An Ordinary Disaster

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"We get good at what we do."
Bowen Dwelle in conversation with Donna McArthur of The Bright Life
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Bowen Dwelle
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Donna McArthur
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“We all need our own philosophy”
Bowen Dwelle in conversation with Latham Turner of Get Real, Man on writing to explore, how “adventure doesn’t happen by accident,” writing as men and…
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Bowen Dwelle
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Latham Turner
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Salvational or "a series of compulsions"?
Bowen Dwelle in conversation with Sam Kahn of Castalia
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Bowen Dwelle
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Highlights from two dozen Brothers and Teachers
Twenty-four good people on truth, creativity, identity, writing, performing, meditation, addiction, abstinence, transcendental moments, the infinite…
We'd all do well to "grow a spiritual pair"
Bowen Dwelle in conversation with Michael Mohr
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Michael Mohr
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Bowen Dwelle
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The creative act is a form of dreaming
An interview with Bowen Dwelle about the writing of his memoir: An Ordinary Disaster
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Michael Lipson
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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
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Andy Johns
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Bowen Dwelle
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E20 / Pilates for Men with Sean Vigue
Health and fitness in our fifties, being yourself, flow, fitness for kids, getting outside, joy through movement, and... those ducks are real, people!
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"Writing yourself into existence" with Lyle McKeany
Writing yourself into existence, how writing is like music, whether men can say “sex”, writing memoir as a man, what we're afraid to write about…
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Bowen Dwelle
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Lyle McKeany
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E19 / Meditation and Intuition with Scott Britton
Meditation as a sport, presenting a question to intuition, movement and wayfinding, and the Book of Nature.
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41:46
E18 / Unhooked and Connected with Dr. Adi Jaffe
Getting to the underlying causes of addictive behavior, the abstinence myth—and the myth of normal, gaining perspective on chronic stress, and why…
56:02
E17 / Addiction and Obsession with Charlie Engle
Running, long distance, integration, getting bored, body management, the natural elasticity of our conscious experience, transcendental moments, and why…
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