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- Let Monday Be Truth Day
Keeping relationships 'horizontal' is a great way to be more yourself Read more » - Eighteen essays about addiction, masculinity, creativity, and intuition
As well as anxiety, fitness, sobriety, self-discipline, purpose, love, adventure, pain yoga, intuition, the collective unconscious, psychedelics, masculine archetypes, and being a child-free man. Read more » - 09 / I Let Confusion In
Chapter 09 from my memoir in progress—following my intuition to Italy, followed by a descent into confusion. Read more » - E18 / Unhooked and Connected with Dr. Adi Jaffe
Listen now (56 min) | Getting to the underlying causes of addictive behavior, the abstinence myth—and the myth of normal, gaining perspective on chronic stress, and why change is often easier than we think. Read more » - 08 / The Golden Gate
Chapter 08 from my memoir in progress. A guerrilla climb of the north tower of the Golden Gate bridge in 1988, at night. Read more » - 07 / Church Street
Chapter 07 from my memoir in progress. Early intuition about wanting to be a writer, my sister, and drugs in the house. Read more » - Guided Meditation: Breathing Colorful Attention
A 13-minute guided meditation based on breathing colorful attention Read more » - E17 / Addiction and Obsession with Charlie Engle
Listen now (75 min) | Running, long distance, integration, getting bored, body management, the natural elasticity of our conscious experience, transcendental moments, and why moderation is boring. Read more » - Anxious Masculinity—How Things Fall Apart
Deconstructing the habit of anxiety—and "failing" as a man to make space for something new. Read more » - What I'm Reading — Feb 2023
Rick Rubin, Sam Stagg, Liv Stratman, Adi Jaffe, David Carr, Scott Britton, Dan Savage, Kathryn Bond Stockton, Richard V Reeves, Mary Karr, Harry Crews, Laurie Stone, and Michael Mohr. Read more » - 06 / Sex Ed
Chapter 06 from my memoir in progress: Freedom, At All Costs. Climbing in Yosemite, Quest For Fire, and Penthouse magazine. Read more » - The Keys to Building Real Community
Think of the 🤍 button as "would you recommend this to a friend?" Read more » - E16 / Sky Racing and Self Expression with Galen Kirkpatrick
Listen now (77 min) | Free flight as self-expression and as a higher project. Managing risk. Gender euphoria and the responsibility of coming out. Learning to stop learning—and to love the infinite game. Read more » - Fitness and Creativity
How physical fitness at age 53 supports my creativity and my work as a writer—with pilates, body weight conditioning, calisthenics, trail running, and paragliding/ Read more » - 05 / The Knife Goes on the Left
Chapter 05 from my memoir in progress, to be called Freedom, At All Costs. Read more » - E15 / Behind the Mask with Ashanti Branch
Listen now (45 min) | Discipline, adulthood, intimacy and the range of deep connection, giving room to explore someone’s thinking, the power of positive confrontation, and the Million Mask Movement Read more » - Five Years Sober*
The reciprocal triangle of anger, addiction and depression—and anger as creative energy. Read more » - What I'm Reading — Jan 2023
Scott Britton, Brad Listi, Michael Mohr, Kim Stanley Robinson, Steven Pressfield, James Lee Burke, Charlie Engle, Amy Blackstone, Andy Johns, Liv Stratman, spicy garlic tofu, and Bigfoot porn! Read more »
