A pulled-back, split-screen image featuring the Hollywood Sign and Christ the Redeemer side by side. Both landmarks should be clearly visible, with more of the surrounding mountains included. The split-screen border should be blended for a seamless transition between the two scenes.

nick thorsen adventures

from self help tv to finding self

I produced other people’s transformations for prime-time television, then crashed and burned. Now I’m walking across continents with my memoir in progress. Join me.

add more gray into the man's hair to give a salt and pepper look

About

My name is Nick Thorsen. I spent years believing that proximity to change would save me. It did not. After five seasons producing the Dr. Phil show, I crashed, lost everything, and ended up in a homeless shelter, watching Dr. Phil on a busted wall mounted TV and shaking my head that I had become one of our cautionary tales. Addiction took over and nearly took me out until a miraculous experience brought lasting recovery. Four years into a sober life, working at a rehab, it hit me: I want more. I need more. I quit my nine to five, sold my things, and chose to chase my dreams again. the same way I did when I bought a one way ticket from Chicago to LA after college to work in TV with no idea how I would do it. Today I am walking across continents with my memoir in progress, seeing new places and revisiting others I once saw under the influence and meeting them with clear eyes. Mexico, Central America, South America, and beyond are my classrooms. Join me on youtube and tiktok as I document the road, the work, and the proof that a life rebuilt with courage and authenticity can be better than the life you were chasing.

About

sign up

Sign up for my email list for personal notes, new miles from the road, and memoir updates.

Go back

Your message has been sent

**Shoes During Outdoor Activities in a Stream.** (a pair of green boots)

support nick

Help me prepare for my journey. equipment, coffee for early mornings, buses between towns, and time on the page.

Buy Me a Coffee
Become a Patron
Cash App
Paypal

nick’s travels

Where is Nick now?

tulum ruins
Remove the man from the scene, keeping only the flamingos and pink salt flats.
A darkened bedroom with a world map laid on top of the bed and a pillow with worn strings.


memoir

dear dr. phil

A memoir about my time producing self help tv, the mirror it held to my own chaos, and a drawn out collapse that became the start of real recovery.

Updates
A man's hands type on a vintage typewriter. "MEMOIR." is on a beige book on a white desk overlooking a city from a high el...

photos

Gallery

Río Lagartos flamingos and pink salt flats
A man's hands type on a vintage typewriter. "MEMOIR." is on a beige book on a white desk overlooking a city from a high el...
digital camera in front of mexican street mural with mariachi and dancer; outdoor daylight.