Seeking: Letters to the Restless
A weekly letter for people trying to live with soul in a disenchanted world.
Most mornings, I wake early. I light incense. I sit on the floor near my altar and try to be still. My dog Tommy lies nearby, his big head resting on his paws. Some days I feel close to something real. Other days I just feel tired. But I keep showing up.
That’s what this newsletter is about—showing up. In your body. In your story. In your one strange, sacred life.
Seeking is a weekly letter I write for people who feel a little unmoored from modern life. People who want to believe in something more—but not in a way that erases the ache, the trauma, the complexity of being alive.
It’s for people who’ve let go of the old answers—religion, materialism, self-help—and are still hungry anyway.
Each letter is a story. Not a hot take. Not advice. Something slower, more human. Sometimes it’s about a dream I can’t shake. Or a flash flood in the desert. Or my dog standing still by a koi pond like he’s seen God.
Sometimes I write about healing—addiction, trauma, grief. Sometimes I write about writing—structure, voice, how to tell the truth. But mostly, I’m tracking something quieter: the mystery that lives just beneath our ordinary lives. The way memory, image, synchronicity, and longing tug us toward wholeness—if we’re willing to pay attention.
If you’ve ever wanted to see your life through a different lens—more mythic, more alive—you’ll feel at home here.
What you’ll find:
Weekly(ish) essays that feel more like letters—honest, embodied, and soul-deep
Craft teachings on memoir, voice, structure, and how to write from the deep interior
Personal reflections on healing, faith, creativity, and coming home to yourself
Audio recordings of select essays (because hearing matters)
The Seeking Buzz: the books I’m carrying around, the podcasts I’m listening to, the things that are cracking me open
Occasional series, like how to launch your own pilgrimage or how to see your life through a mythic lens
A small, growing community of readers who care about words, depth, and meaning—and are willing to meet you there
It’s a place where you can finally exhale. A space to feel less alone, more awake, and more in touch with your own soul.
This isn’t content. It’s oxygen for people who are suffocating on the surface of things.
A little about me:
I’m Brad Wetzler. I spent years as a globe-trotting journalist—The New York Times, Outside, Newsweek, GQ. I wrote big, fast stories. Then my life collapsed—addiction, depression, trauma, divorce. I lost my place in the world.
Then I started writing my way back.
My memoir Into the Soul of the World was published by Hachette in 2023. It follows a ten-year search for healing across Palestine, Israel, India, the Himalayas, and the wilds of my own psyche. A 100-year-old yogi slapped me on the crown of the head and jump-started my spiritual life. That part’s true.
Now I live in Boulder, Colorado. I teach memoir. I coach writers. And I write this newsletter as a way to stay human—honest, awake, and accountable to mystery.
If you’re in a season of change—ending something, beginning something, or just trying to stay close to yourself—you’re in the right place.
This isn’t a space for performance or perfection. You don’t need a five-year plan. You don’t have to be spiritually certain or emotionally fixed. You just have to want to feel more alive in your own life.
$5/month or $50/year gets you the full experience. But you can hang out for free and read what calls to you. No pressure.
Still—don’t be surprised if this becomes the one email you look forward to. The one that makes you stop scrolling, breathe deeper, and remember who you are.
If you do subscribe, say hello in the comments. I respond. I read every word. We’re building something here—quietly, honestly, together.
—Brad
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