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The Heart-Centered Memoir Writing Coach

Writing A Memoir Will Transform You... Are you finally ready to write your book? As the author of two books from major publishers and a writing coach and editor with 30 years of experience, I'd love to guide you to shape your book with heart and purpose. Let's get your memoir out of your head and into your reader's hands. The world needs your stories, wisdom...your book.

brad Wetzler's memoir into the soul of the world

Brad Wetzler has led the very definition of an adventurous life, but in Into the Soul of the World, he gives an unflinching account of his interior adventures. Wetzler’s soulful quest, by turns anguished and transcendent, will resonate with readers around the world who struggle to find purpose and a sense of the holy in the ambient jitter of the digital age.

Hampton Sides , New York Times Best-selling Author of Ghost Soldiers

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Hi, I’m Brad. Writing a memoir isn’t just about recounting life events. It’s about uncovering the wisdom within your story and crafting it into something that resonates with others. As an author, editor, and memoir coach with two traditionally published books, I work with aspiring writers to shape their stories with heart and purpose. Together, we’ll create a memoir that captures the moments and meanings that define your journey.

Whether you’re preserving a legacy, seeking personal clarity, or sharing your truth to inspire others, I’ll be with you every step of the way—from first words to the final draft. If you’re ready to honor your experiences and bring your story to life, let’s make it happen together.

Why me? I believe I have more experience than anybody in my field. For 35-years, I’ve worked on both sides of the desk, as writer and editor, in addition to memoir and nonfiction book writing coach. I’ve published two books with major traditional publishers, a memoir called Into the Soul of the World and a nonfiction book based on a monthly column I wrote for Outside magazine. My articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, GQ, Wired, National Geographic, Travel + Leisure, Men’s Journal, and Outside, where I was a senior editor and contributing writer. 

At Outside, I conceived the idea to send a writer to Mount Everest, and I assigned and served as editorial project manager for “Into Thin Air,” the 1996 award-winning article, by Jon Krakauer, which was later expanded into the best-selling book, Into Thin Air.

I’m passionate about helping people write and publish memoirs and “teaching” memoirs, whether they’re business leaders, wellness coaches, spiritual teachers, or everyday humans. I offer comprehensive coaching, developmental editing, and ghostwriting services to help writers at any stage. My goal is to guide you in writing with courage and heart, transforming your story into a book that can impact others. 

When I’m not writing, teaching, or editing books for other memoirists, I practice and teach yoga and meditation, study spirituality and religion, and connect with my spirit hiking in the foothills with my dog Tommy. I live in Boulder, Colorado. 

Let’s connect for a free 30-minute session to explore how I can help you achieve your writing goals.

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My New Memoir:Into the Soul of the World

Brad Wetzler’s memoir, Into the Soul of the World, was published by the Hachette Book Group in March,  2023.

Into the Soul of the World is a memoir by author and memoir writing coach Brad Wetzler.

Advance Praise for Brad Wetzler's

ADVENTURES IN HEALING: My Decade-Long, Round-the-World Quest to Overcome Drug Addiction and Cope with Trauma

In the age of toxic masculinity and “mansplaining;” in a country in which most violent crimes are committed by men, Brad Wetzler’s Adventures in Healing offers a powerful, profound, and deeply personal road map for actively cultivating a different kind of manhood. As a young journalist in the 90s, Wetzler had it all: an amazing, enviable job as a travel and adventure journalist that sent him all over the world on assignments; a home in beautiful Santa Fe; a loving marriage. At the height of magazine journalism, Wetzler’s passport was littered with stamps, and he edited and wrote features for high-profile magazines like the New York Times, George, National Geographic, and many others. He commissioned Jon Krakauer’s piece about the lost climbers of Mt. Everest that later became the international bestselling book and hit movie, Into Thin Air.

But then the demons and trauma from his childhood caught up with him, and he sunk into a depression that increasing amounts of prescription drugs could not solve, and soon found himself divorced, essentially house-bound, and physically unhealthy.

He hit rock bottom when a friend – who was on a similar cocktail of medications — died by suicide. Adventures in Healing traces his road to recovery, from a checkpoint in Palestine to the cave of a 100-year-old yogi in India. He kicks the drugs, finds yoga, moves to Colorado, and learns — through the love of friends, animals, and a hard-won spiritual awakening that can’t be put into any particular dogmatic box — to be a man that is not celebrated often enough. A man of wisdom, kindness, insight, tenderness, and sensitivity.

Through energetic and lively prose, Wetzler takes us inside the heart and mind of a man who refuses to conform to society’s restrictive notion of manhood, and instead presents a new path for men to walk. This is not an easy path, Wetzler is clear, but we’ve never needed it more.

– Emily Rapp Black

author of The Still Point of the Turning World and Sanctuary.

–Hampton Sides Author of Ghost Soldiers, Blood and Thunder, Hellhound on His Trail, and others

As a far-flung journalist and celebrated editor, Brad Wetzler has led the very definition of an adventurous life, but in ADVENTURES IN HEALING he'll give an unflinching account of his interior adventures. Wetzler’s soulful quest, by turns anguished and transcendent, will resonate with readers around the world who struggle to find purpose and a sense of the holy in the ambient jitter of the digital age.

Brad Wetzler is an author and memoir writing coach. Make this the year you complete your memoir. Download the free "How to Tell a Great Story" e-book and schedule a free 30-minute consultation today.

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