Lexi and Liam ❤
Fernway Wellness is the love child of husbands Lexi and Liam, two trans and queer healthcare workers with personal experience healing from trauma and burnout. Our life’s purpose is to help others heal, too.
Meet Lexi
Lexi (he/they) is your nature and wellness guide- weaving together somatics, mindfulness and creativity for the purposes of healing and liberation. Currently pursuing instructor training in the Somatic Activated Healing method with Sah D’Simone, you will find them leading somatic workshops starting in January 2027. You will also find them leading many other wellness workshops focused on trauma and burnout recovery.
Lexi is passionate about outdoor education and wilderness travel, and is certified as a paddling instructor and wilderness canoe tripping guide. He works full time as a Personal Support Worker in a Complex Continuing Care hospital, supporting a diversity of people living with long term disability and chronic health conditions. They are a practicing Buddhist, photographer, knitter, raver and animal lover. They have personal lived experience recovering from cPTSD, burnout and addiction.
Qualifications and Experience
- Somatic Activated Healing Instructor in training (graduation date: November 2026)
- Formal training in Buddhist meditation (Zen and Vipassana)
- Co-director of Backcountry Programming for A Queer Camp
- Thousands of kilometers of self supported wilderness travel experience by foot and canoe
- Wilderness First Responder certified since 2016 (80 hours)
- Wilderness Canoe Tripping Guide certification through ORCKA
- Standard First Aid and CPR-C
- Whitewater Rescue Technician trained
- 2 Years experience working with Outward Bound Canada
- Personal Support Worker diploma from Humber College
- 5 Years experience working with medically complex and palliative patients in a hospital setting
- Studied photography at TMU and Mohawk College
- Founder of The Trans Calendar Project (2011-2015)
Meet Liam
Liam (he/him) is a chef, nutrition manager and trauma informed life coach. He is passionate about nourishing others in both body and spirit. You will find him leading cooking and nutrition workshops, and preparing meals for many of our other workshops and community dinners.
By day, you can find Liam managing the nutrition needs of a major trauma hospital in Toronto. Liam is also the lead counsellor and one of the head chefs at A Queer Camp, and serves on the board of directors for Rainbow Mentors. Liam is also passionate about the outdoors, and especially loves whipping up delicious meals in the Canadian Wilderness.
Qualifications and Experience
Coming soon!
