Stories & Reflections

Stories & Reflections

Award-winning author and master storyteller Mark David Gerson shares stories that entertain and inspire, stories that remind us of our shared humanity. We are all storytellers. Even when we don’t realize we’re doing it, we express ourselves in story. It’s one of the things that connects us, that make us human. Long before our cave-dwelling ancestors developed language, they were carving their stories into cliff walls and grunting them around the fire. Long before we could form recognizable words, our infant gurgles told the stories of our day. Stories not only communicate our lives, they give meaning to our lives. That’s as true of the stories we hear as it is of the stories we tell. That’s why I created Stories & Reflections: to share some of the stories that matter to me. Because if they matter to me, chances are they will also matter to you. That’s the thing about stories: However personal they might be on the surface, whenever they’re shared from the heart, they are always universal. I’ve written more than two dozen books, both fiction and nonfiction, and I’ve spent decades exploring the stories that shape our lives. On this podcast, I tell a mix of stories. Some are mine — real or imagined. Some could be yours. But whatever I share, it’s always about me and about you and about what it feels like to be us…about what it feels like to be human in a complicated world. My stories may not always begin with the words “once upon a time.” But they are no less magical. Stories always are. So hit the play button, and let’s step into that magic together. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-reflections--6830889/support.

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September 22, 2026 21 mins
"It’s easy to feel discouraged and disheartened, defeated and destroyed. It’s easy to want to give in and give up, to want to throw in the towel and walk away. Don't do it!"


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"My birthdays, and the weeks on either side of them, have often marked significant shifts and turning points in my life...portals that I pass through from an old way of being and into a new one." 


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“The crazy, whiplash-fast miracle that catapulted me back to my heart's home in Sedona.” 


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"What are you holding on to right now that’s getting in the way of your journey, your empowerment, your life? Whatever it is, it's time to let go."


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August 25, 2026 21 mins
“Synchronicity, that bumper-car-like vortex of words, thoughts, dreams, memories and experiences that smash into each other in a way that seems random but isn't, is the magic that unexpectedly birthed one of my books…then pushed me into a sequelr. Some (all?) stories refuse to end.”


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August 18, 2026 29 mins
"Every car I've ever owned has shown up in a conventionally impossible way: loans that should have been denied...model choices that made no sense...down payments I could never cover. Yet through some logic-defying force I grew to trust, I always got my car."


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"California pushed and pulled at me for 30 chaotic years...until I was finally able to say thank you for all its gifts, even the uncomfortable ones."


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August 4, 2026 22 mins
Your intuition is an expression of your highest wisdom. Trust it to guide you to the best possible outcome…one your conscious mind could never dream up!


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July 28, 2026 23 mins
“Enter into the magical realm, where everything is possible, and where miracles occur with each breath.”


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July 21, 2026 24 mins
"Just like it did 29 years ago, the phoenix is burning away my old life, taking with it outdated fears and unhealthy attachments. And just like last time, the new life it’s birthing for me is bound to be extraordinary, beyond anything I can imagine." 


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July 14, 2026 24 mins
"When it comes to following my intuition and inner guidance, I’ve come to know that resistance truly is futile."


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July 7, 2026 22 mins
“Had I stayed, it wouldn't have been an act of spiritual surrender. It would have been a retreat for all the wrong reasons: running away from the world, and from a destiny I could sense but not yet touch.”


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June 30, 2026 23 mins
“I have lived in many places over the years that I would call places of the heart. Only one has kept calling me back again and again…for 29 years.”


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"Not all my real life experiences make it into my fiction, yet a surprising number do, including my 2002 experience at an ancient Hawaiian temple on Maui. This excerpt from my fantasy novel The SunQuest, is the fictionalized version." (Hear the real-life version in Episode 25.)


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June 23, 2026 24 mins
"As hard as it can be to see some days, I'm more certain than ever that when I listen for the voice of that higher consciousness — when I listen for it, listen to it, trust it, surrender to it and act on it — I'm always on the right path. And I'm always taken care of."


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That’s Emmeline Mandeville: unapologetically feisty, singularly eccentric and incorrigibly herself. I want to be just like her when I grow up!


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June 9, 2026 19 mins
"Whoever and whatever you are at this moment in your life, be you. Fully you. Authentically you. Unapologetically you. The you only you can be. Just be you!"


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“Come out of hiding as whoever and whatever you are, however you can, and celebrate yourself. And if you can and if it’s safe, tell your stories. They won’t open every heart and change every mind, but they’ll open more hearts and change more minds than you can imagine.”


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May 26, 2026 19 mins
“Who are you? You are a powerful being of passion, light and love,  a transcendent expression of the Divine in human form. Remember that. Remember who you are!”


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May 19, 2026 20 mins
“Maybe now, finally, I can be free to shine my light, unapologetically and unequivocally into the world.  And maybe I can inspire you to do the same. It’s time.”


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