Why I Moved to the Northern Wilderness · 6
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- This is the story of how I ended up moving to a vast northern wilderness, 1,400 km away from home, where I could be surrounded by endless forests, lakes, waterfalls, stars, and an ancient mountain range.
I can finally breathe here, and I'm so happy I'm able to share this with you.
Thank you for watching 💚🌲🏞
(don’t forget to share this with your grandma!! 🌿✨)
‣ The land I am now inhabiting is traditional Anishinabewaki land.
If you also live on Turtle Island, I encourage you to use the Native Land atlas to find out more about the land you are living on, and who the original caretakers are:
native-land.ca/
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Hey everyone :) Thank you for being here!
If you could change something about your life to bring you more calm and fulfillment, what would it be?
i'd live some place where people were more scarce and nature was more insistent - the edge of an ocean or inland sea, up in the mountains, deep in a forest. it tends to sharpen the focus on what is really important and just how much compromise is required to really live well.
Be closer to nature and less people around me. I live in the Netherlands. We have 17 million people in this small country. Don’t get me wrong there is a lot what is beautiful here but space is very very expensive. Also houses are insanely expensive. Thankfully I own an apartment which I can sell.
I want to move to Sweden with my three dogs, two cats and my horse. My adult daughter , 21, came up with the idea three years ago but I thought it was impossible. Now it seems it isn’t.
We are not going to live together but we’re going to live both in Sweden! I’m now in the process of learning the language and everything that comes with a big move like this. Hopefully I’ll be in Sweden in 2022!! 🍀🙏🏼🤞🏼
I’m very sorry for your loss of your beautiful mother. I send you my condolences 🧡🌿🍁
@@marcellejosephine9119 Thank you for sharing!! That all sounds incredible, I'm happy that it seems you're on a plan to make that change! I really hope it works out for you and your daughter 😊🥰
Thank you for your question!
It makes me thinking about it...
It would be to be kind for myself, grateful for everything, and living simple life by peaceful style
Freeof responsibilities
So sorry to hear about your mom ❤ You're so wise Gwen, and your words needs be heard by thousands more!
Thank you Kalle ♥️ you have been a huge creative and lifestyle inspiration to me throughout your own journey, as you now know haha 🤗
I knew you from him yesterday, and Christine!
Hope success for you!
What a beautiful story about your journey. And beautiful nature scenery. Though it's late, sincere condolences for your mother's passing. My mother passed away about the same time. Peace and harmony.
Youve done what i strive to do. My goal is to eventually beat the rat race and escape to a place like this. Thanks for sharing such a incredible story. Watching your story makes it seem that much closer to making it to this absolute paradise. Every single word said in this video is exactly what i try to say. I will be in the Canadian wilderness living that life one day i promise myself. Again thank you so much for this deep beautiful video im caught speechless for how youve taken the words straight out of my mind and said them here.
To become a 🦋 we forget the struggle and transformation a caterpillar goes through, to transform. Follow your soul ‘s calling. Beautiful words. Expectations are from others, fly away Gwendolyne. Your mother may have passed from her physical body but her soul lives on in you too.❤️
♥️ ♥️ ♥️ So happy you found this place that brings you joy and connection with your true self. Beautiful filming and story-telling, and love your message. It took me until now to see it, but came just at the right time. Thank you and send my love.
Dear Gwendenyle, I can not stop crying! I just found your channel and you took my heart forever. I am truly sorry for your lost! The content, the calminess and the hope that you are spreading are the most beautiful thing that happened to me last months. Your journey and my are so so similar, I just watched me and my life through your eyes. And I feel without knowing you that you are this kind of person, a friend that I am searching for years and I never met. I know Johhna Jinton, Kalle Flodin and many other youtubers but I saw some kind of fresh magic in you. Please keep making your videos and be yourself! Your channel is my paralel world to survive terrible big city life and constant illness and health issues. I hope one day to be able to live close to the forest just like you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Stay healthy & beautiful soul as you are. Warm hugs, Vicky from small Bulgaria ♡
Oh wow 🥺❤️ I'm so sorry you're dealing with all of that right now, believe me when I say I know how you feel!! Thank you so much for your kind words, it's very surreal to believe that people can feel this way about what I share. Please take care of yourself ❤️
I have no words! Beautiful work Gwen ❤️ I love this video!
Thank you Christine, so much!! 🥰♥️
You did the right thing to shift close to nature. I wish i could do that too.
