I’m Holly Sears, and I am the founder of Evergreen Forest Therapeutics, a wellness services company,
health and wellness advocate, and a long-time business professional. I spent 30+ years as a business
professional focused on corporate relationship management. As a long-time 9-to-5er, in corporate work
settings, I experienced the full spectrum of team dynamics, from “firing on all cylinders” to “holding on
during the storm” to “complete burnout”. I participated from a junior individual contributor through
director level leadership, and understand the value of relationship management, from an individual,
team and leadership perspective.
    I established my personal forest walks in 2017, to balance and regulate my nervous system after a life
changing event and was formally introduced to the “standard sequence” approach to forest therapy
(shinrin yoku/forest bathing) in 2018 through the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides &
Programs (ANFT). I immediately found the connection to my professional career – the relationship. I
became a certified Forest Therapy Guide, earning my credentials in 2025 from ANFT, an internationally
recognized certification organization founded to train guides to integrate nature and forest therapies into
health & wellness care, education and land management with over 3,000+ guides certified globally.
    I’m excited to combine my extensive relationship management skills and forest therapy experience to
provide nature based sensory wellness experiences, tailored for the individual, groups and corporate
teams.