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Tag Archives: Poetry and healing
Phoenix Rysing Poets Express Grief through Spoken Word
A creative writing workshop lets Richmond youth address the loss of loved ones to violence, while finding healing and forgiveness through their poetry
“Everything I can’t say, I can write. And then that’s when it comes out.” That’s what Johnae Collins, 16, told Richmond Confidential. Collins is a member of RAW Talent, an after-school creative writing program founded in Richmond, California by Jefferson … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged California Shakespeare Theater, Coping with Grief and Loss through Poetry, Creative Writing, Creative Writing Workshops Focused on Loss and Grief, Donte Clark, Intersection for the Arts, Johnae Collins, Molly Raynor, Phoenix Rysing, Poetry, Poetry and Death, Poetry and healing, RAW Talent, Richmond California, Triangle Lab
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What is Expressive Arts Therapy? An Interview with Adriana Marchione
Adriana Marchione discusses how expressive arts therapy can help people coping with loss and grief
Today, SevenPonds speaks with Adriana Marchione, MA, REAT, RSMT, a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist and Registered Somatic Movement Therapist. Currently based in San Francisco, California, she is the founder of a well-established arts and healing practice called Creative Source and … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Adriana Marchione, coping with expected loss, Coping with Grief, Coping With Unexpected Loss, Creative Healing, Creative Therapy, CreativeSourceSF, Expressive Arts Therapy, Loss of a Father, Loss of a Spouse, Poetry, Poetry and healing, Tamalpa Institute, Visual Arts
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“Father” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A poem about appreciation and rememberance for our fathers as we approach Father’s Day
As we approach Father’s Day this Sunday, it becomes particularly important to make time for our fathers by sending them a card or remembering to give them a call. For those of us who still have our fathers in … Continue reading
Posted in The Next Chapter
Tagged Children and grief, Death of Father, Death of Father Poem, Death Poem, Death Quotes for Dad, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Family, Father's Day, honor father, Poems about dads, Poetry, Poetry and healing, Remembering a Father, sayings about dad, things for dad
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