Leading with Nature-Based Wisdom with Chris Kyle | 009

Leading with Purpose

The most powerful leadership breakthroughs often happen not in conference rooms—but in the wild embrace of nature. In this episode, Chris Kyle, a pioneer in nature-based leadership, whose journey from corporate success to Earth-connected wisdom is both powerful and transformative. From a fire-scarred pine tree on Salt Spring Island to founding the Big Tent Summit, Chris shares how deep listening to nature has reshaped his life, leadership, and purpose. If you’re feeling the pull toward more grounded, embodied leadership, this conversation is your call to step outside - and look within.

Key Takeaways:

- Nature is a master teacher: Chris reveals how listening deeply to nature redefined his understanding of leadership.

- Soulful leadership requires embodiment: It’s not just strategy, it’s presence and purpose.

- The story of the fire-scarred pine tree: A pivotal moment that awakened a new path for Chris.

- From corporate to connected: How Chris transitioned from high-level leadership programs to launching nature-based retreats and movements.

- The Big Tent Summit: Why gathering conscious men together can ignite real, lasting change from the inside out.

About our Guest:

Chris Kyle is a teacher, author, business coach, and eLearning expert with a passion for helping mission-driven leaders create transformational online learning programs and global communities that inspire, unite, and elevate human potential. He is the founder and lead teacher of Launch Academy, where he has guided the online launches of renowned authors and visionaries such as Neale Donald Walsch, Jean Houston, Arielle Ford, Terry Patten, and many others.

In recent years, Chris has expanded his focus to deeply support the evolving field of men’s work, creating programs and spaces that empower men to live with greater purpose, authenticity, and connection. He is the visionary behind the Big Tent Summit, a bold new gathering of leaders in men’s work, designed to catalyze collaboration and accelerate healing, growth, and brotherhood in the modern age.

Chris is devoted to creating spaces—online and in nature—where transformation is not only possible, but inevitable.

Website: https://www.chriskyle.com/

Big Tent Summit: https://www.bigtentsummit.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophertkyle/

About Me:

Hi, I’m Mark Porteous; the Soul Connector.

My stand is for ALL people to recognize themselves as Divine Beings who have chosen the human experience for a reason and to live in alignment with that knowing, so they can THRIVE in their purpose of transforming lives.

I help mission driven entrepreneurs to make their Soul Connections so that they can impact and change the world, scale their businesses to six and seven figures, and enjoy thrilling Soul Success in every arena of their lives.

Connect with me at:

https://markporteous.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/markcporteous

https://www.instagram.com/mark.porteous1/

https://www.facebook.com/markcporteous/

Thanks for listening!

Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.

Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!

Subscribe to the podcast

If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.

Leave us an Apple Podcasts review

Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.