Julie Mariouw is a writing teacher/nature writer/forest therapy guide who lives in Chelsea, Michigan. Since 2009, Julie has been leading writing workshops focused on the healing power of creative writing.

 

In 2016, Julie founded Wellspring Writing Workshops, LLC. Julie's writing workshops use metaphor, the senses, the physical body, and the power of nature, to open and expand people's creativity.

 

As Julie continued to write and teach, she became more focused on the healing power of nature. She moved to Chelsea, MI, where she now owns, and takes care of, 20 acres of wilderness land. Julie writes creative nonfiction pieces about her healing experiences in nature, and has had many of these published.

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Julie became so enthralled by spending time in nature that she was ultimately drawn to become a Forest Therapy Guide. In May of 2025, Julie finished her training with ANFT, and she is now a Certified Forest Therapy Guide. Julie plans to hold forest therapy walks on her property in Chelsea, interspersing them--and perhaps mixing them--with her in-person writing workshops. 

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Julie believes that all people are creative geniuses, if given the right support. She believes that right relationship with nature is the best way to help people and the land to heal.