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Appreciating the uniquely delicious feeling of the last time
Extreme sports, kitesurfing, wingfoiling, paragliding, intuition, fear, closing chapters consciously, and creating a relationship with death
Jul 30, 2022 • Bowen Dwelle
Why I No Longer Cringe at Being Called a "Kitesurfer"
...and how I've gotten to be OK with playing outdoors
Aug 18, 2022 • Bowen Dwelle
E09 / The Adventure of Young Fatherhood with Noah Rainey
Listen now (52 mins) | A commitment to joy and fun, the power of invitation, embodied virtues, exploring the territory of fear, unexpected fatherhood…
Oct 31, 2022
The creative act is a form of dreaming
An interview with Bowen Dwelle about the writing of his memoir: An Ordinary Disaster
Aug 5, 2023 • Michael Lipson and Bowen Dwelle
Waking up Running
An Ordinary Disaster — chapter 22 — China Camp
Jun 28, 2023
Acquiring the skills of growth
Change can seem entirely impossible—and, it can be normal, and easy.
Nov 16, 2023 • Bowen Dwelle
E10 / Everyday Flow with James Brown
Listen now (52 mins) | Flow, presence, Vedic meditation, intuition, fatherhood, adoption, giving things up, moving past alcohol, freedom, discipline…
Nov 14, 2022 • Bowen Dwelle and JAMES BROWN
What I've Learned from Ten Brothers and Teachers
Adam Gayner, Roddy McDowell, Lucas Krump, T Callahan, Bob Conlin, Anthony David Adams, Robert Ellis, Kenyon Phillips, Noah Rainey, and James Brown on…
Nov 17, 2022 • Bowen Dwelle
I'm here to be myself as much as possible—and the absolute truth can only be...nothing.
A conversation about meaning, identity, physicality, and purpose with Bowen Dwelle and Andy Johns
Jun 10, 2023 • Andy Johns and Bowen Dwelle
Salvational or "a series of compulsions"?
Bowen Dwelle in conversation with Sam Kahn of Castalia
Oct 18, 2023 • Bowen Dwelle
E13 / Coming Out and Letting Go with Chris Ryan
Listen now (83 mins) | Stopping drinking alcohol, suffering from a lack of trauma, facing the fire of coming out, choosing not to have children, the…
Dec 26, 2022 • Chris Ryan and Bowen Dwelle
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…
Mar 25, 2023 • Bowen Dwelle
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