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Member Since: Nov. 22, 2013

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Gudjon Bergmann

Biography

Gudjon Bergmann is an author, speaker and meditation teacher. He is well educated in Eastern, Western, and Integral philosophy, motivational techniques and meditation methods. Born and raised in Iceland, Gudjon moved to the USA in 2010 and is now a US citizen.

Gudjon is the author of more than twenty books, both in English and his native Icelandic. He has written about a variety of topics, from personal empowerment to smoking cessation, yoga to stress management, non-fiction writing to meditation, generation X and trans-rational spirituality and more.

Gudjon is also an accomplished speaker. He began his speaking career in 1997 and spent thousands of hours on stage speaking about the same topics that he has written about.

In 2009, Gudjon and his wife Johanna found out that Johanna had been a U.S. citizen from birth without knowing it (subject of the memoir titled "You Can't Have the Green Card") and in 2010 the family sold all belongings in Iceland and moved to Austin, TX. Gudjon became a US citizen in 2013 and currently resides in Kyle, TX, where Gudjon writes and teaches.

Smashwords Interview

What's the story behind your latest book?
I have been wanting to write a book about my spiritual search (and all the frustrating things that I found along the way) for years, but I never found an angle that I liked. Then, in 2014, I wrote a poem titled Generation X. It was raw, powerful, and it lit me up. I made the connection between my own search and the jaded postmodern generation of which I was a part. I realized that, as a GenX poster child, my story reflected the struggle of a generation. That was the inspiration for the book. It took me about six months to write and luckily I got plenty of supervision from my friend, Robert Jack, who is a philosopher. He criticized my ideas and helped me hone my message. Overall it was a cathartic experience. Hopefully it will spark a cultural dialogue about Generation X and our search for rational spirituality.
When did you first start writing?
As crazy as it sounds, I began writing poems and short stories in my late teens after I went to a seance and was told that my deceased grandmother, which I had a strained relationship with when she lived, wanted me to write. Whether or not that was true became irrelevant after I started writing. I loved it and still do. I honed my skills as a music journalist in Iceland for five years, translated several books from English to Icelandic, and wrote my first book in Icelandic in 2001. My first book in English, however, was published in 2006. Since then I have written diligently, hopefully improving with every written word. I know that the journey is endless - there is no final destination. Writing is a dedication to a lifelong craft.
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Where to find Gudjon Bergmann online

Website: http://www.gbergmann.com
Twitter: @gudjonbergmann
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gudjonbergmann

Books

This member has not published any books.