WELCOME ABOARD PATHFINDER.

I’m Dan Hansen.

Writer. Teacher. Publisher. Explorer.

I write about what happens when life refuses to follow the plan.

Through stories, markets, healing, and conversation, I keep returning to one practice:

ALIGNMENT BEFORE OUTCOME

Because philosophy isn’t tested when life is easy.

It’s tested when it isn’t.

MANY PATHS. ONE HEARTH.

I returned to see that writing brought me joy.

In that joy, I became a writer.

Writing. Conversation. Practice.

Explore the doorways below.

Mission Log

Navigating uncertainty one Sol at a time aboard Pathfinder.

Each entry preserves the mission, the moment, and what became visible along the way.

Alignment Before Outcome

A lived exploration of what happens when alignment becomes more important than forcing results.

Reflections, scenes, and discoveries from a life being rebuilt in real time.

Write. Pray. Surrender.

A spiritual journey through writing, listening, and following what appears.

The same lived story seen through a different inner voice.

The Coffee Couch
(Launching soon)

Conversations about writing, healing, creativity, and the experiences that shape us.

A place to slow down, listen, and discover what a good conversation can reveal.

Behavioral Trading

An exploration of how thoughts, emotions, and decisions shape participation in the markets.

Trading becomes a laboratory for learning how we behave under uncertainty.

The Lab

Experiments, worksheets, journals, and tools for putting ideas into practice.

A place to observe what happens, record the evidence, and learn from the process.

Titan Circle Academy

Classes and educational materials for building disciplined thinking and participation.

Clear practices. Observable evidence. One next action at a time.

The Archive

The public library of writing, Mission Logs, conversations, and published work from across the site.

Browse by project, subject, format, year, or Sol.

Startalker Publishing House

The publishing home for Dan Hansen’s books, stories, and author brands.

Many paths. One Hearth.

Paul’s Penance

A novel about judgment, consequence, and what remains when certainty begins to break.

The first completed fiction manuscript from Dan Hansen.

Captain LeTavian

A young adult science-fiction adventure about courage,
discovery, and finding your place in a much larger universe.

The journey is only beginning.

Screenplays

Stories developed for the screen across drama, comedy, science fiction, and lived experience.

Different formats. The same commitment to emotional truth.

Everything here explores the same question:
What happens when we choose alignment before chasing outcomes?