Dan Russell
Writing · Essays
Where the ideas get worked out in public.
Essays on men’s growth, depth work, and the self-directed spirit. Weekly, sometimes more often. Everything lives on Substack; the newest are below.
All essays
Newest first.
The Blue Angel: The Story Of God And Evil
Where did the devil come from and what is evil, really?
Love Is Unconditional. End Of Story.
Anything less than that simply isn’t love.
Fuck Suffering
How many times do I need to be reminded that I’m choosing everything?
The Immortal Gift Of Addiction
I spent years trying to figure out what was in my way, and I finally found it.
The Cushy Dark Night Of The Soul
"Send me to hell, but make it classy."
Collection Day
The same tool that had helped me through so many challenges was the exact reason everything fell apart
The Dirty Secret Of Manifestation
Turns out I've been doing it wrong this whole time
What Anger Has To Teach Us
Important lessons we can learn from our least favorite emotion
The Little Deaths
Honoring the suffering that creates us
The Scattered Map
The path to enlightenment is real. It's just been torn to pieces and left for us to put back together.
