When Words Seem to Fail: Draft a Poem
Poetry may not fix the world, but reading and writing poems can absolutely be a balm for the soul.
Poetry for Healing & Hope: Come Join Us
I bought my first book of poetry when I was in college. I was searching for my place in the universe and in a threshold moment of becoming. Poetry became important in my own healing process, as I figured out what I needed to leave behind and what I would take with me into adulthood. …
Healing: Seeking Wholeness For Soul & Body *Begins This Week!
It has been a year since we have been on lockdown and our lives disrupted. My husband and I received our second covid vaccine late last week, and in addition to the huge hope it instilled in me, it also allowed me to feel the weight of the last year. It is funny how that …
Lay Your Burdens Down For One Day
We are in this time that may seem like one long break. We are not carrying the same, everyday concerns of our previous, before-pandemic lives, but most of us have certainly claimed new worries and anxieties: Grief from the tens of thousands of losses, heart-breaking stories of frontline health workers and other essential people risking …
How To Respond When Everything Falls Apart
When everything falls apart, you learn what you are made of by how you respond. How do you hold what has happened and how do you walk toward healing?
You Will Rise Again
Think about a time you were really down, a time when you were so filled with despair that you had no idea how you would rise again – Are you still in that place? What helped you get up? What did you learn about yourself by how you rose up from that darkness? It is …
It’s Time to Fly
It seems that since I’ve been an adult, I’ve often been the one who leaves — moving from my childhood home in Illinois to college and graduate school in Indiana and Massachusetts, then off to Berkeley with my husband Ely to pursue his degrees and begin a family and then up to Seattle, where we …
