Enduring Change Through Three Breaths [with Guest, Lindsay Swoboda]
Journal Prompt (No. 86): On Community, Presence, and Love
The Mending
Contemplative (sometimes confessional) essays and invitations exploring faith, creativity, and the art of healing a wounded heart.
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Two prose pieces for perseverance
Prompt: What Does Success (and Failure) Mean to You?
Journal Prompt (No. 82): An Invitation to Reframe and Reclaim How You Define Success
Pen & Mend Collective Doors Are Open!
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A "final" Pen & Mend community note from this space
And an invitation to join the next season of Pen & Mend!
The Healing Practice of Showing Up to the Page and the Art of Writing Word by Word
[TOMORROW 5/14] A live, virtual writing workshop to (re)connect with your craft and (re)discover the joy of writing
Prompt: For If/When You Stop Believing In Yourself
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