Scare Your Soul Newsletter

Pistachios in a Prison Cell

Alex Honnold Ate a Family-Sized Tub of Nutella. Here's Why That Matters.

Feb 1 • Scott Simon

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January 2026

LONELINESS WANTS YOU TO HIDE. DON'T.

What loneliness taught me about courage

Jan 15 • Scott Simon

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December 2025

Year Two

A year of being chosen and unchosen

Dec 17, 2025 • Scott Simon

November 2025

4,745 Nights. 24,000 Gratitudes. Here’s What I Learned.

How 24,000 texts, one stranger, and Harvard neuroscience rewired the way I see fear and joy

Nov 28, 2025 • Scott Simon

October 2025

The Fear That Points to What Matters

How Buying Coffee for Strangers Became My North Star for What Matters

Oct 30, 2025

September 2025

THE 5-SECOND WINDOW THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING

For the moment when your heart says “Go” and your brain says “No.”

Sep 26, 2025

The 3-Minute Challenge That Terrifies Successful People

Seeking wonder in chaos

Sep 19, 2025

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August 2025

I Got Rejected 8 Times in One Week. Then Everything Changed.

How my professional nightmare became an amazing gift

Aug 27, 2025

3 Questions That Dismantle Fear

Fear is sneaky. Here's what to do about it.

Aug 4, 2025

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July 2025

I Looked Strangers in the Eye for 72 Hours. Here's What Happened.

Spoiler: Free flowers, hidden art, and a revelation about human connection

Jul 27, 2025

When Losing Becomes Winning: The Courage to Fail Spectacularly

How a devastating defeat at Wimbledon became a lesson in human resilience

Jul 17, 2025

June 2025

You had a dream once. Let's bring it back.

A gentle push to bring it back—and a short film to inspire you

Jun 27, 2025