About Mark

Mark Newton is a former architect and building contractor. After earning his BArch. at Pullman, he cut his teeth in the highly competitive design market of the San Francisco Bay Area. While in the Bay, Mark also taught at the Academy of Art University and earned his Mdiv. from San Francisco Theological Seminary, graduating cum laude. He served as pastor to two faith communities before moving with his wife and two young children to Portland in 2001.

Mark loves anything well-designed and well-built, including his fine collection of manual typewriters, mostly from the 1920s. (If you’re looking for a beautiful, working typewriter, check out Ace Typewriter in St. John’s. Chances are good you’ll find Mark there on Friday afternoons with his good friend Matt McCormack, one of only a handful of expert typewriter mechanics still practicing in the world today.)

Mark loves to walk, sing, play guitar and write. He is happiest walking the Oregon shoreline, on white sugar sand. He is the founder and coach at Overcoming Gravity Life Coaching for Creative Men located on NE Broadway here in beautiful Portland, Oregon. Mark has proven over many years that any man can reclaim his natural confidence by learning a few small, powerful habits and doing The Work.