94: Connor Boyle, Founder of Revival Wilderness Therapy and former wilderness therapy student

<p>Connor Boyle is the founder of <a href= "https://www.revivalwildernesstherapy.com/">Revival Wilderness Therapy</a> located in New Hampshire. Connor shares his story of having a successful law career in Boston while suffering from anxiety/depression combined with alcoholism. He tried traditional residential treatment but it did not help. He shares how went to a wilderness therapy program at the age of 33 which was the "most impactful" experience of his life. He left his law career worked in behavioral healthcare and a wilderness program and then started Revival.</p> <p>Connor's bio from Revival Website:</p> <p class="font_9"><span class="color_15">Born and raised in Littleton, NH, while the White Mountains were in my back yard, I could not have been further away from them.  Rather than embrace Nature, I chose a very achievement oriented path.  I graduated valedictorian from Littleton High School and then attended Bates College, where my primary objective was to prepare for law school.  And prepared I was for my law school career at Northeastern University, where I excelled as a law student.  After passing two bar exams I began my career as a corporate attorney.  And I also began to realize that there were no more goals to achieve.  No more exams to take.  No more teams to captain.  There was no more structure, and without externally prescribed structure, I was at a loss.  Depression and anxiety set in.  And substance abuse escalated alongside mental health issues, accompanied by an eating disorder.</span></p> <p class="font_9"><span class="color_15">I had been living my entire life wearing a mask.  A mask that I believed society wanted me to wear.  I had focused on fabricated external expectations.  I never once looked inside for what I was, for who I was.</span></p> <p class="font_9"><span class="color_15">That all changed when I got in the Woods.  I began working on myself - Mind, Body, and Spirit.  I learned that everything in life is impermanent except one's relationship with themselves.  And I realized tha