WHO WE ARE
Wild Woman Rising is a living collective of women devoted to the slow, powerful work of inner transformation that ripples into outer change. Born from a longing for depth and true connection, this space holds room for storytelling, self-inquiry, mythic remembrance, and the reclamation of the feminine soul.
We root our practice in the fertile meeting ground of mythology, ecology, embodiment, and ancestral wisdom, exploring the ways these threads nourish healing, empowerment, and creative resistance.
At Wild Woman Rising, we are tending a community where women can return to themselves—unlearning inherited narratives, shedding outdated skins, and stepping into a more sacred and sovereign way of being.
Our vision is to tend a global movement of wild, soulful, and truth-seeking women reclaiming the world from the inside out—through story, ritual, and collective remembering.
OUR PURPOSE
WEAVING A MOVEMENT OF WILD, SOULFUL, AND TRUTH-SEEKING WOMEN TO RESHAPE THE WORLD.
FOUNDER BIO
WILD WOMAN RISING founder Nikki Lizares is a writer, ecologist, and mother weaving sacred storytelling with environmental consciousness and feminine mythos. With roots in the Philippines and a deep reverence for land and lineage, Nikki guides spaces where women can unearth truth, reclaim their voices, and reconnect with nature as kin. Her work bridges myth and activism, ritual and resistance, inner work and outer change.
IN HER OWN WORDS…
Hello wildlings! I’m Nikki!
I’m an environmental scientist, writer, and educator based in the Philippines.
Inspired by childhood summers spent volunteering on a marine sanctuary and witnessing firsthand the fruits of conservation efforts, I pursued a career in science and journalism and now work as a sustainability advocate and advisor in the financial sector.
As a writer, mentor, and guide, I hope to inspire people to get curious about the world around them (especially with earth’s creatures great and small). I believe that through community and shared experience, we can deepen our understanding of the interconnectedness of things, and develop a personal relationship with Nature, Spirit, and, ultimately, Self.
It’s becoming increasingly clear that the current ecological crisis we are living through is a spiritual problem, and having worked in the conservation and climate space for more than a decade, I’ve also seen how deeply influential (and connected) women are as leaders and advocates for positive change.
Wild Woman Rising first started as a book club, affter having read Dr. Clarisa Pinkola Estes’ Women Who Run with the Wolves. In the short span of a few years, it has evolved into what it is now (and continues to, according to the needs of the community - this is the beauty of ecology and women’s work - we respond the what we sense and feel those around us need) - a growing community of women from all walks of life - corporate practitioners, climate activists, artists, creators, and entrepreneurs, all women who are committed and who believe that through deeper study of ecology and spirituality, humanity can become kinder and more compassionate stewards not just of the garden of our relationships with one another, but of the wider world, creatures, and planet that we live in.
I am deeply honored to be able to tend to this space. As soup tender, I bring my experience and practice not just as a scientist and ecologist, but also as a sharer and scholar of yoga, Jungian psychology and mythology, to facilitate the work that helps women get back in touch with their natural cycles, re-discover their intuition, and show up as their naturally creative and compassionate selves.
My favorite things in the world are being in the ocean or the jungle, and some of my favorite assignments include traipsing through the Amazon rainforest to translate scientific studies into relatable communication stories and exploring reef ecosystems in rural Cambodia to build a case for marine protected areas.
These days, though, you’ll most likely find me at home in a semi-rural province in the Philippines, trying to I.D. the birds in my neighborhood where I live with my husband and two adopted dogs, and eagerly awaiting the birth of our first child.
