ATTENTION: High Achievers Who Feel Calm on Paper But Restless Inside

"The More You Try to Calm Yourself, the More Disconnected You Become — Until You Remember Your Own Wild Nature."

- “Rated 4.9/5 by early readers”

Owen Fitzpatrick, Psychologist and Author of Inner Propaganda says:

“The Wild Cure is the best thing I’ve read which can help you build a wonderful relationship with the natural world… The toxicity of today needs a Wild Cure and this is where to find it.”

Edward, Managed Healthcare Executive, NYC says:

“The Wild Cure is the medicine I—a 50-year-old navigating a career crossroads in the relentless pulse of New York City—didn't know I desperately needed… This book speaks directly to that tension, offering not an escape plan, but an integration strategy.”

Melissa Hauge, SVP Sales, Global Brand says:

“This book gives you the tools to get yourself back aligned with what brings you calmness. You can develop a strategy to gain inward peace while you still have to deal with outward strife.

I was fascinated that I can follow the principles or ‘Kinship Questions’ in my own backyard, walking around the neighborhood, or while on vacation. In the past I felt I needed to get far away and out of the city — not any more.

When you put into practice the Mind, Heart, Spirit process, you get to the root of your needs and can partner with Nature to help guide your intuition. Amazing!”

THE

WILD

CURE

The Forgotten Medicine to Restore

Calm, Clarity, and Connection.

If you’ve tried therapy, meditation apps, yoga, vacations, journaling, or “slowing down” but still feel scattered or depleted… the issue isn’t you.

It’s the Disconnection Trap — the modern pattern of reaching for fixes that never actually restore the inner calm, clarity, and belonging you’re craving.

ATTENTION: High Achievers Who Feel Calm on Paper But Restless Inside

"The More You Try to Calm Yourself, the More Disconnected You Become — Until You Remember Your Own Wild Nature."

“The Wild Cure is the best thing I’ve read which can help you build a wonderful relationship with the natural world… The toxicity of today needs a Wild Cure and this is where to find it.”

— Owen Fitzpatrick, Psychologist, Author of Inner Propaganda

“The Wild Cure is the medicine I — a 50-year-old navigating a career crossroads in the relentless pulse of New York City — didn’t know I desperately needed… This book speaks directly to that tension, offering not an escape plan, but an integration strategy.”

— Edward Elles, Managed Health Care Executive

“This book gives you the tools to get yourself back aligned with what brings you calmness… I was fascinated that I can follow the Kinship Questions in my own backyard or walking around the neighborhood. Amazing.”

— Melissa Hauge, SVP Sales, Global Brand

THE

WILD

CURE

The Forgotten Medicine to Restore Calm, Clarity, and Connection.

If you’ve tried therapy, meditation apps, yoga, vacations, journaling, or “slowing down” but still feel scattered or depleted… the issue isn’t you.

It’s the Disconnection Trap — the modern pattern of reaching for fixes that never actually restore the inner calm, clarity, and belonging you’re craving.

You’re capable. You’ve built a life that reflects effort, intelligence, and care. You know how to move forward and make things happen.

And yet, when the week begins, something feels off. You move through your days doing what’s required, but a quieter part of you rarely gets the space it needs.

Many people try to solve this by getting away. A hike here. A trip there. Nature becomes something to visit, admire, photograph, then leave behind.

What’s missing is not effort or intention. It’s relationship.

When you begin to experience Nature as something you belong to rather than something you pass through, your system starts to settle. Calm becomes more accessible. Clarity feels less forced. You remember how to listen and how to trust what you hear.

This is the shift The Wild Cure invites.
A way of reconnecting that meets you in everyday life and stays with you long after the moment passes.

Why Trying Harder Hasn’t Brought Clarity Yet

Many people believe clarity comes from finding the right plan, the right method, or the right next step. If they could just get enough information, everything would settle into place.

That belief makes sense. It is reinforced by a culture that rewards speed, certainty, and constant improvement.

Over time, the search itself becomes exhausting. Each new idea adds more input, more pressure, and more voices competing for attention.

The fog most people feel does not come from being unprepared. It comes from carrying too much noise. When the system stays overstimulated, direction becomes harder to hear.

Clarity begins to return when the noise quiets and the body is allowed to reset. When attention drops out of constant analysis and into presence, a deeper form of knowing becomes available again.

