‘Sideways Again’ Music & Video
Chip Von Gunten2026-09-18T14:54:03+00:00So, I took a quick side quest from the book [...]
The Architecture of the “Quiet Comeback”
Chip Von Gunten2026-04-17T20:36:13+00:00We love the cinematic montage: the swelling music, the sweat [...]
4 word categories: Pulse Fire Echo Spark
Chip Von Gunten2026-04-17T20:40:02+00:00Word Grit, the book, was never meant to be read [...]
The Scaffolding of Suffering
Chip Von Gunten2026-03-24T12:56:58+00:00Adversity doesn’t show up with a motivational poster. It comes [...]
The Weight of Meaning: Why We Chase Significance
Chip Von Gunten2026-02-01T02:24:57+00:00Meaning used to be quiet. It used to show up [...]
The Grind is the Daily Grit
Chip Von Gunten2026-01-21T15:01:35+00:00Most days the work doesn’t announce itself. It doesn’t kick [...]
The Long Way Around: How Collaboration, Collapse, and Solitude Shaped My Writing
Chip Von Gunten2026-01-15T13:21:15+00:00I’ve been circling the same ideas for years, writing them [...]
Letting Go, But Learning From It
Chip Von Gunten2026-01-02T23:10:32+00:00You carry it every day—the weight of the past. Scars, [...]
Addicted to Certainty: Why Our Brains Love Dogma
Chip Von Gunten2026-01-02T22:43:51+00:00Humans are addicted to certainty. Not metaphorically addicted: neurons wired [...]
Futility
Chip Von Gunten2026-01-02T22:33:17+00:00Futility is that cold little voice that shows up after [...]