Kim Kirkley

Kim Kirkley, JD, MSW is a retired attorney, interfaith minister, TEDx speaker, and travel rights advocate. A cancer survivor who has known both profound loss and profound joy, she writes from hard-won wisdom about what it means to live fully.

She believes travel is one of the most powerful investments a person can make in their own wellbeing — and that the joy begins long before you arrive. Wandering Well is the journal she wished she'd had for every trip she's ever taken.

With nearly 200,000 followers on Instagram and a career spanning law, ministry, social work, and coaching, Kim brings a rare depth to everything she creates. Her ceremony work has been featured on Good Morning America, the Oprah Winfrey Network, and the Fine Living Network, and she has been covered by the New York Times and MSN. The same spirit of intentional living that defined her ceremony work now drives her mission to help travelers live — and remember — more fully.

She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her family.