The Poetry Place

What is it that seeds help us to see?

Experiencing the beauty of life right where we are.

Have you ever been surprised by your ability to change your mind, welcoming an unknown relateability? In this week's episode, I explore how fear can be internalized as a source of beauty.

I wonder what games you like to play & I wonder why you want to play them? Today's episode notices the games we enjoy playing and how they can add variety to our days.

Do you need to give yourself permission to take up space and exist? I do too. Consider this episode as an opportunity to sign your permission slip.

A short exploration in finding safe places to build and create a home.

From the book Poetry of Presence, Grace Butcher's poem "On the Necessity of Snow Angels for the Well-Being of the World" brings to mind a delightful recollection of snow angel escapades.

This week, we enjoy a light-hearted and humorous conversation about the trees and the ones holding onto their leaves. I wonder what the trees are whispering to you these days? Voice memo me at hdsandlin@gmail.com

This week, I explore life lived with my heart at the center. I touch upon the lives of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan. I also share a poem of blessing by John O'Donohue. As promised, here is a link to the History Chicks Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7dqlIAdQaybiJrfrtCbRnW?si=c8522458eeff4426

In this week's episode, we explore how to embrace the parts of ourselves that can be more challenging to accept and integrate into our being. We discuss how embracing honesty is an act of giving love to ourselves. Here is the link to the poem mentioned in this week's episode. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5foa1VYyDpo3WmLwrkLxFR?si=759cea9ede714979

In this week's episode, I share the beauty I discovered while caring for my mom during an unexpected season of life.

What brings people to life? What if we all became Firewatchers, witnessing the beauty of one another's internal flames and adapting that radiance into our very own way of being?

How often have we yearned for transformation, feeling like it is just beyond our grasp? Yet, in an instant, everything can change. Join me as I explore the freedom of transformation in this week's poem, "Scaled Mosaic Wings and the Firefly."

I share where I'm being intentional about feeling all the feels and how this place of welcome is helping me determine my best path forward. I wonder what places are especially supportive and encouraging of you and if you can give that place a little more space to exist in your day today. As mentioned in this episode, here is a link to piloting your own plane: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7iPfJ...

I'm learning to be gentle with myself while holding goals and aspirations with intention and practicing flexibility. I'm learning to receive times of focused attention with gratitude while remaining open to the wide range of my human experience. I hope this gentle reflection encourages a gentleness to rise up inside of you.

In this episode, I explore how each of us lives and dies a little each day and how the passing of time motivates me to live fully present today. I hope this perspective encourages you, as it often encourages me, to do the things only I can in my corner of the world today.

This is a tribute to life, bringing me exactly what I need when I need it. I wonder how you enjoy capturing life's lessons in your soul.

Walk with me as I find my first ever Geode on the beach and give it space to speak to me. I wonder what you're discovering in life today and what it may want to speak to you.

I share the dance I'm engaging in between my inner and outer worlds. I'm allowing old memories to surface and bring with them new revelation. I'm noticing things of beauty around me and allowing that beauty to call me forward. I wonder what resonates with your soul today?

Here, I share a practice for connecting with my inner world and discerning what I may need to navigate the rest of my day successfully. I also share my practice of poetry, the process I use to cultivate and strengthen my inner voice.

The tapestry of our lives weaves together many threads. This episode explores a meditation that supports peace and stillness within moments that add vibrancy and vitality to our lives alongside moments that feel heavy and intrusive.

How do you find a way forward when you wake up feeling disappointed, ashamed, guilty, or unworthy? Here I share one of my favorite meditations, a safe place to begin the day.

Being open to embracing mistakes and their ability to be a catalyst for learning, growing, and exploring.

I wonder what we might learn from embracing the uncomfortable places inside each of us. This week, I explored my own uncomfortable airplane seat. Note: This episode does reference sexual assault.

Have you ever wondered, " What in the world is this dense fog about?" And what it is encouraging me to do?