# The Mending

Contemplative (sometimes confessional) essays and invitations exploring faith, creativity, and the art of healing a wounded heart.

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## [Enduring Change Through Three Breaths \[with Guest, Lindsay Swoboda\]](https://kristinvanderlip.substack.com/p/enduring-change-through-three-breaths)

_2026-08-15 · Kristin Vanderlip_

Journal Prompt (No. 86): On Community, Presence, and Love

## [I want to learn the names of things](https://kristinvanderlip.substack.com/p/i-want-to-learn-the-names-of-things)

_2026-07-08 · Kristin Vanderlip_

A prose poem about noticing and naming, curiosity and intimacy

## [Prompt: "When a storm comes, where does your heart run?" \[Tess Guinery\]](https://kristinvanderlip.substack.com/p/prompt-when-a-storm-comes-where-does)

_2026-07-05 · Kristin Vanderlip_

Journal Prompt (No. 83): Write "yourself some true things, some soft landings, soft places for your heart to go."

## [Showing Up When Life Gets You Down](https://kristinvanderlip.substack.com/p/showing-up-when-life-gets-you-down)

_2026-06-28 · Kristin Vanderlip_

Two prose pieces for perseverance

## [Prompt: What Does Success (and Failure) Mean to You?](https://kristinvanderlip.substack.com/p/prompt-what-does-success-and-failure)

_2026-06-06 · Kristin Vanderlip_

Journal Prompt (No. 82): An Invitation to Reframe and Reclaim How You Define Success

## [Pen & Mend Collective Doors Are Open!](https://kristinvanderlip.substack.com/p/pen-and-mend-collective-doors-are)

_2026-05-31_

Let's Write Together This Summer, Join Us Over at P+M for June's Events

## [Books for the Creative Soul This Summer](https://kristinvanderlip.substack.com/p/books-for-the-creative-soul-this)

_2026-05-27 · Kristin Vanderlip_

Five Books on Creativity to Heal and Inspire Your Life

## [A "final" Pen & Mend community note from this space](https://kristinvanderlip.substack.com/p/a-final-community-note-from-this)

_2026-05-19 · Kristin Vanderlip_

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](https://kristinvanderlip.substack.com/p/the-healing-practice-of-showing-up)

_2026-05-13 · Kristin Vanderlip_

\[TOMORROW 5/14\] A live, virtual writing workshop to (re)connect with your craft and (re)discover the joy of writing

## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/toAI1R64aP91)

_2026-05-13 · **Sponsored**_

Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale.

## [Prompt: For If/When You Stop Believing In Yourself](https://kristinvanderlip.substack.com/p/prompt-if-you-stop-believing-in-yourself)

_2026-05-09 · Kristin Vanderlip_

Journal Prompt (No. 81) On Believing Mirrors + Mothering Voices