Jeff Hood: Finding Refuge on the Rio Grande – TPS566

Jeff Hood is the owner and developer of the Rio Grande Refuge. In this episode Jeff shares his long journey to finding his place of peace on the Rio Grande and how he is now developing it for others to share. I’ve known Jeff for 25 years and know that he has a lot of wisdom to share.

Highlights

• Jeff Hood is in the process of renovating a 100-year-old farmhouse and property in Vilardi, New Mexico on the Rio Grande – for him, a dream come true.
• As he recounts some of the work experiences he has had, Jeff said he always wanted to have a farm.
• A seminar with Jack Canfield convinced him that he had to take a chance and find a way to his dream.
• Jeff shares what it’s like living and working on the river.
• In the 70s, Jeff was a wilderness guide and got a Masters in counselling.
• Through the 80s and 90s, Jeff was working at Larry Wilson’s Pecos River Learning Center where they did corporate trainings using ropes courses and other activities to help people build confidence.
• Jeff shares his inner experience of some of the adventures he has lived through during his 73 years, and what it’s been like building the Refuge as he becomes who he has become – and is still becoming. He also reads one of his poems.

Links

Jeff’s Poetry Book: Musk Ox Poems

Jeff’s site