Archive - Soulfaring

The Soul of a River

On finding deep connection with nature through water and the strange conflict of harming a world we love

Jun 13 • Alexander Gunnarsson

To Belong to Earth

Reflections on our place in the world from the Isle of Skye

Jun 6 • Alexander Gunnarsson

May 2026

The chance decision that changed my life; or, How to get a free boat

My unlikely journey into sailing, and how you could do it too.

May 30 • Alexander Gunnarsson

An ode to a broken boat, the wild Scottish seas, and the labour of restoring a ship and a soul.

May 20 • Alexander Gunnarsson

When life gives you a free sailboat named destiny

On the transformative power of a passion project and the "free" boat that ended up saving my soul

May 15 • Alexander Gunnarsson

Alone at sea, carried by wind and tide: A memoir prologue

Read the prologue for my memoir "Sailing to Save My Soul" on the beauty and difficulties of being alone at sea

May 10 • Alexander Gunnarsson

Why I went to sea to heal

Recovering from burnout through nature, writing, and a small sailboat

May 6 • Alexander Gunnarsson

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