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“If you don't own your life, if you don't create it, if you're not the one that says yes and no, if you're not the one that is willing to take risk, push the edges, make mistakes, take your wins and celebrate, then who's going to do it? Nobody is. And you're going to end up one day waking up and going, what happened to my life?” says Tim Corcoran, founder of Headwaters Outdoor School and author of The Earth Caretaker Way, on this episode of The King Within.
From surviving a bull elephant’s test to training the Star Wars bantha, Tim Corcoran has woven his life around the wild, and spent the past three decades guiding men and youth through wilderness rites of passage. On The King Within, he shares the wisdom drawn from sweat lodges with Flathead elders, and explains why nature must remain our greatest teacher. Tim Corcoran unpacks the importance of community, mentorship, and living by a personal code of honor—even as modern society loses touch with these core values.
With stories that span from animal bonds to heroic personal risks, Tim Corcoran reveals the defining moments that challenged him to commit, persist, and create a life well-lived in service to others and the Earth. He offers actionable insights for men seeking purpose, connection, and the courage to reclaim their role as earth caretakers.
Tune in to The King Within for an inspiring discussion about the hero’s journey, wilderness as initiation, and how we must risk comfort to truly live—and to wake up with no regrets.
"If you don't own your life, if you don't create it, if you're not the one that says yes and no, if you're not the one willing to take risks, push the edges, make mistakes, take your wins and celebrate, then who's going to do it? Nobody is. And you're going to end up one day waking up and going, what happened to my life?"
"Nature teaches through experience. It's not at all even close to being all intellectual. So you've got to just be there. And if you go out in the woods in nature or your yard or wherever nature is, open yourself up to being as present as possible, letting it in. That's what you have to do."
"The Earth caretaker way is about developing that deep, deep relationship with the earth and then putting it into action, being involved with the Earth, doing good for the Earth. And hence that comes back to doing good for ourselves and we all win."
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