What if the life you're living isn't yours?
And what if that's not a problem to solve, but a question to explore?
You're Not Broken. The Map Is Wrong.
You've done everything right. Followed the path. Achieved the milestones.
Yet here you are, standing at a crossroads that no one else seems to see, holding questions that feel too big for the answers you've been given.
That restlessness you feel? It's not a flaw. It's philosophy knocking at your door.
Philosophy isn't about having the right answers.
It's about finally asking the right questions—with someone who knows how to hold space for the inquiry.
Ancient Wisdom. Modern Application. Real Partnership.
For millennia, philosophy wasn't an academic subject. It was a way of life.
Socrates walked the streets of Athens as a philosophical midwife, helping others birth wisdom already within them.
The Stoics served as physicians of the soul.
Eastern sages offered graduated mentorship in the art of living.
"The unexamined life is not worth living—
but no one said you had to examine it alone."
I'm Dr. Rodney King. I don't have your answers. But I know how to walk with you as you discover them.
The Territory We Navigate Together
Identity & Becoming
Who are you when you stop performing? What remains when the roles fall away? Together, we excavate your authentic self from beneath layers of expectation.
Meaning & Purpose
Not the prefabricated kind sold in self-help aisles. The raw, personal significance you forge from your own experience, values, and vision.
Freedom & Responsibility
How do you author your own life while honoring your connections? Where does obligation end and authentic choice begin?
Presence & Time
Living between memory and possibility, how do you inhabit this moment fully? What does it mean to be here, now, awake?
"I approached Dr King for a philosophical coaching session because I was at a crossroads. After completing my MA in Teaching Mindfulness, I felt a strong pull to reconnect with the spiritual side of me that I had intentionally ignored during my academic years. In my coaching session with Dr King, we not only explored how to welcome back my spiritual side, but what successful integration of spirituality with my mindfulness teaching work could look like. This almost immediately resulted in creating and launching a new service for my clients called, "the Stillpoint Sessions" - an integration between Mindfulness, Spirituality, and Coaching - A Different Kind of Insight for a Different Kind of Seeker. This clarity was a direct outcome of working with Dr King, and I highly recommend his philosophical coaching sessions!"
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Christoph Spiessens
Founder of The Manchester Mindfulness Festival | MA in Teaching Mindfulness | Supervisor & Mentor
How Philosophical Counsel Works
This isn't therapy. It's not strictly life coaching. It's something older and perhaps more essential.
We Begin With Your Questions
Not my framework, not a prescribed method. Your actual lived questions. The ones keeping you up at night. The ones you're afraid to voice. The ones that feel too big or too strange.
We Think Together
Using philosophical tools honed over millennia—Socratic dialogue, phenomenological investigation, existential analysis—we examine your assumptions, explore possibilities, and cultivate wisdom.
You Transform Through Understanding
Not because I give you answers, but because you discover your own. Philosophy changes you not by adding information, but by shifting perspective. By seeing differently, you become different.
"In our sessions, I'm not the sage on the stage. I'm your philosophical companion—walking beside you as you navigate your own inner wisdom."
Begin Your Philosophical Counsel Journey
Philosophy should be accessible to all seekers. Choose the investment level that honours your current circumstances. Sessions take place virtually via Zoom:
TIER 1
£30/session or £120 for 4 Virtual Sessions
For students, early-career professionals, or anyone navigating a financial rough patch.
TIER 2
£50/session or £180 for 4 Virtual Sessions
A fair rate for those with steady income and manageable monthly expenses.
TIER 3
£80/session or £280 for 4 Virtual Sessions
For those who are financially secure and want to support wider access to this work.
Accessible & Affordable with a Dash of Honesty
I am passionate about ensuring everyone has access to the transformative experience of Philosophical Counsel (PC).
PC should always be within reach. That's why I offer a sliding-scale fee structure for virtual sessions, trusting you to select a rate that genuinely matches your financial reality.
I operate on trust and honesty: please choose the option that truly reflects your financial situation. By being authentic and mindful in selecting your rate, you allow me to continue offering accessible and affordable philosophical guidance to everyone.
Let's make the life-changing experience of PC available to everyone — together. Contact me (Dr. King) below:
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
- Albert Camus