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Change is hard.
I can help.
I blend focused conversation, mindful practices, grounded strategy, and guided outdoor experiences so you or your team can move through change with clarity, confidence, and calm.
Why Wild Wayfinding?
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Whole‑person focus: Physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual, financial, and environmental wellbeing.
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Collaborative approach: Strengths-based and goal-oriented partnership.
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Built for transitions: Thresholds, turning points, and new trails ahead—career shifts, role changes, culture resets.
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Practical + pragmatic: Resilience tools meet evidence‑based theory and tailored next steps.
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Meaning + purpose aligned: Centering of values and commitments with decisions and actions.
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Informed by mindful practice: Ancient wisdom meets modern research—timeless ways of paying attention.
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Flexible offerings: From focused 1:1 packages to team programs and outdoor experiences.
Who I Serve
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Professionals in transition: navigating new roles, promotions or layoffs, career pivots, upcoming retirement.
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Organizations & teams: HR/People leaders, managers, and groups building resilience and connection.
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Communities & Events: Conferences, retreats, learning programs—and public events you can join individually.
Hi, I'm Lea Appleton!
I can help you navigate change, reduce stress, build resilience, and restore focus. As a former higher-education leader who built multicultural, interreligious communities and an outdoor-industry veteran, I created Wild Wayfinding as a collective of coaching, consulting, and guided experiences to serve you well.
I can help you or your teams navigate transitions through exploration and discovery, all with a spirit of adventure. To find out more about me to see if we'd be a good match, click the button here:
If you're ready for a conversation, book a time for us to chat. I'd love to see how I can help!
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Ways to Work Together
Building resilience in times of uncertainty
Coaching
For Individuals
Personalized individual coaching conversations that meet you where you are and support you as you walk towards what's next. We'll start with your vision and set goals around how you'd like to create the life you want. Each coaching session will help you find strength and motivation so you can create clear, actionable steps so you come away with more energy, excitement, and renewed hope.
Together we will clarity values and priorities as you navigate transitions with integrity. Packages are available for 3, 6, or 12-sessions and include values clarification exercises, wellbeing check-ins, tools and assessments to support your growth and development.
Consulting
For Leaders and Teams
By translating corporate commitments to everyday behaviors, each event for teams and organizations is created for the context, often centered around change, transition, or uncertainty. I can help you build your team's connection and group cohesion while they face change, through appreciative inquiry, mindful leadership practices, and emotional intelligence.
My offerings begin with your organization's mission, vision, and values, and end with practical outcomes for leaders and teams that continue well beyond the initial consultation. Engagements range from a short 60-90 minute workshop, to half or full-day experiences.
Experiences
For Individuals and Organizations
Wild Wayfinding offers ticketed public experiences that provide moments of connection to self, others, and place, as well as private or corporate events for team-building or enhancing mindful leadership skills.
Indoor/outdoor labyrinth walks and guided walking experiences reduce stress and spark reflection, while allowing participants to leave with fresh perspectives. as you learn some mindful practices. Most experiences are half or full-day events.
Bonus: You don't have to wait for the next Labyrinth Walk or Wayfinding Day. You can order Walking & Wayfinding: Create Your Own Mindful Practice, One Step at a Time, for an introduction and tips on how to create your own DIY experience of intentional and reflective walking.
“Working with Lea was one of the best decisions I ever made, for not only my professional growth but also my personal growth. Lea is kind, intuitive, and extremely knowledgeable. She is one of a kind.”