Most of us spend our lives searching for purpose outside ourselves—chasing success, approval, possessions, or certainty. Yet despite our efforts, something always feels just out of reach. What if the answers you’ve been looking for aren’t out there at all?

What if they’ve been quietly waiting inside you all along?

The Way of the Bear is a soul-rooted journey of purpose discovery inspired by an actual vision received during a wilderness fast. It’s more than a program. It’s a remembering, a return, a guided path back to the heart of who you really are…and why you are here.

The Origin of the Way: A Vision in the Wilderness

In 2019, I fasted alone in the wilderness, seeking vision beside a river, surrounded by juniper and sagebrush. For 24 hours, I sat in silence with no food or water. As I entered deep meditation, I heard heavy footfalls circling me…never seen, always felt. Later, I would learn that these were the spirit steps of the Great Medicine Bear, the first healer and guide of the old world, testing me, peering into my spirit to ask the timeless question:

Are you ready? Are you worthy of the vision?

That night, the answer came in a dream. In that dream, I was led into a deep cavern, a den hidden between two boulders. Inside, beside a fire, the elder Bear waited. He gifted me a medicine bundle and charged me to return to the people with this message:

“They have forgotten who they are. Help them remember.” - Medicine Bear

Who Is Bear?

Bear is the first herbalist, healer, and teacher in many Earth-based traditions. He taught the people how to heal with plants, to fast, listen to the land, and enter the Dreamtime to receive guidance. Bear is the Keeper of Dreams and a Bridge Between Worlds, seen and unseen, body and soul, Earth and Spirit.

In dreams and visions, Bear comes to those who are ready to walk between the worlds and return with medicine. The Way of the Bear follows this ancient path: to descend into the depths of your inner wilderness, retrieve the truth of your purpose, and return with the power to live it.

Would you like some Medicine?