Strength with Heart

Updating Masculinity without Losing the Man

Keith Martin-Smith, Fred Rabinowitz PhD., Daniel Ellenberg, PhD.

I collaborated with Frederic and Daniel to bring their initial manuscript to full form—expanding its length, rewriting it from the ground up, and weaving in key developmental and spiritual dimensions. I helped shape the book’s opening contextual chapters and closing integrations, ensuring the arc was both intellectually rigorous and emotionally resonant.

Strength with Heart explores a new vision of modern masculinity—one that unites strength with compassion, discipline with presence, and courage with care. Moving beyond both the traditional “strong man” and the modern “sensitive man,” it maps how men can grow through power, tradition, achievement, and equality into an integrated, antifragile form of manhood built for today’s world.

The STAGES Model of Human Development:

A Comprehensive Map of Ego, Awareness, and the Evolution of Meaning

Terri O’Fallon, with support from Keith Martin-Smith

To bring this groundbreaking work to publication, I am collaborating closely with Dr. O’Fallon through an intensive, months-long process of refinement and creative partnership. Our weekly one-on-one sessions focus on clarifying complex ideas, tightening the book’s arc, and ensuring accessibility without losing scholarly rigor. Together we decide what to condense, what to expand, and how to preserve the essence of Terri’s voice while crafting a manuscript that speaks clearly to researchers, coaches, and seekers alike.

At the heart of the STAGES model lies a simple but profound insight: human development can be described not by what people think, but by how they construct meaning—how self, time, space, and mind interweave into coherent worlds of experience. This structural precision allows Terri to chart the repeating patterns that underlie all development, showing how concrete, subtle, and metaware tiers unfold through predictable shifts in learning, social preference, and awareness.

Shinzen Young

A Spiritual Biography of one of Zen’s Most Illuminated Minds

Paddy Kamen, with support from Keith Martin-Smith

I’m collaborating on a forthcoming biography of Shinzen Young, serving as developmental editor to refine the story arc, deepen the clarity, and bring coherence to decades of material. My work includes restructuring chapters, editing for narrative flow and precision, and shaping the book’s developmental and spiritual through-lines—from early life to late-career legacy.

The book chronicles Shinzen’s journey from his birth in New York City, through years of monastic training in Japan, to his pioneering role at the intersection of Buddhism, neuroscience, and consciousness research. Now in his 80s, Shinzen continues to explore the cutting edge of the science of meditation, uniting ancient wisdom with modern inquiry in a way that has influenced teachers, scientists, and seekers worldwide.