Biography
Kanwer Singh, professionally known as Humble the Poet, is a former elementary school teacher turned bestselling author and multi-platform storyteller. After leaving the classroom to pursue spoken word and writing full time, he built an international audience through books, live performances, and digital media exploring identity, anxiety, masculinity, and modern culture.
He is the author of several books, including Unlearn and Things No One Else Can Teach Us, How To Be Love(d) and Unanxious and has spoken to audiences around the world about emotional resilience and self-awareness. His work blends humor with introspection, often drawing from his experience growing up in an immigrant household in Toronto.
Selected Quotes
“Love is not something you find. It’s something you practice.”
Humble the Poet
— How to Be Love(d), Hay House (2023)
“We suffer more from our stories than from reality.”
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— Unlearn, HarperOne (2019)
“Do you feel like you always need to be doing something just to feel okay? That’s not peace — that’s panic dressed up in wellness.”
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— UnAnxious, Hay House (2025)
Books by Humble the Poet
Unlearn
101 Simple Truths For a Better Life
Unlearn challenges conventional thinking to help you live your very best life.
Things No One Else Can Teach Us
Every one of us endures setbacks, disappointments, and failures that can incapacitate us. But we don’t have to let them. They're how we learn.
How to be Love(d)
This book is a guide to self-love that helps to clear the blockages on your path inward towards love and throw away old ideas that prevent us from realizing the love we’ve always had.
UnAnxious
This book is a guide to calming your mind, helping you break through mental blocks and release old thought patterns that fuel anxiety.