Author · Counselor Educator · Narrative Thinker
M. Brandon Blue, author of Aligned: Living Whole: Body, Soul and Spirit, writes at the meeting place of narrative identity, spiritual formation, and the inner life.
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The central question
Brandon’s work begins where easy answers end. He explores the stories people inherit, the meanings they make, and the practices that help a divided life move toward alignment.
Published & forthcoming
A published guide to whole-person formation, with a new narrative project underway.
Published 2026 · Kendall Hunt
Living Whole: Body, Soul and Spirit
A practical framework for bringing body, soul, and spirit into alignment through intentional practices, relational restoration, endurance, and continued growth.
View the bookMemory · Identity · Healing
A guided journey through the interior spaces of personal story, helping readers revisit what was left behind and recover what still belongs to them.
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Recurring themes
How the stories we tell organize memory, possibility, and the person we are becoming.
How belief becomes direction through attention, practice, relationship, and endurance.
How people recover the freedom to respond when life narrows their choices or disrupts their story.
Author · Ohio
About the author
M. Brandon Blue, MA, LPCC, NCC, is an author, counselor educator, narrative therapist, and counseling pastor whose work explores the meeting place of story, identity, meaning, and spiritual formation.
His writing grows from the conviction that psychological insight and theological reflection can speak to one another without flattening either the complexity of human experience or the mystery of faith. He writes for counselors, ministers, and reflective readers seeking language for a more integrated life.
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