The Poet (delayed)

Episode 70: What Steals Your Sleep?: The Human Condition and the Need for Connection

September 16th, 2025  |  1 hr 1 min

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In this special episode, recorded live at "Torchlight" last April, I reflect on the defining losses, trials, and awakenings of my life through the lens of poetry and personal story. Drawing on Nietzsche’s insight that “to live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering,” I explore how our deepest wounds can become bridges—not barriers—to human connection.

This is an honest meditation on grief, growth, and the strange alchemy that happens when we turn toward our pain and find each other there.