WHO WE ARE
ABOUT us
Where We Started: Our story began with a chocolate covered strawberry in a chocolate shop where James and Rachelle worked together. Our friendship developed into something more and we married on the beach with a small gathering of family and friends.
Where We Grew: Almost four years after marrying, we welcome our first set of twins, Sebastian and Isabelle. Being new parents had its challenges, but we quickly learned some lessons such as when someone offered us help, we immediately said yes and then found them something to do. Almost six years later, our family grew by two when we welcomed our second set of twins, Emma and Claire. The family felt complete.
Where We Are: Several years ago, we moved from Texas to the mountains of Colorado. We knew it was the right place for us to go and grow. It took time for us to find the right place and feel settled. We began homeschooling all four kids while also running multiple businesses, Rachelle received her life-saving kidney transplant, and we hit the road as a family and travelled for a year. The more we talked with our community, the more we realized that we had a story that needed to be shared.
Where We Are Going: We launched Wildly Free in January 2023 to help others share their stories. Since then, Rachelle became part of the anthology, We Choose Joy, and became the featured storytelling expert for M3 Magazine. Together, we launched multiple podcasts, and began curating a new anthology. To help other people’s voices be heard, we became editors, publishers, and producers, feeling that we needed to break down the barriers that got in storytellers’ ways.
Our lives are a testament to the power of determination, sacrifice, and hard work. We pursued our dreams of entrepreneurship, and through our efforts, we have shown that any dream, no matter how big, can become a reality. We thrive with multiple balls in the air at once, so to some, it seems like we are doing a lot, but to us, our personal and professional lives weave like tapestry and it is what we have designed.
rachelle & james
Rachelle is an entrepreneur, author, podcast host, and speaker. She is the founder and owner of multiple successful businesses and was just a part of co-authoring an anthology with 21 other women on Choosing Joy. She is also a public speaker on subjects such as the importance of story telling in your personal and professional life and how to overcome excuses and become authentically you.
Her life has been full of challenges from the very beginning, but always looking past the pain and into the Joy has been her greatest superpower.
She received her life-saving kidney transplant in August 2020, during the pandemic but it didn't stop her. It only grew her determination to thrive and share with others that pain can have a purpose, and everyone is capable of living an unstoppable life.
James is an entrepreneur, editor, publisher, business consultant, public speaker, and corporate trainer.
With over 25 years of talent development experience, he is passionate about helping individuals and businesses discover and communicate their "Why."
Besides being a husband and proud father of four, James enjoys photography, reading, and music.
sebastian
Sebastian will be graduating High School in December 2024. He loves to play video games, read, and draw comics.
Currently, he is learning about animation and developing his own characters for future projects. He wants to explore the culinary field.
Sebastian is always up for adventures and loves to travel. He especially enjoys trying new foods.
isabelle
Izzy is a Junior in High School with a passion for reading, writing, and drawing. She is currently writing fantasy books and is doing her own illustrations. She enjoys learning Japanese and American Sign Language.
She is looking into animation and storytelling as a career and hopes to create her own stories and characters.
Izzy is an Epilepsy warrior. She was diagnosed at age five after a vaccine injury. Recently, she was also diagnosed with PKD, a hereditary disease that runs in the family. None of these challenges ever define her or stop her passion for life. She is the definition of Joy.
emma
Emma is in fifth grade. She has a passion for animals, especially cats. Any and all water sports are her favorite hobbies, especially spending time at beaches around the world snorkeling. But on land, she attends hip hop classes which she enjoys as a way to move her body.
She loves spending time outside exploring the world around her, hiking and climbing, and loves to collect rocks. She has little fear and is always ready for new adventures.
She is quiet, but sometimes the ones with the fewest words make the greatest impacts in the world.
claire
Claire is in fifth grade. She has a passion for fashion and loves dancing and music. She is learning hip hop. Her current project is making winter hats and just recently asked for a sewing machine to start learning how to make her own clothes.
She came into this world confident and full of love and energy.
She loves to shop, as it gets her creative mind going, even if she doesn't buy anything. Her imagination often leads her to making things out of recycled trash and boxes.
Claire is the definition of DIVA, with a heart of gold.