In this first episode of the year, we’re talking about manifestation, identity, and the right brain way of creating a life.

We dive into why so many creatives, entrepreneurs, and big-picture thinkers struggled in traditional school systems — and how those same traits often become their greatest strengths later on. From dyslexia and daydreaming to questioning authority and creating something out of nothing, this conversation reframes what “success” actually looks like.

We talk about:

Why entrepreneurs are often deeply right-brain dominant

The difference between hoping for the future and seeing it already happened

Identity, backward visualization, and the law of assumption

How fear, anxiety, and overthinking block creativity — and how certainty changes everything

Why kids (and adults) who feel “different” are often wired for something bigger

This episode is part science, part lived experience, and part real-life conversation — including stories about music, performance anxiety, creativity, parenting, and what it means to trust the way your brain works.

If you’ve ever felt like you didn’t fit the mold, struggled in school, or knew you were meant to create something that didn’t exist yet — this one’s for you.

This week on The Write Brain, we sit down with for a real, unfiltered conversation about creativity, childhood, and what it means to be honest in your work.

We talk about growing up, school, family dynamics, and the early signs of feeling different — long before there was language for it. The conversation naturally moves into creativity as a place of refuge, songwriting as truth-telling, and the complicated relationship between vulnerability, shame, and connection.

we open up about the creative process, the emotional cost of honesty, and how writing songs has changed over time — especially in environments where collaboration, expectations, and success can blur the original reason you started.

This isn’t a how-to or a highlight reel. It’s a conversation about being human, staying present with discomfort, and letting the work say what you can’t always explain.

Toward the end, we ask a question we always come back to on The Write Brain: what would you say to your younger self — or to a younger creative who’s struggling in the same ways you once did?

Thanks for being here.

In this episode of The Write Brain podcast, we sit down with Dallas Alexander — world-record-holding sniper, country music artist, and devoted father.

Dallas opens up about his military career, losing his brother to cancer, and the unexpected healing he experienced through music and psilocybin. We explore PTSD, grief, right-brain healing, parenting in a digital age, and how creativity can help us process life’s hardest moments.

This is a raw, honest conversation about masculinity, emotional intelligence, and finding peace after trauma.

🎧 Topics include:
• Life in special operations
• Losing a sibling and processing grief
• Psilocybin and right-brain healing
• Music as therapy
• Fatherhood, freedom, and raising resilient kids
• Creativity, boredom, and imagination