Book Description

For the seekers, healers, the light bearers, and all of the thinking/feeling souls, this book offers poems that help you reflect on your journey and find resonance for your highs and lows. There are over 95 beautiful poems with original photos and artwork to uplift your soul and give a direction to your mind. The book takes the reader progressively from angst to awakening through four parts: Raw suffering, Feeling through the Dark, Letting the Light in, and ultimately, the take-aways of Awakenings and Spiritual Lessons. Various themes of everyday human experiences of suffering are explored. The poems dive deeper into a process to understand the source of the suffering and find different ways to let the light of possibility into the darkest of times. The year 2020 has given us human beings much to struggle with from the global pandemic, economic uncertainty, social unrest, political divisiveness, environmental concerns, and many other external turbulences wreaking havoc on the inner spirit. The author uses her background in research, clinical experiences, communication coaching, psychology, science, as well as personal explorations in spirituality to work through solutions to stay empowered, grounded, and spiritually connected through the winds of turbulence. Readers will gain insights and simple yet powerful distinctions that can help move them purposefully into the world and feel the light no matter how much darkness they may have around them. "I love your poems, they are so strong in image and in feeling. It comforts me to know that people like you reflect with such an integrity on this kind of suffering. Know how meaningful and blissful this is for others. "-M.V.G" Your writing touches me all at once. It spurs me to continue, please know you are a catalyst to others when you share your writing. Blessings to you." J.S.G. "I love, love, love the lines, "Take care of finding your simple joy in all of the little Nows...and it will silkily slide into place..." Thank you for sharing this profoundly beautiful and hopeful image for times of doubt and struggle. Your words gave me a hopeful image to hold onto"" A.C.G "This is me today, exactly. I found my poem. Beautifully written and succinctly explained". -J.G. "I love your poems, they echo my thoughts and guide and inspire me. Thank you for sharing these wise and kind words". E.R. "One of the wisest and most beautiful things I have ever read. Thank you so much for your reading". W.K. "These poems are so beautiful. I enjoyed sharing them with our women's healing and empowerment group". -T.R. "Love this! You have depth and insight beyond your years." J.M. "Thank you for sharing this beautiful writing. I love the eloquence & feel your experience, your yearning, your joy, your loneliness, your sadness & comfort. I'm on a boat too now & feel like I have found a kindred spirit on my journey. We'll travel & see where the winds of favors takes us, trusting that there is good in the plan for us...ahoy, away!" J.G. "So needed to hear this today!" -L.S. "You are a minstrel of light" -K.V. "I "get" it. More feel this than we realize. Thanks for sharing & helping all of us to recommit to the stronger path". K. R. "Thanks for letting us in. Creativity is a sacred act of letting others truly see you." S.R. "Beautiful! I copied it into my poetry journal so I'll have it forever! Thank you!". -P.D.