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Oh yay!!! Yay!! For many years I have loved reading The Marginalian curated by Maria Popova … and I had this fantasy that one day she would include one of my poems. AND IT HAPPENED!!!!! This week she shared one of my poems on wonder (that I just wrote at …

I LOVE when poetry can be deeply useful. In this thoughtful podcast, aimed at parents of young children who want to be perfect parents, I speak with Sam Shapiro about self-compassion and about my experiences working as a parent educator. Here’s an excerpt from a letter Sam sent out: Sometimes …

Can poetry be a form of medicine? Dr. Diana Hill explores this profound question with poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer on the Wise Effort Show. They discuss the role of poetry in emotional processing, grief, love, and connection. Diana shares how Rosemerry’s poetry has personally influenced her life and work. Rosemerry …

Are you interested in spreading kindness? Do you long for a community that cares about generosity, compassion and play? You can find out all about Secret Agents of Change on this interview that I just did with my co-spymaster Sherry Richert Belul for ZenJen Brown’s fabulous Zenful Conversations. You can …

I enjoyed my interview with Great Goodness so much! We talked about the relationship with the blank page–and how that might change from intimidation to delight, ways to find inspiration for writing, how sharing our creativity is also a practice, how writing helps us show up for the most difficult …

What if we assume belonging? How are we held by the world? Those questions are at the heart of this poem published today on the wonderful Vox Populi, which I read every day. Every day I am grateful for this online journal, and it is such an honor to be …

I can’t overstate how much I LOVED doing this interview with Charles Feltman and Ila Edgar. Aiming to help leaders, this podcast is dedicated to “helping you become intentional about cultivating strong trust with everyone important in your life: the people and teams you lead and work with, and your …

I love talking poetry–especially with someone as passionate and intelligent as Clair Thom with The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. In this hour-long interview we converse about authenticity, community, staying in the mystery, the power of metaphor, and my ideas for my next collection. I also read six poems from my …

I love the Peaceful Exit podcast with host Sarah Cavanaugh–thoughtful, generous, provocative conversations about our mortality. In this episode, she and I speak about what a “peaceful exit” might look like, and how we might continue to show up even when a death is anything but peaceful. We talk about …