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About Susan Grelock-Yusem

I am a depth-based ecopsychologist interested in the connection between our psychological health and our connection to the natural world. I have over 15 years experience working in communications with values-based organizations within the regenerative food space and in conservation.

Susan Grelock-Yusem, PhD, is an independent researcher trained in depth psychology, with an emphasis on community, liberation, and eco-psychologies. Her work centers around interconnection and encompasses regenerative food systems, the arts and conservation.

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Art June 14, 2022

Georgia O'Keeffe

Living Modern

Wanda M. Corn

Hosted by Susan Grelock-Yusem
Wanda M. Corn's book Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern (Prestel Publishing, 2017) explores how Georgia O’Keeffe lived her life steeped in modernism, bringing the same style she developed in her art to …
Psychology June 8, 2022

The Restorative Nature of Ongoing Connections with the Deceased

Exploring Presence Within Absence

Laurie A. Burke and Edward (Ted) Rynearson

Hosted by Susan Grelock-Yusem
The Restorative Nature of Ongoing Connections with the Deceased: Exploring Presence Within Absence (Routledge, 2022) is a guide to stimulating thought and discussion about ongoing attachments between bereaved individuals and …
Food May 23, 2022

Healing Grounds

Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming

Liz Carlisle

Hosted by Susan Grelock-Yusem
A powerful movement is happening in farming today—farmers are reconnecting with their roots to fight climate change. For one woman, that’s meant learning her tribe’s history to help bring back …
Environmental Studies November 2, 2021

Honor Thy Label

Dr. Bronner's Unconventional Journey to a Clean, Green, and Ethical Supply Chain

Gero Leson

Hosted by Susan Grelock-Yusem
Supply chains - and, especially, their points of failure - have become a global hot topic, encouraging us all to take a closer look at how goods move around the …
Food September 27, 2021

Grain by Grain

A Quest to Revive Ancient Wheat, Rural Jobs, and Healthy Food

Bob Quinn and Liz Carlisle

Hosted by Susan Grelock-Yusem
How can farmers adapt to climate changes? How can regenerative farmers have livelihoods that nourish themselves and their communities? How can we break free of the commodity mindset and rethink …
Food September 8, 2021

Building Community Food Webs

Ken Meter

Hosted by Susan Grelock-Yusem
Our current food system has decimated rural communities and confined the choices of urban consumers. Even while America continues to ramp up farm production to astounding levels, net farm income …
Psychology September 8, 2021

Towards an Ecopsychotherapy

Mary-Jayne Rust

Hosted by Susan Grelock-Yusem
Towards an Ecopsychotherapy (Confer Books, 2020) provides an overview of ecopsychology and introduces the newly emerging field of ecopsychotherapy, including insightful case examples for practitioners. However, ecopsychotherapy is not simply …
Literature July 14, 2021

These Wilds Beyond Our Fences

Letters to My Daughter on Humanity's Search for Home

Bayo Akomolafe

Hosted by Susan Grelock-Yusem
In These Wilds Beyond Our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity's Search for Home (North Atlantic Books, 2017), leading edge thinker and post-activist Bayo Akomolafe embraces some of the world’s …
Psychology June 8, 2021

Smoke Hole

Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass

Martin Shaw

Hosted by Susan Grelock-Yusem
At a time when we are all confronted by not one, but many crossroads in our modern lives—identity, technology, trust, politics, and a global pandemic—celebrated mythologist and wilderness guide Martin …
Psychology June 1, 2021

The Power of Artistic Thinking

Think Like an Artist and Innovate

Marisol D'Andrea

Hosted by Susan Grelock-Yusem
In The Power of Artistic Thinking: Think Like an Artist and Innovate (Common Ground, 2019; 2021 paperback), Marisol D’Andrea, PhD explores the potential of artistic thinking and shares practical guidance …