This is where the Kinship Questions begin.
They help you slow down enough to hear what has been trying to reach you all along.

Why the Self-Help Industry Keeps You Spinning

The self-help world promises relief through optimization. Better habits. Better thinking. Better tools to keep you functioning.

Much of it is designed to smooth the surface, not to meet the deeper signal asking for change. When discomfort appears, we are taught to manage it quickly so we can return to productivity.

Real change rarely works that way. When something inside begins to stir, it is often asking for a gentle but honest disruption. A pause that allows what has been held down to move through.

Instead, many approaches encourage numbing. More distraction. More effort. More ways to cope without listening. The system stays intact, but the deeper misalignment remains.

Lasting clarity comes when we allow a different kind of interruption. One that slows us enough to feel what is true and steady enough to carry us through to the other side.

When the Ache Wouldn’t Stay Quiet

For years, my life moved forward on the outside while something essential faded beneath the surface. The pace of modern culture rewarded productivity, composure, and performance, even as connection quietly eroded.

The dissonance grew harder to ignore. Rest felt shallow. Success felt thin. A steady ache began to show up in the body, in relationships, and in moments of stillness.

Eventually, the strain reached a turning point. In the middle of all that effort, a small inner spark within me surfaced and asked for attention. It carried no answers, only a simple truth. I had to break free from the status quo. Saying yes became necessary.

That choice opened a different way of listening.

Learning to Listen in a Different Way

Time in the wilderness became the teacher. Long hours in forests, mountains, and coastal areas allowed the noise to subside. Over more than ten thousand hours of immersion, a steadier rhythm emerged.

Across seven years of deep practice and guiding others, the pattern repeated. Burned-out executives, teachers, doctors, creatives, and autistic teens all responded in similar ways when their pace aligned with the land. Nervous systems softened. Clarity returned. A sense of belonging reappeared.

This work revealed something ancient and shared. Humans carry an encoded relationship with the Natural World that reaches back tens of thousands of years. When that connection is restored, calm and direction follow naturally.

From these experiences, a universal and straightforward framework took shape. One that helps people access this connection anywhere. These became the Kinship Questions.

Introducing

The Kinship Questions™

Six simple questions that reconnect your mind, heart, and spirit with the Natural World — so calm, clarity, and direction become your new normal.

The Kinship Questions™ reveal the key elements to overcoming chronic overwhelm, emotional disconnection, and unclear direction—by giving you a reliable, repeatable way to return to calm, clarity, and creative energy.

Core Elements of the Framework:

Core Element #1: Choosing to Participate

Example: You step into a moment of quiet with a tree or a piece of sky and decide to be fully present with it.

Core Element #2: Opening from the Inside

Example: You let your guard soften just enough to feel the truth of what is happening within you and around you.

Core Element #3: Moving at the Natural Pace

Example: You slow your walking, your breathing, or your noticing until your nervous system settles into a calmer rhythm.

Core Element #4: Listening with Your Whole System

Example: You take in color, shape, movement, and energy as information instead of relying on your thoughts alone.

Core Element #5: Noticing What Stands Out

Example: You allow a single image, sound, or sensation to catch your attention and give it a moment of genuine curiosity.

Core Element #6: Bringing the Insight Home

Example: You translate what you felt in Nature into a small action, a new boundary, or a clearer intention for your day.

When properly applied, these stages create a steady path back to calm, clarity, and the kind of inner direction you can actually trust.

You’re capable. You’ve built a life that reflects effort, intelligence, and care. You know how to move forward and make things happen.

And yet, when the week begins, something feels off. You move through your days doing what’s required, but a quieter part of you rarely gets the space it needs.

Many people try to solve this by getting away. A hike here. A trip there. Nature becomes something to visit, admire, photograph, then leave behind.

What’s missing is not effort or intention. It’s relationship.

When you begin to experience Nature as something you belong to rather than something you pass through, your system starts to settle. Calm becomes more accessible. Clarity feels less forced. You remember how to listen and how to trust what you hear.

This is the shift The Wild Cure invites.
A way of reconnecting that meets you in everyday life and stays with you long after the moment passes.

Why Trying Harder Hasn’t Brought Clarity Yet

Many people believe clarity comes from finding the right plan, the right method, or the right next step. If they could just get enough information, everything would settle into place.

That belief makes sense. It is reinforced by a culture that rewards speed, certainty, and constant improvement.

