Ruck the Way

UPCOMING PILGRIMAGE: https://www.rucktheway.com/pilgrimage We welcome our first guest, Chris Bruno, author of Sage and founder of The Restoration Project. Chris shares his incredible journey from growing up as an emotional container in a wounded family to his time as a Christian worker overseas, which ultimately led him to his work on masculine restoration. He breaks down the transformative six se...

We dive deep into a profound personal story. Chris shares a critical thread of his origin story: the childhood fear that led him to form a vow of self-protection and avoidant attachment. He recounts a traumatic incident involving a gun that shaped his early understanding of safety and responsibility, and discusses how this deeply ingrained vow played out in his adult life, particularly in his 25-y...

On this episode of Ruck The Way , Gabe Smith unpacks the heavy thread of responsibility that has shaped his life—from a childhood trauma that left him frozen in shame to a celebrated capacity for compartmentalization in the military. Gabe shares how carrying others’ pain became his default, and how a pivotal moment in South Africa invited him to finally tell his own story. This is a deeply human c...

In our first episode, we introduce ourselves— Gabe and Chris —and the story behind Ruck the Way . After more than a decade of walking together across continents, we’ve learned that pilgrimage is more than a hike—it’s a physical journey for a spiritual purpose . We unpack where the name comes from: rucking as carrying weight on the road, and the Way as the earliest name for followers of Jesus. Gabe...