Walker
Walker
Jill Loree’s memoir


JILL LOREE’S JOURNEY
Walker: A memoir
Walker is about Jill Loree’s spiritual journey to open her heart and live an authentic life. Through it all, her own gumption would be her steady companion.
The title of Walker arose from a line in a poem: “There is no road, walker, you make the road by walking.”
From Proverbs and Tiny Songs
You walking, your footsteps are
the road, and nothing else;
there is no road, walker,
you make the road by walking.
By walking you make the road,
and when you look backward,
you see the path that you
never will step on again.
Walker, there is no road,
Only wind-trails in the sea.
– By Antonio Machado (1875–1939), translated by Robert Bly (reprinted with permission)
Before there was Phoenesse, there was the journey.
Readers know Jill Loree as the founder of Phoenesse, the creator of the Real.Clear. series, and a modern voice for the transformative teachings of the Pathwork Guide. But before she rewrote spiritual teachings for a new generation, she had to live her own.
Walker is the deeply personal memoir behind the books.
Growing up in a family shaped by alcoholism, emotional wounds and unspoken struggles, Jill learned early how to adapt, achieve and survive.
In Walker, she traces the winding path of her life—from childhood ski jumps in small-town Wisconsin to boardrooms, broken relationships, recovery meetings, spiritual exploration, and unexpected awakenings.
Told with warmth, wit, and striking honesty, she reveals how life's struggles often become the very steppingstones that lead us home to ourselves.
Yet this is not a story about having all the answers.
It is a story about learning to trust the next step.
Jill shares the experiences that ultimately led her to discover the Pathwork teachings, become a Pathwork Helper, create Phoenesse, and devote her life to helping others heal.
For longtime readers of Jill's spiritual work, Walker offers a behind-the-scenes look at the life experiences that shaped her understanding of personal transformation.
For new readers, it is an inspiring and deeply human memoir about resilience, family, forgiveness, and the courage to keep walking when the road ahead is unclear.
Because there is no road, walker.
You make the road by walking.
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Part One | Childhood; Barron (1963-1971)
Part Two | More childhood, adolescence; Rice Lake (1971-1981)
Part Two | Continued
Part Three | College; Eau Claire (1981-1985)
Part Four | Fortune 500 jobs; Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta (1985-1989)
Part Five | Advertising jobs, family; Atlanta (1989-1998)
Part Six | Marcom, Pathwork; Atlanta (1998–2014)
Part Seven | Spiritual writing, teaching; Richmond, Washington DC, Western NY (2014–2018)
©2018, 2026 Jill Loree. All rights reserved.
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