Dom Francks is a modern day renaissance man, having honed his craft at everything from elite golf, to climate tech, to outdoor leadership.

The current expression of this craft is Vivify, a transformative journey for adventurous professionals and leaders. It blends 4 months of online leadership coaching with a unique 8-day off-trail backpacking expedition in the High Sierra.

In our conversation we go deep on how one can create transformative spaces in the time they spend outdoors, and more importantly, how one can use these peak states to ultimately be of greater service to those around us.

You can find links to go deeper on some of the topics here:

• Dom's piece on Ritual vs Discipline
• Josh Schrei's The Emerald Podcast: Animism is Normative Consciousness
• Josh Schrei's The Emerald Podcast on Ecological Grief: I Wish It Could Have Been Another Way
• The Great Simplification | Film on Energy, Environment, and Our Future | FULL MOVIE
• Dom's piece on The “Spiritual Infrastructure” of Climate

Dom is offering $500 off this May's Vivify program for listeners of Mountain Whispers. To inquire, follow this link.

You can support this podcast by leaving a review on the podcast platform you use, or connect with Tim on Instagram @timstewnz.

Lauren Bond is a wilderness guide and founder of The River's Path, offering canoe journeys for deep connection and personal transformation.

We explore what is actually means to foster deeper connection to the more than human world and how one can access these subtle states of consciousness.

We dive deep into how Lauren facilitates this experience in a group setting, as well as how confronting fear and opening yourself to synchronicity are key parts of moving in these spaces.

Links mentioned in the conversation:

• Neuroscientist David Eagleman explaining "The Umwelt"
• Lauren's upcoming trips at The River's Path

You can find more of Lauren at The River's Path link above. You can support this podcast by leaving a review on the podcast platform you use, or connect with Tim on Instagram @timstewnz.

In this episode Fletcher joins us again to pick up where we left off in Episode 20. We dive deeper into the practice of cultivating intimacy with the more than world through exploring:

• Connecting to your local bio-region and seeing it like a "Kin-dom"
• Ancestor practices - paying homage to those who came before us by understanding how they interacted with flora and fauna
• The power of animal tracking and pilgrimage as a way to connect and transform

Links mentioned in the conversation:

• The Emerald Podcast episode: Animism is Normative Consciousness
• Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage route in Japan

You can learn more about Fletcher's upcoming programs here, or find some of his music here.

You can support this podcast by leaving a review on the podcast platform you use, or connect with Tim on Instagram @timstewnz.