Soul School has been a feast. I expected it to be insightful and that there would be a community of sojourners that would enhance the work I was doing individually. I was wrong - Soul School offered much, much more. The content exceeded expectations on all fronts. The invitations for self-honoring and exploration were offered with a deep wisdom that rang true for 13 weeks straight. Not one dud. We're all journeying in one way or another, and Soul School acted like a base camp for many a traveler to enjoy a little rest, refuel, share adventure stories, connect about the topography, and gather provisions for wherever we were headed next. My heart, mind, body and soul were nourished, lovingly challenged, and enlivened by this work.

Jenn Hooten

Soul School has been a launching pad into feeling more myself. During the 13 weeks we’ve been together, I have felt a freedom in engaging with the material in the way that is most authentic to me and experience deep receptivity and curiosity from the group. I will admit, I do not complete all the prompts, but when I see what is inspired or clarified within me from the ones I do complete, I can only imagine the catalytic sorcery of deeper participation. The most impactful element of this program has been the coaching calls with Pete. Each one has helped me to feel into a sense of acceptance for where I am, where I’m not, and allow the seeds of deeply rooted desires to push through the surface of my landscape. I wholeheartedly recommend participation in Soul School for anyone wanting a little nudge towards their truest selves, with the support of a nurturing guide and ever evolving group.

Abigail Shapiro

I came to Soul School to find my gifts. What I found was the gift of connection…a community of gifts. I learn about myself through the shared experiences of others. I see things in new ways as I learn what others have experienced. I am seen and appreciated for who I am. I feel like it’s a place where I get to shine without fear. We all shine in our own ways and it’s an amazing place to feed and be fed.

The writing prompts and rituals are great ways to open up the channels of our experience, but the real gold is in the community connections. I have SO much on my plate, but realized that Soul School is not one of the things coming off my plate. Something else can. This is soul food.

Amy Shamansky

Pete has a disarming way of listening to me, synthesizing my random thoughts and offering back to me questions. Questions that help me see my life in new ways, look at the places where I am struggling from a different perspective. Soul School has been no exception. He has helped me remember that I am a soul - not just a body - uniquely designed for my role in this world. Interacting with my classmates, I have become more aware of the beautiful tapestry that is created when we begin to live into our innate gifts, knowing that my part is essential to the whole.

B.G.

Soul School is powerful, fun and transformative. I have truly felt a shift in my way of thinking and being over these 13 weeks. It is a focused journey of self-discovery with deliberate intention, meditations and thought-provoking prompts. Peter brings fun and joy into this powerful work. I have also made strong personal connections with others in Soul School and feel very fortunate to be a part of this community.

Drew Sigfridson – SIOR, Senior Partner

Peter McLean truly is a gifted visionary and guide to help anyone willing to walk the journey of self discovery. He has created an amazing course in Soul School, that offers tools, rituals, prompts with insightful questions to help one to dive deep to find their true gifts and callings. I witnessed Peter’s ability to listen, reflect what he heard me share and then use his intuitive wisdom to help me see what I could not see as gifts of mine. He teaches from a place of wisdom and compassion for all of Nature and all those who have been his teachers. I am grateful to be a part of Soul School and the Soul School Community.

Judy Bullard

If only my words could share how profoundly Pete has impacted me through my journey in Soul School. I am in deep gratitude for the support I feel so held with in the container in which Pete has created with his beautiful offerings

I had been asking spirit for guidance in some form, and in my first encounter with Pete, there was no question in that I had found the support I had been waiting for.

The way Pete shows up in his fullness, rawness, and authenticity gives whomever is in his presence permission to show up wherever they are. Pete’s passion and enthusiasm to fully embody life is contagious. His ability to invite people into their vulnerability, feeling safe. Seen. and heard, is such a beautiful gift.

Pete has inspired me to explore deeper into myself, my being, my feelings and emotions through profound journaling prompts, rituals, and the group of new friends that come together.

He has such a beautiful gift in inviting one deeper into seeing and knowing themselves.

