Looking Back on My Suicide Race In my memoir My Suicide Race , I wrote about the pivotal moments that I believed shaped me into who I am...

Introduction: Confession at the Edge I can't hold back. Some men struggle to finish—but my challenge has always been the opposite. I feel...

Don't do what I did and wait till your life is falling about. Choose wellness now. Sometimes, wellness doesn’t come as a New Year’s...

I did porn—not to be a star, but to face my shadow and return with light. Porn dulled my mind and dimmed my spirit, so I chose brain health over dopamine hits. Shadow work isn’t avoiding the dark—it’s confronting it, taking what’s real, and leaving the rest to burn. I’m not ashamed. I’m here to report back, so you know there’s light on the other side.

Mark left the evangelical movement to deconstruct the most damaging wound he saw the church leaving in its wake: Shame. Before Reading I...

I can’t speak for the last two thousand years—but I can speak for the 38 I’ve lived. And in those years, religion didn’t save me. It tried to erase me. It broke my bond with the Earth, buried the sacredness of my body in shame, and replaced wonder with guilt. I was taught that divinity lived somewhere out there, not inside me—and that lie nearly killed me. This isn't just about Christianity. It's about any system that teaches us to fear who we are instead of worship who we ar

For most of my life, I thought the goal of sex was to finish and find the final height of pleasure to explode. I thought pleasure was...

For generations, men have been taught to shrink themselves: to mute their desires, harden their emotions, and exile their erotic nature....

I was 32 years old. Freshly out of the closet. Still carrying the weight of small-town shame, religious trauma, and the deep-rooted...

Unveiling Your Inner Empire: Harnessing the Power of Self-Love and Spiritual Growth There is an empire inside you. Not a k ingdom of...

Photo by Steven Menendez When I found my light and began living life to the fullest, I felt that I was slowly becoming free of the binds...

Mindful Eating has so many benefits but here is how to do it and a few of those rewarding benefits

In the latest heartfelt episode of my podcast "Seeds of Change," I opened up about my personal struggles with self-pride and the lessons...

Discover the transformative power of embracing fears and tapping into a wellspring of boundless energy. Explore the connection between core

Hey Awesome Readers and Listeners! I’m Mark Turnipseed, your guide and host from the Empire Self Podcast. Today, I'm excited to take you...

Unlock the secret to self-transformation and empowerment through this captivating journey of self-discovery. Join Mark A. Turnipseed as he s

I wake up in trouble every morning, filled with discontent and if I’m not careful, if I don’t get grounded in the beauty of what is and what

No room for giving up... I hated to be in team sports because the other guys were always yelling at me and each other to keep going. That...

What’s this buzz term, “Glow-Up” all about? It’s a fancy sounding term that sounds good, sounds fabulous actually. So what does it mean...

Recovery from addiction to drugs and alcohol has gone through many era’s through the last century. Over the past decade, however, a few...