“I recently finished an online writing course with Mark Matousek.
After 30 years of seeking, I found Mark to be someone who gently,
and consciously, offers feedback, teaching, and healing that gave me
permission to safely peer into my inner world. In six weeks the insights
and doors to deeper creative potential were wide open.”
~ Lisa Marie, USA
Upcoming Online Class
The Virtues:
Guidelines for a Happy Life
A Four-Week Guided Writing Series
Tuesdays at 6:00 pm Eastern
April 29 – May 20, 2025
The Stoics taught that flourishing, balance, happiness, and wisdom depend first and foremost on the cultivation of virtue. For Stoics, virtue was about cultivating inner qualities that allow individuals to live in accordance with nature and reason.
In this new Guided Writing Series, you’ll focus on the four virtues taught by the Stoics, that are necessary for a well-lived life: courage, justice, temperance, and wisdom. Drawing on the timeless wisdom of Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Seneca, Montaigne, and Emerson, Mark will guide you through writing practices that foster understanding of how these virtues impact your well-being.
Self-Study Guided Writing Series
Ralph Waldo Emerson taught that originality, nonconformity, self-trust, and spiritual perspective are the keys to an awakened life. When you take the time to know yourself, he taught, you discover how interesting you actually are, and the vastness of your innate potential.
In this six-week Guided Writing Series, we examine Emerson’s extraordinary insights into flourishing on the path he called Self-Reliance. This visionary way of life combines the practical genius of the ancient Stoics with the soul-stirring beauty of Transcendentalism, the pioneering movement he helped to found for people seeking direct spiritual experience outside the bounds of churchly authority.
Emerson’s timeless wisdom is precisely the medicine we need today to help address our contemporary problems. His focus on authenticity, cooperation, truthfulness, and radical optimism make him a powerful teacher for our these difficult times, as you’ll experience in this timely new course.
In this six-week Guided Writing Series, we continue to examine Emerson’s extraordinary insights into flourishing on the path he called Self-Reliance. This visionary way of life combines the practical genius of the ancient Stoics with the soul-stirring beauty of Transcendentalism, the pioneering movement he helped to found for people seeking direct spiritual experience outside the bounds of churchly authority.
These six transformative lessons are designed to increase well-being and deepen your insight and connection to your inner voice.
Emerson’s timeless wisdom is precisely the medicine we need today to help address our contemporary problems. His focus on authenticity, cooperation, truthfulness, and radical optimism make him a powerful teacher for our these difficult times, as you’ll experience in this timely new course.
The Bright Side of Living:
How Optimism Changes Everything
A Six-Part Guided Writing Series
Are you tired of the cynicism and pessimism pervading the world today? Do you despair of the hopelessness and doomsday thinking that dominate these challenging times? Do you wonder why precious little attention is paid to what’s right in a world where so much has gone so terribly wrong?
In this paradigm-shifting series, you’ll explore optimism as a life-saving human trait that comes naturally when you practice insight. Optimism is a philosophical choice, in fact, that is available to every one of us when we open our eyes to our human potential, and the goodness of the people around us. This radical, uplifting way of seeing is the antidote to the catastrophic worldview so fashionable in these troubling times.
