Mark brings 35 years’ experience as an author, teacher, seeker, and survivor to his transformative work with students. The founder of Inquire Within: The Writing to Awaken Community, he is the author of eight books, including Sex Death Enlightenment: A True Story, Emerson, the Stoics & Me: Timeless Lessons for an Authentic Life, When You’re Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living, and Writing to Awaken: A Journey of Truth, Transformation, and Self-Discovery. 

He created a 21-session “Journaling for Insight” series for Sam Harris’s Waking Up app and has contributed to numerous anthologies and publications including The New Yorker, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. His Writing to Awaken method has helped thousands of people around the world to reach their personal, professional, and spiritual goals.