Carla Farrar

Pete is a vibrant teacher of the heart. His light shines with beauty, fierce vulnerability, laughter and truth. His is a deep connection to and honoring of the earth. Pete has the astonishing gift of reflecting one's own light back so you can see it, and then shine it. In my time with Pete in the woods, I have remembered I am meant to sing and not hold back—there is not a bird in the trees that is holding back their song.

Rachel Kennedy
Tree of Life Forest School

Knowing Pete as a mentor and friend is a gift that has changed my life, truly. I take my inner-Pete with me everywhere. He is one of my soul’s teachers—a fierce and tender warrior, a poet and a guide into the wild. He dares me, graciously, to embrace and love all the parts of myself, and to show up in the world with authenticity and courage.

Josh Gershon
Writer, Educator, Youth Mentor

It is easy to rattle qualities off about Pete—he’s charismatic without being showy, he's knowledgeable and ever-learning, he's curious and appreciative, he's honest and compassionate, he's a leader by being a teammate, and he's buoyant yet grounded. He's exceptional, to say the least. But there is an aspect of Pete that is harder to articulate that has to do with being around Pete. Being around Pete is an Invitation, and one to wholeheartedly say Yes to.

M.B.

Pete McLean is a pleasure to guide with. He is a tracker of Soul. He listens deeply to all the voices of himself who are speaking and invites others to do the same. Pete creates a supportive container, whether you are in Circle with him, ceremony, or taking a walk in the forest near his home. I have witnessed Pete stepping further and further into his full humanity, his True Adult, his place in the world, and his deep inner wisdom. As he travels that terrain of deep nature-soul connection, he teaches. Drawing from the well of his own lived experience and feelings, he can be trusted to bring others into theirs. I highly recommend this man's work. He is a joyful being, and his pleasure in being alive is infectious. I am grateful for our work together on behalf of our culture and planet.

Judy Hall

I sometimes get scared of being who I am. And a question Pete has consistently asked is, "How big can I be?" I hear it as "To what extent can I authentically be who I am?" I attempt to live by that question in times of fear. Thank you Pete for your work.

Justin

Pete has been a true guide and friend on the path to self-discovery and homecoming. His unique style of wildness, humor, tenderness, ferocity, and humility continue to operate as inspiration and medicine in my life. Receiving guidance from Pete feels like true love, in the sense that he offer both support and challenge in a way that truly honors the task at hand. Pete is a trustworthy guide.

James Frank
Somatic Coach, Mindfulness Educator, Men’s Work Facilitator

For years, Pete's facilitation has supported me in trusting the wild, often mystifying, and sometimes terrifying path of my authentic life. His presence is a deep well of trustworthy and generous attention in my world and in this community of humans who are on the journey of remembering our true nature as belonging to each other and to our Earth. With humor and wisdom, and a wide embrace, he helps guide us to the heart of that remembering.

Andrew

I wish everyone could experience what it’s like to be seen and heard by Pete McLean. When Pete beholds you, in all your confusion, complexity and weirdness, it is transformative. He takes you in—with his huge heart, big curiosity and tender attention—and your truer, deeper self shows up.

Kate

Pete calls us again and again to the wild places we’ve forgotten. He calls us from the edge of the forest to come home to ourselves, to come home to the earth, and when we finally do he’s ready—with a fire and a poem and a smile that floods the night. With flowers, with birdsongs, with scrambled eggs. With a handwritten letter from everyone who’s ever loved us.

Knowing Peter has been a remarkable gift in my life. As if by osmosis, I leave interactions with him feeling more grateful, more curious, more alive. In an ocean of so-called transformative coaches and the like, Pete’s presence and authenticity are a breath of fresh air.

Davis Cowles
Life Coach, Adventure Guide, Educator

Pete’s the guy you wanted to roadtrip with in college. He’s the dreamer, the poet, the fiery one unafraid to weep. His song is part howl, part stadium anthem, part ancient lullaby. He’ll copilot the dark and help you welcome the dawn, probably naked, and so alive even your elbow and middle toe cartwheel. He’s wonderlit and weathered. He wayfinds with starlight and single malt scotch. He is one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever known and he’s a real life bandit of bliss and the blues. I’d go anywhere with him.