Hey, I’m Bud.

If you’ve landed here, you’re probably curious about what this space is all about.

Embrace the Sway is a home for reflective writing on what it means to grow, adapt, and stay grounded in a world that’s always shifting.

It’s where I share honest personal stories, experiments in intentional living, and thoughts from the frontlines of midlife, transition, and transformation.

You won’t find hacks, hustle, or toxic positivity here. Instead, this is a slower space—a place to think deeper, question norms, and learn how to move through life with more presence and intention.


What You Can Expect

  • Human-centered writing (no AI scripts or performative advice)

  • Essays on change, identity, attention, and creativity

  • Personal experiments and systems for living with intention

  • Reflections on health, technology, aging, and meaning

  • Real stories from a real life—messy, hopeful, unfinished


Why Embrace the Sway?

After years of starting and stopping blogs that became more about performance than purpose, I wanted to build something that felt real.

This publication isn’t chasing a niche or a funnel. It’s a container for honest exploration. For learning to move with life, not just push through it.

The sway is that constant pull of uncertainty, change, and complexity we all feel.

This space is about learning when to yield, when to stand strong, and how to stay grounded through it all.

Strength lies in flexibility, and meaning is often found in motion.

Why Subscribe?

If you’re the kind of person who values presence over productivity, reflection over noise, and depth over hype, this space might be for you.

Welcome to Embrace the Sway—writing for curious humans navigating growth with resilience, creativity, and the occasional dad joke.


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A Few (Not So Boring) Things About Me

  • Stole the idea for this section from

  • Spoke about Editing Your Life with

    conference in Washington, DC

  • Got my first tattoo at 56 years old (no, it wasn’t a midlife crisis)

  • Diagnosed with diabetes in 2017, but I manage it with lifestyle and exercise

  • Licensed as a physical therapist for over 25 years

  • Conducted more than 50,000 sessions with patients & wellness clients as a PT

  • Authored over a dozen medical continuing education courses for clinicians

  • Love building things & taking things apart to see how they work

  • Served as the best man in a Korean Baptist wedding in the Bronx, NY

  • Writing helps me think, and hopefully it helps others do the same

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Writer, speaker, & consultant. PT exploring the intersections of health, well-being, intentional living, and mindful tech.