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ABOUT LEAHLeah Rampy is a writer, speaker, and retreat leader who weaves ecology, spirituality, personal stories, and practices to help others deepen their relationship to the natural world.
Leah has co-authored Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of Trees with Beth Norcross, released by Broadleaf Books in 2025. She is the author of the award winning Earth & Soul: Reconnecting amid Climate Chaos and a frequent speaker on spiritual ecology and leadership in these uncertain times. Leah and Beth co-created and facilitated the six-part video series on The Spiritual Wisdom of Trees: Insights from Our Elders in collaboration with the award-winning film maker Jane Pittman and sponsored by The Center for Spirituality in Nature. |
She is the founder and leader of Church of the Wild Two Rivers, affiliated with the Wild Church Network, that meets regularly to deepen spirituality through time in the natural world. She has led over a dozen pilgrimages to sacred places in the US and internationally for the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation where she previously served as the Executive Director and continues as an adjunct staff member. Leah also offers retreats through Friends of Silence, a nonprofit honoring the work and intent of the late, well-loved author, Nan Merrill.
Through Shepherd University’s Lifelong Learning Program, Leah teaches classes on ecology through the lens of current writers. Her essays on living more fully connected to Earth in these uncertain times appear weekly on Substack in Reweaving Earth & Soul; have appeared in the Anthology of Appalachian Writers (Barbara Kingsolver edition); The Cardinal Anthology Vol 1; and Soul Food; Nourishing Essays on Contemplative Living and Leadership. She is a member of West Virginia Writers.
Leah holds a doctorate in Curriculum from Indiana University. She has extensive leadership experience as an executive in Fortune 100 organizations and in nonprofits and has offered executive coaching and consulting to individuals and organizations through the business she founded in 2001, Illumined Way, LLC.
Leah is a cofounder of Save Our Soil, a volunteer organization to promote soil health, local food, native plants, and regenerative agriculture. She lives with her husband in West Virginia.
Through Shepherd University’s Lifelong Learning Program, Leah teaches classes on ecology through the lens of current writers. Her essays on living more fully connected to Earth in these uncertain times appear weekly on Substack in Reweaving Earth & Soul; have appeared in the Anthology of Appalachian Writers (Barbara Kingsolver edition); The Cardinal Anthology Vol 1; and Soul Food; Nourishing Essays on Contemplative Living and Leadership. She is a member of West Virginia Writers.
Leah holds a doctorate in Curriculum from Indiana University. She has extensive leadership experience as an executive in Fortune 100 organizations and in nonprofits and has offered executive coaching and consulting to individuals and organizations through the business she founded in 2001, Illumined Way, LLC.
Leah is a cofounder of Save Our Soil, a volunteer organization to promote soil health, local food, native plants, and regenerative agriculture. She lives with her husband in West Virginia.
Earth & Soul Media
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