Throughout high school, I filled up several journals, read poetry books and performed in Poetry Out Loud. Poetry was my life until it wasn’t

The truth is, when it comes to “renewal,” I’m a work in progress, and the progress barely started this year.

Just as a photographer sets a scene in a photo, we set the scene in our lives. We choose what we focus on.

I decided to start living mindfully at the beginning of the pandemic, and with that came my realization that I need motivation...

When I think of transitions I think of marked change. We’re always changing and growing; life is a constant and fluid pattern of change.

My childhood home may be gone, but the experiences I shared there are still very much alive, and they continue to grow each day.

My pain does not make my art. I do. I make everything. I am not my emotions, my emotions are mine.

Questions by Perri McGillivray P: This was another great introduction to the LYF theme of the month - support. Can you tell me a little...

Show all of your colors to the world and trust that they will be received by those that are meant to receive them.

To me, connection -- specifically to myself -- means feeling present and comfortable in my body and my mind. ..

When we go through negative or even traumatic experiences, we often feel that we are alone in our struggles...

Healing is not instant. But progress is progress, no matter how small.

P: This was a great introduction into our theme of the month “Connection.” When you hear the word “connection” what do you think of? What...

I noticed at a young age that I felt things deeply. Instead of being validated in my thoughts and feelings, I often felt that others...

I’m finding that embodiment is a really difficult topic to write about. For me it has meant embodiment of everything except for my own...