A.J. Daulerio

AJD Is founder and editor of The Small Bow.

Several Voices Out of a Cloud

How you can help me get TSB to more people. Pema! A rebooted essay about kids and meditation. New podcast with the oldest Sober Oldster ever.

Eulogy: James Gandolfini

“He’s drinking more, not just some rowdy nights but something closer to gone, way out there, disappearing for longer and longer.”

The Chronicles of August and More Hangdog Disgrace

Here for the malaise and the adventure! Stoics. Edith draws Glen Hansard. Meeting makers make it. Quotes and songs.

How to Not be Anonymous

Do you get kicked out of A.A. if you break your anonymity in the New Yorker?

When the Resistance Is Gone, So Are the Demons

ASMR and other remedies for the sleep-phobic. Pema. Tolstoy. New pod with Swamp Dogg. .

All Things Go

It's All In Your Head

On Sleep phobias. Negative visualization is the key to happiness. Summer poetry. Quotes and songs.

You Will Have to Clean Up This Mess

How do I care for an elderly parent who’s treatment-resistent and fucking up the end of her life?

What Does Bad Recovery Look Like?

And will your whole life go to shit? Plus: It's Mary Oliver SZN. Step Six. Mary H.K. Choi. Check-in time for July.

Attraction Through Promotion

A rundown of our recent podcast episodes — and a humble request for your participation in a wild idea.

Time Eats the Sun

Our next “What It’s Like . . . ” prompt is about what it’s like now.

How to Stay Sober

Learning how to be a different person. New pod with Dave Manheim of Dopey. James Stockdale's stoicism. Thomas Merton. Natalie Shapero. A request for questions for an upcoming podcast!

Gratitude

You Are the Life of This Terrible Party

Bring your check-ins for June.

Loneliness

Don't Feed Your Troll

There is no upside to sending emails in an emotional state. Pema. A new pod about cancellation.

Anger

How to Make Things Worse

Life on life's terms in a Laurel Canyon traffic jam. Spring poems for heady times. Ego shit and Epictetus. An LA meeting announcement.

Emotional Sobriety and the Internet: Brian Lam

“People seem to still be fixated on what tools are Best. I’m really trying to move beyond that part of my life, but honestly, I have failed.”

Did You Rescue Your Dog Or Did Your Dog Rescue You?

New pod episode with Jeremy Luke about dogs and recovery.

Dark Nights of the Piss-Soaked Soul and Other Rotten Memories

Tell me about Your Last Worst Night. Plus: Nick Flynn. Pema. Stoics.

How to Play in the Darkness

New pod episodes with Elizabeth Gilbert and Chris Witaske

How to Grow

Our Spring Member Drive is here and we need your help.

Head Games: Jaylon Johnson

“The things that I would do in years past — how would I describe it? I didn’t value myself or see myself the way I do now.”

One Publix After Another

A family vacation in Singer Island, Fla. ends in a new personal reckoning.

How to Suffocate Your Feelings

Our latest podcast with actor Jerry O’Connell

All the Things

What we talk about when we talk about the Small Bow Podcast

Farewell, 51

Birthday realizations.