About the Author

Emily Caldwell is a creative individual, through and through.  Hailing from Winter Park, CO, she lives, works and plays in a stunning part of the United States: a place where she feels closest to God. Emily is not only a writer, but she is also a musician, a photographer, a business owner and a mother.  She began her love of creative writing as far back as high school and continued it through her studies in college and beyond.  Emily graduated with a BA in Psychology from CU Boulder in 2005.  Following school, she spent a year travelling and working in New Zealand before returning and accepting an administrative job at the Grand Lake Lodge in Grand Lake, CO.  From there, she worked her way up the HR ladder at Winter Park Resort, as well as holding the HR Manager position within a small ski resort in Granby, CO.  That career path, coupled with her husband’s innate ability to brew delicious beer, led Emily and her husband, Tom, to open Big Trout Brewing Company in 2020.  By this time, they had two beautiful children, and they set out to own and operate a business in the small tourist-driven town of Winter Park, which was no easy task by any means. 

Over the many years, Emily has overcome many challenges and hardships; however, her connection to God and the Universe have served her in recovery and on to parenting.  She now hopes to share these beautiful lessons with the youth of our world.  Growing up, Emily had a loving family, and every opportunity to explore the world and nature around her, which is where she began building the foundation for her connection to the natural world later in life.  From summers in Wyoming (her birth state) and Colorado, to an eventual move to Colorado for studies and beyond, Emily has always been drawn to nature.  But it wasn’t until she had her first child that she truly realized the connection and its meaning, spiritually.  Following trauma with her first born, Emily suffered greatly from post-partum depression and some health struggles.  It was about when her first born turned two when she discovered and found solace in spiritual teachings of Gabby Bernstein, Dr. Wayne Dyer, and Esther Hicks.  These amazing teachers helped guide her on the pathway to a deep connection to Source, finding a solution to live and feel healthier, reduce her panic attacks and improve her emotional wellbeing.  

A year after her second child was born, she and her husband opened their business, in the middle of the pandemic.  Not only did Emily maintain her full-time job working for a local corporation, but she was full time operating a business, and raising two children.  This became her identity, and she lost her spiritual connection for some time, pushing and forcing to make life work.  But, as we all learn, everyone falls out of alignment from time to time and leaning into love, God and nature brought her back to her roots and desire to shine her light in this world.

Emily’s experience with HR and Psychology is really no coincidence.  She has always been interested in people, and how their minds work.  And as she grew her connection with Spirit and the Universe, she found a bridge to all her work.  In her spare time, Emily writes music and performs on a regular basis.  She is a self-taught mandolin player and a classically taught vocalist and loves to share this gift with those who listen.  She is also a nature photographer, which she sells on the side, focusing on the beauty surrounding her in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. 

Following a walking meditation in 2023, Emily received guidance from her spirit guides to write a children’s book.  She was struggling to overturn her former parenting style while she was battling depression and teach her children a more spiritual approach to life.  She asked her spirit guides for her sign, a fox, if she should write a book for children.  Not more than ten minutes later did a fox run right across the road ahead of her on a walk.  Following that, she saw them everywhere.  And that is how this book was born; from pure and loving, divine guidance.