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Blankets + deep sigh love
A Christmas Eve gathering for neurodivergent humans -- On Christmas Eve, I found myself in a cozy room lit with multi-colored lights and gold tinsel…
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The things kids say
Sending some joy your way -- I have a notes app on my phone where I write down the funny, random, and profound things my kids say. They’re now 10 and…
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Drop the rope
A poem on quitting the game of outrage & division -- dr tiffany teaches us that oppression is like a tug of war if both parties are pulling taught on…
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She's here!
An early arrival + invitation -- Our bodies hold energy of what we’re actively healing and the things we have yet to notice or face. Writing books has a…
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It's funny like that
A little poem celebrating growth -- For those sitting down to a special meal today, may your tables be filled with love.Here’s a poem on the beautiful…
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A book is coming!
December 2!
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Rage + joy need each other
A couple poems of resistance -- Gentle readers, I’m sending you deep love this day. For whatever your body is holding. I’m currently hanging out at my…
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Empire will never roll out the red carpet for Love's dreams
The day after -- Well. There’s somehow so much to say and nothing to say in the same breath. For those of my readers who live beyond the shores of the…
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A soul-crushing hope that things can be better
Embody the world you dream of now -- rage, grief, anxiety, fear have a way of making us miserable so we numb, obsess, deny, ignore, fight, check out as…
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Trauma anniversaries & presidential elections
A note to the gloriously sensitive ones -- A note to the deep feelers among us, the gloriously sensitive, the ones with extra radars for the emotions of…
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There it is
The unconscious becomes conscious -- I gently offer you, my dear reader, a little poem about the unconscious becoming conscious. In our own bodies. In…
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My body makes all my decisions now
Can we create a life that supports who we actually are, regardless of what norms we interrupt? -- My body makes all my decisions now. If it works for…
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The Thread with Jenny Smith
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Untangling the stories that make us who we are so we can show up to our lives with spacious presence, brave honesty, radical love & wild curiosity.
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