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Healing with Community
Welcome to Blaze Your Own Trail to Self-Love! This is where we lace up our hiking boots and venture deep into the wilderness of self-discovery, embracing an empowering mindset and the practices that will set your heart ablaze. Join Sydney and Barry Williams, your guides and fellow adventurers, as we navigate the rugged terrain of limiting beliefs, scale the mountains of self-compassion, and uncover the hidden treasures of self-acceptance. Together, we will forge a new path, igniting a fierce love for self that will radiate through every aspect of our lives.
SPOILER ALERT: “Healed Mountain” doesn’t exist.
Like any good trail, life is full of ups and downs. We don’t arrive at the summit and never descend - at the end of the day, we always come home to ourselves.
If you’ve been healing in isolation, torturing yourself with “positive vibes only” and feeling like you’re broken anytime you experience discomfort or have a bad day, know this much: we are better together, all vibes are welcome, and we got your back. You won’t find any spiritual bypassing here.
We’re here to unpack and embrace the human experience, not escape it.
So, what are we doing then?
🧭 Guided Self-Discovery
You’ve read the book, now you’re ready to do the work - where do we start?
This isn’t a pre-recorded program, we facilitate our workshops LIVE! By starting with our foundational healing activity - creating our Trail of Life Maps - we draw inspiration from your life story to bring you home to yourself, visualize the life you want to live, and walk with you as you put one foot in front of the other in the direction of your dreams. By the way, every workshop features an interactive activity rooted in self-reflection, bonus mindfulness practices and resources (guided meditations, interviews with experts, book recommendations), journal prompts, as well as space to reflect on your hikes. PS If you can’t make it to the live meeting, you’ll have access to the instructional video.
🧭 Hiking as a Mindfulness Practice
In each workshop, we give you a prompt to meditate on while you’re hiking solo, or to talk about in your group if you’re hiking with other members in the program. We encourage participants to go for a hike once per week to reflect on the lessons learned in the program. By the time the program has wrapped up, you will have developed a regular hiking + mindfulness practice and reaping the rewards of your efforts. By the way, you pick your hikes based on what you’re comfortable with, there is no mileage or difficulty requirement.
🧭 Community Connection
We’re all coming to the table with our own lived experiences and filters through which we see life, but one thing is for certain - we are more alike than we are different. By learning how to hold space for your fellow program participants, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to practice active listening and learn from each other.
When we slow down enough to hear what people are saying and give space for processing the information and understanding the messenger, we can oftentimes find some of our stories in the stories of others. This deepens our connection to self - affirming that we are not alone in our experiences - as well as our connection to each other.
Note: all of our workshops are hosted LIVE via Zoom. If you want to listen in and hike while we meet, you are welcome to but it is not required. The hiking portion of the program is on your own time, at your own pace. 💚
Program Formats
🧭 Online Program (April-September 2024)
Includes two meetings per month - one live teaching to review curriculum, one for community and connection. Full access to the Curriculum + Community space hosted on Mighty Networks, which includes bonus resources, meditations, extra worksheets, and more!
🧭 NEW FORMAT: Blaze Your Own Trail to Self-Love in Glacier National Park
Limited to 12 participants, this format runs April-December and includes the full program, a retreat in Glacier National Park, and post-retreat integration support.
This cohort meets separately from the Class of 2024, creating an intimate atmosphere for deep healing and community building in advance of our in-person retreat in September.
Blaze Your Own Trail to Self-Love Program: Includes two meetings per month - one live teaching to review curriculum, one for community and connection. Full access to the Curriculum + Community space via the BYOT Trailhead - our hub for all things Blaze Your Own Trail to Self-Love, hosted on Mighty Networks.
Retreat in Glacier National Park, September 26-29: program registration includes a retreat in Glacier National Park, the perfect opportunity to put the work we’ve been doing all year into practice! Accommodations, meals, and all programming included - all you gotta do is get there!
Next Steps Integration Program: inspired by Sydney’s new book, Hiking Your Feelings: Blazing a Trail to Self-Love, this program helps participants integrate the experiences shared online and in person, setting you up for success in 2025 and beyond!
