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From the blog…
- Purpose, Marriage, Money, Self-Worthon May 26, 2026
6 Months in Review
- We-Flow Part 4: Reversing Financial Unsafety and Background Unhappinesson March 2, 2026
Persistent Well-Being Explained
- [Restack] How to prepare for the next decade + Check-inon February 23, 2026
I am re-stacking Scott Barker’s article, How to prepare for the next decade, as it was quite impactful to me, and to the 1000 or so people who liked it.
- Authentic Relating, A Map of the Territory: Part 1on February 8, 2026
Practices, Lineages, and Communities
- A clearer Substack and what’s coming this yearon February 8, 2026
A clearer Substack
- Jokes and Marriage, Part 2on January 13, 2026
Dismantling My Tragedy Story
- All-star Joke Collection 2on January 13, 2026
My favorite jokes and comics
- An Invitation into a Story About Love, Obsession and Becoming Yourselfon January 5, 2026
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- On life’s “Epochs” or developmental cycleson January 5, 2026
Writing as a transformational practice
- We-Flow, Part 3: What is the Stewardship Course?on December 20, 2025
This is my 3rd article about the powerful practice of We-Flow. It gives the context of the Stewardship Course: how it works, what it does and what you can expect from it.
- We-Flow, Part 2: Moving Towards Effortless Manifestationon December 20, 2025
Note: This is the second of a 4-part series on the practice of We-Flow.
- Review of Elizabeth Gilbert's All the Way to the Riveron November 23, 2025
Love, Loss and Liberation
- The Bipolar Writer’s Life: Notes from the Berlin Undergroundon November 22, 2025
This marks a real inflection point.
- The Dream Is Alive, Part 2on October 20, 2025
Is an Authentic Relating Intentional Community Even Possible?
- The Dream Is Alive, Part 1: The Trellis Community Storyon October 18, 2025
My first great adventure in Intentional Community (2007-2013)
- We-Flow, Part 1: How to Work with More Joy and Effectivenesson October 8, 2025
Introduction – My First Encounter with We-Flow
- Starting Over at 65: Broke, Brilliant, and Betting on Ideason October 4, 2025
(Note to long-time readers: the first part will be familiar—feel free to skim.)
- Updates to my Substack. Is Circling and Authentic Relating enough?on October 2, 2025
Updates to my Substack
- Joke Collection 1 (coffee addiction and writers)on September 30, 2025
A lighter touch...
- When I was a child, I was happy: 40 years of life in 600 wordson September 29, 2025
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