The Poet (delayed)

Episode 34: We have art lest we perish of the truth. ~ Nietzsche

June 4th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 12 mins

authenticity, poetry, self discovery

Episode 33: Nostalgia for Now, Part 2

May 28th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  43 mins 37 secs

authenticity, poetry, self discovery

Part 2 of my conversation with SAW. See how the cliffhanger turns out and stay for the conclusion of our conversation in which Stephen takes over host duties and starts questioning me.

Episode 32: Nostalgia for Now, Part 1

May 21st, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 32 mins

authenticity, poetry, self discovery

I met Stephen in high school in Collinsville, IL in 1988. I moved away after my junior year in 1991 and we have bumped into each other only a few times since, but before I moved away we had some grand times. In part 1, we talked about the grandest time we had together when we took a road trip to the east coast as two 17 year old boys (one with a horrible haircut) armed with fake IDs, a bag of audio cassettes, a rough idea of what we were going to do and…well, that was about it.

Episode 31: “i have been a thousand different woman” by emoryhall

May 16th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 8 mins

authenticity, poetry, self discovery, transactional love, unconditional love

I was joined by my friend, Wendi Shavon. I asked Wendi to chose a poem to read and she chose “i have been a thousand different woman” by poet emoryhall. She read the poem and we discussed.

Episode 30: “You don’t pass or fail at being a person, dear.”

April 30th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 8 mins

authenticity, individuality, may i be i, poetry, self discovery

I’m joined by Rachel Allen, LCSW. She chose a quote from a favorite book of her, Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, which includes the line, “You don’t pass or fail at being a person, dear.”

Episode 29: This Be the Verse by Philip Larkin

April 25th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  54 mins 21 secs

authenticity, intergenerational trauma, parenting, poetry, self discovery

I’m joined by my friend Tyler Mathis who reads Philip Larkin’s poem “This Be The Verse.” We discuss the trauma passed down from generation to generation and ways that we are dealing with it and hopefully breaking the chain.

Episode 28: Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

April 12th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 25 secs

alignment, authenticity, mary oliver, poetry, self discovery, wild geese

I’m joined again by Josh Baron and we read Mary Oliver’s poem, Wild Geese, and discuss the idea that “we do not have to be good.”

Episode 27: The Capacity of Your Tears

November 25th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 6 mins

asking for help, authenticity, hope, hopelessness, poetry, self discovery, tears

We can't do it all alone. Sometimes, we need to reach out for help and that's not always easy. In fact, in my experience, it's rarely easy. In this episode, I discuss three obstacles that get in my way of asking for help.

Episode 26: The Burning Comes First

November 7th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  25 mins 17 secs

authenticity, be brave, healing, kalen dion, mental health, phoenix rises, poetry, self discovery

Carl Jung said, “There is no coming to consciousness without pain.” My experience has been that this is true and in this episode, I use a poem by Kalen Dion as a way to introduce Jung’s concept and then discuss my experiences with change.

Episode 25: Terrible Potential (redux)

August 6th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 4 mins

authenticity, childhood trauma, hope, mental health, personal responsibility, poetry, recovery, self discovery

In this episode, I revisit my poem, Terrible Potential, and talk about ways in which it applies to my recovery.

Episode 24: Love People Equally

May 8th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  36 mins 39 secs

authenticity, daughters, poetry, self discovery

My daughter Ruby and I were the only ones home, so I decided to record an episode of The Poet (delayed) with her. We talked about her track and field season that just finished up, softball, boys, poetry, music, flying fish and boys.

Episode 23: “…the catching of my whole heart”

May 3rd, 2023  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 38 mins

authenticity, individuation, poetry, self discovery, spiritual bypass

I was joined by my friend and poet, Kelli Stephens and she read her unnamed poem from which I grabbed the title of this episode, “…the catching of my whole heart.” We discussed healing, religion, leaving religion, finding yourself and finding peace in your sovereignty and much, much more.

Episode 22: Meaningful Life

April 11th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 45 mins

authenticity, meaningfulness, mental health, poetry, self awareness, self discovery

I was joined by neuropsychologist Ben Christiansen in episode 22 of The Poet (delayed). We read my haiku, Meaningful Life and discussed what a meaningful life consists of and how we can work towards one. Hint: it involves math…well, equations at least.

Episode 21: Comprehend Yourself

April 7th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 39 mins

authenticity, divinity, poetry, self discovery

In the summer of 1991, I nearly drown at Deer Creek Reservoir near Heber City, Utah. My poem, Comprehend Yourself, is a summary of that event, and in this episode of The Poet (delayed), Mechelle Wingle and I discuss that poem and its meaning and meanings.

Episode 20: They Were Beacons Once

March 6th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 5 mins

addiction, authenticity, childhood trauma, gabor mate, johann hari, poetry, recovery, self discovery

In this episode of The Poet (delayed), I'm joined by Las Vegas based therapist, Brad Singletary as we read my poem, "They Were Beacons Once," and have a discussion about addiction, its cause and recovery.

Episode 19: Dark Canopy

February 27th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 40 mins

authenticity, depression, hope, major depressive disorder, mdd, mental health, poetry, self discovery, situational depression

In this episode, I’m joined again by Jackie Pack as I read my poem Dark Canopy and we discuss depression.