Its beginnings are found in a much longer history of reading, writing, philosophy, spirituality, and a curiosity about the way people experience and understand life. Raychel began keeping journals at thirteen. More than three decades later, writing remains part of her life. Her interest in philosophy and spirituality developed in her early twenties, beginning, somewhat unexpectedly, with the documentary The Secret and her first vision board. The ideas were unfamiliar to her then, particularly the possibility that there was more to existence than she had previously considered. What began as curiosity gradually became an extensive reading practice.

She developed an affection for older books and original writings, preferring to encounter an author's ideas directly rather than through someone else's interpretation. Her reading moved between the Bible, God Speaks to Arjuna, and works by Emma Curtis Hopkins, Charles Fillmore, Catherine Ponder, Florence Scovel Shinn, Ram Dass, Osho, and Joseph Campbell, among many others. She was interested in the different ways people across centuries and traditions had considered the same questions, particularly how ideas written generations earlier could remain so relevant to life in the present. Her reading introduced her to perspectives she hadn't encountered before, and sometimes to ideas that made her reconsider things she'd believed for years.

In 2012, Raychel had a profound personal experience during meditation that she understood as spiritual. It marked a turning point in her life and led to her sobriety, which she has maintained ever since. Her interest in philosophy and spirituality continued, alongside the reading, writing, and meditation practices that had already become part of her life.

Over time, she began imagining a place that could bring together the practices and interests she had returned to for so many years. A place for original writing, exploring different perspectives, and experiences that could be approached personally, without prescribing what anyone should believe or take away from them. Naturalist Way grew from that idea, bringing together three collections, each offering a different way to engage with the work.

The Writings are for the curious mind and the wandering imagination, exploring perspective, inner life, culture, ideas inherited and reconsidered, and the curious and unexpected ways we experience, interpret, and wonder about life. The Journal Collections are guided journals by Raychel Fox, each devoted to a particular subject and designed to encourage personal exploration through writing and reflection. The Meditation Collections, created and voiced by Raychel Fox, use imagery, attention, and reflection to explore different subjects. Some accompany the journals, while others stand on their own.

Together, they form a growing library of work to read, experience, return to, and keep.