Magical and very beautiful! I'm grateful that Kalle Flodin told me about your video. Wonderfully told and very interesting. Your mother is always with you and she radiates pride over you. Hugs from the deep forest in Sweden
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I'm so happy for you, making the decision to move to such a wonderful place! Nature is truly amazing. 🥰 Every time I feel a bit down, going out into the forest ALWAYS helps. And I'm obviously not alone in that. And hey, your editing is wonderful! Keep up the great work! And I'm so sorry to hear about your mom.
Ohhh thank you!! ♥️
Amazing video, Gwen. Hugs!!
Wonderfully made 🌲
I heard your story on Kalle’s True North podcast and just knew i had to find your channel. You are a beautiful soul with a wonderful way of telling your story. I am really looking forward to following your journey. Thank you so much for sharing ❤️
Wowww thank you 🥺
Wow, what a beautiful and touching video! Thank you for sharing. 🙏🏼💚
I'm so sorry to hear about your mom, I can't even imagine the pain you must be enduring. But from what I've seen in your videos, it looks like the strength, wisdom, kindness, and free spirit of your mom shines through you and everything you do. I think she will definitely live on through you. Congratulations on finally being able to leave the city! I hope I'll get the chance to leave soon as well. Take care
It's funny you say that because a lot of people say the same thing about her without even having met her... That's very special to me, thank you ❤️
I swear Ive seen this young lady somewhere before. Awesomee!
u funny guy u are
Lots of Love to You💚✨🙏
Amazing what a great video also thank you kalle for the recommendation
ESPETACULAR . INCRÍVEL
Hey Gwen, this is the very first video I've seen from you. I'm very sorry for your loss. I can only imagine your mom would be very happy seeing you doing what really makes you happy. Your storytelling and cinematography is beautiful and I'm excited to follow your journey. I'm sure there are great things ahead for you! All the best from Germany
thank you!! Happy to see you here :)
Wow.. I just teared up when you talked about your mum. She looked like such a warm, wise and beautiful human being. You can see it in her eyes. What a loss, I'm so sorry! 'Does it heal your soul?' - How beautiful. I'm sure she'll guide you from the other side from now on and help you fulfil your role in the bigger picture 🙏🏼 And how amazing you've found a way to move up north to this stunning landscape!! I've been dreaming about doing this for ages too, have actively been looking for a property for over 2 years now but no luck so far.. here in Austria it's hard to find untouched land like that. But I have a feeling it's gonna happen this year.. 🤞🏼Sending you a warm hug xo
i had goosebumps while watching your video
very cool to hear :)
Girl I love this video!! I can't wait to follow along your journey 🤍✨🌞
ooooo thank you 😍 I'm excited to binge the van life stories 😬🥰🙌
amazing story
I am so sorry for your loss. I was saying to myself, since you had not had a video in a while," I know something happened to her Mom" and my intuition was right. I lost my Mom to cancer when I was 28 or 29, so I understand what you are going through. I am so glad you have Nature to retreat to and find solace. Your Mom is now a Light Warrior on the other side looking out for you and your family. She will always be with you, wherever you go! Do you dream about her? I have had many dreams of visiting my Mom in some other dimension and I am so grateful for those visits. I actually had a huge amber and blue colored orb show up in my room not too long after she passed. I knew it was her. My thoughts and prayers are with you! Thank you for your wonderful and beautiful videos!
it's funny you should say that because this morning while I was still between sleep and waking, I swear I heard her voice. It was so real it jolted me completely awake. Thank you for your kind words :)
@@gwendelyne Yes, that was definitely your Mom. That's Awesome!
sorry about your mom, i am from puerto rico(semi american) i am in the journey learning swedish,i wanted to go alaska in 2014 but those dreams are long gone since i discovered sweden 2 years ago found,kalle channel,jonna jinton, and some others channels keep finding information and is just the place i want to be till my departure of this earth, working in the permanent residency permit and will be a bit hard since i have wife and 2 kids, 5 years and the other 8 months,i hope you fulfill anything you desire :)
I am so sorry to hear about your loss Gwendolyn. I cannot imagine the depth of pain of losing someone so deeply important to you. I hope you can find resource in the knowledge that your mother surrounds you now as the earth itself. You can always speak to her in your heart. I know you don’t know me but I will be thinking of your loss now too as I think of the loss of my grandmother. Thank you for your vulnerability.
