Strong Minds. Strong Teams. Real Results.
Clear Path Consulting helps high-performance teams develop mental resilience, emotional intelligence, and personal accountability through mindset training rooted in real-life grit.
Who We Are: Clear Path Consulting is not your typical corporate coaching firm. We’re forged from fire—combat, addiction, homelessness, heartbreak—and built back up with discipline, clarity, and purpose. Our founder, Marcus Thornton, is a combat veteran, ultra-endurance athlete, and mindset mentor who has lived the extremes of chaos and transformation. Now, he brings that lived wisdom into every training, helping teams cut through the noise and return to what matters: discipline, character, and action.
Our Mission: We exist to help individuals and organizations discover the strength they already have—then turn that strength into sustainable performance, authentic leadership, and internal peace.
Resilient Minds Build Unbreakable Teams
Mindset Training for Organizations
We partner with companies, universities, and teams to deliver:
Workshops & Keynotes on resilience, self-leadership, and emotional stamina
Custom Mindset Programs built around your team’s unique culture and pressure points
1:1 Coaching for emerging leaders, high performers, and change agents
Our trainings are high-impact, no-fluff, and deeply rooted in both human psychology and lived experience. This isn’t theory. It’s transformation.
I’ve slept in my car. I’ve clawed my way out of addiction. I’ve fought through the courts to be in my kids’ lives. Everything I teach, I’ve had to live.
Clear Path exists because most people are operating at half-capacity, unaware of what they’re capable of. I want to change that. I want to hand people the tools that helped me rebuild from rock bottom—and watch them rise.
If you’re ready to train your team’s mind like you’d train the body, we should talk.
— Marcus Thornton, Founder
About Me
I’m a combat veteran, ultra-runner, mindset coach, and founder of Clear Path Consulting. I’ve walked through hell more than once and lived to tell the story, not just to survive, but to build something better.
I served as a medic and infantry sniper in the U.S. Army. After Iraq, I spent years battling trauma, addiction, homelessness, and self-destruction. I know what it means to hit bottom and what it takes to climb out. Through intense discipline, personal development, and raw self-inquiry, I rebuilt my life piece by piece.
Today, I lead Clear Path Consulting to bring that same grit and clarity to organizations and teams. My mission is simple: train minds, strengthen culture, and help people tap into their full potential. I’ve seen firsthand what happens when people give up on themselves. I’ve also seen what’s possible when they don’t.
This work isn’t about filler or corporate slogans. It’s about real mindset training that builds real resilience for real life. Whether I’m coaching a CEO, leading a workshop, or mentoring students, I bring the same energy: grounded, focused, and unapologetically human.
Let’s build strong minds. Let’s build strong teams. Let’s get to work.