I’m Back to Lay Life

To help people take care of their mental health.

Hi friend,

Long time no write. I missed you 🥺

I hope you missed me too because I’M BBAAAAAAHAHAAHAHAAAACCKKKK!!! Hehehe.

My solitary meditation retreat went great. On top of enjoying the Daily Wellness Empowerment Program (DWEP) practices, I spent hundreds of hours practicing Central Story Training (CST) and growing it into a complete meditation system. I’ll tell you more about CST in future articles — I think you’ll love it.

In this article, I’ll share the big news: after sixteen years as a monk, I am returning to lay life to devote myself fully to this Mental Health Revolution.

I went through a disrobing ceremony at the monastery and gave lots of goodbye hugs. So it’s official: I’m a lay person again.

I decided to keep the name that my teacher (Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh) gave me, “Promise”, because it’s a beautiful name that reminds me of my aspiration.

This is what I look like now:

Shout out to Chhaya and Leo, my handsomification consultants, for helping me choose clothes 💛

As you can see, wearing a cool Mental Health Revolution t-shirt is the first step in fulfilling my life's mission to help other people take care of their mental health ☺️

As I promised at the launch of this Substack, I am going to make the best of what I know available online for free. Expect cool articles, videos, and psst… a DWEP app 😉 coming your way.

If you feel moved to support my work financially, I have just set up a donation page. Your donations are especially welcome as I put down roots in lay life after sixteen years of living without a bank account or personal possessions. Your donations will help me provide for my basic needs and invest in my mission. By donating to Mental Health Revolution you will enjoy,

1. a slimmer bank account,

2. a feeling of satisfaction when knowing you are helping me realize my life’s mission,

3. a feeling of pride when thinking of all the people who will benefit from the DWEP and CST,

4. a feeling of anxiety when wondering if it was such a great idea to give money to an online stranger,

5. +28 good karma points (maybe),

6. countless similarly elusive but hopefully beneficial benefits and, jokes aside,

7. my sincere gratitude 🙏

I have started teaching the DWEP and CST in person to individuals and groups. If you would like to learn the DWEP or CST directly from me, in English or French, online or in person, click here, or simply reply to this email. At the time of writing, I haven’t been charging anything for my in-person teaching but I guess I’ll have to do that at some point lol.

Speak soon 💛