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We Need Wild Fathers
We don’t need fathers to keep quiet. We need them to speak up, and to be more themselves than ever. We need them to be caring, but less careful.
Bowen Dwelle
Sep 20
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Six Men Writing about Fatherhood
A group exploration of a topic core to every man's experience, whether or not they have children of their own.
Bowen Dwelle
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Lyle McKeany
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Michael Mohr
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Latham Turner
,
Dee Rambeau
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Joshua Doležal
Sep 19
22
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How "love" often leaves out the truth
“The love that is trapped in men’s hearts is the most underutilized resource in the entire world.” — Lucas Krump
Bowen Dwelle
Sep 9
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Anxious Masculinity—How Things Fall Apart
Deconstructing the habit of anxiety—and "failing" as a man to make space for something new.
Bowen Dwelle
Mar 2
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How physical fitness supports my creativity and my work as a writer
How physical fitness at age 53 supports my creativity and my work as a writer—with pilates, body weight conditioning, calisthenics, trail running, and…
Bowen Dwelle
Feb 14
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Five Years Sober*
The reciprocal triangle of anger, addiction and depression—and anger as creative energy.
Bowen Dwelle
Feb 5
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How I confused "discipline" with getting told what to do, and learned to love self-discipline
Redefining discipline—from someone else's bullshit story about something you can never have enough of, to something that comes from inside oneself, and…
Bowen Dwelle
Jan 17
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How I confused "discipline" with getting told what to do, and learned to love self-discipline
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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…
Bowen Dwelle
Dec 2, 2022
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Screaming in Pain—and Laughing in Wonder
Sciatica, synthetic opioids, mind over matter, Maia Szalavitz, Holly Whitaker, Joan Didion, pain yoga, and Dakini Bliss.
Bowen Dwelle
Nov 24, 2022
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A Five-Minute Love Affair With Natural Wine
I still love wine... I just don't drink it any longer.
Bowen Dwelle
Nov 3, 2022
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Thinking of AI as an intuition machine
Why there's a "6" on my palm, the meaning of "Decide Nothing," cave art, AI-assisted inner work, DALL-E, Jaron Lanier's "data dignity," Captain Rob, and…
Bowen Dwelle
Oct 18, 2022
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Why I Don't Use Psychedelics
I'm a supporter, and I've been there, but now I find the whole psychedelic thing to be...less interesti. There are many ways to sweet cosmicity, and…
Bowen Dwelle
Oct 7, 2022
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