An Inquiry by Cherie Aimée
An evolving body of work exploring what it means to live, work and age in ways that are more human, relational and alive.
Introduction
Flourishing Ecology is an evolving inquiry into the conditions that allow a human life to flourish. It brings together the body, relationship, belonging, meaningful participation, aging, care, the living world and the deeper questions that accompany being human.
The work has grown from Cherie Aimée's own experience of profound illness, survival and rebuilding, alongside decades of professional experience, spiritual study, contemplative practice and learning within communities.
There are seasons when the ways we’ve learned to live, work, love and care for others no longer feel sustainable.
Perhaps you’ve spent years building, achieving, adapting or holding things together. Perhaps you’ve followed the paths you were taught would lead to fulfillment, only to discover that something essential has been left unattended.
These moments are not always invitations to do more. Sometimes they ask us to reconsider what we’re building our lives around, what we’re carrying, and what might become possible if we began listening differently.
Flourishing Ecology is a place to explore those questions.
For so many years, the question may have been how to survive, how to heal, how to fulfill your responsibilities, how to preserve what matters, and how to remain connected to the people you love.
But now a different question seems to be emerging. One about remaining whole within the relationships that shape our lives.
How do I remain deeply connected to life, to others, and to the living world without abandoning my own becoming?
Areas of inquiry
Territory being explored, not services.
Work with me
A private one-to-one session offering creative space for thoughtful reflection, fresh perspective and a more authentic relationship with your life.
Together, we will listen deeply to the questions you’re carrying, what may be changing, and what needs tending as you explore new possibilities for your life.
Sessions are held privately by phone. No preparation is needed. I will call you at the phone number you provide.
Scholarships · Coming in 2027
An opportunity to make the work of Flourishing Ecology more accessible. Further details will be shared in 2027.
The Five Sacred Elements
Flourishing Ecology has emerged through lived experience, sacred relationships, ancestral remembrance and a deepening intimacy with the living world. These pathways continue to shape my understanding of the body, beauty, belonging and what it means to be fully alive.
01 · Earth · Roots & Belonging
Horses, animals, plants, land, seasons and ancestral remembrance. Exploring the wisdom of relationship, cultural inheritance and our enduring connections to the living world and those who came before us.
02 · Water · Memory & Renewal
Grief, emotional depth, ritual and the currents of transformation.
03 · Fire · Desire & Transformation
Embodiment, tenderness, faith, devotion, beauty and the remembrance of life through the senses.
04 · Air · Presence & Inner Freedom
Sacred rhythms, nourishment, presence, trust and the art of inhabiting life.
05 · Ether · Consciousness & Love
Near-death experience, the mysteries of consciousness and the continuing relationship between life, death and becoming.
These pathways are not separate from one another. They are living relationships that continue to shape how I understand the body, the sacred, the natural world and what it means to be fully alive.
Essays, audio reflections and field notes exploring what it means to live, heal, belong and flourish in relationship with ourselves, one another and the living world.
Photograph by Alicia Christin
Professional experience
Before Flourishing Ecology, Cherie spent years as an entrepreneur, founder, advisor, storyteller and international speaker. Her work crossed technology, leadership, social impact and global communities, bringing her into conversation with people and organizations across cultures and ways of life.
Her story and work have reached millions through television, film, media and public speaking, including appearances on Megyn Kelly TODAY and The Dr. Oz Show, international keynotes, and gatherings exploring leadership, consciousness, ancestry and the near-death experience.
She has also worked behind the scenes as a storytelling consultant and alongside founders, organizations and global initiatives. These years shaped her understanding of leadership, human behavior, story, culture and what people reach for when the structures they have built no longer hold.
Selected experience
As seen in
“Her speech about her own near-death experience and health journey had so much incredible depth, emotion and insight about why we are here and how we can live our lives with greater purpose and peace. She delivered her message with such grace, eloquence, passion and wisdom. I left with a greater understanding of taking care of myself, living with greater connection to others and more meaning.”
The Rose Circle
An intimate circle of women cultivating beauty, spirituality, meaningful relationships and a deeper connection with the living world.
An Invitation to Connect
The Rose Circle is beginning to take shape as a small, intentional community of women.
Devotion: The Way of Beauty, 2024
Movement art by Cherie Aimée
Photography by Hande Gurdogan
About the Artist & Storyteller
Cherie Aimée is the founder, voice and wisdom weaver behind Flourishing Ecology. Her work emerges where lived experience, professional experience, spiritual and contemplative study, and relationship with the living world meet.
She lives by the water in horse country with her husband of nearly twenty years.
After surviving an extraordinary near-death experience, Cherie’s story reached more than 100 million people through television, film and media. What followed became a much longer inquiry into what allows a human life to truly flourish.
With gratitude for the teachers, elders and traditions whose wisdom continues to shape my life and understanding.
01 · The body
Learning to listen to the wisdom of the body through John F. Barnes Myofascial Release, Somatic Experiencing® and Feldenkrais®.
02 · The creative life force
Wisdom received through mentorship with Yoruba, Zulu and Zimbabwean elders, exploring ancestral remembrance, sacred relationship and the creative forces of life.
03 · Kinship with the living world
Wisdom shared by Lakota and Algonquian elders, honoring relationship, reciprocity and responsibility to the living world.
04 · The heart
The teachings of Mary Magdalene and Yeshua, sacred love, devotion and divine union.
05 · Energy & presence
The practice of compassionate presence, energetic awareness and healing touch.
06 · Balance & inner awareness
Indian yogic traditions, Chinese philosophy, Vinyasa and Yin Yoga, meditation, Taoist wisdom and the cultivation of presence.
07 · The cosmos
Exploring the soul’s unfolding, higher consciousness and our relationship with the greater cycles of life.
For inquiries, collaborations, speaking and other correspondence.
Perhaps coming home to the Self is not about recovering who we were before everything happened.
Perhaps it is about finally making room for who we have become through everything that happened.
And allowing that person the freedom to live.