Best-selling author, mentor, land steward, and philanthropist, HeatherAsh Amara has spent the last three decades weaving together earth-based wisdom, mindfulness, and practical strategies for creative, courageous, and compassionate individual and community change. She is the author of 9 books, including the bestselling Warrior Goddess Training series and The Seven Secrets of Happy and Healthy Relationships with don Miguel Ruiz Jr.

As a master firewalk instructor and President of the Global Firewalking Association, the irony is not lost on HeatherAsh that when she found herself right on the frontlines of the destruction of climate change, it came in the form of fire. On April 6, 2022, her life was dramatically altered when what was supposed to be a controlled burn by the US Forest Service turned into a raging wildfire that decimated 341,000 acres and 9000 buildings, including her own ranch. As she sat with her grief, and sang apologies to the trees, she realized it was past time to take action in the ways she could by utilizing her voice and global reach for generating positive, impactful change in her community and around the world.

She began at home - with the people around her who had lost their homes and livelihood - by raising funds through her extensive network and donating supplies to those in need. Thus marked the birth of something new: The Center for Creative Intent, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization she founded to offer space and education for community leaders to retreat, learn, and grow their capacity both for weathering the oncoming storms and leading their communities through the transitions and contradictions we all face.

Today HeatherAsh dedicates her time to having the hard conversations surrounding the most critical topics of stewardship, anti-racism, and of course, climate change. Her writing can be found on her Substack, Out of the Fire. When she’s home, HeatherAsh plants her feet in New Mexico but as a lifelong nomad, she spends most of her time traveling, teaching, and writing in cafes around the world.