Jedidiah Jenkins is the New York Times bestselling author of two books, To Shake The Sleeping Self—which chronicles his bike trip from Oregon to Patagonia, and his newest release, Like Streams To The Ocean, a collection of essays on ego, love, and the things that make us who we are.

Throughout this conversation we discuss letting go of certainty, shifting belief systems, the journey of embracing his sexuality, writing as an exercise to understand the self, and what it means to live with both malleability and integrity. Jed’s brain beautifully oscillates from the personal to the collective—from topics like growing up gay in the church to the future of humanity. He has a gift for assigning language to things that feel scattered and complex until he gathers them into a clear-eyed, yet open-handed, cohesion. We really loved this hour with Jed and are stoked for you to hear it.

Full show notes and a downloadable are available at empoweredhumanacademy.com/42—and you can watch the conversation on YouTube here! And if you want to take an even deeper dive, we've also recorded a subscribers-only bonus episode where we digest the conversation's themes and swap art recommendations—it's a lot of fun.

Keep the conversation going...

Table Question: Has devaluing certainty played a role in your own spiritual evolution? If so, what has that looked like?

Journal Prompt: This is what it means for me to live in my integrity....

Action Step: Order Jed’s books, then curl up with your favorite drink and get lost in the adventure for a while ;)

View the printable worksheet on Google Docs

Further exploration:

Follow Jed on Instagram: @jedidiahjenkins

To Shake The Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret

Like Streams To The Ocean: Notes On Love, Ego, and the Things That Make Us Who We Are

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