Over time, the search itself becomes exhausting. Each new idea adds more input, more pressure, and more voices competing for attention.

The fog most people feel does not come from being unprepared. It comes from carrying too much noise. When the system stays overstimulated, direction becomes harder to hear.

Clarity begins to return when the noise quiets and the body is allowed to reset. When attention drops out of constant analysis and into presence, a deeper form of knowing becomes available again.

This is where the Kinship Questions begin.
They help you slow down enough to hear what has been trying to reach you all along.

Why the Self-Help Industry Keeps You Spinning

The self-help world promises relief through optimization. Better habits. Better thinking. Better tools to keep you functioning.

Much of it is designed to smooth the surface, not to meet the deeper signal asking for change. When discomfort appears, we are taught to manage it quickly so we can return to productivity.

Real change rarely works that way. When something inside begins to stir, it is often asking for disruption that is gentle but honest. A pause that allows what has been held down to move through.

Instead, many approaches encourage numbing. More distraction. More effort. More ways to cope without listening. The system stays intact, but the deeper misalignment remains.

Lasting clarity comes when we allow a different kind of interruption. One that slows us enough to feel what is true and steady enough to carry us through to the other side.

When the Ache Wouldn’t Stay Quiet

For years, my life moved forward on the outside while something essential faded beneath the surface. The pace of modern culture rewarded productivity, composure, and performance, even as connection quietly eroded.

The dissonance grew harder to ignore. Rest felt shallow. Success felt thin. A steady ache began to show up in the body, in relationships, and in moments of stillness.

Eventually, the strain reached a turning point. In the middle of all that effort, a small inner spark within me surfaced and asked for attention. It carried no answers, only a simple truth. I had to break free from the status quo. Saying yes became necessary.

That choice opened a different way of listening.

Learning to Listen in a Different Way

Time in the wilderness became the teacher. Long hours in forests, mountains, and coastal areas allowed the noise to subside. Over more than ten thousand hours of immersion, a steadier rhythm emerged.

Across seven years of deep practice and guiding others, the pattern repeated. Burned-out executives, teachers, doctors, creatives, and autistic teens all responded in similar ways when their pace aligned with the land. Nervous systems softened. Clarity returned. A sense of belonging reappeared.

This work revealed something ancient and shared. Humans carry an encoded relationship with the Natural World that reaches back tens of thousands of years. When that connection is restored, calm and direction follow naturally.

From these experiences, a universal and straightforward framework took shape. One that helps people access this connection anywhere. These became the Kinship Questions.

Introducing

The Kinship Questions™

Six simple questions that reconnect your mind, heart, and spirit with the Natural World — so calm, clarity, and direction become your new normal.

The Kinship Questions™ reveal the key elements to overcoming chronic overwhelm, emotional disconnection, and unclear direction—by giving you a reliable, repeatable way to return to calm, clarity, and creative energy.

Core Elements of the Kinship Questions:

Core Element #1: Choosing to Participate

You pause with a tree, plant, or creek and decide to truly be there.

Core Element #2: Cultivating Intention

You name why you came and what you are seeking support with.

Core Element #3: Presence

You bring your attention into your body and the moment you are in.

Core Element #4: Natural Pace

You slow down until your system begins to match the rhythm of the land.

Core Element #5: Listening and Noticing

You let one detail stand out and treat it as meaningful information.

Core Element #6: Integration

You translate what you received into a clear next step for real life.

When practiced together, these stages create a steady return to calm, clarity, and inner direction you can trust.

🌲 🌲 🌲

What Others Are Saying

Depth

“If you are seeking something deeper than sightseeing, Matthew is your person. He’ll take you to places on the land and in yourself that are truly remarkable.”
— Patrick O’Neill

Integration

“What surprised me the most was how Matthew’s concepts seamlessly integrated into my daily routines and management style.”
— Elliott

Presence

“Thoughts of time or the outside world just never entered my brain — and that never happens!”
— Jeanne Jones

Belonging

“I felt like Nature was meeting me exactly where I was, without judgment or expectation.”
— Catherine C.

Proven Results

Regulation

“I can regulate my nervous system whenever I’m feeling life moving faster than is good for me.”
— Steve Alexander

Clarity

“I already have the answers within me when I take the time to be still and present.”
— Fatima Quiusky

Momentum

“Soon after, I found employment, and my personal life began to shift in a more positive direction.”
— Mike P.

