Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “poetry”
I realized early in my self care journey that I can choose to use fear as a tool, rather than allow it to paralyze me into non-action. I can often see it as a sign that growth is around the corner, that a new opportunity exists, that where there is fear, there can be love. I don’t always choose love …
When standing in Warrior Two pose one of my favorite yoga teachers likes to say, “We are looking into the future as we gaze out to the tips of our fingers on one hand, and leaving the past behind us with our opposite hand, standing firmly in the present.” Bridging my past, present and future has been key to the …
“Connection is inevitable, distraction is a choice.” — Alex Soojung-Kim Pang I did it! I was able to “Connect by Daring to Disconnect” this past week while attending my yoga and hiking retreat in Sedona. I didn’t text, send emails, look at Facebook or watch TV for four days. Here’s what I learned about myself from it all: • I …
My dear friend Christine invited me to join her monthly writing group after I moved to Arizona close to where Christine and her husband moved nine years ago. After my first meeting with this insightful group of writers, I knew I had to write about THEM and what their small group had done for me. Need support in getting …
As a tribute to my Writing Class and Julaina Kleist-Corwin, our exceptional teacher and mentor, I performed my personal rendition of the old Leonard Cohen song “Hallelujah” today. When I decided to take up writing 18 months ago and discovered this insightful class of accomplished novelists, essayists, poets and yes, even musicians (that’s fellow writer Carl Gamez backing me up), …
