Programs and Services
Practical Programs. Stronger Foundations. Lasting Direction.
BearPeak Health and Wellness develops and delivers Indigenous-led programs that strengthen physical health, emotional regulation, identity, recovery, practical life skills, leadership, personal readiness, and community capacity.
Programs can be adapted for individuals, youth, men, families, First Nations, schools, health and prevention departments, treatment and recovery programs, community organizations, employers, and workforce partners.
Programs Built Around Real Needs
We begin with the people, the purpose, and the desired outcome—then build the program around them.
BearPeak recognizes that every individual, group, and community has different strengths, challenges, goals, resources, and cultural contexts. Most services are customized after an initial conversation rather than offered as one fixed package.
Programs may be delivered as individual sessions, workshops, presentations, short-term programs, multi-week initiatives, group training, leadership experiences, land-based activities, or larger community partnerships.
The purpose is to understand who the program will serve, what outcomes the client wants to support, and what form of delivery will be realistic, useful, and respectful.
Explore Our Program Areas
BearPeak’s services connect health, identity, behaviour, practical skills, personal responsibility, leadership, culture, relationships, environment, and future direction. Each program can be adapted to the age group, setting, available time, and goals of the people being served.
Community, Prevention and Leadership Programs
Anti-Gang Prevention and Personal Transformation
Direct and honest prevention programming informed by Brett Maxie’s lived experience with gang involvement, violence, addiction, incarceration, trauma, recovery, cultural reconnection, and personal transformation. The program emphasizes identity, belonging, responsibility, healthy brotherhood, hope, leadership, and realistic pathways forward.
Workforce Readiness and Human Capacity Building
Practical programming connecting physical and emotional wellness, daily structure, reliability, daily communication, teamwork, confidence, self-management, cultural identity, discipline, leadership, and purpose with readiness for education, training, employment, and the workplace.
Custom Community Program Development and Facilitation
Customized program planning, development, and delivery for First Nations, schools, health and prevention departments, treatment and recovery services, employers, workforce partners, and community organizations responding to specific wellness, prevention, leadership, practical life-skills, or capacity-building needs.
Holistic Health and Wellness Coaching
Whole-person coaching that helps individuals examine and strengthen the daily foundations beneath their health, energy, habits, choices, relationships, and direction.
Depending on the individual’s needs and goals, coaching may include education and practical support related to sleep, recovery, movement, whole-food nutrition, stress management, breathwork, meditation, nervous-system regulation, healthy environments, routines, personal responsibility, accountability, and cultural or spiritual grounding where appropriate.
This service provides education, coaching, and practical lifestyle support. It does not diagnose illness or replace appropriate medical care, mental-health services, addiction treatment, clinical nutrition services, or other regulated professional support.
Personal Training, Strength and Movement
Individual, small-group, and class-based physical training focused on strength, functional movement, cardiovascular conditioning, mobility, exercise technique, physical readiness, confidence, consistency, discipline, and recovery.
Training options may include personal training, group fitness classes, strength and conditioning, HYROX-style functional fitness and event preparation, youth fitness, performance enhancement, corrective-exercise principles, bodybuilding-focused training, mobility work, and programs for people returning to physical activity.
Brett’s training approach draws from his verified qualifications as a Certified Personal Trainer, Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Youth Fitness Trainer, Corrective Exercise Specialist, Performance Enhancement Specialist, and Bodybuilding Specialist.
Training is adapted to participant age, ability, experience, goals, health information, available equipment, and program setting. Appropriate screening and informed participation are required.
Personal Health, Training and Wellness Services
Whole-Food Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyle Education
Practical education supporting food preparation, whole-food nutrition, hydration, healthier routines, energy management, physical recovery, and realistic lifestyle skills that individuals and families can apply in everyday life.
Education may include understanding food quality, planning balanced meals, reading food labels, building healthier home environments, preparing practical meals, improving hydration, and connecting nutrition with energy, training, recovery, sleep, habits, and long-term wellness.
This service provides general nutrition and lifestyle education. It is not clinical dietetic care, medical nutrition therapy, diagnosis, or treatment.
Breathwork, Cold Exposure and Nervous-System Skills
Guided educational workshops introducing breathing practices, nasal breathing, breath awareness, meditation-style breathing, stress regulation, mental focus, physical recovery, controlled cold exposure, personal limits, and safe progression.
Sessions may be adapted for individuals, groups, teams, workplaces, men’s programs, community wellness initiatives, and age-appropriate youth programming.
Participation must be voluntary. Appropriate screening, informed consent, qualified supervision, and safe progression are required. Breath-hold exercises must never be performed in water, while driving, or anywhere a loss of consciousness could cause harm. Cold exposure is not appropriate for everyone and may require medical clearance.
