An 8-week writing and wilderness journey to write what hurt and transform what mattersHealing through Story
One wilderness ceremony.
Six weeks of guided storywork.
One turning point.
Most of us are living inside a story we didn’t consciously choose.
A story written by: family, culture, trauma, silence, success, or survival.
These stories work for a while — until they don't.
One day something cracks...
a breakup
a loss
burnout
an internal shift
a quite voice saying, "The life I am living isn't mine."
This course exists for these moments.
❋ Are you at a threshold?This is for you if you have carried a story for too long and are ready for a new one.
❋ Writing InstructionYou will receive expert writing instruction from published authors, professors, and skill authors.
❋ Trauma InformedLed by seasoned therapist, you will be held with care.
❋ TransformativeYou will leave with reduce shame, a new sense of purpose, and a writing practice that will last a lifetime.
Your story can be rewritten.
Over eight weeks, you’ll step into a small, intimate circle and learn to
name your wound
write your truth
face your shadows
find the meaning behind your stories
build a new narrative
and carry that new story back into your real life.
You don’t need to be a writer.
You only need the courage to tell the truth and act on it.
Your GuidesNed Weidner
For over a decade, Ned Weidner has helped people find their voice — in classrooms, on rivers, and in the wild. As a writer, Ph.D., creative writing professor, and founder of Walker School of the Wild, he has guided people through both the wilderness and the written word with one simple belief: story changes us. His work has appeared in publications such as Slippery Elm Journal, Brushfire Literature and Arts Journal, Still: The Journal, and Configurations, among others. Over the years, he has guided thousands of students, writers, and men through the process of naming what’s true, giving language to what’s been buried, and turning lived experience into meaning — and in the process, helped dozens of them publish their work in print and digital outlets around the country. This new eight-week program is the culmination of that work — a chance to step into wild places, claim your voice, and write the story that’s ready to be lived.
Graeme Ford
Graeme Ford is a seasoned therapist, educator, and guide with decades of experience supporting people in rewriting their life stories and stepping into deeper authenticity. Holding a Bachelor of Child & Youth Care (CYCC), a Bachelor of Education (BEd), a Diploma in Transpersonal Counseling and the formal designation of Registered Therapeutic Counselor (RTC) in British Columbia and Alberta, he brings a richly layered professional base to his work, and he is currently authoring a book that draws on his decades of field-work and classroom experience.Through his practice in Graeme Ford Counseling and as founder of Man Aligned — a men’s work community grounded in the pillars of Depth, Play and Adventure — Graeme has facilitated transformation in a wide variety of settings: classrooms, boardrooms, wilderness immersions, and men’s retreats worldwide. His therapeutic approach is integrative and embodied: he blends somatic practices, breathwork, biodynamic methods and transpersonal psychology to help clients not only heal from trauma, anxiety or addiction, but to reclaim their inherent potential and align with their soul’s calling. Whether working in the wild, in a classroom, or in the quiet of a counseling space, he creates spaces and places that support people in returning to their true path — the calling of the soul.
The Schedule-
Participants will meet in Death Valley for our 1 week opening ceremony. This week will involve a vision fast, deep shadow work, mirrored storytelling. From this point you will begin to open new threads to those old stories.
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Through online group workshops, and interactive writing practice, you will learn how to rewrite those stories into new ones.
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With our new stories in hand, participants will meet to publicly share their stories, which will be published as part of our yearly zine.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. It is accessible and deeply meaningful.
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Yes, via group calls + optional upgrades.