@mac.macartney and @tugbakir.han are excited to be returning to @medicinefestival again this year. Every time they are part of this gathering they leave feeling inspired, energised and connected to an incredible community.
There’s something truly special about bringing people together in this way - sharing ideas, ceremony and meaningful conversations, creating moments that stay with you long after the event ends.
If you’re looking to bring that energy and insight to your own event, Mac and Tugba would love to hear from you and explore possibilities for speaking and workshop opportunities. Please do get in touch!
[email protected]
“Mac and Tugba are gifted and authentic speakers. I’ve heard them present together and individually across different settings, and they consistently inspire. Drawing on their lived experience, as well as the teachings and influences that have shaped them, they offer insights that both challenge and illuminate.”
Dominic Bond
Photo credit: Veronica Stanwell
#festivalspeaker #speakerspotlight #wisdomkeeper #elderwisdom #earthfocus
The Journey: an invitation to become active and present in your life and step into your full potential. It’s a reconnection with the earth, with your spiritual being, and your purpose.
Now booking:
10-15 May
19-24 July
21-26 September
or
1-6 November
with @mac.macartney@tugbakir.han and The Journey Team.
#selfleadership #natureconnection #changeyourworld #earthfocus #yourpotential
MANY MEN ARE IN EXISTENTIAL HARDSHIP.
ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?
Our culture rewards productivity not presence.
Many men lead companies, teams, and families but are struggling.
How do we lead ourselves, first and foremost?
From April 15–19, 2026, fifteen men will gather in the Visegrád Mountains of Hungary.
Not for a holiday. For a five-day immersion into depth, responsibility, and brotherhood.
The Work
Inner Work
– Guided meditation
– Confronting self-sabotage patterns
– The power of story and myth
– Trauma-aware somatic practice
Outer Work
– Fire-making and wood chopping
– Wild game butchery
– Foundational martial practice
– Foraging and survival skills
Archetypal Integration (The parts of a man)
– King
– Warrior
– Magician
– Lover
The Guides
- Ben Price – Former UK Special Forces Military Intelligence & Leadership Coach
- Mac Macartney – Founder of Embercombe, Elder & Storyteller
- Muji – Pharmacist, Medical Herbalist & Forest Ecologist
The Offering
Location: 5-star mountain accommodation
Catering: All meals prepared on-site
Logistics: Transfers from Budapest Airport included
Investment: £2250
Early Bird: £1750 (ends 15th March)
We are selecting 10 men.
If you feel called, email: [email protected]
You’ll receive a questionnaire to assess alignment.
Full payment deadline: March 30th, 2026.
Thanks to generous donors 🧡 our bursary fund helps remove barriers and opens access to joining our programmes.
If cost or circumstance have ever made you hesitate, or perhaps dismiss the idea of joining us, we warmly invite you to apply for a bursary place and explore what’s possible.
Bursary places are limited. Apply via the link in our bio, or on our website.
Not sure which programme is calling you? We recorded all our FREE 2026 programme introductory webinars. Register to watch on our website.
AND there’s still one more FREE webinar to come - The Catalyst (for 18-25 year olds) 1 March at 11am - registration link in bio.
#bursary #changeyourworld #inclusivity #natureconnection #selfleadership
Changemaker Bursary – Fully Funded Places on Embercombe’s core offering, The Twin Trail.
We are delighted to announce The Changemaker Bursary, made possible through a partnership between Embercombe and @matthewgoodfoundation , both organisations sharing a deep commitment to supporting people working towards a more just, compassionate, and flourishing world.
The bursary will fully fund five places on Embercombe’s six-month mentoring programme, The Twin Trail - running 20 May - 28 October 2026.
The bursary exists to support individuals who feel called to make a difference in their communities and environment, but may face barriers to accessing long-term, high-quality mentoring and community.
Whether your idea for change is fully formed or just emerging, you are warmly invited to apply. Applications are welcomed from both financially sustainable individuals and those who face financial or other barriers to joining The Twin Trail.
More information via the link in our bio or on our website.
Deadline for applications: Monday 16 February 2026 at 5pm.
JOIN OUR FREE WEBINAR TOMORROW on The Twin Trail Thursday 22 January at 7pm. Register via link in bio
#changemakers #bursary #authenticleadership #socialchange #grassroot
Do you want to live and lead from deeper alignment with yourself, your values, and the wider living world? Embercombe’s core offering The Twin Trail, is a 6-month mentoring programme designed to support you to:
- Develop deeper self-awareness and embodied leadership
- Connect with your gifts and how you bring them into the world
- Build the courage and clarity needed to take meaningful action
Join @mac.macartney and @tugbakir.han for a FREE introductory webinar on The Twin Trail, Thursday 22 January at 7pm. Gain more insight about this immersive mentoring programme, hear from past participants and ask your questions.
