A great day delivering a tracking walkshop yesterday up in the Lake District. I'll be going back up to deliver a Foraging Walkshop in May if you're interested. The attendees were mainly conservation and ecology students. But I will be holding some urban and wilderness survival - one-day - workshops in November - 4th, 11th … Continue reading 👀 The Stoic Pilgrim Field Training Days 👀
The subject I'm presenting in the woods is SERE -Survival, Evasion, Resistance, & Escape 😉 What fun! Don't worry there won't be any ... 'prolonged' stress positions or waterboarding 😉 However, I will be focussed on mindset development, decision-making under pressure and stoic-like virtues of courage, compassion, curiosity and clarity. And whether you're doing some … Continue reading I’m just preparing a workshop for military cadets next week.
For generations, success followed a familiar script: work hard, get promoted, climb higher. It was a world of certainty, predictable career paths and clear milestones. That world is disappearing. Artificial intelligence, automation, economic uncertainty and changing industries mean that the old career ladder has become increasingly fragile. Many people are discovering that climbing faster doesn't … Continue reading The Future Doesn’t Belong to Ladder Climbers. It Belongs to Pilgrims.
What if you could spend a day learning practical skills that build confidence, capability and calm under pressure? This isn't about becoming a martial arts expert, survivalist or action hero. It's about understanding yourself. We'll explore how fear works, where courage comes from, and why simple skills, sound judgement and good strategy often outperform complexity … Continue reading The Stoic Pilgrim Field Skills Day – Register Your Interest
For around 300,000 years, humans lived in small, interdependent groups. Not rigid hierarchies.Not corporate ladders.But adaptive, self-organising communities. Anthropologist Richard B. Lee described many of these societies as fiercely egalitarian. Each person embodied a role: Shaman — wisdom, pattern recognition, decision integrity Hunter — decisive action, focus, courage under pressure Scout — curiosity, exploration, new … Continue reading Why We Need More Elders
We are not lacking information. We are drowning in it. Every day—news, AI, opinions, strategies, frameworks. More inputs than any human system was designed to handle. And yet… clarity is rare. Because knowledge is consumed. But wisdom must be cultivated. On May 25th–26th, I’m hosting a small fellowship retreat Gradbach Mill Just 8 places. Two … Continue reading We are not lacking information. We are drowning in it.
We wildschool, just like wild coaching, we as parents find getting outdoors, in nature and getting real world experience works well for us. Matthew's out horse riding at the moment with Emma Murphy. 🙂 This little clips explains the reasons well I thought. Knowledge is consumed...But wisdom is cultivated, by walking, dialogue, in the wilderness, … Continue reading Knowledge is consumed…But wisdom is cultivated
🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️ 🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️ + Me - Murph = 9 Curious men interested in exploring hindsight, foresight and insight as a path to greater wisdom 🥾 2 Days = 2 walks 🪓 wilderness survival skills 🔪 ⛺ 👂🏻 Deep Listening and Dialogue 🚶♂️🚶♂️ 👬 Camaraderie through Community 🏞️ Staffordshire Moorlands 🏞️ 🔥 Campfire Conversations under stars 🌃 … Continue reading The Next Fellowship Retreat 25th & 26th May…
We’re living through fast, uncertain, disorienting times. And one of the most damaging myths of the modern world is that a man should walk the path alone — that silence is strength, and self-reliance is the pinnacle of maturity. But our ancestors knew a different truth: They circled. They shared food, fire, fear, stories and … Continue reading 🌲The Fellowship: Why Men Need Each Other Now More Than Ever… 🔥
Dopamine loops, relentless bad news, stress that never seems to switch off. But what if you could step outside the noise—reset, rewire, and rewild? Our Stoic Pilgrim Rewilding Retreat is an invitation to step back into your power. 🏕️ Held at Gradbach Mill in the Peak District, this unique experience is for seekers, explorers, and … Continue reading 🔥 The world is engineered to keep you distracted. 🌪️
