Writer & Creative Storyteller

About Me

I'm Jessi Elder, a writer and creative storyteller based in Salt Lake City, Utah. I write stories about adventuring, healing, and my writing journey.

I am a passionate, adventurous, goofy, authentic forest fairy. I wear my heart on my sleeve, ramble on and on about healing, run far distances on trails, and am destined to tell stories. I feel the most me when I'm moving my body outside, especially in the mountains gazing out over w i d e,  o p e n spaces. I often return to my writing desk with scattered notes I took on the trail and weave them together to create stories.

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Adventure   Healing   Writing

The Freelance Era

2021 - 2024

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❄️ February Recap ❄️ Rest Hard, Play Hard Also, not pictured, but most definitely the highlight of 2025 thus far: FREAKIN RUFA 🏔️
24 hours! 8 laps! 51 miles! 21,000’ elevation gain! 🏔️ Made a new core memory on my journey of life: RUFA 24H Grandeur!!! As Brianna Wiest said about the mountain, “But who you become in learning to climb it? That will stay with you for
❄️January Training Recap❄️🏃🏼‍♀️ 2024 concluded with a gnarly back flare up and an ER visit for endometriosis, where I received a uterine fibriod diagnosis. But somehow, I entered the new year feeling optimistic and busted out my biggest traini
Rue 🤎🐾 We are so grateful to the @pawstopeaksrescue team and @chel_gal for leading us to them! Thank you all so much for everything!
On our first midnight of 2025, Nino and I slept peacefully in our sleeping bags under a nearly moonless, magic-speckled Milky Way sky. We cleansed our souls of 2024 in an ocean plunge and ran on fairytale trails lined with Redwood Goddesses. We frol
Happy holidays from my forest to yours 🌲🌲🌲🧚🏼
Your body is a magical, powerful vessel when you believe in it. I know this because one week ago my body seized up in pain during a moderate/severe back flare up. I told my body, “It’s okay! You are resilient! You can do anything you want