Freedom

“It was a rebirth to joy and freedom, and definitely less of a feeling of stuckness.”
— Anonymous Participant

Calm

“Two hours later, after breathing in the fog, grounding into the tree roots and flying with eagles at the top of the trees, I felt lighter in my heart, body, mind, and spirit.”
— Carrie

What Others Are Saying

Depth

“If you are seeking something deeper than sightseeing, Matthew is your person. He’ll take you to places on the land and in yourself that are truly remarkable.”
— Patrick O’Neill

Integration

“What surprised me the most was how Matthew’s concepts seamlessly integrated into my daily routines and management style.”
— Elliott

Presence

“Thoughts of time or the outside world just never entered my brain — and that never happens!”
— Jeanne Jones

Belonging

“I felt like Nature was meeting me exactly where I was, without judgment or expectation.”
— Catherine C.

Proven Results

Regulation

“I can regulate my nervous system whenever I’m feeling life moving faster than is good for me.”
— Steve Alexander

Clarity

“I already have the answers within me when I take the time to be still and present.”
— Fatima Quiusky

Momentum

“Soon after, I found employment, and my personal life began to shift in a more positive direction.”
— Mike P.

Freedom

“It was a rebirth to joy and freedom, and definitely less of a feeling of stuckness.”
— Anonymous Participant

Calm

“Two hours later, after breathing in the fog, grounding into the tree roots and flying with eagles at the top of the trees, I felt lighter in my heart, body, mind, and spirit.”
— Carrie

🌲 🌲 🌲

What You'll Discover Inside

1. The Six Kinship Questions™

A simple daily rhythm that reconnects your mind, heart, and spirit with the Natural World.

2. The Energy Exchange Budget

Understand why you’re drained, how to recover, and what truly restores your energy.

3. Micro-Practices for Instant Calm

Moments you can use anywhere — at your desk, on a walk, or between meetings.

4. The Disconnection Trap

Why burnout keeps repeating even when you “slow down” — and how to break the cycle.

5. Nature as a Guide, Not Scenery

A new way of seeing and listening that brings real clarity and direction.

6. How to Shift Your Pace

Move from urgency and overthinking into grounded presence and steady creativity.

7. The True Source of Belonging

Reconnect with a part of yourself that has been asking for your attention.

🌲 🌲 🌲

Ready to Step Out of Autopilot?

This book is for people who are done repeating the same patterns and calling it stability. If the status quo no longer feels honest and you’re ready to choose a steadier, more intentional way forward, this work will meet you where you are. This is for you if you:

Feel accomplished yet constrained
Know something needs to change
Want calm without numbing out
Feel curious about Nature as guide
Are willing to engage fully

This is NOT for those who:

This work asks for presence and responsibility.

This is not for you if you:

Want shortcuts or hacks
Avoid discomfort completely
Expect results without effort
Prefer distraction over reflection
Are not ready to slow down

What You'll Discover Inside

1. The Six Kinship Questions™

A simple daily rhythm that reconnects your mind, heart, and spirit with the Natural World.

2. The Energy Exchange Budget

Understand why you’re drained, how to recover, and what truly restores your energy.

3. Micro-Practices for Instant Calm

Moments you can use anywhere — at your desk, on a walk, or between meetings.

4. The Disconnection Trap

Why burnout keeps repeating even when you “slow down” — and how to break the cycle.

5. Nature as a Guide, Not Scenery

A new way of seeing and listening that brings real clarity and direction.

6. How to Shift Your Pace

Move from urgency and overthinking into grounded presence and steady creativity.

7. The True Source of Belonging

Reconnect with a part of yourself that has been asking for your attention.

🌲 🌲 🌲

Ready to Step Out of Autopilot?

This book is for people who are done repeating the same patterns and calling it stability. If the status quo no longer feels honest and you’re ready to choose a steadier, more intentional way forward, this work will meet you where you are. This is for you if you:

Feel accomplished yet constrained
Know something needs to change
Want calm without numbing out
Feel curious about Nature as guide
Are willing to engage fully

This Path Requires Participation

This work asks for presence and responsibility.

This is not for you if you:

Want shortcuts or hacks
Avoid discomfort completely
Expect results without effort
Prefer distraction over reflection
Are not ready to slow down

Common Hesitations Before You Begin (FAQs)

“I don’t have time for this.”

