Without labels, without performance, and without needing to have it all figured out?

In this first part of The Living Conversation, Anthony Wright and Adam Dietz sit with Kristan Swan to explore the practice of spiritual autobiography—a non-denominational approach to discovering what is meaningful, true, and larger than ourselves. Through timed writing, storytelling prompts, and shared reflection, the conversation opens a space where insight isn’t forced, but allowed to emerge.

Kristan reflects on the power of writing as a way to “clear the decks,” moving past overthinking and into something more honest and immediate. Together, they explore the idea that what we can easily explain may only scratch the surface—“if you can think of it, it’s already too small.” The episode weaves together perspectives from writing practice, Zen thought, and lived experience, including Kristan’s own spiritual turning point and what it revealed to her beyond words.

This conversation isn’t about defining spirituality—it’s about practicing attention, curiosity, and presence, and seeing what unfolds when we give ourselves the space to listen more deeply.

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