Also I think it’s amazing you’re pursing a forestry degree! I think marching to the beat of your own drum rather than following in the footsteps of those in cabins is an awesome move. It seems like you recognize your interdependence with everyone in this world and your not interested in opting out yet. I always enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing.
Wow Camille this was so heartful and honest, thank you so much 😭 everything you've said means a lot to me.
I'm definitely dreaming of living in a cabin, doing life on my own terms, but I don't think I'm ready for it yet... Trying to find your place amongst a thousand options can be daunting but I'm trying to relax about it a little for sure, because at least I have options :)
@@gwendelyne Yeah people older than me have said that being in the stage of life where you're still trying to figure out what you want to do is actually really cool because you still have so many possibilities! It's for sure overwhelming but also interesting!
Always lovely to see you upload 💕
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I already watched this video but TH-cam recommended it to me again so I thought I would leave a comment for the algorithm ❤️
Ohhhh 🥰🤣
I stumbled across your film through my friends Kalle and Christine - and something in my gut said I just needed to watch it. NOW. I get why. I relate so much, as if you put words on what I felt living in the city for ten years.. Beautiful film and absolutely beautiful, genuine storytelling. Thank you for sharing it with us
Hi Nicole!! I'm so happy to see you here, I've seen you in their videos as well and I've always felt so warm seeing you live the way you do with all your dogs - huge power to you! 👊🏼🥰
Thank you for your kind words, it means a lot to me 🙏♥️
This footage is incredible- how?!
Lots and lots of hiking, and one instance of crashing the drone into the trees 😅
I know that your mom is watching you. She watches you every day. She's always protecting you. She is so proud of you. And you can be too. This video is inspiring. It touches my heart and soul. All the love for you ❤️
Thank you ♥️♥️
Do you know?
I knew you yesterday through Kalle and Christine, I wanted to sleep so I put it in my mind to find you today..
I searched for your name and found you, the strange thing, I chose to watch the lessons from your mom' video first,
Even they mentioned this video yesterday, not the other!
Your life in North is peaceful, I hoped your mother knew about it too!
But, as I experienced something like that before 6months, I knew it's so tough and hard especially if this person is so kind and precious...
But, what I've realized, it didn't change anything to stuck in, it was 6months difficult ones, but I didn't change anything
So, I've learned to learn from that and try to keep going and pray for her...
The last thing I want you to know, I'll try to be with you always!
Sadly, I can't tell you don't be sad
But let it go.. try.. be grateful for anything, and for simple things (as your mom said!)
It means more to me than I can say that you really appreciated my mom's video, she would be so overwhelmed and happy to know that ♥️
Such a wonderful story Gwen, your mother was a wonderful woman. She will be with you forever, she helped so many people , and most importantly raised such strong children. Keep your head held high and live life to the fullest 🥰
another thoughtful heartfelt story. i really love how you went back to get your mom (or she called you back to come get her) in order to take her on this adventure with you, blending the vast wild of the north and the vast wild of your grief. they so belong together. onward!
Woahhhh! The best decision you’ve had ever made! 👏 looking forward for your life updates now that you’re living there in the north! 😍 i presume your everyday life there must be an adventure! Yayyyy! Am so jealous 🥺 hope someday--I can live a carefree life just like this 💓 you truly inspire me!
Aww thank you!! I'm excited to start making more videos here :) life is never truly carefree but I like to think that when you're living in alignment with what feeds your spirit, things are a lot less painful 🥰
Lovely video Gwendelyne! Very inspiring! I'm curently part way through a tiny house build, and once that is done, I also want to move somewhere with more trees and less buildings!
And I also watch a lot from Kalle, Jonna & Leena!
Thank you!! I'd love to see your tiny house build, are you currently building it in one spot and then moving it to where you want to live?
@@gwendelyne I keep trying to post a link to my blog, but I think TH-cam keeps removing my comments...
I'm building at my parents place, and I'll live there short term, while I sell my apartment and buy some woodland, then move the tiny house later on!
Your mother will be in Your memories and shall be re- encarnated. I really appreciate You introducing Her to Us before Her leaving. Thank You.🍻
What a beautiful video and inspiring story. I am so emotional these days and cried at the end. I still don’t really know what I want and I often feel lost. But I guess I one day I will find my true happiness.
Hugs your way from South Carolina.
Beautifully told Gwen. Really makes me miss and appreciate home.
