I’m a 3/5 Manifesting Generator, and if you know a bit about Human Design, you’ll know that as an MG, our innate nature centers around being unconventional, multi-passionate, and deeply curious. I share this with you, because to know me is to know that my path has been anything but linear. Experimentation, venturing into the untended understory of the Earth, pioneering the unknown – these spaces are my natural habitat, where my global and lived experiences sent me deep into the void, so that I could emerge on the other side, ready to be of sacred service.

My past creative endeavors and work includes:

• Customer relationships for a tech startup in Toronto that rivaled Airbnb at the time

• Teaching English in Asia to Grade 1 & 2 students

• Experimenting with social media when it was at the cusp, for a Shanghai-based startup that was aiming to redefine what Made in China conveyed

• Analyzing social media metrics for a Mumbai-based home goods atelier that was ingeniously blending sustainable luxury with traditional Indian craftsmanship

• Volunteering for a women’s rights NGO that empowered girls from Mumbai’s Red-Light district to become active agents of social change

• Creating my first business – Owl and Oak – a sustainable paper goods boutique and my first true form of courageous self-expression

This meandering trail that, at first glance looks rather aimless, is the indelible pathway that has brought me to Forage and Sustain. Understanding the importance of community relationships in business, non-verbal communication and the power of leading with love, social media for social good, following intuition in the pursuit of purpose – the insights gained have shown me that nothing we ever do is random, and that the journeys we take are what lead us towards our most supported evolution, our most important soul work. 

​​Ayurvedic wellness, ancestral wisdom, cultural memory, grassroots organizing, ecofeminism, and spiritual ecology are the constellations that pepper my lineage. As a first-generation Canadian/Indian woman in the sustainability space, weaving these threads into my work ensures the creation of opportunity for more diversity, inclusivity and representation, as well as the amplification of the voices and practices of my heritage.

Forage and Sustain began as a space for the collective, where the aim was to connect conscious consumers with sustainable brands, educating folks on how to make better every day purchasing decisions, nudging us into expanding our mindsets to think in more we-centered ways. Since launching in 2017, I have learned so much, gaining both wisdom and perspective. While the first 7 years of this business were around consciously taking, Forage now asks – what can we give? This space went from helping people buy better, to now supporting small businesses and Earth-rooted individuals give better.

I’m trying something new, and I believe you’re here because you’re interested in walking this path alongside me.

I sit in reverential gratitude for the imaginative and generous folks who had the courage and foresight to go first - laying the groundwork, shifting culture, educating through compelling storytelling, and shaping my understanding of this work. 

adrienne maree brown / toko-pa turner / dr báyò akómoláfé / amber magnolia hill and the guests of the medicine stories podcast / vanessa chakour / robin wall kimmerer / katja swift and ryn midura / sophie strand / michael mead / asia suler / kami mcbride / jenna zoe / sharon blackie / nadine artemis / africa brooke / daniel quinn / sue monk kidd / richard powers / peter wohlleben / dr vandana shiva / priya parker / audre lorde / dr clarissa pinkola estés / ayana young and the guests of the for the wild podcast

Artistry & Beauty
We believe that art and beauty are essential to the human experience. Dreamwork, storytelling, ceremony, biophilic and biomorphic architecture, craftsmanship, culture, contemporary art – the convergence of pleasure, love, strategy and courageous self-expression is the place where creativity, community, wonder, and innovation meet. We are sentient beings, and we come alive when we are inspired to feel.  

Sustainability & Regeneration
We care about real sustainability, the kind that looks below the level of the empire – away from climate capitalism and towards regeneration – ancestral foods and seeds, soil and ecosystem health, lullabies and song lines, myths and folklore. The kind that deeply listens – to Indigenous wisdom, to our elders, to each other, and to the land. And the kind that champions the wellbeing of folks at every level of society. 

Relationships & Reciprocity
We are parts of a whole. Interconnected, interdependent, intersectional. We place high value on relationship tending, as the only way forward is together. When kinship, community, and collectivism are genuinely laid at the heart of all endeavours, radical reciprocity becomes a natural byproduct, and socially sustainable practices like accessibility, mutual aid and cultural appreciation become inherent. 

Wisdom & Intuition
We value discernment in the form of folk knowledge, inner guidance, scientific discovery, intellectual dexterity, and Earth wisdom, where our shared lived experiences inform the way we organize and plan. Sometimes, the best way to move forward isn’t always the easiest or most desirable, but when we follow our intuition, we realize that it is the most natural.

Authenticity & Self-Expression
Before we can create meaningful change on the outside, we must get comfortable and familiar with who we are on the inside. Our uniqueness is the medicine we are here to dispense, and when we root down in integrity and fully and lovingly embrace who we are – the complex, messy and magical – we can express in ways that effortlessly matches our soul work with the very folks who have been searching for us.