STELLAR SUPERSTAR: Meet Jackson Maloney

Jackson Maloney

We’re always excited to introduce inspiring individuals from our network to our community. With that, MEET Jackson Maloney, a Youth Mentor, Rite of Passage Guide, and Singer-Songwriter from Boulder County, CO, and learn more about his impactful work...

“As a teenage boy growing up, I struggled with a lot of the normal teenage dilemmas… finding and establishing my own identity, developing a sense of autonomy, self-responsibility, and expression, and feeling like I had a clear direction for my life. In my early 20s, I was lucky to meet a lot of great mentors who helped me engage deeply with those questions and walk a path that allowed me to find my own answers and open up bigger perspectives about where to put my energies, how to identify and cultivate my passions and use them to make a positive contribution, how to be in good relationship with life.

Moving from that confusion to clarity wouldn't have been possible without the people in my life who helped open my eyes and guide me in a good direction. That's the reason that I started Standing On The Earth… To help the next generation of teenage boys find their footing and feel supported in the formative transition of the teenage years. To also cultivate a deeper sense of self, a connection to passion and purpose, wakefulness, awareness, presence, and attention. A relationship with the natural world. To become initiated young people who can contribute to a positive, beautiful world for generations to come. Amidst all the distraction and disconnection that is around us, it's crucial to have a center in ourself where we know who we are and what we value.

As poet William Stafford said, " it is important that awake people be awake,

or a breaking line may discourage them back to sleep;

the signals we give — yes or no, or maybe —

should be clear: the darkness around us is deep."

LEARN MORE about Jackson Maloney: www.standingontheearth.com