About Patch of Peace

Your host for this journey is Cheryl Olson, an Adirondack native and intuitive guide, who will share a Native American perspective on our relationship with nature.

Cheryl grew up in the Eastern Adirondacks, leaving her mountain home to go to college. She lived in a city environment for the next four decades; finally coming back after she retired to live half a mile from where she was born.

"I missed the mountains," she says. "While I enjoyed living in the city, I function better away from an urban environment. The older I get, the truer that is."

During her time away, the woods repeatedly called her home. When she'd return to visit family, she'd say hello and then wander down the mountain trails. Cheryl became a wilderness search & rescue canine handler—the weekends of training out in the woods, backpacking and hiking cross country, allowed her to reconnect, relax and find her inner peace. Then she could return, replenished, to her regularly scheduled life, taking with her the patches of peace she'd created in her mind.

She says she wants to teach people the skills to put down their electronic gadgets and learn how to reconnect, face-to-face with each other. She feels that as we become distanced from the natural world by electronic barriers, more and more people of all ages are suffering from Nature Deficit Disorder, a condition coined by author Richard Louv. The way to cure it? Experience nature up close and first hand, soaking it in and replenishing the soul.

Cheryl is a member of the American Society of Dowsers and uses dowsing almost daily to facilitate her everyday life. She's also a medium, Reiki practitioner, spiritual healer and student of Spiritualism. Please contact her at 518-873-6820 or cheryl@patchofpeace.com for more information about dowsing workshops and meditation groups.