Susan Bailey has spent most of her life paying attention to what makes things grow — first as a science teacher watching students come alive, then as a culture and wellbeing strategist helping organizations find the conditions where people actually thrive. What she has learned, across more than two decades of that work, is that the answer is almost never a program or a policy.It’s almost always a return to something more elemental — to truth, to stillness, to the kind of knowing that doesn’t come from a screen.

Her purpose, as she lives it, is to create spaces where individuals and organizations can shed old stories, reconnect with what truly matters, and thrive in an increasingly artificial world. She does that work two ways: through her culture consulting practice, where she helps organizations navigate the human side of transformation, and through Rooted Soul Living, where she offers coaching, workshops, and immersive retreat experiences grounded in the rhythms and wisdom of the natural world. The thread running through all of it is the same: nature is not a backdrop. It is the teacher.

At a retreat, Susan shows up as a guide more than a facilitator — someone who builds fire, holds silence, and trusts that the right conditions matter more than the right agenda. She believes that simplicity and wonder are essential to healing, that play is not a break from the work but part of it, and that the most important thing she can do is create the kind of space where your own answers can finally surface.