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THE TRANSITION

Short stories, essays, and interviews focused on what happens when life changes.

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TRANSITION INTERVIEW #24: Mark Twight

A Conversation on Writing, Adventure, Becoming Sober, and How "The Real Journey is What We Bring Back Down."

Party of Three

A Short Story.

Usefulness

An Essay on Moving Closer to What Matters.

Anhedonia

A short story.

TRANSITION 2025 Year in Review.

Reflections, Ahead in 2026 , and My Favorite Responses From This Year's Interview Guest.

TRANSITION INTERVIEW #23: Captain(Ret.) Brad Geary.

Thoughts on the current generation of service members, leadership in the face of risk, and the problem with the way our military often responds to tragedy.

TRANSITION INTERVIEW #22: Sarah Damoff.

A conversation on writing what's true, the weight of addiction within families, and her debut novel The Bright Years.

TRANSITION INTERVIEW #21: Cory Richards.

A Discussion on Starting Over, Mental Health Culture, Psychedelics, and a Longing for Risk Amidst Everyday Life.

Changing Perspective.

The limits of introspection, and the possibility that a better perspective allows.

TRANSITION INTERVIEW #20: Phil Klay

On Writing What's True, The Nostalgia For War, and How Two Decades of War in Iraq and Afghanistan Changed the Way America Views Military Service

What We Already Know.

Why Intuition Often Outperforms Data During Life’s Most Defining Periods.

Outlasting Depression: What Makes it Difficult and Why You Should Do It Anyway.

The Illusion of Control and and the Harm in Constant Prevention.

TRANSITION INTERVIEW #20: Casey West.

The Long Road to Peace After Combat in Afghanistan, Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, and a Terminal Brain Cancer Diagnosis.

TRANSITION INTERVIEW #19: Shannon Connell Ph.D.

A Candid Conversation on Traumatic Brain Injury, Special Operations Culture, and the Need for Upstream Change.

Birds in the Sky: From Navy SEAL to Storyteller with Ben Davis.

TRANSITION INTERVIEW #18: Ian Johnson.

A conversation about leaving pro basketball, writing, and rethinking the way we educate middle school boys.

Finding Time: What Makes it Difficult and Why You Should do it Anyway.

Why the Optimal Path Through TRANSITION, Might Be a Less Scheduled One.

TRANSITION INTERVIEW #17: Brooke Bartlett. Clinical Psychologist, PhD, Focused on Military and First Responders.

How Self-Pathologizing, Bad Therapy, and Unqualified 'Experts' Undermine Mental Health—And What Evidence-Based Treatments Get Right.

TRANSITION INTERVIEW #16: Sebastian Junger.

Coming Home From Korengal, America's Need For Community, Risk, and Thoughts on the Current State of Journalism.

Taking Ownership: What Makes It Difficult and Why You Should Do It Anyway.

What Philosopher L.A. Paul, Cochlear Implants, and Maintaining Authenticity Shows us About the Importance of Ownership Amidst Life's TRANSITIONS.