VIVIFY

ARE YOU READY FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE ADVENTURE?

THIS WILDERNESS JOURNEY WILL REBOOT YOUR MIND, REWILD YOUR BODY, AND CLARIFY YOUR VISION.

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR WINTER 2024:
PATAGONIA NATIONAL PARK, CHILE

“VIVIFY” MEANS TO BRING TO LIFE…

…here’s how we do it.

Kickoff: November 17th

Wilderness Journey: December 28, 2024 - January 4, 2025

Patagonia National Park, Aysén Region, Chile

Program Completion: January 28th

UPCOMING DATES

VIVIFY IS FOR THOSE WHO…

…are yearning for adventure & deeper connection with the natural world.

...are burned out from spending too many days sitting behind a screen.

…are willing and ready to step outside their comfort zone.

If you resonate with any of the above, fill out our 3-minute application below.

This is an intimate experience for a maximum of 12, so we have a simple application process to create a cohesive, powerful, and long-lasting community.

VIVIFY is a 10-week leadership program, designed to bring the aliveness of the wild into our daily lives.

The core pillar of VIVIFY is a unique backpacking expedition in some of the world's most stunning wilderness - this winter, in Chilean Patagonia.

This intense experience is supported and amplified by 10 weeks of custom curriculum and coaching to help you prepare and integrate.

WHAT IS VIVIFY?

PATAGONIA WILDERNESS JOURNEY

Arrive at home in the wild, and detox from modernity. We’ll set aside our screens, our calendars, and our daily routines in favor of a way of wandering that we remember in our bones. Your mind will be rewired by the sounds, smells, and shapes of the natural world, and after nearly a week in the wilderness, you’ll emerge rejuvenated and inspired.

REBOOT YOUR MIND

REWILD YOUR BODY

You’ll have the space and support to open your senses to the magic of the wild environment. We’ll carry everything we need and nothing we don’t, and you’ll have an embodied experience of minimalist freedom. Immerse yourself in alpine lakes, align yourself with the rhythm of sunrise and sunset, and find the blissful rhythm of smooth movement through the mountains.

CLARIFY YOUR VISION

Every healthy culture through history has known that to live our lives most fully and creatively, we must periodically retreat to wild places. VIVIFY gives you that opportunity, within a container to guide you towards deeper insights, and integrate them back into your life. Within VIVFY, you’ll embark on an overnight solo, supported by custom practices and guidance to explore yourself and this moment in your life in the context of the wild.

Though this will be a physical challenge, no backpacking experience is required. On our Alignment Call, I’ll ask you a few questions to make sure you’ll be ready.

YOUR GUIDES

Dom Francks

Founder & Lead Guide

I’m Dom. I’m a wilderness guide, and the creator of VIVIFY.

I’m on a mission to foster regenerative leadership, blending personal vitality and ecological harmony. I strive to empower individuals to live and lead in ways that enhance their own aliveness and presence and create a deep and lasting relationship with the more-than-human world.

​I’ve had a foot in two worlds for a decade - I’ve led wilderness immersions in remote locations including Patagonia and Alaska, and and I’ve held leadership roles at climate-tech companies, serving as Chief of Staff at Terramera and Head of Product at Solara Energy. In a past life, I was also Captain of the Stanford University Golf Team.

My work is inspired by the Animas Valley Institute, where I trained in the Yearlong Soulcraft Immersion with Bill Plotkin. I’ve also completed coach training with the Conscious Leadership Group.

I live for movement in the mountains - I’ve skied on the tallest peaks of the lower 48, completed a solo traverse of the Southern Sierra High Route, and ridden dogsleds across the Boundary Waters.

Nadine Lehner

Wilderness Co-Guide, Chulengo Expeditions

Nadine is a mountain guide, facilitator, and explorer focused on reconnecting people and place through wilderness travel and facilitation.​

After graduating from Harvard College, she moved to Patagonia to work as Executive Director of Conservacion Patagonica, where she focused on the establishment of Patagonia National Park, Chile's 700,000-acre flagship national park. She pursued a joint MBA - MS in Environment and Resources at Stanford University before returning to Patagonia to found Chulengo, a nature exploration and guiding service in Aysén. ​

​She is a Bain alum, a NOLS instructor, and has led wilderness mountaineering, backpacking and river expeditions for over two decades. With team members Isidora and Rebeca, she has made the first all-female expeditions to Patagonia’s Northern Icefield, with support from the American Alpine Club.

TESTIMONIALS

"Dom is one of a rare breed of man that is as skilled at exploring external landscapes as he is internal landscapes. His emotional awareness and attunement helped me to find insight into parts of my own nature and soul I hadn't yet traversed, and to reconnect to my deeper purpose."

