Come Back to Life

Retreats, coaching, and leadership training for men ready to cross the threshold and lead.

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Dan guides men toward a leadership that emerges naturally when the small self steps aside:

Strong without aggression.

Connected without collapse.

Clear without rigidity.

This is leadership as nature intended—an expression of alignment, instinct, and inner truth, not performance.

This is the leadership the world is starving for.

And it begins with one thing: initiation into your larger self.

Initiation: flagship Men’s Retreat

A three-day, high-impact rite of passage for men ready to root their leadership in something real.


This isn’t about becoming a “men’s work guy.” It’s about showing up—at home, at work, and in your own body—with clarity, courage, and integrity.
You’ll leave with a fire in your chest, and a direction that makes sense in the real world.

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GUIDE TRAINING: A 6-month Men’s training in leadership AND INITIATION

Do you want to lead men and initiate the next generation?

This training is for men who will be the leaders, elders, and torch bearers of today and tomorrow.

  • Learn to design and run Rites of Passage.

  • Facilitate a powerful men’s group.

  • Lead your family and community through the chaos of life.

Two retreats. Real-life leadership. No fluff. Just fire.

Begins March 2026 ·
Limited to 24 men

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Force of Nature: PRIVATE 1x1 IMMERSION

For men undergoing (or deeply in need of) transition and transformation. This is Coaching + Initiatory work.

This is not formulaic Zoom calls. Show up in the mountains of Colorado for a 2.5 day private immersion that will help you excavate your baggage and illuminate your path forward.

This is shamanic ceremony, wilderness initiation, and executive coaching clarity in one container.

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The Work

This is not cookie-cutter coaching.
I don’t follow scripts.
I’m not interested in surface-level change.

I set the conditions for real transformation.
That means:

  • Wilderness expeditions

  • Somatic work and emotional integration

  • Precision Leadership Coaching and Advisement

  • Two decades of holding men through fire, death, and rebirth

This is about cutting through the noise and returning to your essence.

I’ve worked with men facing all kinds of thresholds:

  • A dad about to have a second chance—and determined to do it right

  • Men crawling out of the wreckage of divorce, prison, cancer, or addiction

  • A tech unicorn CEO who built everything and still felt empty

  • A seeker who’s tired of avoiding his own soul

    The story changes.
    But the core doesn’t:
    You’re ready.
     And the old version of you doesn’t fit anymore.

My Approach

This is not therapy.
It’s not corporate coaching.
And it’s not about making you “better.”

This is about burning away everything that hides who you already are.

The work rests on three pillars:

Wilderness — Nature as the great mirror.

Initiation — Crossing the thresholds that define your life.

Integration — Bringing the wild back into your relationships, work, and legacy.

Expect to be challenged.

Expect to be seen.

Expect to walk back into your life sharper, steadier, and more alive than you’ve ever been.

Men Don't Come Here To Talk,

They Come to Transform

  • "I CONSIDER DAN ONE OF MY MOST IMPORTANT PERSONAL STAKEHOLDERS AND GUIDES..."

    "...By working with him, I have unlocked rooms in my heart and mind I didn't know even were there. I've grown as a man, as a husband, as a father and a leader. If you have a hunch that greatness lies below the surface waiting to emerge, Dan is the person to help you call that out of yourself."

    - Phill Nosworthy | Speaker, Author, Educator

  • "DAN WAS A SUPPORTIVE GUIDE THAT WALKED SIDE BY SIDE WITH ME THROUGH THE DARKNESS AND EMPOWERED ME..."

    “..to find the light for myself. Dan not only gave me the tools to work through my experience, he showed me how to utilize and maintain them for a lifetime. Finding the true definition of faith for myself and the universe has been a direct result of working with Dan."

    - Aaron Blaine | Consultant, former Green Beret

  • "DAN FACILITATED AND GUIDED THE SINGLE MOST POWERFUL COACHING SESSION OF MY LIFE..."

    "He helped me go deep into myself and profoundly connect with parts of me that desperately needed to be witnessed and loved. I emerged from our session with a sense of ease, clarity of heart, and depth of commitment that is with me every day."

    - Devon B. Walker

  • "THE SERIES OF COACHING SESSIONS I TOOK WITH DAN HAVE BEEN ENORMOUSLY IMPACTFUL FOR ME…”

    " helping me break down not only what I want out of my career, but what I want out of my life as well. In every session we went really deep, using somatic meditations to explore some deep and fundamental stuff, but then came out with a clear path forward and genuinely practical insights that I could work with. Many coaches blend into the background, putting all the focus on the client. But with Dan I feel like I have a huge strength in my corner. I can't recommend Dan enough!"

    - Michael Robertson

Why It Works

For over two decades, I’ve been guiding men into deeper lives—through wilderness expeditions, retreats, and high-level coaching.

I’ve logged more than 15,000 hours supporting men through the thresholds that break them open and force them to grow.

I’ve walked with thousands of men through private intensives, rites of passage, and wilderness expeditions.

I know how to hold men when life caves in.
I know how to open the heart without collapse.
I know how to reconnect men with purpose, wildness, and basic human goodness.

And I do it without a pedestal or pretense. We walk side by side.

I live this work. I carry it in my bones.
I’ve walked this path. I’m still walking it.
And I invite you to walk it too.

You don’t need to be more ready.
You don’t need to “figure it out” before you say yes.

If something in you knows it’s time—
Let’s talk.

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Dan Doty is a guide, initiator, and relentless advocate for men who want to live with depth, courage, and presence. He’s worked with thousands of men—from backcountry rites of passage to boardroom coaching—with a blend of reverence, directness, and wild heart.

He spent nearly 1000 days guiding troubled young men through the wilderness. He directed and produced 50 episodes of the hit adventure tv show MeatEater. He was the creative force and founder behind EVRYMAN, which kicked off a global wave of the men’s movement. He has been a cherished leadership coach to many, and overall has touched positively influenced countless leaders, fathers, and men from all walks of life.

He lives in Colorado with his wife and three kids.