This week on Authbition, Abby and I explore a tension that shows up everywhere—how to fully own what we build while also letting it grow beyond us. After recording the episode, we listened to another podcast on non-attachment and realized we had approached the topic in a more grounded, practical way. That clarity shaped this week’s reflection on extreme ownership, non-attachment, and the synergy of both: creative growth.

Science isn’t truth—it’s a method. In this week’s Authbition, I challenge the idea that believing in science is the same as understanding it. This isn’t an anti-science message; it’s a call to free thinking. When discovery turns into dogma, curiosity dies. The best minds stay humble in the face of uncertainty, embracing science as a disciplined way to wonder.

What if finishing isn’t the goal? This week on Authbition, I explore the Freedom to Bail—why letting go might be the most authentic move you can make. From torches passed to projects dropped, this episode asks: what if quitting isn’t failure, but wisdom? Plus, I feature Nobuko — A Hybrid by Trisha Ready, a book so beautiful it redefines brevity itself. Sometimes the next chapter begins the moment you stop forcing the last one to end.

Six months into Authbition, I’m still learning what it means to share my real voice — not the polished one, but the human one. This week, I read My Parents’ Fear of Cults Made Them Act Like One and reflected on how fear can shape love. Then, David Milgrim’s Are Podcast Pals Real Pals? made me think about what it means to truly connect through a microphone — to be authentic enough that the people listening aren’t just followers, but friends.

This week’s Authbition is my shortest episode yet—just a few minutes long—but it opened a river of connections.
It started with a millionaire’s worn blazer and my coffee-stained hoodie. From there, it flowed into stories of friendship, creativity, and synchronicity—from writing shorts to meeting new voices across the world.

Sometimes the best wealth is what wears in, not out.

After twelve days in the mountains, I came home rested—then couldn’t sleep. What started as a sleepless night turned into a meditation on truth: how easily it’s edited, how often we mask it, and what it means to live without filters. In this week’s Authbition, I revisit the night I thought The Blair Witch Project was real, and share a powerful essay from writer Dear Flamingo about unmasking her true self—from deepfakes to self-deception.

I didn’t expect a mountain bike race, a podcast conversation, and a childhood horror movie to have anything in common — but they all pointed me to the same place: inner peace.

This week’s issue of Authbition Weekly climbs through fear, fatigue, and perspective to find the balance between pushing forward and knowing when to stop.

This week I read an essay I almost didn’t share—filled with mischief, fear, and laughter. Writing it brought tears, reading it brought joy, and sharing it revealed something deeper about empathy and compassion.

On a real road trip, I read aloud my essay Grandma Riding Shotgun Saved My Ass — a wild true story of driving 1,000 miles overnight with my grandma riding shotgun. From highway parties to a speed trap with guns drawn, it’s part family legend, part near-disaster, and all heart. A story about freedom, risk, and the bond that kept me safe.

In this week’s Authbition Weekly, my wife Abby joins me on the mic to explore comparison vs growth mindset, where we uncovered the mantra “I am enough” and discussed how compassion makes us unstoppable. I read my most vulnerable essay yet on finding home, and share a funny, refreshing, and thoughtfully challenging essay by Robin Wilding that flips the idea of psychopathy on its head.

In this week’s Authbition Weekly, I explore the choice between seeing My Morning Jacket at Hopscotch in Raleigh or staying grounded in Cedar Mountain. Through The Whole Mind Game, I discover how music, nature, and time flow together — and reflect on why artists are our human expression of Mother Nature.

In this episode of Authbition, I record live from the massage table with my therapist and friend, T'Keyah Moore, founder of Soul Vibrations Holistic Wellness. Together, we explore the Whole Mind Game, a simple yet powerful way to turn “either/or” decisions into expansive opportunities. We talk about cycling breakthroughs, ambition, authenticity, earliest memories, and how relationships shape who we are. T'Keyah shares her journey as a holistic practitioner, the healing power of sound bath therapy, and her vision for a retreat in the mountains. This is a conversation about quality—of body, mind, and life itself.

This episode reminded me that sustainability isn’t about slowing down, and growth isn’t about burning out. The best of the best comes when I find a rhythm that blends both.

What stood out most was learning the value of an internal shift before reaching for external ones. On the bike, that meant adjusting my form and rhythm before hitting the gear shifter. In life, it means pausing before chasing the next hack, scroll, or shortcut — and asking whether the real shift needs to happen inside first.

A big thank you to Joe Guay for joining me at the infancy of Authbition. Joe is a voice actor and a talented essayist whose words carry both humor and heart. I’m grateful he was willing to show up vulnerably, play The Whole Mind Game with me, and share his story.

We began our conversation with the tension between having a Real Job and being Self-Employed. Together we explored…

Hello Friends,

I’m sitting on a flight from Boston to Raleigh. I finished writing a draft for a new essay about a very memorable day on a movie set where I had a hot encounter with Bridgette Fonda. Then I moved on to reading a few essays from fellow writers on Medium. What to do next? How about starting my newsletter here on the Authbition website?