I get it. Life already feels too full. But the Kinship Questions™ aren’t about adding more to your schedule. It’s about shifting how you move through what’s already there. Even a few minutes outside — waiting for the bus, stepping into your yard, walking to lunch — can open the door to connection.

“This sounds too simple to really work.”

That’s the beauty of it. Simple doesn’t mean shallow. It means sustainable. These practices draw on 30,000 years of human instinct and a sense of belonging. Complexity fades; kinship lasts.

“I already go for walks and hikes. Isn’t that enough?”

Spending time in Nature is excellent, but it’s not the same as being in a relationship with it. This framework shows you how to stop being a visitor and start belonging — so the calm and clarity follow you home instead of fading when the trip is over.

“I’m not an outdoorsy person.”

Good news: you don’t have to be. No gear, no camping, no rugged adventures required. This framework works anywhere — a city park, a backyard, even a tree outside your window.

“What if I try this and nothing changes?”

That’s a fair fear. Many things promise transformation and fall flat. But this isn’t another hack. It’s about remembering something you already carry inside you. Once you reconnect, it doesn’t leave — because it was never really gone.

“Who are you to tell me I don’t know Nature?”

Easy there, trailblazer. You do know Nature — this isn’t about proving that. It’s about turning your weekend with the elements into a two-way conversation that actually lasts past Monday morning. You’ve already got the habit; the Kinship Questions™ help you listen deeper — so calm, clarity, and connection stick around after the trail dust settles. Why not make your adventures even better?

COMMON HESITATIONS BEFORE YOU BEGIN (FAQs)

“I don’t have time for this.”

I get it. Life already feels too full. But the Kinship Questions™ aren’t about adding more to your schedule. It’s about shifting how you move through what’s already there. Even a few minutes outside — waiting for the bus, stepping into your yard, walking to lunch — can open the door to connection.

“This sounds too simple to really work.”

That’s the beauty of it. Simple doesn’t mean shallow. It means sustainable. These practices draw on 30,000 years of human instinct and a sense of belonging. Complexity fades; kinship lasts.

“I already go for walks and hikes. Isn’t that enough?”

Spending time in Nature is excellent, but it’s not the same as being in a relationship with it. This framework shows you how to stop being a visitor and start belonging — so the calm and clarity follow you home instead of fading when the trip is over.

“I’m not an outdoorsy person.”

Good news: you don’t have to be. No gear, no camping, no rugged adventures required. This framework works anywhere — a city park, a backyard, even a tree outside your window.

“What if I try this and nothing changes?”

That’s a fair fear. Many things promise transformation and fall flat. But this isn’t another hack. It’s about remembering something you already carry inside you. Once you reconnect, it doesn’t leave — because it was never really gone.

“Who are you to tell me I don’t know Nature?”

Easy there, trailblazer. You do know Nature — this isn’t about proving that. It’s about turning your weekend with the elements into a two-way conversation that actually lasts past Monday morning. You’ve already got the habit; the Kinship Questions™ help you listen deeper — so calm, clarity, and connection stick around after the trail dust settles. Why not make your adventures even better?

About The Author

Matthew Kessi has always listened to the world a little differently. Raised on an Oregon dairy farm and shaped by travel through more than sixty countries, he learned early on that the Natural World holds wisdom we can return to at any time.

After twenty-five years in the airline industry, Matthew came home to his true work. Today, he helps people restore calm, clarity, and direction by reconnecting with Nature in practical and grounded ways.

He leads private mentorships, retreats, forest-based experiences, and courses that blend intuitive coaching with real-world application. At the heart of his work are the Kinship Questions™, a simple framework explored throughout The Wild Cure that helps people slow down, listen more deeply, and realign their mind, heart, and spirit.

Matthew lives in the Pacific Northwest, where he writes, guides, and creates spaces for people to remember their place within Nature’s intelligence.

Learn more at kessiworld.com

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About The Author

Matthew Kessi has always listened to the world a little differently. Raised on an Oregon dairy farm and shaped by travel through more than sixty countries, he learned early on that the Natural World holds wisdom we can return to at any time.

After twenty-five years in the airline industry, Matthew came home to his true work. Today, he helps people restore calm, clarity, and direction by reconnecting with Nature in practical and grounded ways.

