- "I ride, therefore I think"

The Existential

BIKER

Writer, Speaker and UK Land Speed Record Holder

What's the Existential Biker all about?

It’s about living the life you were meant to live. I woke up to that after living most of the life the way I was expected to. I was a consumer, like most. Buying things in the hope that they would bring happiness. All that happened was a hollowness and continued grasping, because I was fed and bought into the illusion that things and security meant happiness.

 

All the time, I was only helping someone else to buy into their dream and wish fulfillment which was probably as twisted as my own. What I really needed was to be who I always was inside, an adventurer and a warrior. Then I woke up and finally did something about it. I started to embrace change, life and my own potential.

The STOIC RIDER

OUT NOW!

Blending ancient Stoic philosophy with the raw, sometimes ridiculous lessons I’ve learned from a life on two wheels, The Stoic Rider is for anyone who’s ever felt stuck, afraid, or uncertain… and chosen to move forward anyway.

 

It’s about resilience. About leaning into discomfort instead of away from it. About the kind of clarity that only arrives in motion — and the kind of peace you find when you stop fighting what you can’t control.

 

I wrote this for you — the rider, the seeker, the one who’s quietly wondered if maybe there’s another way to meet life. Not harder. Not faster. But wiser.

Where to Buy

 

The Stoic Rider is available worldwide — wherever you like to get your books. Order online through Amazon, or support your local bookshop by quoting ISBN 978-1-0682107-0-9 and they can bring it in for you. Available in paperback and eBook.

 info@existentialbiker.com

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Louisa Swaden and meteorite

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After an inspiring weekend at The Overland Event, I reflect on community, conversation, and the Stoic practice of the Dichotomy of Control. I went away from the weekend feeling part of something much bigger than myself. It felt good.