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Soul-written life (SWL) is a body of work in progress. It runs on a 12-week rhythm — one deep topic at a time, explored through writing, practice, and community. Below is a map of where things are and where they're going.
The war within
Every human fights the war within. In the Eknath Easwaran translation of The Bhagavad Gita, it's named clearly: the struggle for self-mastery, the battle against self-sabotage and the external forces that keep us small. To live is to be caught in this campaign—waivering between inertia and action, clarity and fog, fear and agency.
Weekly rhythm
Target publication rhythm from week to week
Light weeks
- One piece toward notebook draft
- One process note
Full weeks
- Notebook entry
- Process note
- Column piece, if one fits entry
- Pinterest post
- YouTube short or video
Integration weeks
Plus:
- Letter
- Live session
Notebook entry
Rough format for notebook pages
Content outline
Rough outline for "The war within" notebook
Part 1 · Orient · Weeks 1–4
Week 1
The war within — Where the phrase comes from, why it has lasted, and what it names
· SWL ·
Week 2
The specific shape of your war — How to locate it in your own life
· memoir/vignette ·
Week 3
Why we avoid naming it — The cost of the unarticulated war
· ILYB ·
Week 4
What it means to finally see it clearly — Integration
· integration ·|||· letter ·|||· live session ·
Part 2 · Descend · Weeks 5–8
Week 5
Origins — Where the war comes from; the assembled life
· SWL ·||| · memoir/vignette ·
Week 6
The forms it takes — Perfectionism, numbness, drift, compulsion
· ILYB ·||| · memoir/vignette ·
Week 7
The cost — What it has already taken; what it keeps taking
· ILYB ·
Week 8
Sitting with the full weight of it — Integration
· integration ·|||· memoir/vignette ·|||· live session ·
Part 3 · Emerge · Weeks 9–12
Week 9
The turn — What shifts when you stop pretending the war isn't happening
· SWL ·
Week 10
Engagement — What it looks like to face it deliberately; not to win but to stop losing by default
· SWL ·|||· TMB ·
Week 11
The bodhisattva move — Doing this not just for yourself
· TMB ·|||· memoir/vignette ·
Week 12
The close — What you know now; what the next cycle carries forward
· integration ·|||· letter ·|||· live session ·
Recurring threads
Also called columns
Each cycle goes deep on one topic. The columns are the recurring threads that connect cycles to each other. Over time, they form their own bodies of work — running underneath and through the notebooks, not alongside them.
- Soul-written lifeSoul-led living as personal orientation and practice — the overarching lens, present in almost every entry. Surfaces explicitly when the entry turns toward practice or the bigger frame.
In this cycle: Weeks 1, 5, 9, 10 - The modern bodhisattvaThe bodhisattva path — the philosophical and practical framework. Surfaces when the topic turns outward: not just what this costs me, but what it means for how I show up in the world.
In this cycle: Weeks 10, 11 - I love you but ... wtf?Relational clarity — how the war within becomes relational damage; the version of this we export onto the people closest to us. Blunt, sharp, irreverent where needed.
In this cycle: Weeks 3, 6, 7
Offerings
Current products & services
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- The notebooksPrice:
$8 per month
Or $72 per year
Includes:- The full structured notebook
- Behind-the-scenes process posts
- Full archive access
- Private response thread
- Live work sessionsPrice:
$97 per session- 90-min live workshop
- One focused topic
- Full credit of session fee toward companion course when it launches
Note: When session comes available, the link will be available here.
