Walking The Hill

The Art of Accidental Transformation

by Gary H. Plep, LCSW and Mark Yoslow, PhD

Foreword by Michael Gurian

Feeling alone with no sense of purpose? Not sure where you belong? Challenged by taking the next step into the life you want?

This is our story of finding direction in a commitment to a healing ritual: a strenuous trail climb. What was intended to be a simple sharing exercise, and a time to bond between two men, became a form of meditation, deep revelation, and healing. The path was painted with the life reflections of two men who speak their personal truth.

What inspired us will empower you with the courage to speak your own truth without shame and claim your place and purpose in life. Many of us carry trauma, Veteran or civilian. Walking The Hill: The Art of Accidental Transformation is an example of how Nature can nurture healing. Join with us on our walk of self-reflection and connection.

Walking The Hill is a no nonsense path toward how to man up and discover who you are and answer the ancient question of all seekers of wisdom, "Who am I?"

Are you tired of doing life alone and are you are hungry for an adventure that will organically change you? If so, this is your book. This is an invitation and challenge to join us for a walk of a lifetime. As transformation occurs over time you will have an inner knowing of who you are and welcome yourself home as I have. You will no longer be alone as it is not just about you. You will be a member of the Quest seeking what you must bring back to your self, your family and community to improve the lives you touch. It is not easy, and there is pain.

We suffer to be free, and freedom transforms suffering to meaning.

Are you willing to be vulnerable? Join us on an organic, personal, spiritual, and transformative journey. Walking the Hill: The Art of Accidental Transformation is a guided meditative unfolding of man's true nature unto himself. It will challenge and inspire you.

“…a masterpiece of men’s work…”

-Michael Gurian, NYT Best Selling Author

  • In Praise of Walking The Hill

    John Gray, PhD

    Best selling author, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

    Walking The Hill:
    The Art of Accidental Transformation     captures the value of the heart and spirit of a man-to-man relationship based on the strength, courage, truth and commitment to go the distance and dive deep. A must-read for the evolving man and will be a gift of strength and deeper presence to his woman. I highly recommend you read this book.

  • In Praise of Walking The Hill

    Warren Farrell, Ph.D.

    Internationally best selling author, The Boy Crisis and The Myth of Male Power

    Walking The Hill is for every man who is open to making the next evolutionary shift in masculinity: from human doing to human being.

    The authors’ choice of three facilitators—nature, exercise, and one-on-one intentional conversations with another man about the impact of formative feelings on life’s decisions—is an optimal formula toward that evolutionary shift. I speak from experience as John Gray (Mars/Venus) and I have similarly taken hundreds of walks among the hills and streams of Mill Valley.

  • In Praise of Walking The Hill

    Michael Gurian

    New York Times bestselling author of The Wonder of Boys and What Could He Be Thinking?

    Walking The Hill is a masterpiece of men's work.  I come away from the book imagining Augustine and Aquinas, were they contemporaries, walking a hill together in California talking about life, time, love, and God. 

     The seven years of walks that Gary and Mark cover in words live in the reader as experience, reminiscence, knowledge, wisdom, and an invitation for the reader to dig deep within himself for meaning. 

     This is a rare concept and a rare book whose power comes from peeling back layers of manhood in search of the essence of a man.  I suggest reading this powerful book in short tranches--pondering what is said, applying its meaning, then moving on to the next 'walk'. 

     This book is fantastic.  I highly recommend it to men and women both.  Its powerful insights are woven and interwoven with life and mystery and what is needed in all of us for mature love to flourish.

  • Dr. Robert Glover

    Author No More Mr. Nice Guy: A Proven Plan for Getting What You Want in Love, Sex, and Life

    Envy. Having a mountain to climb and a brother to climb it with. 

    Challenge. Pick a man. Pick a mountain. Climb together. Repeat.

    Fear. Go towards what scares you – mountains and men are our training ground.

    Love. Being acknowledged, witnessed, and lifted up by a brother – no fairy tales or happily ever - afters here.

    Freedom. Brothers and mountains are waiting for you – unchain yourself from whatever is holding you back.

    Legacy. Write about it.

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