Dr Stephanie Dale

Wellbeing/writing program developer * journalist * author * researcher * group facilitator * writing coach * editor

Experience You Can Trust

Dr Stephanie Dale is an award-winning journalist who in 2014 founded The Write Road, a wellbeing initiative for rural and remote Australians. Her embodied writing practice was developed as a method for navigating individual lifeworld challenges, building community, and transforming relationships. More than 3000 people have participated in Stephanie’s wellbeing-through-writing programs, face to face and online, including individuals and communities in recovery from natural disaster – flood, fire, drought – and newly literate Indigenous adults. Steph is skilled in using writing to connect communities and build individual capacity and confidence.
Stephanie has a PhD in understanding how writing generates and sustains health and wellbeing. Her thesis was commended as Outstanding Thesis of the Year. She is an award-winning journalist and the author of three books, including the newly released journaling handbook Write Your Way Home.
Writing support for individuals who want to punch above their weight
Professional development for personnel across sectors
Community recovery programs post natural disaster

Wellbeing program developer
Ask me about bespoke wellbeing-through-writing programs.

Keynote speaker and presenter
I’m available to speak about my work, my research and LOCH model insights into human lifeworld interiors.

Wellbeing retreats and live events
Specialist wellbeing writing retreats and events are held throughout the year – contact me for bespoke retreats and events.
Testimonials
★★★★★
“Stephanie Dale’s charismatic warmth inspires and uplifts. Her femininity camouflages her strength – but only at first. She is a lead lemming: compelling, engaging and captivating.”
Patt Gregory, Woodwork for Women
★★★★★
“Stephanie Dale is a ‘mistress class’ in facilitation. Her skills are phenomenal, equal to anyone I’ve ever worked with & I’ve worked with the best.”
Sue Spencer, UK
★★★★★
“It was worth coming all this way – 2000 kms – just to hear Stephanie speak.”
Jenny Blake, attendee, National Rural Health Conference
A passion for pilgrimage

In 2005, Stephanie and her son Ben walked the Camino, the iconic 900km pilgrim trail across Spain’s northern interior. In 2007, Stephanie joined Ben for the middle leg of his 7000km pilgrimage from Canterbury to Jerusalem. Together they walked 1500kms across Italy and through the Balkans. These were pre-smart phone days – often they navigated by walking east to the rising sun – literally, making their beds wherever they found themselves at day’s end … fields, forests, beaches.

In 2019, Stephanie and her grandson Dylan walked the Camino Francis, 900kms across Spain’s northern interior from St Jean Pied du Port to Finis Terre. (And yes, correct, her trusty pilgrim clothing hasn’t changed.)
Walk&Write
In 2017, Stephanie merged her passions for walking, writing and pilgrimage by launching Walk & Write Camino in partnership with World Expeditions.






Stephanie Dale: books
Stephanie Dale is the author of three published books, including the newly released journaling handbook Write Your Way Home. She is also the author of the travel memoir My Pilgrim’s Heart, which chronicles her walk across Italy and through the Balkans, and the novel Hymn for the Wounded Man, which won the 2012 US Independent Publisher Book Award for Best Fiction (Aust./NZ).