Nigel Lott

Laying down the Sword

I’ve am still in the process of moving everything to Ghost Publishing because it’s open-source, gives me more stability, and lets me gather thousands of posts, letters, and podcasts into one secure library. It’s been a bit of a learning curve, but the outcome already feels magical.

“It is in the silence within meeting the silence without.....

For anyone who has ever searched outside themselves, aching to feel whole again — this is for you. I spent much of my life looking outside myself to find myself — not realizing that what I ached and yearned for most had always been within. Early on in my healing, I came

A presence-centered reflection on what self-care truly means— not as indulgence, but as a sacred act of return.

In the hospital, where I volunteer, there are people with no visitors, no family, no hand to hold at the end. I sit with them in their final hours. By the time I’m called, it’s usually their final days — sometimes only hours. They can no longer speak. Some