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Adventure is the antidote to mid-life crisis.
Adventure Calling - Movie
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The Quiet Crisis of Successful Men
MEANING, MIDLIFE, AND THE ROLE OF ADVENTURE
Welcome - a carved out space where adventure, men's work, and personal leadership converge. You'll find my tips, perspective, approach, tools and podcast episodes here.
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Why capable, successful men lose meaning in midlife—and how challenge, nature, and brotherhood help restore clarity and purpose.
Deep Work Sessions: Your Path to Focus, Productivity, and Alignment In today’s fast-paced, digitally connected world, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the constant pings, endless scrolling, and digital distractions. For many, this digital deluge erodes focus, productivity, and even relationships, leaving us feeling stuck, disconnected, and out of alignment with our values. Embracing Deep […]
The Climb Is Yours: Finding Meaning in the Ascent What defines adventure? Why are some adventures massively impactful and others barely move the needle? The most important climb of your life isn’t about the summit, the top is a fleeting moment in the entirety of the experience, but the moments you spend in preparation, on the wall, […]
The trope of the man in mid-life crisis: new car, travel, new haircut and clothes, unavailable, yearning for a youth that may not have ever existed, and on the precipice of blowing up his current life: marriage, family, professional trajectory…it’s a trope for a reason: it’s real in some form or another for each of […]
It is all too easy to let life’s chaos reign and control our time and as a result, sadly, our relationship with our children. Adventure offers a catalyst for change: deepening bonds, creating indelible memories, and developing character. In the heart of every father beats the yearning for connection, a primal drum that calls him […]
“I am exhausted. This is exactly what I needed.” These are the words Andrew said at the end of the second day of our traverse through the Superstition Mountains outside of Phoenix, AZ. As the sunset over the desert, painting the towering Weaver’s Needle in a bath of pink light, over a gentle warm evening […]
This post was originally written for, and published by, Oars and Alps. Matt Walker spends 100 days a year in a tent. As a psychologist and international mountain guide, he spends much of that time leading men on climbing expeditions, helping them reconnect with a sense of adventure. While nearly all of his clients find these […]
Four days in the wilderness. The freedom of taking a long walk. Last October I took a four day walk with a man who was looking for a hard reset in his life. Time to step away from the burdens and demands of his everyday and take stock of where he was headed, realign his […]
Gratitude is the clearest transmission of you. Gratitude may be the most profoundly potent emotional state within the human experience. It serves as a catalyst, evoking a positive and curious perspective, while also synchronizing the multitude of facets of our lives. And gratitude is the greatest equalizer when pain, suffering, and overwhelm cast a long […]