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Journeymen Helping boys become wholehearted men Journeymen is a newly formed 501c3 organization currently based on Vashon Island, WA.

Our vision is to regenerate modern society through the inspiration of young men. We believe that all boys are born with a unique gift to bring to the world, and that healthy men are made through mentorship. We believe that mentorship is a crucial ingredient for a healthy society, encouraging collaboration across the generations by tapping into the genius of our youth and reclaiming the wisdom within our adults. Journeymen cultivates transformational experiences for boys and men to discover and refine their authentic selves. Through nature-based rites of passage, long term mentorship, and community engagement, we raise inspired and compassionate young men. To learn more about Journeymen, including our 2017 program dates and how you can get involved today, visit our website at www.journeymen.us

10/09/2026

No number of followers can replace being truly seen by a community that cares.

Martin Shaw writes that "when we don't have 30 pairs of curious eyes on us it creates a suspicion we need 30,000,000, and that something is deeply wrong with us when we don't get it."

Our culture is hungry to be heard and witnessed by a curious, loving community.

Circles offer exactly that.

What happened at Cornell is heartbreaking.Before anything else, our hearts are with the young woman at the center of thi...
09/30/2026

What happened at Cornell is heartbreaking.

Before anything else, our hearts are with the young woman at the center of this story - and with the countless women and girls who are carrying experiences of sexual violence, harassment, fear, and violation every day.

Too often, women are taught how to protect themselves.

Watch your drink.
Stay together.
Text when you get home.
Be careful.

But where is the equally relentless conversation with boys and men?

Where are we teaching them what consent means, how to withstand peer pressure, how to challenge harmful behavior, and how to act with integrity when belonging to the group is on the line?

At Journeymen, this feels central to the work.

We want boys to know that strength is not dominance.

That loyalty does not mean protecting someone from consequences.

That courage sometimes means standing apart from the group.

And that being a protector can mean protecting someone from your own friends.

We believe boys and young men are capable of deep compassion, integrity, and leadership.

But we have to teach it.

We have to model it.

And we have to be willing to live it ourselves.

09/28/2026

Positive male role models can change the way a boy understands what it means to become a man.

One young man described arriving at Journeymen reserved, unsure of himself, and without many examples of healthy masculinity to draw from.

Then he found men willing to show him another way.

Men who listened.

Men who showed up.

Men who modeled vulnerability and strength.

Men who gave him room to discover the kind of man he wanted to become.

There is no single mold for masculinity.

But young men benefit deeply from relationships with trustworthy adults who can offer presence, accountability, encouragement, and lived examples of healthy manhood.

This is the quiet power of mentorship.

Tag a positive male role model who helped shape your life.

09/23/2026

One of the most powerful things a young person can discover is that their worth doesn’t depend on everyone else’s approval.

After days of challenge, solitude, and reflection during Quest, one young man came back naming something many of us spend years learning:

“I don’t really need other people’s approval to just be happy with myself.”

This is why rites of passage matter.

They create space for young people to meet themselves outside of school, social pressure, phones, achievement, and the expectations of others.

Not to become someone new.

To discover more of who they already are.

For the boys and young men in our lives, that kind of self-knowledge can become a foundation for everything that comes next.

What helped you begin trusting yourself?

Think back to when you were young.Who was an adult who made a difference in your life?Maybe they were a teacher, coach, ...
09/21/2026

Think back to when you were young.

Who was an adult who made a difference in your life?

Maybe they were a teacher, coach, mentor, neighbor, relative, or family friend.

They may not have realized how much they mattered.

Young people need more than support from home. They need a **web of trusted relationships**—people who see them, challenge them, encourage them, and keep showing up.

You don't have to be a parent to be part of the village.

💬 **Tag an adult who made a difference in your life.**

09/18/2026

Teaching boys accountability means teaching them what to do when harm happens in front of them.

Too often, disrespect gets dismissed as locker-room talk.

“It’s just a joke.”

“Don’t make it a big deal.”

“Boys will be boys.”

But healthy masculinity asks more of us.

It asks boys and men to find their voice when someone is being harmed—and to learn how to call one another in, not simply cast one another out.

That can sound like:

I care about you.

You’re my friend.

And what you did was not okay.

Accountability rooted in relationship says: I know you can do better, and I’m going to hold you to it.

That is a skill young men can learn.

And it’s one our culture desperately needs.

Share this with someone raising, mentoring, coaching, or teaching boys.

09/14/2026

What if emotional strength isn’t about holding everything in?

After his wilderness solo, one Journeymen participant reflected on learning to feel and regulate his emotions—not suppress them, but let them exist, understand them, and express them.

That distinction matters.

Boys are often taught, directly or indirectly, that strength means shutting down difficult feelings.

We’re interested in another possibility:

That strength can look like knowing what you feel.
Staying present with it.
Learning how to move through it.
And trusting others enough to be seen in it.

Emotional literacy is not separate from becoming a capable young man.

It’s part of the foundation.

Save this for a parent, mentor, educator, or youth worker who believes boys deserve spaces where their whole inner world is welcome.

Young people don't always communicate what they need directly.Sometimes it comes out through silence.Sometimes through f...
09/11/2026

Young people don't always communicate what they need directly.

Sometimes it comes out through silence.

Sometimes through frustration.

Sometimes through behavior we don't immediately understand.

What if, instead of asking:

**“What's wrong with you?”**

We asked:

**“What might you be trying to tell me?”**

A little more curiosity can change the conversation.

And sometimes, being truly heard is where connection begins.

💬 **Which message do you think young people most need adults to hear?**

09/09/2026

What conditions help teenage boys have real conversations with each other?

After a recent experience with a close group of high school friends, one of them said:

“We should just talk like this normally.”

That stayed with us.

Because these weren’t strangers learning to connect. They were already close friends.

Yet getting outside, putting the phones away, sitting around a fire, and being alongside mentors who were willing to be vulnerable themselves opened a different kind of conversation.

The boys shared parts of their lives they hadn’t talked about with each other before.

Not because someone lectured them about vulnerability.

Because the adults around them modeled it and the environment made it safe.

Nature.
Time.
Trust.
Mentorship.
Permission to be real.

Sometimes boys already want deeper connection.

They’re simply waiting for a culture that makes it possible.

Send this to a parent, coach, teacher, or mentor working with teenage boys.

09/07/2026

What can happen when a young person is given enough space to hear their own thoughts?

For one Journeymen participant, the Quest solo became a chance to think differently about a major transition ahead: leaving home, entering college, making new friends, and stepping into a new chapter of life.

There was challenge. There was solitude. There was time without the usual distractions.

And somewhere in that space, his perspective shifted.

That’s part of what a rite of passage can offer young people: not the answers, but the conditions to ask deeper questions about who they are, what they’re carrying, and who they’re becoming.

Sometimes young men don’t need more noise or advice.

Sometimes they need space.

🌲 Learn more about Journeymen’s nature-based rites of passage and youth mentorship programs.

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17223 Vashon Highway SW
Seattle, WA
98070

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+12064295203

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