Heartwork with Dale Biron–Poems For Heart and Soul

We’re adept at identifying and distinguishing between good and bad people. This distinction is crucial for maintaining healthy boundaries between ourselves and others. However, psychologically, these boundaries aren’t...

I think we need more creativity in every aspect of our lives—as individuals, community members, workers, and especially as Earthlings. Among the qualities that creativity demands, an appetite for uncertainty is high on...

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s prospects of securing victory in the upcoming Senate Primary seem promising, despite the seemingly insurmountable odds stacked against him. His relatively new political status and the opposition...

So much adds to the noise, so little strengthens the signal. Here's a poem to bring you back to yourself...

Music. Magic. Meaning. A fresh new way to look at the poems you love or may soon discover that you love...

Hummingbirds never do this. They don’t land on trails and simply sit there. But that’s only half the story. The other half is about poetry’s fierce way of confronting whatever life presents—joy, happiness, awe, loss...

The political slogan “other people’s money” has persisted because it taps into our innate sense of fairness. However, it falters when it assumes that wealth is created independently of the society that facilitates...

I am aware of no other poet who has delved into the profound depths of human emotions with such remarkable skill as Rainer Maria Rilke.

Nine Proven Ways To Be More Human 1. Practice loving kindness, first as an inside job. 2. Cherish and serve your sentient Mother Earth. 3. Feel life as deeply and fully as you can. 4. Walk straight. Don’t wobble. One...

There is compelling research that supports this notion. This week’s episode features an exceptionally talented poet who elucidates just one of the numerous ways individuals are captivated by poetry…

<p>How Are You?<br/> <br/>Every time you ask a stranger, <br/>this: How are you? And a smile <br/>comes galloping back your way.<br/>And in that moment, of only<br/>seconds really, where two people<br/>have passed on a...

<p>What part of yourself do you treat like a stranger? Here is a poem for you that might help. I mean help you welcome that part back...</p>

<p>What’s the heart’s intelligence and how does it work on those locked places inside you? Not sentimentality or impulsiveness. But the mysterious human capacity to: intuit, risk, feel, trust, and remain open, even...

<p>I believe there is a thing in all of us that "dreams of trees," as Mary Oliver so wonderfully describes in this week's poem. A part of us that yearns for some peace and quiet. And yet, the world, both outside us and...

<p>Being wrong while also being certain is an unskilled combination. Most of us know people who exhibit this tendency. A pertinent question arises: can humility be cultivated, learned, privileged, and culturally...