From The Harbour to The Sea
A six month journey into deeper purpose
There comes a point when success and security are no longer enough. And authenticity becomes more important than approval.
The career may look right on paper. The projects may be interesting. Yet you are not yet truly fulfilled and at peace in the world.
That question returns:
Is this really it?
Many people try to resolve this by changing roles, launching new ventures, or pursuing work that appears more meaningful. But the deeper longing is rarely satiated by a different job alone.
Because the real question is not simply what should I do with my life?
It is: How do I want to live?
People often arrive searching for direction. What they discover is that what was needed was depth.
And they keep wanting to move from one place or role to the next, when sometimes what is need is to be moved.
It’s a very different orientation. Soul purpose is not something we create or choose. It is something we uncover and live — in how we relate, how we work, and how we love.
To recognise our path we must slow down, listen more carefully, and become more honest with ourselves than our culture usually allows.
The Harbour and the Sea
I explore this journey through this guiding metaphor.
The harbour represents the life we build around security, expectation and identity. It keeps us safe, but eventually many of us sense that something in us longs for deeper waters.
The sea represents the deeper life that is calling us, a life that welcomes the unknown and knows that fear and resistance are part of the adventure.
This six month journey is designed as a threshold; an invitation to adventure beyond the harbour of security and familiarity, hoist the sail and trust the winds of your Soul.
This is a lifelong adventure, not just 6 months.
This journey can be undertaken either within a small group or through private one-to-one guidance.
What this journey asks of you
This journey asks for a willingness to slow down.
This work deserves five hours each week, including the group calls.
Rather than searching for answers out in the world, we turn our attention inwards and begin listening more carefully to what is already here.
The group is intentionally small, no more than six people, so that each person can be fully seen and supported as they navigate their own path.
This is a one year commitment in spirit. The first six months are guided closely by me. The six months that follow are lighter and more self led, giving you space to keep integrating what has begun.
This is not a career coaching programme, although your work in the world may well change as a result.
Nor is it therapy or trauma healing. If you are currently navigating significant trauma, untreated mental illness or addiction, I would encourage you to work with a trauma informed therapist before undertaking a journey like this.
And it is not a self improvement programme, nor is it mainly about acquiring more knowledge. In many ways we are doing the opposite: stripping back, simplifying, and letting go of the effort to become someone better so that you can live more honestly as who you already are.
A sense of humour and humility helps! This work is both deep and playful.
What the work actually looks like
Throughout the journey we work with a range of practices that help you listen more deeply to your own life.
These include, but are not limited to, reflective journalling, guided visualisations, ritual, nature based enquiry, light fasting, conversation within the group, creative enquiries, reading poetry, meditation and time spent alone on the land.
Along the way you begin to recognise the difference between the expectations that have shaped your life and what feels more authentically you. You learn how to work with resistance, how to listen more carefully to your intuition, and how to recognise the deeper gifts and presence you were born to offer.
Over time these practices begin to form a rhythm you can continue long after the six months have ended.
What often emerges from this work
While every journey unfolds differently, certain shifts tend to appear over time.
Clarity about what is truly yours to live
People often begin to recognise the difference between what was expected of them and what actually feels true for them.
A deeper trust in yourself
Instead of constantly wondering if you are getting it wrong, a steadier inner compass begins to calibrate.
The courage to change what no longer fits
Many people find themselves stepping away from situations, relationships or roles that quietly drain their life.
A renewed sense of belonging
Both to yourself and to the living world around you. Nature often becomes a deeper companion and guide.
Energy returning to life again
Creativity and meaning begin to reappear as you focus on what actually matters to you.
A clearer sense of direction
The shape of the next chapter of your life begins to form, often accompanied by a renewed sense of possibility.
Curious but not ready for the full journey?
I also offer Purpose Discovery Workshops, shorter sessions where you can experience this work and explore the Harbour to the Sea metaphor for yourself.
Many people attend a workshop before deciding whether the six month journey feels right.
How the Journey Unfolds
This six month journey follows the natural arc of a voyage. We begin by leaving the familiar harbour, travel through deeper waters, and eventually return with a clearer sense of direction and a twinkle in our eye.
1. Leaving the Harbour
You begin by slowing down and becoming more honest about the life you are currently living. The expectations, identities and habits that have been shaping your path start to come into view.
2. Learning to Navigate
Through reflection, conversation, practices and time in nature, you begin meeting and listening to the deeper currents and guides in your life.
3. Crossing the Threshold
At the heart of the journey is a solo day on the land. This simple but powerful ceremony creates space to listen deeply, away from the noise of everyday life.
