Next Expedition: September 18-21, 2026
Step away from the noise. Reset your perspective. Design your next chapter with clarity.
A five-day wilderness expedition for accomplished leaders ready to pause, reconnect with what truly matters, and craft the story of the life they want to live next.
Through guided identity work, shared reflection, and the powerful simplicity of nature, you’ll walk away with renewed purpose, aligned values,
and a clear narrative for the future.
What is the True Life Story Expedition?
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1. A Guided Inner & Outer Expedition
Over 4 days you will be guided by both wilderness and transformational guides on an inner and outer adventure.
We will journey into the pristine wilderness of British Columbia leaving all demands, distractions and responsibilities behind to create the space for you to reconnect with what matters most. Yourself.
Simply show up with your clothing and sleeping attire and we take care of the rest.
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2. A Reset for Leaders at a Crossroads
Even the most successful leaders hit a moment where momentum alone is no longer enough.
TLS offers the rare chance to stop, look honestly at your life, and recalibrate intentionally.
This is a purposeful interruption.
A guided pause.
A chance to reconnect with your truth again.
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3. Identity & Personal Story Work
Through facilitated sessions rooted in leadership communication, identity frameworks, and narrative reframing, you’ll explore:
- who you’ve become
- who you want to be next
- what to carry forward
- what to let go of
and the story that ties it all together
This isn’t abstract insight.
You leave with a story you can live by — and act on
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4. A Reconnection With Nature
Why do this in nature you might ask? it’s simple… Because nature strips away everything unnecessary.
Four days on the Sayward Forest lake chain slows your mind, quiets the noise, and brings truth to the surface.
It’s not an escape — it’s the environment required for the work.
Who’s this for?
The True Life Story Expedition is designed for accomplished and experienced leaders who:
Are navigating transition in career, identity or life-direction
Feel the need to recalibrate, reset or reorient
Want clarity for their next chapter
Are ready to confront avoided truths or decisions
Value depth, honesty and meaningful conversation
Thrive in small-group, high-trust environments
This isn’t a standard “retreat”, it’s for leaders who have already achieved and are ready to design what comes next!
Meet Your Guides
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Nick Kindler
Leadership Communication & Narrative Design
CEO of Kindler & Company and expert in leadership storytelling. Nick helps leaders articulate who they are, what they stand for, and where they’re going next — using story as a tool for clarity, confidence, and purpose
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Tom Benson
Wilderness Guide & Transformation Facilitator
A seasoned mountain and expedition guide with decades of adventure-based learning experience. Tom blends challenge, presence, and playful discomfort to expand personal potential and reconnect leaders to what matters.
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Cameron MacDougall
Embodied Leadership & Transformational Guide
Founder of Inbodied, specializing in nervous system regulation, somatic awareness, identity integration and retreat facilitation. Cameron helps leaders access deeper clarity by helping them rewire the mind/body connection.
The Experience
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Facilitated Identity & Story Sessions
Daily guided sessions led by experienced facilitators in leadership communication, narrative shaping, embodied awareness and personal transformation. This is structured work with structure, rigor, and real outcomes.
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Shared Wilderness Expedition
Four days canoeing through the pristine Sayward Forest lake chain.
You paddle.
You reflect.
You connect.
The physical challenge supports the internal shift.
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Small Group, Deep Trust
A small, intentionally selected group creates safety, depth, and honest conversation.
The group becomes part of the work - mirrors, supporters, challengers.
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Meals, Gear & Logistics Handled
You bring your personal items and an open mind.
We handle equipment, meals, transportation and backcountry safety.
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Sustained Momentum
Optional quarterly follow-ups help you integrate your story and stay aligned with the commitments you made to yourself.
The Real Takeaways
This isn’t a leadership retreat -
it’s a life recalibration.
What our participants are saying:
“It brought me back to my rocks - the things that really matter that I don’t think about every day.”
Dr. Ryan Magyar,
Focal Point Optometry
“It was a reset. A chance to decide what parts of me I want to carry forward and what I need to leave behind.”
Robin Kelly, Partner, Camargue Properties Inc
“The most surprising thing for me has been how engaged people have been in the process—and how generous.”
Tyler Cody, CEO
Osprey Electric
“For me, it’s been a once-in-a-lifetime experience. It covers the whole spectrum of being human - body, mind, and soul.”
Alter Castro,
CardMX
“A true life story is an expedition—thinking about how to help people build their individual capacities in life.”
Tom Benson
CEO, WildPlay
“Getting away from the city and phones, into wilderness and beauty - It’s a profound investment of four days.”
Tom Morin, CEO Morinwood
Pricing
Early Bird: $5,500 + GST Available until May 18th, 2026. After May 18th, 2026 pricing increases to $7,000 + GST.
Travel to and from the departure point
All meals, drinks and nourishment
All activity and camping equipment
Private access to 3 executive coaches for 4 days
Adventure guides
A team to set up and tare down camp (that’s right, you don’t have to)
All individual and group workshops and activities
Planning call
Wrap-up call
You just show up with your clothing, sleeping gear and an open heart and mind. We take care of the rest..
*Payment plans are available