Dear Gwendelyne,
Thank you for sharing your story. You made a big step and it obviously was the right one. Being closer to nature and the land, as to say it in your words, is so much worth!
And: is that an artist's bracket on your desk? It looks beautiful! I love this kind of forest art.
Breathe in all the energy you need 😌 you deserve it.
Thank you 😊
Yes it is an artist's conk! I have to do a forest pathology collection :)
So beautiful. Same here. Starting the last year to my studies before I go north.
I so resonate it made me emotional and sad and happy for you being north.
Your story is a blessing. I totally relate. Thank you. I'm at the same crossroads. I'm very sorry for your mom. Hope you find healing in the whisper of the trees. ♥
You describe the feelings about life in the city so close to my own ones. After I left the largest city of my country after five years, I now hope to move closer and closer to a simple & quiet surrounding. Beautiful video.
I am so sorry for your loss❤️ Thank you so much for sharing your story with us, it is truly so inspiring🙏🏼
I'm sorry to hear about tour mom.
You're such a beautiful soul, I love watching your videos. They give me inspiration in my own life. You're so strong to make the leap away from societies norms into what you believe life should be. I support you.
So sorry for your loss. Your story touched me deeply. Definitely subscribe! I wish you all the peace and happiness in the world and will happily follow your journey. Be sure your mom is with you always - consciousness survives.
広大な自然の風景に癒されました🥰芸術的な構成に喝采を贈らせてもらいます(๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)
ありがとうございました 🥰 (I hope that's right!)
It would be to find the time to appreciate things I love more, life sometimes so frenetic to prevent doing the right.
I'm sorry to hear about your mom, you've had beautiful words for her.
Very true! It can be easy to overlook the good things in our life if we're not forced to really examine and appreciate them.
Another beautiful video and tribute Gwen
Ahhh thank you infinitely Leasha ❤️❤️ I miss you
i LOVE your content so much and your channel. The videos are so well editted and interesting to watch. The nature shots are breathtaking and the North looks sooooooo beautiful. It surely relaxes me just by looking at that! You have beautiful story telling skills too, + 1 new fan and subscriber :)
ahhhh thank you so much!! You're too kind ❤
What a lovely video! I love your storytelling. You are so clear and precise when you describe feelings and things. It is really nice to listen to you. 💕
I am so sorry to hear about your mother. I think she would be very happy if you did whatever makes you happy. Stay strong!
Ohhh thank you! that's good to hear because I always experience a lot of anxiety and self doubt when I'm about to upload 🤗 ❤️
Change can be hard, I hope you find what you're looking for up north and can heal from the loss of your mother.
Thank you ❤
I really needed this video but it also stresses me
I feel the same way as you I guess
I‘ve been dealing with depression for 7years now (I’m turning 20 next week) and I just had enough. I constantly feel that everything I‘m doing is wrong, that I shouldn’t be here in the city studying in one of the world’s best but also hardest university (it was the only one that offered environmental sciene)
I don’t see my future
I really wanna simplify my life, but I wouldn’t know how to make money or where to go and what happens with my family and my boyfriend.
Oh wow this really spoke to me 😭 I'm not that much older than you, only by a few years, and I can relate so much to what you've said. I was chronically depressed from age 11 onward. Things didn't get better for me until I got away from my home for a bit and started my own life according to what I wanted to do. Being a young person can be so confusing and all over the place in terms of how you feel about yourself in your place in this world. I wish I could say more to you here, but just know that you are not alone in what you're feeling. It's normal for it to feel hard to make decisions that you know will have other consequences, but at the end of the day, the ONLY thing that matters is your time and your wellbeing. That is all we really have in this life. Stay strong please ❤
@@gwendelyne thank you for your answer❤️ I was really down when I wrote this, actually I do have some moments in my life now where I really feel happy, not everything is bad. I guess I just have to focus on the good things in my life that I have now because I can’t make good decisions about it when I’m feeling depressed. Maybe I just have to trust that everything will work out, because I can’t really change my situation now (or maybe I just don’t feel ready to really change it upside down)
Beautifully done! Do you have a drone?!
Yeah I have a mini one :)
can i ask how do you support yourself financially there? is it through youtube income from your videos or something else? i dream of leaving the city too and live close to nature although maybe not in a cabin but definitely countryside. I crave the silence. beauty and spaciousness that nature provides, plus the health benefits of having a natural lifestyle
Why can’t I find a girl/friends like this. Like me
Dog breed??