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Jake Ducey

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in California, The United States

July 16, 1991

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At the young age of nineteen, California surfer, Jake Ducey dropped out of college, left behind a drug filled life and went in search of deeper meaning. His quest led him on a life changing journey that has resulted in his debut book: Into the Wind; My Six-Month Journey Wandering the World for Life's Purpose (Waterside Publishing) being released in April 2013. Upon return from his spiritual adventure he raised the funds to build a school and home in San Marcos, near Lake Atitlan in Guatemala to support orphans who are taken care of by a Quiché Maya Shaman. Jake's profound transformation from a college drop-out and drug addict to a inspirational author and motivational speaker had led him into social and environmental activism, including a t At the young age of nineteen, California surfer, Jake Ducey dropped out of college, left behind a drug filled life and went in search of deeper meaning. His quest led him on a life changing journey that has resulted in his debut book: Into the Wind; My Six-Month Journey Wandering the World for Life's Purpose (Waterside Publishing) being released in April 2013. Upon return from his spiritual adventure he raised the funds to build a school and home in San Marcos, near Lake Atitlan in Guatemala to support orphans who are taken care of by a Quiché Maya Shaman. Jake's profound transformation from a college drop-out and drug addict to a inspirational author and motivational speaker had led him into social and environmental activism, including a three-day unlawful detainment for protesting the Keystone XL Oil Pipeline. He has since formed the non-profit organization The Self Reliance Institute (a 501 C3) organization devoted to providing essential resources and opportunities for young people to become more self-reliant. He is author a contributing author to The Rise by NY Times bestselling author Greg S. Reid. A certified yoga-instructor, poet and lyricist, Jake is determined to share his empowering messages to ignite and inspire a new generation of truth seekers.

Without a map, or a plan nineteen-year-old Jake Ducey left behind a drug-fueled life and college basketball scholarship to wander the world in search of meaning. His spiritual adventure resulted in his debut book Into the Wind: My Six-Month Journey Wandering the World for Life’s Purpose (Waterside Press/ April 11, 2013). Through his fearless journey, without money and near death Jake shows that we can find our dreams by following our heart and letting our spirit be guided by the “wind.”

Journeying from Guatemala, where he encounters a chance meeting with a Mayan Shaman and volunteers with Orphans, to finding himself backpacking and living in a tent in Australia, to nearly loosing his life in Indonesia and finally ending up at a fourteen day silent meditation retreat in Thailand; Jake shows that our destiny is in reach if we only look within ourselves first. He finds that everything he was seeking in the world was within him the whole time. Miracles and synchronicities abound and his life becomes a true chronicle of what is possible when we surrender to life with an open heart and humility. ...more

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4 Shocking Signs You Sold Your Soul Without Even Realizing It

Ever feel like you traded a piece of yourself for comfort, approval, or a paycheck—and didn’t notice until something felt off inside? There are quiet tells: you silence your truth to keep the peace, you chase status but feel empty, you ignore that small nudge that says “this isn’t me.” These are the subtle signs you sold your soul without meaning to. Not to something spooky—just to fear, to busyne

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	Into the Wind: My Six-Month Journey Wandering the World for Life's Purpose 3.91 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Purpose Principles: How to Draw More Meaning into Your Life 3.79 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Profit from Happiness: The Unity of Wealth, Work, and Personal Fulfillment 3.79 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“we can’t expect to ride the wave if we aren’t even willing to catch it.”
― Jake Ducey, Into the Wind: My Six-Month Journey Wandering the World for Life's Purpose

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“Most of us are busy gambling on the most dangerous risk of all—living our whole life not doing what we want on the bet that we can buy the freedom to do it later.”
― Jake Ducey, Into the Wind: My Six-Month Journey Wandering the World for Life's Purpose

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“Forgiveness is alchemy of the soul in which the feeling of possibility returns to the human spirit.”
― Jake Ducey, Into the Wind: My Six-Month Journey Wandering the World for Life's Purpose

tags: alchemy, forgive, forgiveness, human-spirit, inspirational, jake-ducey, journey, possibility, soul, wilderness, wisdom

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4 Shocking Signs You Sold Your Soul Without Even Realizing It

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1034 posts
Jake Ducey's Blog

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Jake Ducey’s books