Living and Dying: The Spirit and Power of Human Potential

When writing and talking don't do it

I’ve been stewing on this article for a couple weeks now.

Oct 14 • 

Jesse K Johnson

3

September 2025

The Great Unsettling

One of my favorite novelists, Richard Powers, recently laid out his core tenant of creating character stakes as defining a character’s two most…

Sep 12 • 

Jesse K Johnson

1

3

The Ripple

As I cobble together a little independent podcast book “tour,” here is a link to a recent podcast conversation about redefining mental health and the…

Sep 4 • 

Jesse K Johnson

2

1

July 2025

The Art of Peace

We are all a part of the problem. And, potentially, the solution.

Jul 27 • 

Jesse K Johnson

2

1

May 2025

The Bad, the Wrong, and the Waste

I have a good four half-written articles sitting on my Substack dashboard waiting for some final designation.

May 6 • 

Jesse K Johnson

3

3

January 2025

Mufasa, Aragorn, and The Return of The Good King

Yesterday, my family went to see Mufasa: The Lion King. Despite Disney’s incessant mission to encourage continued generations of insecure attachment by…

Jan 28 • 

Jesse K Johnson

1

2

Wishing and Working

I’m perplexed when people say “you don’t get what you wish for, you get what you work for!” Like many popular sayings, it eliminates one truth to…

Jan 6 • 

Jesse K Johnson

3

6

November 2024

On Matters and Importance

This election today doesn’t matter.

Nov 5, 2024 • 

Jesse K Johnson

1

1

October 2024

Godzilla's Wrath

Do Not Be Afraid

Oct 25, 2024 • 

Jesse K Johnson

1

It's not political, it's a metacrisis of consciousness

I woke up before 5a today, my thoughts spinning with the frequent mental gymnastics required to make sense of an insane world.

Oct 11, 2024 • 

Jesse K Johnson

2

On the Culling that Unites US

In 2016, I first started learning about equine-partnered learning, thanks, in part to my coaching colleague, Andrea Leda. Those next few years became a…

Oct 8, 2024 • 

Jesse K Johnson

1

The Third Attractor

And the Birth of Transcendents

Oct 1, 2024 • 

Jesse K Johnson

1