Poetry Panel: Why We Write? A Discussion on Publishing, Creativity, Authenticity, Healing, & Purpose

🎉Concluding 2025 with a new episode on Growth, Grace, Gratitude podcast! Ari talks with 6 authors to explore the profound impact of writing on personal healing, self-expression, & connection. The conversation delves into individual journeys, sharing the importance of vulnerability in poetry, & the challenges of navigating the publishing world.

Chapters

00:00 Healing Power of Writing

07:11 Why We Write

13:29 Vulnerability in Poetry

18:59 Breaking Free from Labels

24:40 Navigating the Publishing World

32:21 Connecting Through Creativity

01:06:21 Overcoming Writer's Block

W. Scott (@w_scott_author on Instagram) is the writer of 3 books of poetry in a series “Bottled Messages”. The 2nd collection of poetry “Notecards & Scrolls”, reached #1 on both Amazon's African Poetry & African & Middle Eastern Literature categories.

Scott Frink’s (@thebrokenspinejournal on Instagram) work explores mental health, addiction, & the search for meaning through raw honesty & reflection. He is the founder of The Broken Spine Journal, a platform dedicated to uplifting unheard voices.

Christen Foster’s (@original_poetree on Instagram) poetry has been featured in literary magazines GGP Collective 2022 & The Prairie Review Magazine 2024.

Carolanna (@carolanna_poetry on Threads) is a teacher, writer, translator, amateur globetrotting adventuress living in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She posts original poems, translations of poems by premodern Chinese women, & science news haikus.

Airy (@airy_magic on Threads) has been a homemaker, living between Japan & India, while observing life, people, nature. She has published her 1st poetry book as part of her spiritual journey.

Eileen (@EileenPorzuczek on Instagram) is an award-winning poet & author of Memento Mori: A Poetic Memoir in 3 Parts. Her writing appeared in literary magazines Creation Magazine, So It Goes: The Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, New Plains Review, & Sheepshead Review.

Ari hosts the Growth, Grace, Gratitude Podcast! She is a pre-med/psychology graduate, a professional ballerina, columnist, & author who grew up performing at Lincoln Center with New York City Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, & at Madison Square Garden. Her unique upbringing has inspired her to open up the conversation with experts in their field for growing in self-development. From everyone’s favorite Qigong Joe the Drummer Boy to Astrologer Valerie Mesa to Neurophysiologist Toby Pasman, our guests are diverse & motivational in their approach to lending their expertise.

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