I want to be everywhere; but the last thing I want is to go there.
I’m weathering the costs of getting into good trouble, friends.

PoetryJena SchwartzFebruary 25, 2021 Comments

How Are You?

Real Life, COVID-19Jena SchwartzFebruary 23, 2021honesty, real life, writing exercise, writing practice, creativity, comparing, self-love, boundariesComment

Paper Boats

Real LifeJena SchwartzFebruary 23, 2021enough, doing enough, being enough, you are enoughComment

More Creating, Less Hamster Wheel

Create your own sacred spaces away from here and know that your people will wait for you. If they don't, they weren't your people.

Creative ProcessJena SchwartzFebruary 15, 2021Slowing Down, Roxane Gay, Austin Channing Brown, CapitalismComment

I Am Committed to... {a writing exercise}

Writing PromptsJena SchwartzFebruary 12, 2021Comment

Bird {a poem}

PoetryJena SchwartzFebruary 11, 2021Comment

Take Me to Church {a poem}

PoetryJena SchwartzFebruary 7, 2021 Comment

The Power of a Single Conversation

A person can reach a surprising amount of clarity in a relatively short amount of time when curiosity, compassion, and intention come out at play.

CoachingJena SchwartzFebruary 5, 2021coaching, personal growth, personal coaching, writing coach, listeningComment

Attention Span {a poem}

I want to rebuild that long, spacious crossing.

PoetryJena SchwartzJanuary 30, 2021Comment

Reclamation

It's not about being better. It's about being, period.

ObservationsJena SchwartzJanuary 28, 2021Mindfulness, Slowing Down, yoga, self-loveComment

Very High Risk

What did you do last March when the pandemic began?
Do that.

COVID-19, PoetryJena SchwartzJanuary 27, 2021 Comment

"Being Queer Saved My Life"

Queerness is not just about sexuality or sexual orientation; it's about orientation in a much broader sense, i.e. how we see and thus meet the world

Observations, Real LifeJena SchwartzJanuary 26, 2021LGBTQIA+, LGBTQ, Queer, Ocean Vuong Comments

No More Mythologies

This is how we do this work -- the work of writing, the work of introspection, the work of accountability and repair, the work of healing ourselves and the world.

Writing Prompts, Community, Jewish LifeJena SchwartzJanuary 25, 2021Jewish Life, Reparations, Antiracism, Racism, Tikkun OlamComment

Pink Chair Bernie

Belonging. Being part of something joyful and meaningful and bigger than us.

CommunityJena SchwartzJanuary 24, 2021Bernie, Pink Chair, Isabella DelloliioComment

A New Word for Hope

Real LifeJena SchwartzJanuary 20, 2021Biden, Harris, Inauguration, Amanda GormanComment

Roasting Potatoes {a poem}

PoetryJena SchwartzJanuary 19, 2021Comment

Thoughts on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

(Where does white supremacy live IN ME? Where does it show up in my expectations, my behaviors, beliefs, and assumptions?)

ResistanceJena SchwartzJanuary 18, 2021Antiracism, white supremacy, MLK Jr., Letter from a Birmingham JailComment

Bloodstream {a poem}

I’ll sit here with you even if you’re not ready

PoetryJena SchwartzJanuary 17, 2021Comment

A Two-Cake Quarantine Birthday

Real Life, COVID-19Jena SchwartzJanuary 15, 2021birthday, family, gratitude, mindfulness, everyday life, real lifeComment

I Need a Now {a poem}

PoetryJena SchwartzJanuary 1, 2021 Comment

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