Gaye’s passion- is to serve women50+ by providing unique resources, mentoring, masterminding, and opportunities to inspire, enhance and promote creative self expression, embodied confidence, and thriving. She is the founder of WildlyFreeWoman and editor of the blog WildlyFreeWomenSpeak.
In Her Own Words:
"To understand how WildyFreeWoman came about I will take you back to some experiences that brought me to launching this wildly growing global community. Settle down and get comfortable for I am going to tell you a story going back just a few years ago to a pivotal time in my journey through the passage of menopause and "midlife angst".
California had been my home for 54 years at this point - first San Diego (40) where I was born, right next to the ocean, and then Northern California (14) in the Bay area. I was “born” a caretaker to a father that worked hard at whatever he did, and a mother who died when I was 14. This left me quite independent, without resources and support, and making certain that all those that I came in contact with were well taken care of so that I could get the three "Biggies" - love, self esteem, and security. I was aware that these patterns, developed early on, left an indelible imprint in my subconscious and were a constant source of the results that recycled themselves through my adult life.
As I entered into my 50’s – I might say not with celebration, but with trepidation that I was all “washed up” as an attractive, desirable, creative, productive female in our culture – I started feeling extremely uncomfortable in my very own skin. The way in which I conducted my life seemed not to be working at all. The urge became more and more insistent to discard my skin and walk away from everything that I had been – everything that had defined my life - parent of 3 grown independent boys; nurse for over 20 years; massage therapist for 16 years; yoga teacher/therapist for 10 years; partner to a man 12 years younger than myself…… so I did, with untold amounts of emotion on board. I called it a “stripping away” at the time, trusting and having faith that it would reveal the “ME” that was underneath the doing, and the taking care of others without regard to my own needs, wants, dreams, and creative spirit. The question that drove me was, who am I without a man, children, and responsibilities to others? Who was this woman that longed to be “wildly free” and what did that mean?
This journey took me cross country to a yoga ashram in northeastern PA for 6 months and then an actual relocation to Vermont for 2 ½ years, followed by yet another relocation, at age 59, back to the West coast in the Corvallis area of Oregon.
What happened during those three pivotal years that brought me here now to start WildlyFreeWoman? 
People appeared who mentored me on my way and who reflected back the wisdom that was stored inside of me. I explored the depths of what it was like to be completely on my own as a woman, and often in that first two years found I was "waiting for someone to take care of". Learning how to let go of "perfection" and clumsily coming into relationship with parts of me that had been stored away for quite some time was a humbling and freeing experience. I celebrated and welcomed my creativity right along with grieving those parts that had supported my “secure & safe” way of living. Learning to relate to people without a “definition” on board developed my courage to be out in the world and trust whatever expression happened to present itself. I worked physically hard with the earth and nature bringing a deeply needed connection and roots in a tumultuous time of change. Amazingly there were countless opportunities to embody how it felt to be in the “flow” of my own life right along with the awareness of how it felt to fall back into the contraction of small ways of thinking, relating, and acting. A full blown curiosity about life and people assisted me to develop deep and meaningful community as I started trusting my own full expression in the world. Often resources to nurture, inspire, challenge, and sustain found me. I watched my fear, doubt, and confusion arise only to be replaced with a new found self confidence. Most importantly I learned that my “failures” were great teachers on the way to where I was going.
This transition time inspired me to create WildlyFreeWoman as a way to give to women who have entered, what I feel to be, one of the most powerful and creative parts of a woman’s life – 50 and beyond! I came to a deep understanding that it was through connection, building relationship, and masterminding with other women who are entering, or have entered long ago, this stage of life that inspiration and awareness for my particular journey would come. I have a passion for bringing MORE LIFE to others by providing resources, education, awareness coaching, and masterminding to assist in the creation & birthing of a woman that is wildly, freely, and passionately herself! A woman that comes from a place of wholeness, trust and confidence, moving into her life in a way that inspires and creates thriving! A woman that simply IS!
- Gaye has worked with women of all ages
- and backgrounds one on one, in classes/workshops, retreat settings, on school campuses with at risk teenage girls and teachers, within the health care setting facilitating yoga based stress relief for women with breast cancer, and obtained a grant to work with women that have experienced domestic violence from Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. She has also been published in Francine Suzas book, Yoga and the Wisdom of Menopause, has a chapter in the upcoming book to be released in Spring of 2008, “Conscious Entrepreneurs”, published by Love Your Life Publishing, has been interviewed on radio by Everyday Divinity and by Parallels in 2008, and is a member of a high level MasterMind group with David Neagle of Life Is Now!
- Moving into her 60th year,
Gaye has realized that life is NOW and age is certainly a state of mind and daily practice – a pinch of gypsy artist, a teaspoon of curious seeker, a cup of conscious focused thinking, and a whole lot of risk taker! As parent of three grown sons, grandmother to a stunning granddaughter, and a nurse/healer/yoga teacher and therapist for over 25 years, a growing desire continues to emerge to live large and unencumbered by identities that live in the boxes of our cultures making. Living in the Pacific Northwest, Gaye offers “resistance training”, guidance, resources, workshops/seminars, and group/ one-on-one "muse support" for women 50 years of age and beyond. Mentoring younger women is also dear to her heart. In the past few years, in preparation for guiding other women to live life on purpose with passion, confidence and curiosity, she has danced with Desmond Tutu in Bali, Indonesia; relocated 
three times in 3 years; created $25,000 in 2 weeks; joined a high level MasterMind group; started her 4th business from the ground up;and moved into her 6th decade continually unfolding her wildly free nature, and committed to women’s personal and global authentic expression and thriving.- Interests Include:
- Dance, movement, yoga, people, travel, riding the crest of a wave, independent film, nature, hiking, sensuality, biographies, ethnic food, diversity, ecology, confident living, art of all kinds, R. & B/ funky music, Cuban salsa, biking, building community, deep relaxation/meditation, creativity, maintaining healthy family connection; creative writing; the art of success; taking risks...