You are carefully prepared beforehand and supported afterwards so that what emerges can received and integrated.
4. Returning with Insight
The final stage focuses on integration. The insights of the journey begin to shape how you live, work and relate to the world around you.
The twelve modules
Leaving the Harbour
1. The Call and Commitment
2. Clearing the Decks
3. False Maps and Familiar Currents
Learning to Navigate
4. Finding True North
5. Meeting the Deep
6. Storms and Headwinds
Crossing the Threshold
7. Preparing for the Threshold
8. Recognising the Shape of Your Gift
9. Stepping into the Unknown
Returning with Insight
10. Making Landfall
11. Anchoring Purpose
12. Homecoming and Living the Myth
What’s Included
• A two hour group call every two weeks
• Two guided breathwork journeys
• Twelve written module guides with practices and reflections.
• Personal feedback from me on your reflections throughout the journey
• Two one to one coaching sessions
• A WhatsApp group for sharing insights and resources.
• The solo Soul Quest day on the land
Sessions take place on Wednesday evenings from 6–8pm UK time, mostly fortnightly. Sessions are recorded in case you need to miss one, although missing more than two is not recommended.
The Soul Quest
At the heart of this journey is a solo day on the land.
This simple ceremony is an ancient practice, in which you spend time alone in nature, in deeper participation and communion with the natural world.
You will undertake the Quest in a wild place of your choosing. I guide the preparation beforehand and the integration afterwards so that what emerges can be embodied and lived.
For many people this becomes a turning point in the journey - a moment where something previously hidden becomes visible.
For those who would prefer to undertake the Quest together in person, I offer an optional guided weekend on Dartmoor National Park.
From Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon we prepare for and undertake the Quest together on the land.
Who this journey is for
This journey tends to resonate with thoughtful adults who have already walked some distance in life, yet sense that the deeper journey is only just beginning.
Often life looks good from the outside. A career has been built. Responsibilities are being met. Yet something in you knows there may be more to your life than maintaining what already exists.
Many people arrive at this work at a crossroads. Sometimes this follows a period of change or uncertainty or loss. At other times the call simply grows stronger over time until it can no longer be refused.
This journey may be a good fit if you:
• sense that the life you are living no longer tells the whole story of who you are
• feel drawn toward deeper meaning, nature or spiritual inquiry
• are willing to slow down and reflect honestly on your life
• feel a desire to live with greater integrity, courage and authenticity
• sense that your life may hold a deeper contribution to the world
This work asks for openness, patience and a willingness to explore what emerges rather than forcing quick answers.
We may not be a good fit if you are looking for quick answers, career strategy or a purely analytical approach to purpose.
The Journey Structure
The journey unfolds across twelve modules over six months, with 15 sessions in total.
Sessions take place on Wednesdays from 6–8pm UK time.
Module 1 – The Call and Commitment
Module 2 – Clearing the Decks
Module 3 – False Maps and Familiar Currents
Module 4 – Finding True North
Module 5 – Meeting the Deep
Module 6 – Storms and Headwinds
Module 7 – Preparing for the Threshold
Guided Breathwork
Module 8 – Recognising the Shape of Your Gift
Module 9 – Stepping into the Unknown
Soul Quest
The Return
Module 10 – Making Landfall
Guided Breathwork
Module 11 – Anchoring Purpose
Module 12 – Homecoming and Living the Myth
Upcoming Cohort
July – Dec 2026 Dates to follow
Investment
The investment for the six month journey is £2,050.
An early enrolment price of £1,900 is available until 14 December.
You may choose to pay in full or split the payment into two equal parts.
The first payment secures your place. The second payment is due before the journey begins in January.
The optional Dartmoor Soul Quest weekend is £495 per person and includes food and guidance throughout the weekend.
No decision is required on this before the course begins.
Next Step
If something in this page resonates, the next step is simple.
Complete the short enquiry form below and we will arrange a 30 minute conversation to explore whether this journey feels right for you.
These conversations are relaxed and honest. The purpose is simply to see whether the timing and the work feel aligned for both of us.
Both yes and no are perfectly good outcomes.
Because the group is intentionally small, places are offered following this conversation.
This journey can also be undertaken through private one-to-one guidance for those who prefer a more personal and flexible container.
Inspiration
This course draws on the wisdom of many mentors and teachers who have shaped my journey, with special thanks to Jonathan Gustin of The Purpose Guides Institute.
“I was struggling with the sense that my lovely life was no longer enough. Something was missing and that sense of things not being enough, made me feel anxious, isolated and alone.
This course is rigorous, robust and really works. I was surprised how enriching and valuable the Quest was for me.