He leads private mentorships, retreats, forest-based experiences, and courses that blend intuitive coaching with real-world application. At the heart of his work are the Kinship Questions™, a simple framework explored throughout The Wild Cure that helps people slow down, listen more deeply, and realign their mind, heart, and spirit.

Matthew lives in the Pacific Northwest, where he writes, guides, and creates spaces for people to remember their place within Nature’s intelligence.

Learn more at kessiworld.com

ATTENTION: High Achievers Who Feel Calm on Paper But Restless Inside

"The More You Try to Calm Yourself, the More Disconnected You Become — Until You Remember Your Own Wild Nature."

- “Rated 4.9/5 by early readers”

THE

WILD

CURE

The Forgotten Medicine to Restore

Calm, Clarity, and Connection.

If you’ve tried therapy, meditation apps, yoga, vacations, journaling, or “slowing down” but still feel scattered or depleted… the issue isn’t you.

It’s the Disconnection Trap — the modern pattern of reaching for fixes that never actually restore the inner calm, clarity, and belonging you’re craving.

ATTENTION: High Achievers Who Feel Calm on Paper But Restless Inside

"The More You Try to Calm Yourself, the More Disconnected You Become — Until You Remember Your Own Wild Nature."

THE

WILD

CURE

The Forgotten Medicine to Restore Calm, Clarity, and Connection.

If you’ve tried therapy, meditation apps, yoga, vacations, journaling, or “slowing down” but still feel scattered or depleted… the issue isn’t you.

It’s the Disconnection Trap — the modern pattern of reaching for fixes that never actually restore the inner calm, clarity, and belonging you’re craving.

You’re capable. You’ve built a life that reflects effort, intelligence, and care. You know how to move forward and make things happen.

And yet, when the week begins, something feels off. You move through your days doing what’s required, but a quieter part of you rarely gets the space it needs.

Many people try to solve this by getting away. A hike here. A trip there. Nature becomes something to visit, admire, photograph, then leave behind.

What’s missing is not effort or intention. It’s relationship.

When you begin to experience Nature as something you belong to rather than something you pass through, your system starts to settle. Calm becomes more accessible. Clarity feels less forced. You remember how to listen and how to trust what you hear.

This is the shift The Wild Cure invites.A way of reconnecting that meets you in everyday life and stays with you long after the moment passes.

Why Trying Harder Hasn’t Brought Clarity Yet

Many people believe clarity comes from finding the right plan, the right method, or the right next step. If they could just get enough information, everything would settle into place.

That belief makes sense. It is reinforced by a culture that rewards speed, certainty, and constant improvement.

Over time, the search itself becomes exhausting. Each new idea adds more input, more pressure, and more voices competing for attention.

The fog most people feel does not come from being unprepared. It comes from carrying too much noise. When the system stays overstimulated, direction becomes harder to hear.

Clarity begins to return when the noise quiets and the body is allowed to reset. When attention drops out of constant analysis and into presence, a deeper form of knowing becomes available again.

This is where the Kinship Questions begin.They help you slow down enough to hear what has been trying to reach you all along.

Why the Self-Help Industry Keeps You Spinning

The self-help world promises relief through optimization. Better habits. Better thinking. Better tools to keep you functioning.

Much of it is designed to smooth the surface, not to meet the deeper signal asking for change. When discomfort appears, we are taught to manage it quickly so we can return to productivity.

Real change rarely works that way. When something inside begins to stir, it is often asking for a gentle but honest disruption. A pause that allows what has been held down to move through.

Instead, many approaches encourage numbing. More distraction. More effort. More ways to cope without listening. The system stays intact, but the deeper misalignment remains.

Lasting clarity comes when we allow a different kind of interruption. One that slows us enough to feel what is true and steady enough to carry us through to the other side.

When the Ache Wouldn’t Stay Quiet

For years, my life moved forward on the outside while something essential faded beneath the surface. The pace of modern culture rewarded productivity, composure, and performance, even as connection quietly eroded.

The dissonance grew harder to ignore. Rest felt shallow. Success felt thin. A steady ache began to show up in the body, in relationships, and in moments of stillness.

Eventually, the strain reached a turning point. In the middle of all that effort, a small inner spark within me surfaced and asked for attention. It carried no answers, only a simple truth. I had to break free from the status quo. Saying yes became necessary.

That choice opened a different way of listening.

