healing

Hello, my friends! It has been a rather quiet year on the blog so far, but that will be changing hopefully soon. Finding  a new rhythm since moving to NY…

Recently, I talked about how unhealthy our modern obsession with the pixelated image (think Instagram, Facebook, etc) can be. Many of you (including myself) often pay unhealthy attention to images…

On October 30th, 2012, I got the phone call that no one wants to receive: It was from the sister of my dearly beloved best friend and Kindred Spirit, Bethany.…

A Love Poem (About Body Image/Self Image) We grew up together, You and I, Intricately connected Through a trillion cells Loved and lovely childhood Blooming together into Awkward ugly ducklinghood…

Body – A Poem on Body Image/Self Image A four-letter curse Treated like a hearse Hated and excluded No wonder we’re wounded Scorned by humanity Temple of divinity Vessel of…

For the past month, I’ve been rehearsing a performance piece of one of my most popular poems–“I Will Be Me”, a poem about self image. I’m very proud to release it live to you today.

these are my people the soul-sifters and heart-seekers the wound-healers and light-bringers the love-binders the ones laughing like a child and pondering like a sage the ones redefining reality creating…

You are born with a wound of darkness inside. It isn’t everything. It doesn’t blot out the light. But it will fester as life throws its hate at you, and…

The sadness comes knocking at my door, creeping through the cracks like cold mist, leaving me shivering as it slinks its way inside. An unwelcome visitor, to say the least, and…

They said I shouldn’t be wild-hearted
Because it meant I was uncontrollable.
They said I shouldn’t be wild-hearted
Because it scared them,
And they didn’t understand why–