Welcome to a whole new gumption! I hope that this blog has lifted your spirits as much it has for me. Thanks for your support over the past two years.

I am thrilled to present you with my first book today: An Ode to Heartbreak.

This fulfills my promise, commitment and declaration to myself of one book per year, for the next three years. This is not the book I expected to write, but I suppose it is the one I deserved to.

Here is everything you need to know about Gumption in 2023

📖 I will print this book later in the year, but until June 1st, it will be offered exclusively here on this channel in digital and audio!

🎁 The book is my gift to you if you are one of my first 250 subscribers and supporters! If you can access the text of the poems, then I have upgraded you to a complimentary paid account.

You can read it all now or wait for a poem with its audio every single Sunday starting Jan 7th in your inbox. It will come with a reflection, music and a meditation.

♻️ If you’re into it and want to support me, you can gift it to someone else.

🌟 You can also upgrade yourself to a Founding Member, and both support my work, the podcast team, AND get one of the limited print versions of An Ode to Heartbreak.

👁️‍🗨️ The free newsletter will be reduced to once a month, and the also free Gumpcast - Season 2 will be released every other Wednesday starting Jan 11th! Yes you read that right. We’re coming back!

You can navigate between these three things from the menu bar on the top.

👨‍🎤👩‍🎤🧑‍🎤 Lastly, I will be creating more space for us to chat with each other, so stay on the lookout for virtual parties, and chat rooms!

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Alas here is…

By a man who survived 2022.

Open The Book

If you are having trouble accessing it, you may just need to sign in on your browser, or download the app. The email you are getting this on is the email that has access to the book. If you are still having trouble reply to this email and I’ll help you. ❤️