— About —

a place to do
the slow, structured work of becoming.

What we do, and why we do it.

— Leading On Fire —

A platform for men in transition.

We exist to support men in becoming who they are capable of becoming — as leaders, partners, fathers, and as men of integrity in a moment that needs them.

Most of the men we serve have already done the obvious things. They've built careers, companies, and families. They've achieved enough to know that achievement isn't the answer. What they're looking for now isn't another tactic — it's a way back to themselves. A different way of being a man.

Through a flagship initiation program, nature-based retreats, and online men's circles, Leading On Fire creates the containers — long enough, deep enough, and serious enough — for that becoming to actually take root.

We exist to support men in becoming who they are capable of becoming — as leaders, partners, fathers, and as men of integrity in a moment that needs them.

01 · Depth Over Volume

A Small Number of Men, Done Well

We work with a small number of men a year. The work is intimate by design. We'd rather take twelve men through the fire than two hundred through a workshop.

02 · Embodied, Not Optimized

Practice Over Performance

Real change happens in the body, the breath, and the nervous system — not in a frameworks deck. Our work is built around daily practice, embodied presence, and time on the land.

03 · A Long Arc

Months and Years, Not Weekends

Weekend workshops are useful. They are not enough. The structures of a man's life take six months to change, and a lifetime to maintain. We build for the long arc.

— Founder & Lead Coach —

Kenny Borg

Founder & Lead Coach · Leading On Fire

Kenny is an executive coach and facilitator with over a decade of experience guiding senior leaders through periods of transition. His work blends executive coach training, depth psychology, and the rite-of-passage tradition.

He came to this work the way most men do — by needing it. After a decade of high-performing executive roles, Kenny found himself successful by every external measure and unrecognizable to himself underneath. The work he now leads is the same work that returned him to his own life.

He has trained under mentors in executive coaching, depth psychology, and indigenous wisdom traditions — most notably with (Lakota) Chief Philip Scott, whose teachings inform the seasonal fasts and ceremonial structure of Leading On Fire. He lives in Long Beach, California with his family and leads private retreats in the mountains of Northern California, Big Sur, and Mount Shasta.

Kenny leads this work because, for him, it was the difference between a life he was performing and a life he was living.

Training & Lineage

ICF-credentialed Executive Coach

Trained in depth psychology and rite-of-passage facilitation

Studied seasonal fasting and ceremony under (Lakota) Chief Philip Scott

10+ years guiding senior leaders through transition

Acknowledgment of teachers: Much of the foundation from which we lead others comes from the wisdom and teachings of those who have graciously mentored us in their knowledge, traditions, and ways of life. Thank you to our teachers. Thank you to those stewarding the many great indigenous, spiritual, and yogic traditions. Thank you, ancestors. Thank you, Mother Earth. Thank you to the more-than-human beings we share this planet with.