Sisters and Brothers, help me spread this word. My name is Shayla Paradise, and I'm coming out of the woodwork as a love activist. I've been walking for the last ten years, hiking the Appalachian Trail twice, the Pacific Crest, the Continental Divide, across New Zealand, and all over my backyard in Glacier National Park. Those 18,000 miles have given me a voice about the earth and what it needs from us. The power of womanhood is rising. It's time for us to step in and be a family. Like all things, it starts with honoring ourselves.

I need a flight to Adelaide, Australia, where my dear friend and talented producer, Mike Kirkham, has offered to make an album with me. I will use that album to hit the road on tour, spreading this message along with a memoir I am in the process of getting published. I'm speaking my truth. For all of us.

Long may we walk.