Alan Cohen

Alan Cohen is an American inspirational author and speaker, the writer of many books on spiritual living (including A Deep Breath of Life and a contribution associated with the Chicken Soup for the Soul phenomenon), known for short, encouraging, story-and-reflection-driven works.

Drawing on New Thought, A Course in Miracles, and Eastern philosophy, his teaching centers on love, faith, trusting life’s flow, and aligning with one’s higher self—delivered in an accessible, gently motivational register aimed at everyday application rather than systematic metaphysics.

Cohen’s place in the Atlas is as a representative of the broad inspirational New Thought self-help stream—the warm, encouragement-focused popular spirituality that carries mind-power optimism into daily life.

His themes of alignment, trusting the flow, and choosing love over fear connect to the alignment/surrender language shared across the manifestation and nondual branches (Abraham-Hicks, Tolle), and his reliance on short stories and reflections exemplifies the accessible, anecdotal transmission style of late-20th/early-21st-century self-help.

He represents the mainstream “inspirational” layer through which New Thought sensibilities reach a wide general audience.