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This is where we begin.
Something is shifting.
Maybe it's your career, your role, your sense of what matters. Maybe it's quieter than that—a feeling you haven't found words for yet.
That feeling isn't a problem to fix. It's a signal worth following.
And following it well takes more than a plan—it takes a guide, a practice, and the willingness to take one right step at a time.
Find yourself here.
You're a professional in the middle of something: a pivot, a promotion, a layoff, a quiet restlessness that doesn't have a name yet.
You lead a team or organization that's navigating change and wants to do it with intention, not just efficiency.
You're looking for an experience—a labyrinth walk, a Wayfinding Day, a retreat that goes somewhere real.
Why Wild Wayfinding
We start with what's real for you. No personality profiles or productivity frameworks to begin. The work begins with honest conversation about where you are, what you're carrying, and what you're being called toward.
The whole of your life is welcome here. Work doesn't happen in isolation from the rest of you—your health, your relationships, your sense of meaning, your financial reality. None of it gets left at the door.
Walking is a practice, not just a metaphor. Labyrinth walks, guided outdoor experiences, and a published walking method bring the work into the body, because some things only become clear when you're moving.
The approach is grounded in what works. Appreciative Inquiry, positive psychology, solution-focused coaching, and mindfulness-based practice aren't buzzwords here. They're the tested frameworks that shape every conversation.
The goal is the next right step, not the perfect one. This work is practical. You'll leave sessions with something real—a clearer sense of direction, a decision made, a next action that fits who you actually are.
The container fits the terrain, not the other way around. Some people need one focused conversation. Others need a sustained engagement over months. The pace and structure follow what the work actually requires.
“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. Her unique process just works. Having Lea as a coach, sounding board, and guide is a great way to invest in yourself.”
—Coaching Client
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Choose your trailhead: Coaching, Consulting, and Experiences
Coaching
For Individuals
Maybe the work that used to feel meaningful has started to feel hollow. Maybe the role fits on paper but not quite in the body. Maybe you find yourself asking: is this all there is? Or maybe it's quieter than that—something calling that you haven't found words for yet
This work is for you if you're ready. You know yourself reasonably well. You've probably tried to figure this out on your own. You're not in crisis. You're at a threshold. And you know that crossing it will take more than another book, another podcast, or another good conversation with a friend.
Coaching with me creates space to name where you are, get oriented to what's calling you forward, and move together. Talking out loud, with someone fully present and asking the right questions, has a way of surfacing what's already there. What felt tangled becomes clearer. What felt stuck finds a direction. And the next steps you leave with are ones you built yourself
Expect honest conversation, tested frameworks, and a guide who takes your inner life as seriously as your professional one. A combination of possibilities and pragmatism.
3, 6, or 12-session packages. Delivered virtually.
Consulting
For Leaders and Teams
Organizations are made of people. And people navigating change together need more than a workshop about resilience. They need an experience that actually creates it.
I come to this work from the outside—not from a corporate background, but from twenty years building communities across difference in higher education, and from coaching hundreds of professionals who work inside organizations every day. That outside perspective is exactly what makes this work land differently. I don't speak in jargon or tell your employees what they already know. I create the conditions for them to hear each other and themselves in ways that most workplace training never makes room for.
Every engagement begins with your organization's actual terrain: your mission, your people, your specific moment of change. No off-the-shelf curriculum. Each workshop, training, or speaking event is designed from the ground up for your context, grounded in Appreciative Inquiry and the kind of facilitation that builds real connection rather than temporary buy-in.
Your people will remember it. Not because it was flashy but because it was real.
Workshops and half and full-day training events. Speaking engagements. In-person and virtual.
Experiences
For Individuals, Teams, and Communities
Some things only become clear when you're moving.
Wild Wayfinding's guided experiences create what most gatherings never make room for: genuine connection to self, others, and place. Not as a concept. As an actual felt experience that stays with you after you leave the room.
The labyrinth is one of the oldest contemplative practices in human history. When you step onto the path, the only invitation is this: slow down, pay attention, and notice what's here. You just walk. The pace settles. The noise quiets. You follow the path where it leads — and somewhere in the walking, what felt tangled begins to loosen. Most people are surprised by what meets them at the center.
The Wayfinding Day is something newer, created not from a curriculum but from a real question about how to live and work with more intention in the middle of an ordinary life. Half-day and full-day formats that combine walking, reflection, and honest conversation to help you find your bearings and your next right step. No retreat center required. No special equipment. Just a willingness to show up.
Both are available for individuals, private groups, organizations, and communities — indoors and outdoors, designed for your context and your people. Custom retreats available for groups seeking a deeper or longer experience.
Labyrinth walks, Wayfinding Days, & custom retreats. Public, private, and corporate formats.
Hi, I'm Lea.
I'm a guide, a coach, and the author of the Amazon #1 bestseller in Walking, Walking & Wayfinding: Create Your Own Mindful Practice, One Step at a Time.
Wild Wayfinding came after years of real work with real people, a long season of soul searching, and a decision to build something more honest about what I do. Over twenty years in higher education, a lifetime of walking and hiking, and my own experience of standing at a threshold and finding my way through—that's what this work is built from. And it keeps growing from the same place.
I hike with a zirconium hip and I blog about aging boldly outdoors at Hip Hiker. I believe the trail teaches things the desk can't. And I built Wild Wayfinding for the person who is ready to find out what those things are.
#1 Amazon Best Seller in Walking
Walking & Wayfinding
Create Your Own Mindful Practice, One Step at a Time
"Whether I walk on a packed granite path or on sidewalk and driveway or near sand and sea, I walk with similar intention. I go mostly to find myself—to seek clarity of my life's direction, meaning, purpose. It is as if I see into the window of my own soul."
— from Walking & Wayfinding
Available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook.
Also: Contributing author, chapter 20, "Walking Towards Well-Being: Wayfinding as a Mindful Practice" in Confident You: The Raw Conversations—Real Stories of Courage, Healing, and Redefining Confidence.
Available in paperback, ebook. Coming soon in audiobook.
Trusted by:
"Lea's compassion and ability to listen helped me discern next steps in my career and vocation. She has a calming presence that made me feel comfortable dealing with poignant questions about big life decisions."
—Coaching Client
"Her human and deeply authentic approach allowed participants to take a step back, reconnect with their values and develop concrete strategies to improve their resilience at work. Through her facilitation and inspiring presence, Lea was able to create a powerful space for reflection, promoting both resilience and professional development."
—Sanaâ M.
Professional Coach, Insight Coaching
"I was skeptical that I would experience anything beyond simply being refreshed by a few minutes in nature — I've never gotten much out of mindfulness exercises like meditation or yoga. I was surprised to feel profound reflection and self-discovery in the labyrinth. What is so unique about Lea's approach is the kinetic aspect combined with focusing, but not clearing your mind."
—Labyrinth Walk Participant