Learning to Listen in a Different Way

Time in the wilderness became the teacher. Long hours in forests, mountains, and coastal areas allowed the noise to subside. Over more than ten thousand hours of immersion, a steadier rhythm emerged.

Across seven years of deep practice and guiding others, the pattern repeated. Burned-out executives, teachers, doctors, creatives, and autistic teens all responded in similar ways when their pace aligned with the land. Nervous systems softened. Clarity returned. A sense of belonging reappeared.

This work revealed something ancient and shared. Humans carry an encoded relationship with the Natural World that reaches back tens of thousands of years. When that connection is restored, calm and direction follow naturally.

From these experiences, a universal and straightforward framework took shape. One that helps people access this connection anywhere. These became the Kinship Questions.

Introducing

The Kinship Questions™

Six simple questions that reconnect your mind, heart, and spirit with the Natural World — so calm, clarity, and direction become your new normal.

The Kinship Questions™ reveal the key elements to overcoming chronic overwhelm, emotional disconnection, and unclear direction—by giving you a reliable, repeatable way to return to calm, clarity, and creative energy.

Core Elements of the Framework:

Core Element #1: Choosing to Participate

Example: You step into a moment of quiet with a tree or a piece of sky and decide to be fully present with it.

Core Element #2: Opening from the Inside

Example: You let your guard soften just enough to feel the truth of what is happening within you and around you.

Core Element #3: Moving at the Natural Pace

Example: You slow your walking, your breathing, or your noticing until your nervous system settles into a calmer rhythm.

Core Element #4: Listening with Your Whole System

Example: You take in color, shape, movement, and energy as information instead of relying on your thoughts alone.

Core Element #5: Noticing What Stands Out

Example: You allow a single image, sound, or sensation to catch your attention and give it a moment of genuine curiosity.

Core Element #6: Bringing the Insight Home

Example: You translate what you felt in Nature into a small action, a new boundary, or a clearer intention for your day.

When properly applied, these stages create a steady path back to calm, clarity, and the kind of inner direction you can actually trust.

You’re capable. You’ve built a life that reflects effort, intelligence, and care. You know how to move forward and make things happen.

And yet, when the week begins, something feels off. You move through your days doing what’s required, but a quieter part of you rarely gets the space it needs.

Many people try to solve this by getting away. A hike here. A trip there. Nature becomes something to visit, admire, photograph, then leave behind.

What’s missing is not effort or intention. It’s relationship.

When you begin to experience Nature as something you belong to rather than something you pass through, your system starts to settle. Calm becomes more accessible. Clarity feels less forced. You remember how to listen and how to trust what you hear.

This is the shift The Wild Cure invites.A way of reconnecting that meets you in everyday life and stays with you long after the moment passes.

Why Trying Harder Hasn’t Brought Clarity Yet

Many people believe clarity comes from finding the right plan, the right method, or the right next step. If they could just get enough information, everything would settle into place.

That belief makes sense. It is reinforced by a culture that rewards speed, certainty, and constant improvement.

Over time, the search itself becomes exhausting. Each new idea adds more input, more pressure, and more voices competing for attention.

The fog most people feel does not come from being unprepared. It comes from carrying too much noise. When the system stays overstimulated, direction becomes harder to hear.

Clarity begins to return when the noise quiets and the body is allowed to reset. When attention drops out of constant analysis and into presence, a deeper form of knowing becomes available again.

This is where the Kinship Questions begin.They help you slow down enough to hear what has been trying to reach you all along.

Why the Self-Help Industry Keeps You Spinning

The self-help world promises relief through optimization. Better habits. Better thinking. Better tools to keep you functioning.

This is the shift The Wild Cure invites.
A way of reconnecting that meets you in everyday life and stays with you long after the moment passes.

This is where the Kinship Questions begin.
They help you slow down enough to hear what has been trying to reach you all along.

This is the shift The Wild Cure invites.
A way of reconnecting that meets you in everyday life and stays with you long after the moment passes.

This is where the Kinship Questions begin.
They help you slow down enough to hear what has been trying to reach you all along.

“If you are seeking something deeper than sightseeing, Matthew is your person. He’ll take you to places on the land and in yourself that are truly remarkable.”
— Patrick O’Neill

“What surprised me the most was how Matthew’s concepts seamlessly integrated into my daily routines and management style.”
— Elliott

“Thoughts of time or the outside world just never entered my brain — and that never happens!”
— Jeanne Jones