Dami Roelse is a certified life coach and author. Born and raised in Holland, Dami has traveled the world extensively, lived on different continents and studied with different spiritual teachers. Dami has learned to use her travel as an inspiration for living. Her memoir "Fly Free, a memoir about love, loss and walking the path" takes the reader to a remote destination in Ladakh on the border with China and is sprinkled with flashbacks of her travels in Afghanistan, India and Nepal, where she met Goenka, Neem Karoli Baba and Ram Dass.
Dami has used her passion for long distance hiking and backpacking as a means to deepen her connection with nature and the universe. Her inner spiritual journey has evolved right along with her outer journey. Dami’s first book, “Walking Gone Wild, How to Lose your Age on the trail”, is a call to women in the third phase of life to find freedom and inner peace as they walk in nature. Dami's third book, "Body and Grace, a woman's walk to wholeness on the Pacific Crest Trail" is forthcoming in March 2026 with Mantra Press. Dami makes her home in Taos, New Mexico.
Dami has used her passion for long distance hiking and backpacking as a means to deepen her connection with nature and the universe. Her inner spiritual journey has evolved right along with her outer journey. Dami’s first book, “Walking Gone Wild, How to Lose your Age on the trail”, is a call to women in the third phase of life to find freedom and inner peace as they walk in nature. Dami's third book, "Body and Grace, a woman's walk to wholeness on the Pacific Crest Trail" is forthcoming in March 2026 with Mantra Press. Dami makes her home in Taos, New Mexico.
2024 interview KKOB, Albuquerque: omny.fm/shows/the-weekend/take-a-hike-with-transformation-travel
2022 interviews:
January 2022 Podcast interview on Zestful aging: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/zestful-aging/id1344320689
January 2022 Podcast interview on Zestful aging: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/zestful-aging/id1344320689
2020 interviews
December 2020, Podcast interview with the author at:
http://www.sacred-truths.com/podcasts?fbclid=IwAR1Fi1HFN9Px3KajplZb0Zcc6uxVtLiUaPyPt8oajFbrlojM69fUHltWllQ
May 14,2020, Living the Second Act, online magazine: https://livingthesecondact.com/2020/05/14/walking-into-my-third-act/
May 18, 2020: Tour de Planet, climate change organization Berlin interview, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz9sAVd7Uec&feature=youtu.be
Jan 3, 2020: KSKQ radio Ashland interview: https://archive.org/details/damiroelse
December 2020, Podcast interview with the author at:
http://www.sacred-truths.com/podcasts?fbclid=IwAR1Fi1HFN9Px3KajplZb0Zcc6uxVtLiUaPyPt8oajFbrlojM69fUHltWllQ
May 14,2020, Living the Second Act, online magazine: https://livingthesecondact.com/2020/05/14/walking-into-my-third-act/
May 18, 2020: Tour de Planet, climate change organization Berlin interview, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz9sAVd7Uec&feature=youtu.be
Jan 3, 2020: KSKQ radio Ashland interview: https://archive.org/details/damiroelse
2019 interviews with Dami
Oct 1, 2019 podcast interview on dynamic aging
http://coffeetablewisdom.libsyn.com/walking-gone-wild-with-dami-roesel
Natural Awakenings Magazine 3/2019:
https://www.naturalawakeningsmag.com/Fit-Body-Archive/Hiking-for-Health-and-Happiness/
Brighthouse video 3/2019:
https://www.brighthousefinancial.com/education/retirement-lifestyle/pursuing-passions-the-hiker/
Oct 1, 2019 podcast interview on dynamic aging
http://coffeetablewisdom.libsyn.com/walking-gone-wild-with-dami-roesel
Natural Awakenings Magazine 3/2019:
https://www.naturalawakeningsmag.com/Fit-Body-Archive/Hiking-for-Health-and-Happiness/
Brighthouse video 3/2019:
https://www.brighthousefinancial.com/education/retirement-lifestyle/pursuing-passions-the-hiker/
2018 interviews with Dami
Katy Bowman podcast 10/2018:
https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/long-distance-actions-113/
Woman Around Town 6/2018:
www.womanaroundtown.com/wat-cast/wat-cast-dami-roelse-walking-health/
Rogue Valley Messenger 6/2018:
http://www.roguevalleymessenger.com/walking-gone-wild-a-talk-with-ashland-author-dami-roelse/
Flipping50 5/2018:
www.flippingfifty.com/power-of-walking/
Jefferson Public Radio 7/2018:
ijpr.org/post/local-hiker-hikes-her-70s
Katy Bowman podcast 10/2018:
https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/long-distance-actions-113/
Woman Around Town 6/2018:
www.womanaroundtown.com/wat-cast/wat-cast-dami-roelse-walking-health/
Rogue Valley Messenger 6/2018:
http://www.roguevalleymessenger.com/walking-gone-wild-a-talk-with-ashland-author-dami-roelse/
Flipping50 5/2018:
www.flippingfifty.com/power-of-walking/
Jefferson Public Radio 7/2018:
ijpr.org/post/local-hiker-hikes-her-70s