An Ordinary Disaster

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E12 / Finding Connection with Bill Maeda
Listen now (52 mins) | Physicality and identity, depression and isolation, finding connection through invitation, challenge and social media, the value…
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E15 / Behind the Mask with Ashanti Branch
Listen now (45 mins) | Discipline, adulthood, intimacy and the range of deep connection, giving room to explore someone’s thinking, the power of…
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The False Grail
The myth of the Holy Grail—and of purpose, Robert Johnson, John Paul Brammer, Toko-Pa Turner, John Daniel, Connor Beaton, and how we can move towards…
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I'm Here To Tell The Truth
An Ordinary Disaster: My entire book-length memoir, serialized as a work in progress right here on Substack
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E03 / The Blessing of Acceptance and Belonging, with Lucas Krump of EVRYMAN
Listen now (49 mins) | Chapters of life, disconnecting and reconnecting, relational fitness, somatic practice, what "grounded" means, the love of men…
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Inspiration from Dec 2022
Corinna Cohn, Connor Beaton, Alexander Bard, Bill Maeda, Shana James, Zoë Kors, Juliet Allen, Chris Ryan, Wilfred Reilly, Phil Stutz, David Katznelson…
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Doing my best to get my nose in it
Memoir and personal essay on identity, intuition, addiction and more.
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Re-examining addiction—and intuition
What if the all-but-universal struggle with addictive behavior stems from a deeper crisis—one that we can actually fix?
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Coming to The Intuitive Mirror
A new way of looking at the relationship between addiction and intuition
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What if "intuition" is just a language we've forgotten?
Re-examining intuition—and addiction
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How trust emerges naturally from self-awareness—and eating well
Wayfinding and social adventure in Sardinia
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