10. I spent my entire adult life trying to escape

13. Catching myself in a spiritual collapse

Friday I found myself smoking half a joint, drinking half a bottle of wine, eating a full DiGiorno pizza and six cookies while watching Project Hail Mary. This was not a "treat myself" night, but in a full-on collapse. It's an old pattern I like to play out, but this time I did something different. _______ Follow Matt on Instagram @matthew.allyn [https://instagram.com/matthew.allyn] Join the waitlist for the next round of the Art of Storyliving [https://matthew-allyn.kit.com/b50765c9ff]

12. Why my stories on IG are crushing it right now [a 5-part outline]

In today's episode, I share the neuroscience behind the importance of storytelling and where we uncover stories. Then I talk about the three core components of every great story and offer a five-part outline so you can tell great stories about anything that position you as a leader in your industry. Follow Matt on Instagram @matthew.allyn [https://instagram.com/matthew.allyn] Join the waitlist for the next round of the Art of Storyliving [https://matthew-allyn.kit.com/b50765c9ff]

11. Zen and the art of not using AI to write your content

In this episode, I talk about a Zen concept to help you create more presence, love, and enjoyment for life, which includes learning how to fall in love with writing your own content. * Join the Wellspring Community by clicking here [https://www.skool.com/the-wellspring/about?ref=926e1867f57f4bd896b6ce85cc2ac8b5] * Follow Matt on IG @matthew.allyn [https://instagram.com/matthew.allyn]

10. I spent my entire adult life trying to escape

This episode I'm reading a blog post [https://www.msquaredvelo.com/2016/01/love-what-you-do-and-never-work-day-in.html] I wrote in 2016 as I prepared for my bike ride across America. It was really incredible to see some of the things I was talking about. I share a lot of insight into what it takes to get on your soul's path and start to live a life you truly love, and how I did that for myself ten years ago. * Check out my 8 week program The Art of Storyliving [https://storyliving.netlify.app/] * Follow me on Instagram @matthew.allyn [https://instagram.com/matthew.allyn]

9. Telling my first live story to 100 people

I performed a story at the live event "Tell Newport." Here is my experience of prepping and what happened after this experience. In this episode I give a few tips on better storytelling (I go into more detail about those tips in epsisode 8) * If you want to skip ahead, the story begins at 34:54 Referenced Links: * ⁠Check out Day 5 of the bike trip from Snapchat⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI8htn0EZrU] * ⁠Free storytelling training⁠ [https://matthew-allyn.kit.com/ac7e1bde0e] * Breadcrumbs: a night of storytelling⁠ [https://matthewallyn.me/breadcrumbs]