The Poet (delayed)

Episode 72: Healing Alchemy

December 16th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  13 mins 20 secs

alchemy, authenticity, healing, meaning, poetry, self discovery, suffering

Healing alchemy:
That load you struggle under—
Is it lead or gold?

It’s an invitation to look at the weight we carry with different eyes—to see our struggles not as proof that we’re failing, but as the raw material for something deeper, stronger, and more meaningful. I brought in a line from Epictetus that has been sitting with me lately, and we explore what it means to transform our suffering instead of being crushed by it.

And as a way of saying thank you, I wrote this haiku in calligraphy, framed it, and I’m giving it away.

Giveaway details:
Email me at [email protected] with “healing alchemy” in the subject line.
I’ll put every entry into a drawing and choose a winner at random.

Thanks for joining me.

“may I be I is the only prayer—”
— e. e. cummings

Episode 68: Go to the Limits of Your Longing

July 29th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 39 mins

authenticity, gratitude, healing, poetry, rilke, self discovery, suffering

I was joined this episode by Chris and Elise Jones and Ali Talbot. We gathered in the warm, book-lined library at Chris and Elise Jones’ home and just talked.

We read Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem Go to the Limits of Your Longing, and from there we let the conversation unfold naturally. We talked about suffering — not in a heavy, hopeless way, but in the way you talk when you know that pain and beauty are woven into the same thread. We explored what it means to surrender to life’s difficulties instead of resisting them. We laughed about childhood memories, tofu meatloaf, and the glory of Saturday morning cartoons. We got real about trauma, caretaking, creating from heartbreak, and what it means to show up for each other when life breaks us open.

This episode is about sitting with what’s hard, about finding connection through vulnerability, and about how creativity — whether it’s poetry, baking, music, or just making something out of pain — can save us in quiet, powerful ways.

Episode 67: The Sun Just Shines

June 24th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 46 mins

authenticity, healing, poetry, reclaiming yourself, self discovery

Join me and Sherrie Love for a conversation about the slow, brave work of reclaiming ourselves—of getting to know who we are again after life has scattered the pieces. We talk about the struggle, the beauty, and the quiet joy of becoming whole. And we draw wisdom from the sun—how it simply shines, without apology, without hesitation, no matter who is beneath its light. What would it mean for us to live like that?

Episode 62: The Raft: An Allegory

April 22nd, 2025  |  Season 1  |  16 mins 46 secs

authenticity, healing, poetry, reparenting, self discovery, wholeness

In this episode of The Poet (delayed), I read my allegory “The Raft,” which explores what it means to face fear and step beyond the limitations that keep us small. It is about becoming whole again—learning to sit with our younger selves, heal old wounds, and expand into who we truly are. This one’s about transformation, courage, and the quiet power of growth.

Episode 60: Torchlight

April 8th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  55 mins 45 secs

authenticity, community, connection, creativity, emotional healing, healing, poetry, self discovery

In this heartfelt episode, I sit down with Ali Talbot to explore the healing power of creativity and the importance of sharing our creative work with others. We talk about how the art we make to heal ourselves can also resonate with and support those around us—reminding us that creation is not only personal but deeply communal.

We also introduce Torchlight, a new monthly program we’ve launched to bring people together through art, music, and poetry. Each month, we invite local artists, musicians, and writers to share their work, with occasional open mic nights to encourage participation from the community. It’s all about connection, creativity, and creating space for shared expression.

Tune in for a conversation about why what we make matters—and how it can light the way for others.

Episode 47: Injustice

September 3rd, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 17 mins

authenticity, emotional wounds, healing, mental health, poetry, self discovery, vulnerability, wholeness

I was joined by my friend, Melissa Fairbourn Peterson. We talked about the wounds we all suffer from one another whether intentionally or not and that those who inflict those wounds cannot heal us - only we can heal our wounds.
We discussed the importance of apologies in the healing process. The dangers in demanding an apology. How recognizing our complicity in our wounds helps us heal, and so much more.

We read from Les Miserables and from The Gulag Archipelago.

Episode 35: The Traveling Sisterhood

June 11th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  54 mins 27 secs

authenticity, empowerment, healing, poetry, self discovery, women supporting women

Angie is a mother, a photographer, an entrepreneur, a bringer-together of women for healing and a travel addict. She and I sat down and talked about the power of community in healing - especially a community of women for women. We talked about how she started the annual women’s retreats. And we talked about so, so much more. She’s a remarkable woman doing remarkable things amongst other remarkable women.

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.