HeyJaredThere's a Poem in That
"There's a Poem in That" gets real about life through the lens of a mental health poet. Together, we will talk about the parts of life that make us human — no matter how mundane, emotional, or abnormal.
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[REPOST] Purpose, Personhood, & Poems: An Okoboji Writers & Songwriter's Retreat Reflection (opens the original)
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Gratitude from the other side of suicide prevention (opens the original)
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It’s September now. It’s Suicide Prevention Month. It’s lucky I’m here to talk about it. This year, my heart was challenged in more ways than one. I spiraled. It got scary for a while. I’ve been in that place a few times before in my life. This time, though, I let my people in. I allowed my closest people serve as my first responders. I granted myself the prevention service that comes from leaning on my support system.Like every other time, poetry once again saved me. From writing through the fe
The positive side of ‘what if’ (opens the original)
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This week’s thoughts that came out in a recent video I shared online:The best things that have happened in my life came because I allowed myself the positive side of “what if?” What if I went to college? What if I changed my major from education to professional writing? What if I got a career with an English degree that wasn’t being a classroom teacher? What if my best friend and I became roommates in our junior year of college? What if I moved to Des Moines after coll
Finding my joy: What does it even mean? (opens the original)
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Finding my joy in 2026, and I’m not sure I know exactly what that means anymore. I set out to find my spark again this year. In my original post of this series, I said:“There’s pride in independence and resilience, yes. There’s exhaustion too. There’s a rock bottom that doesn’t always look like depression’s rock bottom, though they’re similar. For me, last year’s rock bottom looked like an AI version
Update from my side of the screen (opens the original)
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