ARIAN MAHINI
Lead AI Negotiation Advisor, Rora

"When I started working with Dom, I was feeling burned out and overwhelmed, and was seeking more embodied presence and balance. Through our work, I reconnected with my sense of self, my sense of strength, and my spirit. He helped me to show up more fully for myself and to lead more authentically and compassionately. Dom guided me back to connection with wildness and the natural world, something I was sorely missing. I recommend working with Dom to anyone who has a profound sense of mission, and wants to honor their love of the wild.”

KEALLY DEWITT
VP, GAF Energy

  • We'll dance between inquiry into the foundational questions that drive you, and concrete action items to improve your work, relationships, and lives.

  • We'll draw energy from the more-than-human world. We use rhythm, movement, and breath to work below the cognitive layer of your mind.

  • We'll befriend the parts of you that want to keep you small, and integrate them into your unfolding journey.

  • And most of all, we'll continue to ask “How can I be put to best use in service of life?”

IN OUR 10-WEEK CURRICULUM…

Who will you become in the high places of this world?

"Dom has helped me crystallize personal values and live in accordance with them. This has had massive impacts for me personally and professionally — bringing more energy into running my business, deepening the quality of my relationships, and finding more commitment to my decisions.”

JAMIE MCCROSKERY
CEO, Bluebird Climate

"I wanted to build more intentionality into my day-to-day, clarify and align with my long term vision, and connect more deeply with the natural world. Working with Dom was extremely supportive for all of the above. His creative coaching helped me reframe my challenges and find novel solutions."

JACK FRITZINGER
Founder & Climate Solutions Consultant, Timberline Strategies

WHAT’S INCLUDED

Wilderness Immersion

  • All guiding and facilitation by Dom & VIVIFY team.

  • Logistical support from Chulengo Expeditions

  • Accommodation before and after expedition.

  • A unique experience in Aysén, including a celebration dinner at a local permaculture farm.

  • All meals (Lightweight and backpacking-specific in the backcountry).

  • Comprehensive preparation, guidance, and support.

Group Coaching & Curriculum

  • Six 90-minute group coaching calls

  • Unlimited access to the VIVIFY curriculum

  • Unlimited real-time support via text and voice message

  • 1-1 Coaching Support with Dom is available

YOUR PATH INTO VIVIFY

1

APPLY

Fill out our short 3-minute application below, and schedule your alignment call with Dom.

2

DIVE DEEP

In your Alignment Call, you’ll learn more about VIVIFY, get a taste of the power of the program, and have all your questions answered.

3

VIVIFY

If your participation in the program is aligned, you will be invited to register, beginning your journey into the wild. Congratulations!

FAQ

  • VIVIFY is unique in that it weaves together 1-1 guidance and a custom wilderness experience. VIVIFY pairs a strong experiential element with individual support to ensure that we guide you in the transformation and growth that you seek.

  • Logistically, we can only bring 12 participants into the Inyo National Forest. However, we also find that 12 or less is an ideal number to create a tight and cohesive community through the program.

  • VIVIFY is a holistic leadership program. If showing up with more clarity and aliveness would benefit your role at work, then VIVIFY will be deeply supportive. In addition, the individual coaching sessions are tailored to support you in whatever is most present in your life - if that’s work, then that’s where we’ll go.

  • Absolutely. As long as you can organize to be mostly undisturbed for your coaching sessions and are able to be fully present for the Wilderness Immersion, you are good to go!

  • Yes! While most of our VIVIFY members are from the US, we can support participants from around the world, as long as you can be present for the wilderness immersion in the High Sierra.

  • If you cannot be fully present in California for the Wilderness Immersion, you can still receive 1-1 guidance on your custom schedule, and set yourself up for a future VIVIFY wilderness experience. Join Dom’s newsletter below to get the latest on VIVIFY right in your inbox.

  • About an hour per week, other than the wilderness immersion!

  • Of course! And – It is important that every individual chooses VIVIFY for themselves first, not because someone else is doing it. This program requires everyone to be fully in and fully committed.

    If there are two or more of you who would like to join, mention this is in your application and ask us for a special bonus!

  • You do not need any existing backpacking experience for the wilderness expedition, but a baseline of physical capability will be helpful. By the time we meet for our expedition, you should be able to carry a 35 lb pack for 8 miles. However, we have a few months to support you in getting there. If you’re curious, we can set you up with a training plan to ensure you’re ready to go when we walk into the high country!

    If you have doubts about your fitness, please schedule a call with Dom, and we can assess together if this program is the right fit.

  • After VIVIFY, you’ll have two integration coaching sessions - one as a group, and one individual. You’ll also join your team members in an ongoing online community council, which will give you a chance to continue to share updates and source support from the VIVIFY community.

  • If your questions are simple and of a logistical nature, send an email to dom.francks@gmail.com

    If you would like to discuss your individual situation and ask more detailed questions, complete an application and we will answer them in your Introduction Call.

  • We offer scholarships to applicants from historically disadvantaged communities, to support the cultivation of a diverse and representative cohort. Please reach out directly for more info!