For those domesticated

by the plastic, predictable, clickable, and fluorescent,

we dream of rewilding.

For any whose empathy’s been blunted by numbing and compulsions,

we envision a freedom to love.

Imagine a universe with an abundance of:

-> wilder men, super-charged with indiscriminate empathy.

-> unencumbered men, compulsions wilting

-> utterly alive men with an expansive love exploding in every direction.

-> Shape-shifting men, growing into their Truest Selves

Rooted in Recovery Intelligence and Ancient wisdom, we walk with you:

-> SUPPORTING JOURNEYS // Soul Companionship, poetry, and prayer

-> NURTURING RECOVERIES // Recovery Mentoring, Online Courses, Weekly Gatherings, and Immersions

-> CRAFTING COMMUNITIES // Wild Church, Online workshops, Men’s Estuaries, and Nature-Based Immersions

-> GUIDING TRANSITIONS // Rites of Passage and Soul Companionship

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My name is Matthew Ray Lyda, and I am a goofy goober who drives a 2012 Honda minivan sporting a unicorn license plate. Secondly, an inhabitant of the foothills of South Carolina, the former hunting grounds of the Cherokee people, and thirdly, a fan of many Kevin Cosner films (esp. Robin Hood & Dances with Wolves). I’ve loved and lived overseas in Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, and Kolkata.  

Married to my best friend and college sweetheart, I father three gloriously exuberant children who could not care less about my certifications/training/qualifications, including: 

• Authorship of Defeated by Great Waters & Recover The Wild

• Certification as a Spiritual Director // Oasis Ministries

• Ecopsychology Certificate // Pacifica Graduate Institute

• PSAP // Pastoral Sex Addiction Professional training

• RAE // Rainbow Advocate Educator

• MATS // Masters in Theological Studies

• Membership with IITAP // Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals

• Formation in CIT // Center for Intercultural Training

• Certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies // Trauma Research Foundation - in process

• Co-founder of Recover The Wild

• Work as an educator // 6+ years

——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————If you made it this far, you are not one of my gloriously exuberant kids! 🤪 When not playing pickleball at the YMCA with Brittany, cleaning up debris from the kitchen floor, or cooking Beyond Meat Tacos on Wednesdays, I companion men+ to live utterly free, tethered only by love. This type of masculinity has flavors of:

• wild

• empathetic

• poetic

• intimate

• enchanted

Ways of living that are mutually enhancing for the creature and creation.