Whatever your age may be, your Father is ready to take up your journey. And how parents can offer that initiation to their sons. "God wants to father us." In The Way of the Wild Heart, Eldredge reveals how God comes to a man and takes him on the masculine journey, how nearly all the events of a man's life can come togther to provide the initiation he never received. "We aren't meant to figure life out on our own," says John Eldredge. Their fears, anger, boredom, and their many addictions all come out of this fatherless place within them, a fundamental uncertainty in the core of their being. They find themselves on their own to figure life out, and that is a lonely place to be. Whatever their circumstance, they have no man actually taking them through the many adventures, trials, battles and experiences they need to shape a masculine heart within them. We live in a time where most men (and boys) are essentially fatherless. The path whereby they come to know they are a man, and are able to live and love from a deep, centered strength. It's a guide to the process of masculine initiation, that ancient path every boy and man must take if they would become the man they long to be. He also uses the expression “far out” way too much.This is a book about how a boy?and a man?becomes a man. John loves the outdoors passionately, bow hunting, a good cigar, anything to do with adventure, poetry, March Madness, working in his shop, fly fishing, classic rock, the Tetons, fish tacos, George MacDonald, green tea, buffalo steaks, dark chocolate, wild and open places, horses running, and too much more to name. John and Stasi live in Colorado Springs with their three sons, two golden retrievers, and two horses. John earned his master’s degree in Counseling from Colorado Christian University, working as a counselor in private practice before launching Wild at Heart in 2000. John earned his undergraduate degree in Theater at Cal Poly and directed a theater company in Los Angeles for several years before moving to Colorado where he taught at the Focus on the Family Institute. But their romance did not begin until they each came to faith in Christ, after high school. John met his wife, Stasi, in a high school drama class. John grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles (which he hated) and spent his boyhood summers on his grandfather’s cattle ranch in eastern Oregon (which he loved). He is also president of Wild at Heart, a ministry devoted to helping people discover the heart of God, recover their own hearts in God’s love, and learn to live in God’s Kingdom. John Eldredge is an author, a teacher, and a counselor. The ONE Thing by Gary Keller & Jay Papasan.Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown.The Sacred Romance by John Eldredge & Brent Curtis.Follow John Eldredge on Twitter, Instagram, & Facebook.“When you have someone who interprets failure, you build resilience.” - Click To Tweet John Eldredge’s Links & Other Resources What questions should men be asking to connect with their hearts?.What are some rites of passage you can pass down to your children?.How can you embrace the warrior spirit in service of love?.How can men navigate the challenges of gender in the modern landscape?.Why men need battles, adventure, and love in their lives.What’s new in the expanded and updated edition of Wild at Heart.How can chasing love and validation take over our lives and burn us out, and how can we unpack the wounds it creates in childhood?.The power of resetting to cut out the noise.The value of communing with nature in some form every day.Send it to and I’ll buy and mail you (or anyone you want) a copy of the book! “Someone listening in kindness to your story is healing.” - Click To Tweet John Eldredge’s Podcast Highlights In today’s conversation with John, you’ll learn how he unpacked his family trauma to become the man he is today, how to nurture masculinity without being edgy for the sake of edginess, and what it means to show up with courage when you’re needed the most.Īnd if you’d like to get a free copy of Wild at Heart, just leave us a review of this podcast on iTunes, mention this episode and John in the review, and take a screenshot. John Eldredge on Raising Resilient Boys, Being Wild at Heart and Finding Healthy Ways to Fight When I finally read it, I was stunned by his work and his message–and today’s conversation left me just as floored. It started with my friend Ryan Mickler, who’d been talking about his work for years, and soon I felt like I’d heard this recommendation from over eighty guys I trust. This is exactly what happened with John Eldredge’s book, Wild at Heart. When everyone in your life tells you to read a book, the world is telling you something.
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