I feel much more hopeful now and willing to engage fully with life again. It is like a veil lifted and I can see everything in full definition. A desire to write and make that a meaningful part of my life emerged which feels like a gift. I have a sharper awareness of my connection to the rest of humanity and why it matters to cherish that.
Hamish is a true guide, I found it easy to be open with him. He has a loving and nonjudgmental presence and truly witnesses others. I would recommend this work for anyone longing for a connection with their Soul.”
“Embarking on a course such as Purpose Discovery is to start with an experience based in hope and faith that something might happen. I knew there was no guarantee, but always had a sense and longing somehow my life depended on it.
Hamish offers a clear path towards the discovery of one’s soul purpose. He brings a depth of knowledge in so many areas along with great care, empathy and spirit. I always felt safe and able to be authentic, whilst being challenged enough to feel discomfort without being rescued. The space he holds enables people to be vulnerable enough to go deep, remain there, and re-emerge at their own speed of transformation.
I now have a way to connect with the land in North Norfolk that I wasn’t aware of before. The earth beneath my feet has became my greatest guide and support. And I have noticed a subtle growth of assurance in how I am, what I’m doing and where I’m going.”
“Working with Hamish has been a revelation - he has brought clarity, strength and a sense of true courage into my life, giving me the ability to follow my own pathway. Hamish cares passionately about what he does and he is a brilliant guide and mentor - deeply human, deeply authentic, never judgemental - just wanting the absolute best experience for all of his clients; he operates from a position of pure love. Hamish creates a real sense of connection - not only on a one-to-one level, but also by somehow combining the members of the working group together. I would trust Hamish in any and every situation - it has been a wonderful privilege to make this incredible journey with him.”
“I was at an interesting crossroads in my professional life, having heard a call to leave a career I’d be in for 15 years to pursue something more meaningful, more purposeful. It wasn’t clear to me which direction I should go in, or how I would find my way.
Hamish’s grounding in the real and the imaginal affords him a special gift in making relatable the deeply spiritual aspects of Purpose work.
He brings a unique joy and optimism to it all and he makes it fun.
I am healthier and fitter in mind, body and spirit, and more committed to their balance than ever before.
In short, I would describe the change in me has having been ‘tuned to my Soul’.
If you hear ‘the calling’, Hamish will help you tune in. There is so much to discover.”
“I had just had a serious accident and was on crutches with damaged ankles. I had recently graduated from an MSc in Psychotherapy and was surprised to find myself feeling quite lost instead of finally on the right path. My accident was throwing up all sorts of questions about where I belonged and what I was supposed to be doing with my life.
The biggest shift in working with Hamish, has been my ability to trust - simply trust the process, where I am now; the ability to live each day as it comes and not worry that I am “getting it wrong”, or in the wrong place, or with the wrong people. I am more able now, than ever before, to embrace every feeling, every emotion, every thought that moves through me and observe it with compassion and curiosity instead of judgment. It has changed everything.
Hamish has an absolute and unwavering commitment to this work and to his role within it. I felt entirely seen, met with deep empathy and compassion, but also celebrated with such grace and generosity.
I would recommend Hamish to anyone who is searching for peace; who has high expectations of both themselves and of life.”
“This course came at just the right time in my life. For a few years - I had been feeling a pull in another direction and a sense that there was a possibility of a deeper level of self-actualization. Through structured modules, profound inner work and expert guidance; I began to unfold a more intimate upstanding of my own true essence, purpose and gifts. This programme invited me to ask questions of myself and to listen to the insights of others, who could see in me qualities that I found difficult to see in myself. My heartfelt thanks to Hamish for guiding me with his immense open heartedness, deep rooted wisdom and unfailing compassion.
For anyone who feels that their future path is unclear or there are more exciting chapters to be written in their story – this journey is for you.”
“Working with Hamish has been transformative. He really cares about this work and the depth of his presence created a space where forgotten joys could unfurl. It helped me reconnect with a more easeful yet adventurous way of being in the world. He brings a deep respect for and connection with nature, which was especially powerful during the solo nature immersion he facilitated. Hamish went above and beyond, drawing on his own lived experience to support and empower me throughout the journey.
One of the biggest shifts for me has been learning to put myself first without guilt. Since working with Hamish, I’ve been able to show up more honestly in both my personal and professional relationships — leading to deeper intimacy, more authentic opportunities, and far less resentment. While I still feel the challenge of living my truth, I now feel energised, more at home in myself, and more in tune with the world around me. I’ll treasure the insights and ways of being I learned along this journey for years to come.”
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