SEARCH FOR SOPHIA

A gathering for those trying to live wisely in an upside down world

There are two kinds of people who have been writing to me.
 

Some are coaches, therapists, teachers, facilitators, healers, artists, guides, and other helping professionals doing work that genuinely matters, yet finding it painfully difficult to make a living without turning their deepest work into another product, performance, or brand.
 

Others are already inside the modern machine, doing their best to keep going. They are not lazy, but tired of a way of life that keeps asking for more of their time, attention, health, and aliveness, while giving less and less meaning back.
 

Search for Sophia is for both.
 

It is a simple gathering for people who sense that the crisis we are living through is not only economic, political, or psychological, but also philosophical. It is about meaning, dignity, work, soul, community, attention, and the question of what a human life is actually for.
 

I first felt this after writing The Wild Economy, when people reached out to say they were trying to make a living without losing their souls. I felt it again after The Great Opt-Out, when others wrote from inside the rat race, simply trying to survive without surrendering the whole of themselves.
 

Both responses pointed to the same truth:
 

We are not meant to think our way through this alone.
 

Of course, the irony is not lost on me. The very technology that has fragmented our attention and weakened our communities is now one of the few realistic ways for scattered people to find each other. I do not pretend Zoom is the village square, the forest path, the kitchen table, or the old human circle.

But for now, it may be a threshold.
 

A way of meeting people where they are, across distance, exhaustion, and circumstance, so that something more human can begin.
 

This is not another course, membership funnel, productivity group, or self-help project. There is nothing to optimise. No guru to follow. No promise that we will fix modernity in an hour or so.
 

We will simply gather on Zoom, every two months, to ask better questions, speak honestly, listen carefully, and remember that wisdom was never meant to be a private possession.
 

Sophia, the ancient word for wisdom, is not certainty. It is not a five-step system. It is the slow accumulation of honest understanding, tested in the company of others who are also trying to live with more clarity, courage, depth, and humanity.
 

Over time, if there is interest, we may also open a WhatsApp group for those who want to keep the conversation alive between gatherings. But the heart of this remains simple: real conversation, shared inquiry, and the quiet recognition that others are feeling what you are feeling too.
 

If you are doing life-changing work but struggling to survive financially, you are welcome here.
 

If you are inside the rat race and quietly wondering how much longer you can keep going like this, you are welcome here.
 

If you are searching for a wiser, more humane way to live, not outside reality, but inside the conditions you actually inhabit, you are welcome here.
 

Fill in the form below and I will add you to the Search for Sophia community news. You’ll receive updates about upcoming Zoom gatherings and any future ways to stay connected.
 

Come as you are. Stay if it nourishes you. Leave if it does not.
 

But know this: there are others out there asking the same questions.
 

And the search is better done together.