The Twin Trail is facilitated by Mac, Tugba Kirhan and guest facilitators. It includes:
- An onsite residential retreat at Embercombe in Devon
- A guided outdoor wild camp on Dartmoor National Park in Devon
- Online learning modules
- One-to-one coaching sessions
- Group supervision and peer learning
Dates
The Twin Trail runs 20 May - 28 October 2026.
Register for the FREE webinar via the link in our bio on our our website
#leadership
#mentoring
#authenticleadership
#changemaker
#natureconnection
Join @mac.macartney , @tugbakir.han and past participants on Thursday 15 January at 7pm for a FREE introductory webinar on The Journey 2026.
Gain more insight about our flagship programme and have the opportunity to ask your questions.
Register for the webinar via the link in our bio. Can’t make it live? No problem! We will send a recording of the event to everyone that registers.
The Journey is Embercombe’s flagship programme, a 6-day residential drawing together people from all walks of life. Journey participants are people of all ages, social groups and experience. The common ground you share is a deep desire to truly be yourselves in your lives, and to make a powerful contribution to the world – one that is aligned with your gifts, passion and experience. Find out more on our website and at our webinar on Thursday evening.
#transformativeexperience #leadership #selfleadership #changemaker #changeyourworld
Hello. I’m in Oxford you know, pretty much the centre of England, attending conference here. We’ve got a big year coming up and maybe every year’s a big year, this one fraught with all kinds of challenges and uncertainties. So there’s a message really to any of you out there, with your own lives and adventures and the things that you’re undertaking. It will be, stay close with our mother earth. With the forest and the streams. With the marshlands and the sea and the sky and the soil. And all little beings we share this earth with. Because I think we need to learn to walk well, and steadily and meet whatever’s coming. And know in our hearts that it’s love that sits at the very centre of everything we’re doing here at Embercombe, and that called you to our valley.
@mac.macartney Founder and Trustee Emeritus of Embercombe
Join us on the land on one of our transformative programmes this year, and change your world.
Explore what’s on via our link in bio.
#resilience #love #leadership #changemaker #morethanhuman
We are looking for an exceptional leader to take Embercombe into its next chapter - including a major event planned for 2026 that will celebrate and extend the impact of our work.
This is a pivotal moment in Embercombe’s story.
In 2024, we celebrated our 25th anniversary. Hundreds of alumni and volunteers returned to the land to mark a quarter century of rewilding people and place. Now, we’re looking ahead to the next 25 years and seeking a leader to help set our course.
We have a motivated, experienced team, a strong sense of purpose, and an ambitious development plan with opportunities for philanthropic funding.
What we need is on-the-ground leadership. A leader who can hold both the soul and the structure of this organisation.
This is a rare opportunity to lead a place that changes lives, to steward legacy whilst shaping its future, ensuring Embercombe continues to inspire hope, courage and connection for generations to come.
Visit our website for full details and link to our application form.
Deadline for applications 25 January 2026
#ceo #leadershipopportunity #leader #charity #recruitment #authenticleadership #chiefexecutive #charityceo #jobvacancy #twintrail
The Twin Trail is a vital thread in Embercombe’s offerings, a 6 month mentoring programme inviting you to discover deeper self-awareness, a living connection with both human and more-than-human communities, and the courage to bring meaningful change into the world.
🌟Tickets are on sale for The Twin Trail 2026!
🌀20 May - 28 October
🌀with @mac.macartney and @tugbakir.han
🌀Embercombe, Devon
#thetwintrail #mentoring #leadership #authenticleadership #transformativeexperience #community #natureconnection #changeyourworld #earthfocus #ceremony #bringingpeopletolife #linkinbio
What is the best way to talk about Embercombe’s flagship programme, The Journey? We let the photos speak!
🌀We have closed the circle on another year of The Journey - honouring all those who journeyed with us with open hearts and curious minds, the incredible Journey team who facilitate and hold so skilfully and with grace, the stories, the connection, the laughter, the tears, the land …. We feel it all.
🌀Our 2026 Journeys with @mac.macartney and @tugbakir.han start in March, then April, May, July and September.
Do you hear the call? Trust it. Explore via our #linkinbio
🌀Head to Embercombe’s Google page to read all our ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reviews
#journey #transformativeexperience #authenticleadership #natureconnection #community #changeyourworld #earthfocus #selfdevelopment #yourgifts #positiveaction #ceremony #bringingpeopletolife #retreat #devon #gratitude #5starreview
