Dear friends, please enjoy this interview with the one and only DAN MILLMAN, author of 18 books which have inspired millions of people for 40 years!
‘The whole purpose is to have more compassion for oneself and other people. To see that everyone has a mountain path to climb and we climb it in our own way and our own time. It’s good to be aware of the hurdles and the strengths and the blessings of each individual life path.’
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What we cover:
0:00 Introducing world renowned spiritual teacher Dan Millman, a 26/8 life path Boss! I met Dan 10 years ago in Brisbane at a YogaNRG workshop. After I wrote up his reading for my blog, I fell pregnant with my first son Forrest. His original due date was 22 Feb, Dan’s birthday! There are no ordinary moments…
1:51 Dan is on a mission to encourage people to write their stories. He used to be intimidated by writing until one of his teachers asked him to create a short story based on a piece of music or art. That’s when Dan became intoxicated. ‘Our stories are our treasure. Our lives are like a novel still being written and you never know what the next chapter will be’.
FREEBIE: Dan is happy to send you an essay about the importance of writing your story, just drop him a line at https://www.peacefulwarrior.com/contact-our-office/
5:21 How can we be an active citizen in this age of doomscrolling and war? Dan talks about the pull-push between navel gazing and exerting the right leverage at the right time. He mentions how his mentor Socrates flipped him when he was getting triggered by a poster about the Vietnam war.
7:00 Dan talks about the 3 stages of our spiritual quest. Ideally we move beyond thinking our parents/ gurus/ politicians know everything (child) to rejecting authority (adolescent) into finding wisdom everywhere (adult). He relates a story about how observing a cloud taught him how to relax during a stressful moment.
10:06 We explore Dan’s love of nature and hugging trees. Four days a week he does ‘forest bathing’ in Prospect Park, New York. Nature has always been his primary teacher.
12:21 The Life You were Born to live is one of Dan’s bestsellers. Reading his entry on 29/11 life paths, I knew instantly that I needed to change to psychic work. We talk about Dan’s studies with mentors and the decades-long gestation of this book. Michael Bookbinder taught Dan knife fighting, as well as numerology. Dan talks about turning 20 pages of notes into this 400+ page reference (recently re-released for its 25th anniversary, see https://www.peacefulwarrior.com/books/)
19:35 Dan hasn’t looked at his grandchildren’s life paths, he recommends waiting until their teens. I mention that I love doing parent-child numerology. We agree that it’s important to keep an open mind and apply these learnings with love.
21:13 I ask Dan if he gets sick. ‘Some people say I have a cold, other people have a cleansing crisis, it depends on how you frame it’. Dan is turning 80 soon, so if he wakes up and nothing hurts, that’s a blessing! I talk about feeling bad when I fall ill. Dan urges self-love. We talk about the challenges of single parenting.
‘If daily life is a form of spiritual weight training, if you don’t lift any weights you don’t get any stronger. Raising children is one of the greatest life trainings there are…it’s a challenge even at the best of times.’
27:45 I told off an man who was hitting his grandkids and he called me a ‘Karen’. It was confusing for my autistic son Forrest. Dan talks about how each of us is a peaceful warrior in training and says that I demonstrated a warrior spirit in that moment (bless him). He says that it’s ok to be human – ‘I don’t always rise to the occasion, none of us do!’
His parting quote is ‘Heroes and cowards feel exactly the same fear. Heroes just react to it differently’. Cus D’Amato (a 27/9 life path Old Soul)
Deep gratitude to Dan for his service to so many Souls!
Thank you to Toni Reily, Dr Vicki Haspels and Phil for their loving support. Also to Rachel Corbett Podschool.
Cheers Sarah and the 11:11 Angels
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Related Links
Palmistry and Numerology for Dan Millman, Inspirational Author and 26/8 Lifepath
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Class replay – Why Your Child Chose You – A Family Numerology webinar ($33)
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December 10, 2025
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