"SWET takes you as you are, wherever you are, and just lets you be who you are. The leaders of the movement are sensitive and powerful and provide the kind of comfort and support, and the kind of vessel that allows you to make your own journey into the light."

"All I can say is that you'll have the experience of your life and that it will be a weekend upon which you can begin to build a foundation, and it will further your journey into self awareness and remembrance."

"I must tell you what an extraordinary experience that the SWET weekend was for me. It was the hardest most intense psycho-spiritual event of my life and I'm saying that from the perspective of a therapy client junkie and a mild retreat addict."

"I came to SWET thinking I probably wouldn't get much out of it. I mean, I'm in a men's group, and have done spiritual growth groups and many things of this nature. So I kind of expected more of the same. SWET was totally different. It took me out of my normal operating mode immediately. All men were instantly equal. Regardless of profession, income or any other of the normal measuring sticks. For one weekend we were all in the same. Just men. Helping each other. The weekend helped me to refocus on what is truly important in my life. I returned home and talked with my wife in a way like never before. Our relationship has shifted since then. Most importantly I have a network of men that I can speak completely openly and honestly with about any issue....who will be there whenever needed. That's amazing."

"I have found that you don't have to be seeking something or be messed up to qualify to attend a SWET weekend, just that you want to live a fuller life and with deeper meaning and commitment. Yes, I still feel lonely at times, but through the SWET movement, I know that I have many Spiritual Warrior Brothers who care for me."

"I was amazed and humbled to see that men from the inner city and the (affluent) suburbs came together as equals, by means of the carefully designed challenges and events. I learned that I am no more or less human, nor better or worse than any other man. We are all just people struggling with our inner demons. This weekend gave me not only tools with which to fight them, but methods, skills and practice in doing so."

"I came to the SWET weekend trusting that I'd leave being glad I went. I was more than glad I went and can't wait to go back again. I will never forget looking directly in my son's eyes and telling him how much I loved him. Still today, months later I am able to talk with him in ways we couldn't before."

"At age 63 I must say that it was the teenagers that taught me the most about myself."

"I've been involved in two SWET weekends and have experienced the powerful benefits of the weekend from both sides of the emotional spectrum. During the first weekend I was in a place of strength and confidence. I was really able to reach out to a number of hurting men from all walks of life, connect with them, and lend them much needed emotional support. Also, I was joined in the first weekend by my father and we made new in-roads and connections in our relationship. It was a great feeling! The second weekend was during a time of major personal despair for me. Yet, I was able to lean heavily on my SWET brother's strength, compassion and wisdom to help me through and give me hope. Both experiences held a lot of lessons and growth for me and the camaraderie was great, too."

"Before I went to SWET I was confused about how to handle some issues in my life. Now I feel as though I can deal with them easily and healthily. SWET did a lot for me."

"I have been to both SWET I and SWET II and have staffed SWET I. I was the kind of guy who thought that he has his "act together". And all I really wanted to do when I went to the SWET I weekend was to camp out and hang out with the guys for the weekend. Hey, I'm a guy and that's what I like to do. However, it wasn't until I got there on that June weekend and faced my life as it is, that I realized I didn't have my act together as much as I believed. Through that first weekend and into the subsequent ones, I have become a different guy on the inside. SWET let me discover my demons and gave me the strength and the tools to defeat them. For instance, I never thought I had an alcohol problem, but alcohol was getting the best of me at times. SWET gave me the insight and inner strength to be able to quit all alcohol consumption. I was not the dearest father to my first daughter and I always thought I was there for her. It wasn't until after I attended SWET that I realized just how much I wasn't there for my first daughter. Needless to say, I am by all means working on it now. I am really a better dad now."

"Camping out, completing physical tasks to make the camp work, breaking bread, emotionally and spiritually encountering the dark forces through magical processes were all part of the incredible work we did at the SWET retreat. The awesome power and genuine caring sphere around the camp facilitated me in being able to accept my imperfections, and acknowledge my anger, sadness, joy, shame and fear as okay feelings to have. The power of prayer to my God with the support of my brothers focuses me on my accountability, integrity, acceptance and love."

"It made me laugh, it made me cry. I want to do it again and again."

"SWET is the great equalizer. Men from all walks of life, ready to make a change, come together in a spirit of light-hearted camaraderie. We participate in activities that any man, from whatever background, may test his mettle and face his fears in a supportive environment, sometimes for the first time in his life."

"Each time I show up for a SWET weekend, I find different ways to fight my own demons."

"I was encouraged to go to SWET and was scared. I was convinced that I was going to get insight into my newfound and serious marital problems. What was amazing was that with the incredible "brother-brother energy" and "father-son energy" that was present (and my brothers and father were not even on the weekend), I became aware, for the first time in my life, that the problems were mostly in me and were largely a result of father-son issues that I was sure I didn't even have! In that short weekend I learned that I had tools of spiritual warfare at my disposal, to fight these demons that were rising up in me repeatedly and tearing down most aspects of my life. I'm far from mastering them, but I now know that they exist and I know how to go about learning how to attain and use them. The beautiful irony of it all was that in not directly addressing my marital issues, I was enlightened even more about their cause and their potential solutions that I would have been had I attacked them head-on! The experience was more than words can say!"

"After completing the SWET weekend I stepped out of victim-hood and felt like I could make a difference in life. I felt that someone was watching over me. All I had to do was get connected to this place. I was more committed to all my relationships, my wife, family, and my self. I felt more alive, grounded, and energized. I no longer felt alone. I had brothers that were doing battle with similar issues such as fear, sadness, anger, and yet what are the deeper levels behind these feelings such as not feeling loved, lack of acceptance, not feeling good enough, not worthy, low self esteem. Sharing these processes with my bothers is so powerful and impacting. I gained faith which I have been slowly gaining for the first time in my life. I have done many trainings and this was a training that really changed me life and will continue to change it. The training was well organized and order of the processes was well thought out, a very well run professional weekend. I will be able to take what I learned, or faced, or was challenged with and use in my real life. What else could I ask for in a weekend? I felt I was given a gift when I chose to sign up for the weekend and God gave me a gift to have completed the training."

"I have had the honor of staffing and organizing SWETweekends for a number of years. I had attended, as a camper, the earlier men's weekends and the first SWETweekend. Organizing and staffing the weekends has become the high points in my year and I plan my schedule around the weekends. SWET weekends give me more purpose and a deep feeling of satisfaction in my life. SWET has given me the opportunity to connect, in true fellowship with many men and teenagers. Those connections have given me an insight into those earlier parts of my life that have faded from my conscious memory. Reconnecting with those lost parts has made me a better man and husband today. The friendships that have been forged because of SWET are true and solid and based on connections that are part of my present life; not events that happened in bygone years. The opportunity to connect with teenagers and young men, and hear there struggles and see there triumphs has given me invaluable help in raising my son and daughters. The spirituality of SWET is an opportunity to connect with my Creator and feel a closer bond to him. SWET facilitates a new awakening and understanding of Divine Providence and my place in this world. I feel enriched and empowered because of the deeper connection with the Lord and his creations. SWET fits hand in hand with other men's work that I am part of. SWET is the perfect compliment and outlet for me. My life without SWETwould be diminished and less full."