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My name is Jaime Fenwick, and I am so delighted you’re here.

I am a California-based photographer and travel guide specializing in restorative travel experiences that inspire natural rhythms and ignite creativity. I also offer coaching opportunities to help reduce travel-related stress and implement slow living solutions. 

Beginnings…

When I was a young girl growing up in Canada, my mom would periodically set up her slide projector and share photos from her travels throughout Europe during the 70’s. The whirr of the projector, the ‘chk-chk’ of the transitioning slides, and the dust particles dancing amidst the darkened room, all created a sense of magic that inspired an early sense of wanderlust in me.

As a child, I loved documenting our road trips with my $40 Vivitar point-and-shoot. Evenutally, my mom set me up with her manual Nikon kit, which spurred me on to hone my craft. While on a summer trip to Russia when I was 16, I caught the travel bug hard and decided to pursue photography as my ticket to further adventures.

The years that followed were filled with art school and travels abroad. I majored in photography and graduated from Emily Carr University in Vancouver with my BFA, then set my sights on a career in photojournalism. Somehow, I found myself running a wedding photography business in order to fund my nomadic ways. During those years, I rode the Trans-Siberian railway, hiked the jungles of Luzon, photographed daily life in Cuba, and explored Spain and Morocco.

In 2009, I married my husband Will, who hails from Mississippi, and settled down in northern California. We continued to travel for work, but in 2012, attempted a 4-month long backpacking trip around the world. We spent 5 weeks exploring Turkey, Israel, and Palestine, before I was thrown from a camel in Wadi Rum, Jordan and our trip of a lifetime came to an abrupt end. One fractured pelvis and 5 weeks of bedrest later, we returned home with India, Thailand, and East Africa still on our bucket list. Now that we have kids (two daughters and a son), I look forward to one day finishing that trip with them!

What is Bringing Inspiration Home?

During the 5 years that followed my desert mishap, I gave birth to 3 children and learned to navigate life as an entrepreneur with little ones. When I created ‘Bringing Inspiration Home’ in 2018, an online space where all aspects of my life could overlap, I knew I was on the right track. I began with blogging, then coaching and digital course creation, and in 2019, offered my first retreat to the Cotswolds. The trip was fully booked and set for spring of 2020, but obviously, we all know how that panned out!

In 2022, I finally was able to lead my first annual Women’s Walking Retreat through the English countryside, an area that had, for years, been a source of restoration and inspiration for me. I wanted to share that experience with other women, and connect with my online community in real life. On the first day of my very first walking retreat, I reflected on the decades of dreaming and creating that had lead to an experience which seemed to employ all of my passions, talents, and training at once. What a gift. A gift I’m grateful to share with others.

And so, I find myself in the business of sharing. I am passionate about sharing strategies that help women plan restorative and inspirational travel experiences as well as sharing slow living solutions that reduce stress and inspire opportunities to savour every day moments. If you’re looking to enrich your daily life and travel experiences, this is the perfect place to be inspired and equipped. 

Welcome to Bringing Inspiration Home.

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“…I came that they might have life and have it abundantly.”

John 10:10 (ESV)