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Coming Fall 2026 - Relating From Zero

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Relating from Zero is my forthcoming book on love and partnership, rooted in the same awareness work as Blue Sky Mind. It explores what happens when we stop relating from old stories and defenses, and start meeting each other from the clear ground of presence – in dating, long-term relationship, and everything in between.

Relating from Zero is my forthcoming book on love and partnership, rooted in the same awareness work as Blue Sky Mind. It explores what happens when we stop relating from old stories and defenses, and start meeting each other from the clear ground of presence – in dating, long-term relationship, and everything in between.

Relating from Zero is a book about love that doesn’t start from baggage, titles, or roles – it starts from the clear space of awareness itself.

In this follow-up to Blue Sky Mind, Matthew E. Johnson turns the same grounded, no-guru lens toward romantic partnership and intimate relationship. Drawing from decades of lived experience – marriage and divorce, co-parenting, heartbreak, plant medicine, near-death, and the ordinary miracle of staying open when it would be easier to shut down – he asks a simple question:

What happens when two people meet each other from zero, instead of from their old stories?

Through short, conversational chapters, Matthew explores attraction, conflict, trust, sex, projection, repair, and the courage to stay honest without making the other person wrong. This isn’t a manual for finding “the one.” It’s an invitation to relate from presence, kindness, and clear seeing – whether you’re single, dating, or years into a shared life.