About Jonas

About Jonas Ellison

You’re probably here because you want to know more about what I do and who I am. So, let’s tackle each of these in succession...

Part One: What I do

(We’re going to do bullets here for clarity sake)…

I’ve been a professional writer for the last seven years, helping soulful brands, businesses, and individuals create personality-driven web copy.
I’ve contributed to several publications such as The Huffington Post, The New York Observer, No Sidebar, The Gift of Writing and The Daily Dot.
Every day, I post an essay to my powerful little publication, Higher Thoughts, which has a readership of 14,000+ people and has been translated in 4 languages… (yes, yes, I’m super proud of it, okay, sheesh). My blog is my asylum. My private room in back of the shop. As far as subject matter goes, I write mostly about practical spirituality, creativity and writing. Sometimes I delve into daddy-blogging. Think of me as a field reporter of life. Or something like that.
I write custom commissioned pieces for people who need inspiration, either for themselves or for someone they know (or for their team).
I have an advice column over at my personal blog which you should check out (this is brand new).
I occasionally put on workshops, host one-on-one coaching intensives, and create online lessons to help people get the voices out of their heads and onto the blank page in front of them, both privately (via coaching them through intensified journaling) and publicly (via helping them start blogs of their own).

Part Two: Who I am

As for me, I’m just a dude who was born under the Carter administration (shit, I’m old), barely graduated high school, and dropped out of community college after 2 years (yes, I’m still technically a Freshman).

I lost my mom to cancer when I was 16 and my dad to the same disease when I was 34. Needless to say, I try to stay as healthy as possible.

I used to be a golf pro until I got sick and tired of catering to obnoxious, shallow, drunk assholes.

I have a black belt in Aikido, but am scared of my own shadow and can’t stand confrontation.

I’m spiritual, but not superstitious or religious.

I met the girl of my dreams over a decade ago, married her, and followed her to Chicago while she finished college (yep, I married the smart one). We moved back home a few years later and had a (very feisty) kid. Now we live in the eastern shadows of the Sierra Nevada mountains where we drink too much coffee and try to take over the world from our laptops. See, here’s us looking all happy and stuff…

On any given Sunday, you might find us watching Gilmore Girls reruns. Occasionally, you’ll see me chasing a little white ball around a grassy field, wielding a blunt object with an angry look on my face (yes, I’m a golfer, but I’m not rich, I don’t drink much, and I don’t think I’m shallow).