David Brooks Ellis

nothing to fear but a neglected heart

Poet | Spiritual Mentor | Speaker

I guide you from suffering into peace & freedom through a step-by-step, heart-led framework uniquely designed to restore inner harmony.

MISSION

Illuminate the world

by helping every person

remember their hearts

through the art of

self-compassion, courage, and honesty.

  • how effortless we float skyward without sin, but without death we are only prisoners of fear.

    David Brooks Ellis

  • stars explode when our eyes meet & my heart stops its search for infinity.

    David Brooks Ellis

  • how the mind suffocates, and how only courage destroys its grip, paves the narrow road awaiting your footsteps.

    David Brooks Ellis

  • faith is inherently logistical.

    David Brooks Ellis

  • how wonderful to experience the art of your living.

    David Brooks Ellis

  • loss, however painful, whichever kind, always brings you closer home.

    David Brooks Ellis

  • to go somewhere you’ve never been you must take the hand of one who views your world from a higher perspective.

    David Brooks Ellis

  • impossible to find something as miraculous, riveting, infinite, lovely as the blooming flicker, a heavenly diamond, nestled within your heart.

    David Brooks Ellis

  • to think you could outsmart love...

    David Brooks Ellis

  • Today is too important to allow extraneous obligations, serpents of the garden, distract you from peace.

    David Brooks Ellis

About David

David Brooks Ellis is an emerging and compelling poet, spiritual mentor, speaker, and former NFL football player. His work can be found in The Sport Scribe and Half & One, and forthcoming in Serotonin, Soup Can Magazine, and Skyfreight. He speaks on the topics of Self-Love, Putting Yourself First, and Courage as a Superpower.

He holds an MS from Georgetown University in Integrative Medicine and Health Sciences, and BA from the University of Arkansas. Ellis was born in Dallas, TX, grew up in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

You can follow him on Instagram @brooksellis51, X (Twitter) @ellis_davidb or on his Substack at davidbrooksellis.substack.com.