About
Hi, I'm Paul
I’m the founder of The Path of Manliness — a Christian men’s community helping men to rediscover strength, stability, and brotherhood through Orthodox faith and traditional wisdom.
From "Success" to Emptiness
I grew up in a loving Christian family in South Africa but left home at 18 to make my fortune. I worked in IT and in a bank in London, hitchhiked a whole year through Europe on a shoestring, became a SCUBA divemaster in Egypt, met a girl, and settled in Denmark in 2001.
Life was set up for me. I learned Danish, earned a master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen, and built a successful career at Microsoft — leading a team of environmental sustainability leads across 27 countries.
By every modern measure, I was “winning.” I paid off my luxury apartment in central Copenhagen, travelled the world rock climbing while working a few hours in the evenings from a laptop.
But inwardly, I was lost.
I had achieved status, money, and comfort, yet felt hollow. I didn’t know who I was or what I was living for. I had adopted the secular, materialist worldview of my surroundings and treated others as means to my own ends. When I reached those ends, I discovered how meaningless they were.
A Long Search for Truth
Behind the success was a man wearing a mask — even I no longer knew the person underneath.
For over a decade, I searched for truth in every direction: Eastern philosophy, self-help, and modern spirituality. From Advaita Vedanta and Burning Man to Zoroastrianism — I sought ultimate meaning everywhere except in the one place I started: Christianity.
Only when I had exhausted every other path did I hear the quiet, patient knocking of Jesus Christ at the door of my heart.
In 2017, I encountered God and found what I had been missing all along. I was received into the Orthodox Church, and my search for identity and purpose finally ended in stepping onto that path of faith.
Building the Path of Manliness
Today I am 44 years old, married with three sons, and living on a small homestead in the Danish countryside. I now dedicate my life to helping other men find what I found — not through self-help, but through faith, discipline and brotherhood.
Through The Path of Manliness, I help men grow as sons, brothers, husbands, and fathers — the four pillars of mature manhood. Our work is practical, rooted in Scripture and lived tradition.
I lead Core, our network of online Orthodox men’s groups where men meet weekly for accountability, prayer, and shared growth.
I occasionally take on personal mentees who I invest in to support find a more grounded and natural way of life.
I host Path of Manliness on YouTube, engaging with other thought leaders on Christian manhood and the return to tradition.
I share passages of an upcoming book on Substack, exploring how faith and discipline can restore meaning in a disoriented age.
And I host in-person Men’s Gatherings, where men train skills and reconnect with the spirit of brotherhood that modern life has lost.