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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.

Join me as we pull these worlds together - the same worlds you are immersed in and seek community. 

Don’t Let Life’s Chaos Dictate Your Relationship With Your Children way

Peak Fatherhood

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Check out this documentary following my dedication to exploring the true power of adventure.

Adventure Calling - Movie

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Adventure is the antidote to mid-life crisis. 

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Understanding the Challenge of Modern Comforts I frequently see it with my clients: they struggle with any uncertainty because they are so used to having specific solutions to meet their every need. Feel cold? Simply turn the thermostat up a degree. Crave a particular type of food? Get it delivered any time. Today, our needs […]

The Burden of Discomfort

When we our lives feel heavy and insurmountable – adventure offers us a pathway forward.

Into the Ascent:  Journey Beyond Your Comfort Zone

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 […]

A Walk (in a circle) – 4 Days at Mt. St. Helens, WA

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 […]

Your Gratitude is You.

I remember with absolute clarity the first time I went on expedition in Alaska.  Arriving in late April, my partner and I drove from Anchorage to the hamlet of Talkeetna, packed our three weeks of food and gear into a small plane with skis for landing gear, took off into Denali National Park and landed […]

Fear and Self-Doubt – Pick Your Poison, or Both 

Leadership is a funny thing. To pull from the infamous question to define porn: you know it when you see it – leadership is the same thing. You know it when you see it. Or to be even more opaque about it: you know it when you feel it. To further muddy the waters, leadership […]

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