“I found Matthew because I was trying to find my voice—both to write and to speak. I sat in my bedroom watching his YouTube videos one after another, walked the streets listening to every single one of his and his wife’s podcast episodes, and then worked out while consuming his book (in audio). All of this led me to stand on a stage winning my first Moth StorySLAM, which later would get aired on the Moth podcast. What’s amazing is the wins are the smallest of all the things he’s helped me with—he’s helped me find my own voice, and in the process, he gave me a greater purpose for my life. He started out a guy I knew through the internet and now I consider him a friend and mentor.”