Workshops, Presentations and Speaking
School Presentations and Youth Education
Age-appropriate presentations for schools, classrooms, youth groups, First Nations, and prevention programs. Sessions can explore practical life skills, identity and belonging, healthy choices, addiction prevention, anti-gang prevention, physical and emotional wellness, communication, leadership, culture, purpose, and future direction.
Community Workshops and Group Education
Interactive workshops for First Nations, health and prevention departments, treatment and recovery programs, men’s groups, community organizations, workplaces, and wellness initiatives. Topics may include holistic health and wellness, addiction and recovery, men’s wellness, whole-food nutrition, strength and movement, breathwork, cold exposure, nervous-system regulation, practical life skills, land-based development, leadership, and workforce readiness.
Speaking Engagements and Keynote Presentations
Professional speaking informed by Brett Maxie’s lived experience, recovery journey, Cree and Nakota identity, community leadership, wellness education, and personal transformation. Presentations can be adapted for conferences, schools, First Nations, treatment and recovery programs, employers, leadership events, community gatherings, and professional audiences.
Flexible Program Delivery
BearPeak programs can be adapted to the audience, purpose, location, available time, facilities, resources, community priorities, and desired outcomes.
- Individual coaching
- Small-group sessions
- Group fitness and conditioning
- Community workshops
- School presentations
- Half-day or full-day sessions
- Multi-session programming
- Multi-week initiatives
- Land-based experiences
- Youth and men’s programming
- Leadership development
- Workforce-readiness programming
- Conference and event presentations
- Customized community partnerships
- In-person, hybrid, or adaptable delivery
Final program content, schedule, travel, equipment, staffing, safety requirements, and pricing are determined after an initial conversation.
From Inquiry to Program Delivery
Most BearPeak services are customized. The process begins with understanding who the program will serve, what the client wants to accomplish, and what type of delivery will be useful, realistic, safe, and respectful.
STEP 1 — Start the Conversation
The client submits an inquiry describing their organization or community, intended audience, location, goals, preferred dates, and the type of program or service being considered.
STEP 2 — Identify the Need
BearPeak meets with the client to understand participant needs, desired outcomes, available time, facilities, resources, cultural direction, safety considerations, travel requirements, and budget.
STEP 3 — Design the Program
BearPeak recommends or develops an appropriate program structure, content, delivery format, schedule, scope of work, safety requirements, and cost.
STEP 4 — Prepare and Deliver
The program is prepared and delivered using clear communication, professional facilitation, practical learning activities, appropriate participant information, and relevant safety procedures.
STEP 5 — Reflect and Build Forward
Where appropriate, BearPeak gathers attendance information, participant feedback, reflections, photographs with permission, and other agreed-upon documentation to support evaluation, accountability, reporting, and future program development.
Professional Scope and Safety
BearPeak Health and Wellness provides practical education, coaching, physical training, facilitation, lived-experience guidance, leadership development, and culturally grounded community programming.
Working Responsibly and Collaboratively
BearPeak’s services are intended to complement—not replace—appropriate medical care, emergency services, mental-health care, addiction treatment, clinical counselling, dietetic services, cultural leadership, or other regulated professional support.
Programs are adapted according to the participants, activities, setting, and level of risk. Depending on the program, appropriate requirements may include health screening, informed consent, liability waivers, parental or guardian consent, medical clearance, emergency planning, cultural guidance, qualified supervision, and activity-specific safety procedures.
Breathwork and cold-exposure activities require voluntary participation, appropriate screening, clear safety instruction, supervision, and gradual progression. Breath-hold exercises must never be performed in water, while driving, or anywhere a loss of consciousness could cause harm. Cold exposure is not appropriate for everyone and may require medical clearance.
Physical-training activities are adapted to participant age, ability, experience, goals, health information, available equipment, and program environment.
BearPeak supports appropriate collaboration with communities, families, Elders, Knowledge Keepers, healthcare providers, treatment professionals, educators, prevention teams, employers, and other relevant partners when required.
Safety, respect, informed participation, cultural responsibility, and appropriate professional boundaries are part of every BearPeak program.
Let’s Build the Right Program Together
Tell BearPeak who you are serving, what you want to accomplish, and what challenges or opportunities you are responding to.
Whether you are planning a youth initiative, men’s program, recovery workshop, school presentation, wellness service, training program, land-based experience, workforce-readiness initiative, speaking engagement, or customized community program, the first step is a conversation.
BearPeak will work with you to understand your audience, goals, location, preferred dates, available resources, safety requirements, and budget before recommending an appropriate program or service.