Starting on The Cairn Path
The Cairn Path
2,500$Every 3 monthsFor leaders at the crossroads, ready to design and play their next game.- Weekly one-on-one coaching sessions
- Your journey map through the five stages of The Cairn Path
- Stage artifacts and worksheets
- Between-session access by text and email
- A quarterly on-ramp and off-ramp review
- Occasional complimentary workshops and deep dives
- If it doesn't move you in your first quarter, a full refund
Waymark
400$Every monthSteady support as your game takes root. Available after four quarters on The Cairn Path, when we agree together that you're ready for a lighter rhythm.- Biweekly one-on-one coaching sessions
- Ongoing support through Embodiment and Graduation
- A steady rhythm to keep what you've built
What to expect
Path
Focused
Typical
Full
Path
Shape
4 quarters of The Cairn Path + 6 months of Waymark
6 quarters of
The Cairn Path +
6 months of Waymark
8 quarters of The Cairn Path
Length
18 months
24 months
24 months
Total
$12,400
$17,400
$20,000
why a path, not a program
The turn you're at takes time.
It worked. It built the career, the company, the life everyone assumes is fine. But the Machine runs you like equipment: unmet needs, no rest, alone inside the armor. Rest starts to feel dangerous, so you keep going. There's another way, and it starts with a choice.
the five stages
Five stages, one journey
1
Recover, and see clearly where you are.
Before you can choose a new game, you may need to recover from the last one. We name honestly what's ending or broken, and we tend to your resources: sleep, energy, wellbeing, and what still lights you up. Some leaders move through this in a quarter. Others need longer, even a season of sabbatical—and that's part of the path, not a detour.
Typically one quarter; longer when recovery comes first.
Threshold
2
Choose your next game.
You draft your own life plan, with me as your thinking partner. It's a living document, often twenty pages or more, that brings together your purpose, values, and vision; your strengths and the landscape around you; several possible futures worth testing; and the aims and measures that will tell you you're on track. You leave the quarter knowing what game you're playing, and why.
One quarter.
Design
3
Play to win, for the love of the game.
You play in 90-day rounds. Each round opens with clear aims, checks in at 30 and 60 days, and closes with an honest review: what worked, what didn't, what's next. Week by week, we meet friction as it comes, adjust the plan, and build the capacities that let you perform from what's alive rather than from force.
Typically three rounds.
Game
4
Make it second nature.
The new way of working and living settles in. Sessions shift to a lighter rhythm as you carry more of it yourself, with steady support to keep what you've built.
Often six months or more, with Waymark.
Embodiment
5
Walk on, and leave markers for others.
You complete the journey with a game you chose, a self you trust, and the practices to sustain both. Some graduates go on to guide others.
When you're ready.