This weeks guest is Garry Thomson.

Garry was a COO of the Pathways foundation, building and delivering their facilitator training programs.

He is an educator, an artist and a loving father.

I've decided that this guy is about as congruent as it gets..

Garry was also the founder of Uplifting Australia, now an online resource that helps 1500 families per week to communicate, connect and understand each other better.

Our guest today is Pete Lustig. Pete is a lawyer who has been around mens work for quite a while. I first met him in the Mankind Project. He was also involved in Pathways for 7 years.

Pete has just returned from a 12 month sailing race on a 70ft yacht, circumnavigating the globe.. I tried to be clever here track Pete's adventure through the principals of the hero's journey. Hmm 🤨

What came out of it was some beautiful relational tales of ex wife's, siblings and trauma healing..

Oh we did get to a few sailing yarns too.

Below are a few links..

Find Penguins will get you to Pete's blog

and there's a link to MKP if you want to check out an amazing, deep and life changing adult Rite of Passage experience.

Here's an open link to Find Penguins: https://findpenguins.com/1kp5ustcjuylf/trip/68761047358396-00212159?s=fa64ad5cf42b2a01303878dfba17708e336a7352

https://www.mankindproject.org.au/

I love this conversation.. It felt like talking to parts of myself. Garrett is the founder of Rocky Mountain Rites. Today we discuss how he got there and also how his context has shifted to taking a year off. We discuss 'the cost' of this work and who pays it.. We also get pretty deep into how awesome it is and what we get out of it. This conversation was a motivating force for this podcast. I'm grateful and excited to bring this project to life!

My guest today is Joel Hines. I've known Joel for over 10 years.. since before we were both in this work. Since then Joel has been involved at a professional level creating R.o.P programs for schools and working as a facilitator with Rites of Passage Institute in Byron Bay. Joel is extremely articulate in conversation about this subject. We meet fairly regularly to share our feelings for this work. It's a huge pleasure to share one of these chats with you.

www.joelhines.au (http://www.joelhines.au/)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-hines-22a1121b/

https://www.instagram.com/beinghumanau/

Andrea brings a unique and invaluable perspective to the question. He reminds us of the critical role that love plays in initiation and in the process of the teenager in preparation to their Rite of Passage.

Please check out his website

https://www.thesacredmale.com/

Also check out his conversation with Ian MacKenzie from a few years back

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-mythic-masculine/id1487709630?i=1000651901129

Todays guest is my friend Moggie who is fresh back from a 3 day Rite of Passage for teenage girls. A few days after this was recorded, I had the pleasure of singing her and a flock of mothers, sisters and teenage young women off on their journey. In this interview, Moggie talks about her preparation for this event and her journey in the work. It is a great honour to have the female perspective in this conversation.. She's the first but by no means the last!

Enjoy.

Today's guest is Peter Glencross, A leader in MKP and a practitioner of Teen rites of passage for some 30 years. Peter's approach to the work is ceremonial and grounded in the enquiry of listening to participants rather than instructing.

A short note from the host... there were some unprecedented Sync issues which took some editing.. My apologies for any remaining glitches in flow or feeling.

Please enjoy!

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This is about the 4th edit of the first interview for the podcast.

My guest today is Camilo Demarco. Cam is a good friend of mine and we have shared the Rites of Passage space for 10 years together. In this episode we discuss how relevant Rites of Passage is in todays culture, we discuss masculinity and some of the challenges men face. We also discuss the courage and integrity that's possible when men are held accountable by men.

I hope you enjoy the conversation!

My guest today is Billy Hill.

I'm pleased to say that we really get into the meat and potatoes of how and why this ceremonial process is so important. Billy has 30 years of experience in Rites of Passage with teenagers and also men with the Mankind Project. I really love this guys style.

Ruben is a very good friend of mine who brings a unique perspective to the question through his own healing journey and his years of experience in Rites of Passage processes.