Camp My Way

Our very own Camp My Way CEO and Lead Guide Jillian A Brown! I was already honoured to receive the following ask,to then have my heart overwhelmed by what came after! How it started: Hi Jill, I teach Grade 6 at Golden Avenue Public School in South Porcupine, Ontario. I’d like to use you as part of teaching my grade 6 students about researching a person. I want to focus on the life of someone who loves the outdoors and someone who has significant , yet achievable accomplish...ments. Your work as an advocate for those with PTSD stands out. -Mr.Kring Umm Yes Of Course!!! Hi Jillian, This week my grade 6 students were practicing putting together a research poster. To do this we watched a few of your videos, read your biography and (together) we put together a summary of aspects of your life. The way you decided to leave an abusive relationships matched with what we had talked about in part of our health class... leaving relationships that aren’t healthy... and that getting (asking for) help is a good thing... nothing to be ashamed about. We looked at the challenges you faced, your accomplishments, your education... a full 3 days of research! Today we put together practice posters. The information was all the same... but students got a chance to practice publishing, organization, colour and presentation skills as they could make their poster the way they wanted. Next week students will pick their own topic / person / focus for their own research poster... but I am very grateful for your help in making this practice research project go so well. We had several great conversations about your life, your passion, your goals! Thanks for sharing the great parts and challenging parts of your life with us. - Mr. Kring #teachthetools #honoured #inspire #fullheart #natureheals #grade6 #students #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #ontario #theexplorersclub #rcgs #sharecangeo #cbcnews #cbcdocs #natgeo #explorer #globalnews #exploreontario

Tune in to our Camp My Way CEO/ Lead Guides live chat in just 2 hour with C.W. Goetz Outdoors!!! It’s going to be a good one!

The last thing I wanted was to get a label but in the end it was unavoidable thanks to management and their cannibalistic habits. I’m beginning to feel refreshed. The day at your own pace was extremely helpful. I’m not feeling rushed or pressured. I don’t feel overloaded with self imposed tasks or the pressure from others to fulfill their wants. I don’t feel I have to prove anything to anyone for the first time since I can remember. I find myself thinking of Abraham Mas...low’s Hierarchy of needs. It’s hard to communicate to my wife without being an asshole and I feel it’s always a one way street. She has no problems telling me all the ways I’m fucking up, I’m making her feel burnt out because it seems everything revolves around my PTSD and injuries. Yet when I try to mention the slightest thing I need or struggle with and all I hear is I’m not wired that way and I’m trying the best I can. I can’t push the issue because I get worked up so I just swallow it down. Click to read full journal entry with photos, Thank you for your time and helping support Ryan's recovery. Sponsored: Grandpa A Dollar A Day Nesters Market & Pharmacy - Whistler Adara Hotel Whistler MEC Escape Whistler VSSL Mustang Survival https://campmyway.com/rcmp-cst-ryan-tobin-journal-entry-da/

It was good to be back in the wilderness again, where everything seems at peace. I was alone, just me and the animals. It was a great feeling, free once more to plan and do as I pleased. Beyond was all around me. My dream was a dream no longer.... I suppose I was here because this was something I had to do. Not just dream about it, but do it. I suppose, too, I was here to test myself. Not that I had never done it before, but this time, it was to be a more thorough and lasting examination. What was I capable of that I didn't know yet? Could I truly enjoy my own company for an entire year? And was I equal to everything this wild land could throw at me? In a previous life many moons ago I had found myself shackled in iron chains and caged like a savage animal for 23 1/2 hrs a day in a Super Max Federal Prison. Stripped of my freedom, humiliated beyond human comprehension - psychologically tortured from the deepest darkest depths of the devils belly - what little I had left in my soul , my mind in a constant loop of utter insanity, it took an unfathomable amount of inner strength just to look out out of my window through the razor sharp barbed wire at the outside world. It’s not even possible to even try and say in words how it feels to see a tree you can not touch , how it feels to cry no tears, how it feels to have no voice with ruthless care takers or so they call them "Corrections Officers", punish from within - an unbound hatred towards thy self, what is love, why this life and how do I escape this cage ( #mymind ) You have to suffer and die from within to dream and connect to a higher level of consciousness while still trying to breath 6 feet deep buried alive in a wrought iron casket to which nobody even knows exists accept you and your thoughts with shattered dreams while you try to relax at the same time claw your way out of the utter kaos. Their voices, whispers laughter at your pathetic self as you ask "Am I actually alive and dreaming, or dead and remembering"? The one single thing that kept me from loosing what I had left of my mind was when I looked out that cell window and visioned myself out in the #wilderness - free once more to do as I pleased. Beyond was all around me. My dream was a dream no longer. This video is Day 3 at Camp My Way where finally the dream continues to be as real as I once #thought and now we are able share these experiences with our first responders who struggle with Post Traumatic Stress as they too head out for a 24 hr solo to sit, build, dream #survive without the mental torture of todays society and how humans are responding to our "not so " natural environment. We must simply "Make the Time", to get to know ourselves, so we can be our selves and Love ourselves again through the power of positive thinking. Your Friend, Our Voice Terrance Kosikar #ptsd #suicidprevention #depressionhelp #survivalshelter #aloneinthewilderness #wellbeing #nature

Camp My Way CEO & Lead Guide Jillian Brown- Day 3 Journal- Practising Gratitude: I was 5 years into an abusive relationship, family murder, business lose, and daily threats to our livelihood; to our dogs and home, all cascaded down upon me like that of the great mountain avalanches that crushed all that stood below and I could barely grasp a breath. And yet, within the chaos I would find myself, each day, in my morning routine of carrying the 10 gallons of food and 10 gallo...ns of water down to our 16 rescued sled dogs, giving morning snuggles, I’d rub my cheek into their soft fur and tell them I was thankful it was me there, and not someone else; As I knew I had the strength to get through, and maybe someone else wouldn’t. I couldn’t tell you where this gratitude came from, but when I soon found myself homeless, leaving that world behind for safety within the thin walls of a tent, I was simply thankful for being dry within the storms, and for the comfort of the thick blanket I called a bed upon the earth. I may have been homeless, but that shelter within the woods, next to the river, was the best home I could have asked for. This was where I found true healing and discovered the avalanche had done exactly what all do, shaping and creating a path for new life to grow! Jillian A. Brown Photography/ Jill A. Brown Thank you Surrey Fire Fighters Charitable Society, A Dollar A Day , VSSL, MEC , Nesters Market & Pharmacy - Whistler for all the support for not just Camp My Way, but our personal journeys as well! #gratitude #campmyway #journalling #ptsdrecovery #natureheals #survivalshelter #vssl #mec #ptsd #mentalhealthawareness #emotionalwellbeing #teachthetools #mountainlifer #canadiantribune #putinthework #cabelascanada #suicideprevention

Special Recognition - This is who they are and what they do !!! Surrey Fire Fighters Association IAFF Local 1271

Today, i’m feeling upset that our National Police Force continues to fail their membership, says Kennedy Sponsored: Grandpa A Dollar A Day... Nesters Market & Pharmacy - Whistler VSSL Adara Hotel Whistler https://campmyway.com/sheriff-chad-kennedy-journal-entry-d/

Truly an honour for us to be invited back to this amazing tournament again this year.