Open Workshops
If you’re curious about the program and want to see the work and community in action, join us for one of the following:
March 2024
BYOT Open House
Curious about our program? Join us for a FREE open house where we’ll run through the syllabus, various formats, and answer any questions you may have!
LIVE: Sunday, March 24th @ 11:00am PT (12pm MT, 1pm CT, 2pm ET)
April 2024 - Program Begins!
Trail of Life Workshop
The Trail of Life invites us to tune into our inner wilderness, where we pause amidst the twists and turns, take moments to contemplate our journey, appreciate the lessons learned, and align ourselves with the path that resonates with our most authentic selves.
LIVE: Wednesday, April 10th @ 11:00am PT (12pm MT, 1pm CT, 2pm ET)
available on-demand after live workshop
What’s included?
FULL PROGRAM
Live Monthly Workshops + Community Connection calls with Sydney Williams, author of Hiking Your Feelings: Blazing a Trail to Self-Love and founder of Hiking My Feelings.
Guided self-discovery exercises to help you understand where you’ve come from, where you’re at, and where you want to go
Mindful Miles prompts to guide your outdoor adventures
Journal prompts to strengthen your relationship to self and create space for processing
Private online community where you can connect with fellow program participants away from the distractions of social media
FULL PROGRAM + RETREAT - all of the above PLUS:
Hike + Heal Glacier National Park: program registration includes a retreat in Glacier National Park, September 26-29, 2024. By the way - meals, accommodations, and programming are included in the fee, all you have to do is get there!
NEW! Next Steps Program: participants in this cohort will have additional support in October, November, and December to help integrate the learnings from the program and retreat. We created Next Steps to help you take the next steps toward your wildest dreams.
Registration
$747
Program Only
or 4 interest-free payments of $186.75 with Afterpay
$1,777
Program + Retreat
or 4 interest-free payments of $444.25 with Afterpay
What else is possible?!
Less Self-Sabotage - More Self-Awareness
Less Judgment - More Curiosity
Less Reacting - More Responding
Less Hyper-Vigilance - More Peace
Releasing what no longer serves you.
Making space for the things that are meant for you.
More Boundaries. Less Bullsh*t.
Interviews with Trailblazers
2024 Workshops
NOTE: If you’ve made it this far, you’re interested in participating in the full program. If the dates/times listed below don’t work for you - no worries! We will schedule our second meeting of the month based on what works best for the majority of participants.
May 2024
Feel Your Feelings
We can spend a lot of time thinking about how we feel, but if we never reconnect with ourselves and explore where we feel these feelings in our physical body, it’s like getting really close to the finish line and then turning around and going home.
LIVE: Wednesday, May 10th @ 11:00am PT (12pm MT, 1pm CT, 2pm ET)
available on-demand after live workshop
June 2024
Limiting Beliefs
Unearthing and understanding your limiting beliefs is like removing the overgrown vines that have obscured the path, allowing the warm sunlight of self-awareness to filter through the forest of your mind, freeing you to blossom and thrive in the expansive meadow of your true potential.
LIVE: Wednesday, June 12th @ 11:00am PT (12pm MT, 1pm CT, 2pm ET)
available on-demand after live workshop
July 2024
Face Your Fears
Facing your fears is essential because it is within the realm of discomfort that true growth, resilience, and personal transformation thrive. This workshop will unlock the doors to a life of profound satisfaction as you learn to conquer the obstacles that once held you back.
LIVE: Wednesday, July 10th @ 11:00am PT (12pm MT, 1pm CT, 2pm ET)
available on-demand after live workshop
August 2024
Clear + Kind Communication
Compassionate communication builds bridges, nurtures connections, and paves the way for meaningful conversations. So, let your words be a gentle breeze that carries warmth and understanding, and let’s create a world where compassion and harmony thrive.
LIVE: Wednesday, August 7th @ 11:00am PT (12pm MT, 1pm CT, 2pm ET)
available on-demand after live workshop
September 2024
What Else Can Go Right?!
Embracing this perspective empowers you to navigate challenges with resilience, find silver linings in every situation, and create a ripple effect of positivity that not only impacts your own life but also inspires and uplifts those around you.
LIVE: Wednesday, September 4th @ 11:00am PT (12pm MT, 1pm CT, 2pm ET)
available on-demand after live workshop