Brian Tieleman lives in Malibou Lake, California with his wife Hollie, his daughter Phoebe and his cat Meow. He has worked extensively as a counselor and pastored a non-denominational church for many years as well. He is currently working at Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation, a native-led organization whose mission is to protect and preserve the lifeways of indigenous peoples, and the environment everyone depends on. He is the author of two books: Finding Found and Finders Keepers, whose subject centers on the healing he received over many years of diving deep into his own childhood abuses and the subsequent health and wholeness found through his journeys amongst spiritual elders and his own mountainous rumblings.