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Bruce Dunn is a reluctant messiah who spent much of his life misunderstood and undiagnosed as autistic, setting creativity aside to build businesses. At 67, he intentionally became a father. With the birth of his first and only biological child – a girl, also autistic and artistic – he said, “I saw the me I was supposed to be,” and finally began creating as himself.

Latest Posts By Bruce Dunn

9 hours ago

Taking a Day Off from Yourself

There’s a line in a song I wrote recently that stayed with me longer than the music: “I know it’s my own doing… bein’ where I be… but that don’t make it easier… livin’ inside of me.” I didn’t write that line as advice. It wasn’t meant to fix anything. It just showed up one day, the way honest things tend to do. And the more I sat with it, the more I realized how much of life can feel like that…

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2 weeks ago

What Creating Music with AI Taught Me About Authenticity, Trust, and Why We Resist What We Don’t Yet Understand

There’s something I’ve noticed over the years. People don’t usually welcome new things. Not at first. They question them. Push back. Sometimes reject them outright. And only later – when those same things quietly begin to help – they reconsider…

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4 weeks ago

The Days When the Mind Follows the Body

There are days when the body quietly reminds you who is in charge. It doesn’t ask permission. It doesn’t check your plans. It simply slows you down, and with it, something else slows down too – your mind. Last night, I didn’t feel well. Nothing serious, just enough to take the edge off everything…

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2 months ago

The Sentence We Carry

A woman over 60 wrote to me not long ago. She had written something for a friend who was leaving for another job. It wasn’t dramatic or elaborate. It was simply honest – an expression of how much she had valued the friendship, how much she would miss her, and how hard it felt to say goodbye…

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2 months ago

How Writing and Music Can Bring Peace, Purpose, and Something to Look Forward to After 60

One of the strangest things about getting older is that life can become quieter. Sometimes that quiet is peaceful. But other times it feels like emptiness. It can feel like loneliness is creeping in, even when you’re surrounded by people…

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3 months ago

Along the Arc of Life: What Time Reveals About the Words We Once Wrote

There are moments when old letters or early writings resurface – sometimes by accident, sometimes deliberately. When that happens, what stands out isn’t the words themselves, but the feelings that rise while reading them. Not the feelings we have now, but the ones that once compelled us to write at all…

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3 months ago

What Talking with AI Taught Me About Clarity, Honesty, and Aging Well

When I signed up for ChatGPT, I was simply curious. I wasn’t looking to build a relationship with artificial intelligence, and I certainly wasn’t interested…

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4 months ago

How 8D Music Can Help Women Over 60 Relax, Focus, and Feel Renewed

Most women over 60 grew up with music that filled an entire house – vinyl spinning in the living room, radios humming in the kitchen, and songs you could feel in your chest. Today, technology has taken…

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