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“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Step one is simply deciding to begin your personal journey of self-empowerment. UMatter will guide you through the next steps on that lifelong path. Our mission is to give you some of the tools needed as you continue to make positive changes towards personal growth.

There are five different sections to the site, listed below. Peruse them in whatever order you find is relevant to you. There is no right or wrong way to read what’s here.

Lessons: This section provides tools and suggestions to help you work on your mental health and well-being.

Inspirational stories: At UMatter, we recognize those who have been inspirations in our community. This section tells some of their stories.

Articles: This section features a selection of articles that you may find informative and interesting as you travel your own path.

Awakening Podcast Series: This is a new section of UMatter, added on during 2018. The Awakening Series is a fifteen-part interview between host Seamus Evely and the author and creator of UMatter, Ned Burwell. After Ned published his first book, Be Love, Seamus approached Ned about doing an interview about it. The interview became more of a conversation, which then turned into a fifteen-part series.

Meditation Series: If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to meditate, or simply want to deepen your current practice, this free five-part series will guide you.


In this interview below, we talk about the impact of suicide. If you know anyone who is struggling never give up on them. Your words are important and we never know if they become the thing that saves a life.


UMatter would like to give a special thanks to the Harvey family for your generous donations to UMatter. They have covered the cost for this site for the last few years. Your support has helped many.

In memory of Richard Leonard Harvey

January 15, 1982 – August 20, 2019

The Umatter motto:

“Be Love. Be loving to the world. Be loving to others. Most importantly, be loving to yourself.”

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  1. Glen Swatman says:

    Just wanted to say thank you Ned. The presentation you gave was so inspiring and touching . I’m not one to stay focus on one topic for very long. But you kept wanting to hear more. I will definitely be looking into your site as well share your cards and passing the word along of your site

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