting. 🌿

Margaret Sinclair

A fellow rewilder, who's soul yearns for more, for connection and reconnection. Walking my own path and inviting others to come along with me.

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