Heartwork with Dale Biron–Poems For Heart and Soul
Episodes
Poetry Mondays... Plasticity: A Story of Human Redemption Nested Within the Natural World
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to the fate of human beings in the natural world, now is a time for a new kind of hope, not a trivial hope. Only hope burned clean in th...
Listening To The Stones... Why We Love Poetry
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Can a poem describe you better than you can? Yes, it's true, and maybe that's one of the reasons we love them so much. Let's explore th...
Poetry Mondays... "Assurance" By William Stafford
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Use this poem when you're feeling the most alone. For times when few are paying attention. For the times when your work is misunderstood and seem...
Poetry Mondays... "Meditation In Green" By Dale Biron
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first in a series of short poems offered up on Mondays for your listening pleasure. These will be in addition to the regular twice-monthly...
Faith: Sometimes We Need It More Than Hope
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The earth is blaring an ear-piercing, mind-numbing, heart-breaking alarm telling us we’re in deep trouble. We're in trouble with unprecedented ...
Why Boring Poems Don't Change Lives
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Friends don't let friends read boring poetry. So how can you find your personalized collection of exciting, inspiring, life-changing poems? Here ...
The Meaning Making Magic of Poetry
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
So many of the stories we grew up with and our culture keeps telling us no longer make sense. And in terms of their lived outcomes, they are increasin...
Wild Women Poets (Part III)
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wild women poets are courageous, connected, and creative, and they ask and receive much from their muses. You won't want to miss the final podcas...
In Praise of Wild Women Poets (Part II)
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Available now! A second full dose of wild women poets served up fresh, defiant, and highly captivating for both head and heart. Let me tease with some...
In Praise of Wild Women Poets
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wild women poets are not afraid to delve into their inner complexities, vulnerabilities, and paradoxes. And by doing so, they help us with our vulnera...
Handbook For A Persistent Confusion
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why did the great philosopher-poet Wendell Berry once exclaim, "The mind that is not baffled is not employed." Naturally, we avoid confusion...
The Knife Edge Between Despair and Joy
03 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toxic environmental doom? Toxic environmental hope? It's easy to get stuck in one of these places. Or to oscillate between them. Both are absolut...
Secrets Of Everyday Courage
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What if we had special, practical, beautiful hand-made tools made from language to help us be more courageous in our everyday lives? That is precisely...
Enemy One Day We Glimpsed Your Life
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we'll use poetry to help us unpack a very thorny issue and question. Will our democracy survive the political and social polariz...
When Self-Compassion Fails Us
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dale focuses on poems to help those of us who are a little too hard on ourselves. So if you tend to not be on your own side in too ma...
A Stealth Guide To Healing Our Connection With The Natural World
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dale uses poetry to sneak up on and provide fresh insight into the most significant challenge facing humankind. You'll hear some...