Living Letters
A collection of personal audio reflections on the body, relationships, and what it means to be fully alive.
2026-09-15 - Living Letters - How Loneliness Teaches Me
Traffic, a bank errand, and an afternoon when ordinary tasks felt like too much. In this Living Letter, I share what I began to notice beneath my impatience, and what unfolded across an evening with my men's group and the following day's gathering.
2026-09-10 - Living Letters - What Happens When Men Feel Safe in their Bodies
The day after SHIFT 2026, I sat in Cabo San Lucas with birdsong, small waves, and a question: what helps men soften? This reflection explores the relationship between safety, chronic stress, and the possibility of feeling more connected to ourselves and each other.
2026-09-08 - Living Letters - Returning to Our Nature Pt. 2
After letting go of 15 old journals, Mike rediscovered a philosophy he had written years earlier: healing may begin by returning to our nature. This reflection explores how movement, morning light, nourishment, purpose, and dependable relationships can support a stressed body.
2026-09-03 - Living Letters - Returning to Our Nature
For years in Oakland, Mike woke tired, dreaded work, and kept his foot on the gas. After moving to Mexico, the contrast revealed a deeper question: What if chronic stress is not only personal, but a sign that modern life is asking the body to live against its nature?
2026-08-25 - Living Letters - 22,000 Minutes Later, I’m Still in My Head
After 11 years and more than 22,000 logged minutes of meditation, I still spend much of my practice lost in thought. What changed was not my ability to empty my mind. It was my relationship with returning to my breath, my body, and myself.
2026-08-22 - Living Letters - Slow Living
What if slowing down is not the same as giving up? Mike Sagun reflects on urgency, nervous system health, ambition, body acceptance, relationships, and the quieter work of building a life your body can actually sustain.
2026-08-17 - Living Letters - My Dad Called
My dad called me after surgery, and in a simple conversation about family and birthdays, he said something that gave me pause: “Life is so fast.” This Living Letter is a reflection on aging, presence, and what it means to slow down while we still can.
2026-08-14 - Covert Depression
For months, I thought the tension in my marriage was about unmet needs, conflict, and disconnection. Then a book on my shelf offered another possibility: maybe I was depressed. This is a reflection on covert depression, the anger that concealed it, and what changed when I finally named what I was feeling.
2026-08-12 - Friendships
The other week, Jerry and I celebrated our 10-year wedding anniversary with a week-long party filled with events that culminated in a vow renewal, a salon and after party. In this voice letter, I named the importance of investing in friendships.