In this introspective episode, we explore what happens when traditional counseling falls short—and how the constant noise in our minds might actually hold the answers we seek. Through personal stories, generational reflections, and Taoist...

I launched The Taoist Online on Medium to share wisdom, growing it to 190,000 monthly viewers with diverse writers. Medium’s lack of tools frustrated me—poor editing queues, communication, and platform changes drained my passion. I too...

I share my joy in discovering eight Substack writers who’ve touched my soul. From Diamond-Michael Scott’s deep Taoist insights to Chloe Hope’s captivating narratives, their humor, wisdom, and authenticity inspire me. I explore how these modern ...

Today, I share a college lesson from my professor, Dr. Treat, whose quiet restraint outshone a preacher’s rants. Exploring Tao Te Ching’s Chapter 56, I unpack Laozi’s wisdom on mystic oneness and leading by example. Discover how true influence ...

I share how Laozi’s Tao Te Ching, especially Chapter 49, shapes my parenting and connection with others. Through raising my three unique children—Madison, Grayson, and Allison—I’ve learned to embody Taoist principles of empathy, kindness, and i...

My first daughter taught me a lot of life lessons. One I didn’t expect, though, was how intuitive babies and children can be of their parents’ emotional state. As it turns out, 2,500 years ago, a Chinese philosopher already knew and wrote a fun...

 My wife loves puzzles, but our house is so chaotic that we always lose one piece, so the puzzle can’t be completed! Sometimes, my life feels like that, too. However, in life, we aren’t missing any pieces. See how my wife’s perspective on ...

As living beings, we are always so worried about what happens after we die. But there's no need to worry. We've been not alive for billions of years and it wasn't scary at all. Join me as I revisit my Grandma's passing, reflect on our relations...

Did you ever wake up and tell your self, "Today is going to be a great day," only to find out it wasn't a great day? Explore the Tao with me and find out why days can't be good or bad, and our own expectations that trick us. 

 I only had 20 years with my father before he chose to leave. I'll never understand why he did what he did, but at least I know how he did it. In this episode, I remember both the good and bad. 

 It’s been a long and lonely road over the last 42 years of my life, but I eventually discovered the truth. It’s so simple, yet so complicated. Obvious, yet hidden. Join me as I reflect on my loneliest moments and discover that Chapter 47 ...

 Revisiting a little boy who drew a strange symbol on a computer. Come with me as I connect the dots from drawing the yin yang when I was 10 to my dedicated path to Tao today. 

 The ‘Gay’ sermon through the lens of speaking, then stepping back. I remember my childhood pastor from a Southern Baptist church. He was an incredible speaker, but I learned later that his greatest strength was his greatest weakness. Find...

And now for something a little different. I want to thank ten very special individuals for all of the support, love, and encouragement they’ve shared with me over the past two years. Join me as I retell our stories together and explain how much...

 Journey with me down the path of Chapter 2 of Tao Te Ching and how my first girlfriend taught me the same lesson. Action without acting, creation without owning, accomplishing without controlling. Read the article

 Join me as I revisit one of the first articles I published online. My journey with Christianity is long and spans many articles, but this first one was the hardest I've ever written. It involves being ostracized, persecuted by church memb...

I retell the story of my special needs son and the time I had to take his principal and teachers to task in order to fight for his needs. You can read the article

In this new season, I'll be reading many of my articles. First, I read Chapter 38 of Tao Te Ching and analyzed its meaning. What is a good person? Can you even be good? What is good, anyway? All these questions and more are answered! 

Welcome to another episode of The Taoist Corner Podcast. Today, rather than continue our work through 365 Tao by Ding Ming-Dao, I’ll interview writer Heidi Pyper, who recently won The Taoist Online’s holiday writing contest!Heidi Pyper's...

Welcome to episode 19 of my Taoism Lessons series. Recorded January 28th, 2023, I continue to work through Ding Ming-Dao’s book 365 Tao. In this episode, I cover chapters 103, Reciprocity, through 107, Withdrawl. Each episode is st...

Welcome to episode 17 of my Taoism Lessons series. Recorded January 14th, 2023, I continue to work through Ding Ming-Dao’s 365 Tao. In this episode, I cover chapters 97 through 102. We did it! We reached 100 chapters!Each episode is str...

Welcome to episode 17 of my Taoism Lessons series. Recorded January 14th, 2023, I continue to work through Ding Ming-Dao’s 365 Tao. In this episode, I cover chapters 90 through 96. Each episode is streamed live on YouTube on Sundays at 9 AM cen...

Welcome to episode 16 of my Taoism Lessons series. Recorded January 7th, 2023, I continue to work through Ding Ming-Dao’s 365 Tao. In this episode, I cover chapters 84 through 89. Each episode is streamed live on YouTube on Sundays at 9 AM cent...

Welcome to episode 15 of my Taoism Lessons series and the last of 2023! Recorded December 31st, 2023, I continue to work through Ding Ming-Dao’s 365 Tao. In this episode, I cover chapters 79 through 84. Each episode is streamed live on YouTube ...

Welcome to episode 14 of my Taoism Lessons series. Recorded December 17th, 2023, I continue to work through Ding Ming-Dao’s 365 Tao. In this episode, I cover chapters 72 through 78. Each episode is streamed live on YouTube on Sundays at 9 AM ce...