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Mindfulness Meditation Stress Recovery Be healthy, be happy. Skillfully Aware has helped thousands of people suffering from stress-related conditions.

Dr. Mark Pirtle has applied 25 years of clinical study and practice to develop this evidence-based and easy to follow program. The tools for your transformation are available online now! Skillfully Aware programming is available in a variety of formats from self-guided meditation programs to workshops, classes, and even one-on-one Skype sessions. Skillfully Aware is an educational experience that can change your life.

06/14/2025

Thanks for an amazing retreat, ladies. I applaud your courage and depth of spirit. I’m enriched by you.

06/13/2025

This is the last day of a plant medicine retreat I’ve been hosting for a women’s group.

I’ve been watching something beautiful unfold—quietly, inwardly. These women have spent two days sitting with what’s real inside them. Surfacing memories. Letting go of old stories. Feeling deeply. Opening their hearts to each other.

And as they’ve done that, the Ranch has met them with its own beauty—flowers in the desert, crystalline light falling just right. The visible stillness matches the inner stillness they’re touching.

I’m reminded again that healing isn’t about fixing. It’s about accessing who we are at depth. And that can only happen when we create space to be with ourselves and others in a meaningful way.

I offer this snapshot from a meaningful few days. Maybe it plants a seed. Either way, I’m grateful to be here doing this work. Thank you Universe!

06/12/2025

I’m so grateful to have the honor of leading an amazing group of women on a plant medicine journey at the beautiful Tubac Ranch. Wish you were here with us. If you’d like to join us next time, message me and let’s talk. Wishing you all well. Cheers!

06/10/2025

AI seems to be changing everything. When I think of the implications, it makes my chest tighten. I’m a content creator. I create online classes. I write books and newsletters. But now everyone has a super intelligent assistant that can replicate all of that! Because the threat is real, I’m stuck with the question: if everyone has the same powerful tools, what makes me, or any other human, relevant? Then I took a sauna. Here are my thoughts: Yes, AI helps me organize my thoughts, speed up workflows, and even helps me write better. But it won’t ever wake up in my skin. It won’t ever sit with a client and hold space for them. It won’t ever lead a retreat. It won’t raise my daughter or teach me patience when I’m frustrated. It won’t ever feel the discomfort of my development, or choose right over easy. AI won’t ever know (or feel) what it’s like to be human. And it certainly won’t ever do the work of becoming a better one! That will always be our job. No matter how smart AI gets, the real work of being human remains with us: learning to manage our emotions when we’re triggered. Showing up with compassion when we feel like lashing out. Reaching for higher perspectives. Letting go of old stories that keep us stuck. Growing up emotionally and spiritually. Practicing wisdom when there’s an impulse to react. This is what I write about in my upcoming book, The Healing Mindset: Mastering the Art of Skillful Awareness. I wrote it before AI was in the picture. Every word came from lived experience and late night insights. Just me and my editors real living breathing humans. My point is this: technology can assist us but it won’t replace the responsibility of growing into a better version of ourselves. That’s our work. It’s the work that binds us together as a community, and work that I believe is more relevant than ever. If you want to do that work with me, if you’re ready to grow in your relationships, wisdom, grit, or sense of purpose, reach out. Let’s talk. Let’s coach. Let’s retreat! The world has more than enough AI tools. What it needs now is more wise, compassionate, and grounded people to use them. Let’s do this!

06/09/2025

Big problems only require small changes. A small change made today can shift your whole life. I heard Seth go and say this week: “big problems only require small changes.“ That hit home. Not as a feel good quote, but as truth backed by my own life experience. As many of you know, 25 years ago I bottomed out. I retreated to a Tibetan monastery where I learned a few small daily practices that I still do. Those little inputs rewired my brain. They changed me in my life. That’s the power of small consistent effort in a complex system. I wrote about systems in my upcoming book, the healing mindset: mastering the art of skillful Awareness. It’s coming out this summer it’s a real world guide to change through meditation, perspective taking, and shadow work. In the next week I’m so launching my new website. Another small step to help people get support when they’re ready. If you’re overwhelmed by life right now, remember: you don’t have to fix everything. You just have to start. It can be something small. , , ,

05/26/2025

On this Memorial Day I’m thinking back to 2005, when I stood on Omaha Beach in Normandy and walked among the white crosses of our fallen countrymen. I slipped a small stone into my pocket that day; it now rests on my altar as a daily reminder of the men and women who laid down everything so we could live freely and speak openly. Their courage and sacrifice forged the democratic ideals we often take for granted—ideals that now feel so fragile. So let’s let this day be more than a fun long weekend. Let’s pause, remember, and recommit ourselves to protecting the freedom their sacrifice made possible.

05/24/2025

I woke up at 3am with the weight of the world on my chest.

Greed. Corruption. Climate collapse. AI moving faster than our ethics.

Then I got angry. Where are all the F’ing grownups?

Where are the leaders who tell the truth, feel the weight of the moment, and act with wisdom?

Instead, it feels like adolescents are running the show—powerful, but emotionally underdeveloped.

This isn’t just a political crisis. It’s a developmental one.

We’ve evolved materially and technologically, but we’re still behind emotionally, morally, and spiritually.

🌀 That’s why shadow work matters now more than ever.

This isn’t self-help fluff. It’s soul-level work. The kind that grows us up.

Shadow work means facing the parts of ourselves we’ve avoided—our pain, our guilt, our fear—and transforming them into clarity and strength.

🌱 The world needs more presence, not more performance.
More truth, not more noise.
More maturity.

If you feel the weight of this moment too, come work with me.

🧭 Join a retreat.
🧠 Start coaching.
💬 Or just reach out and talk.

Let’s be the grown-ups we’re longing for.

With strength, humility, and hope—
Mark

05/23/2025

I spent the day down at the historic Tubac Ranch finishing the last of my website videos. I felt like a one-man production company. I also want to give a major shout out to my amazing web guy, without whom none of this would’ve been possible. Thanks You’re the best!!!

05/20/2025

Hard to believe it’s been three years since our Croatia retreat. Thanks Antoni and Ana for the support and stellar co-facilitation. We got to do it again! What do you think guys? 2026? Who’s interested in getting a group together and having an epic adventure aboard Antoni’s super yacht? Let’s do this!

05/15/2025

“Trauma tends to create distortions of perception.“ From The Healing Mindset: Mastering the Art of Skillful Awareness. Photo by Dasha Yukhymyuk on Unsplash

05/14/2025

Hey friends, I have some happy news. My book, The Healing Mindset: Mastering the Art of Skillful Awareness is almost ready for publication! Or on that in upcoming posts. I wish you all well!

05/12/2025

Hey friends—over the next few weeks I’m opening the retreat photo album and sharing the moments that make this work so powerful. From trail rides fireside chats, each post will show how stepping away from the daily grind can spark fresh perspective, lasting insight, and friendships you’ll carry home. Follow along, get inspired, and see why a well-crafted retreat might be exactly what you’ve been longing for.

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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