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One Heart Is Enough

One Heart Is Enough

I assumed my life would basically look like the life I had growing up.

Real Life, LGBTQIA+Jena SchwartzApril 14, 2022family, family history, memoir, Marriage, marriage, remarriage, Codependence, Healing, healing, self-inquiry Comment

"One True Sentence"

"One True Sentence"

This is why – and how – we practice being brave inside of our fear.

Jena SchwartzApril 4, 2022Comment

It's Not About Fearlessness

It's Not About Fearlessness

Creative ProcessJena SchwartzMarch 29, 2022permission, Writing, writing practice, Writer's block, writers block, self-confidenceComment

Thresholds

Thresholds

Learning oneself is an interesting proposition. So is unlearning oneself.

ObservationsJena SchwartzMarch 27, 2022WritingComment

CHILDREN {a poem}

CHILDREN {a poem}

PoetryJena SchwartzMarch 20, 2022Ukraine, war, trauma, poems, PoetryComment

LEGACY {a poem}

LEGACY {a poem}

PoetryJena SchwartzMarch 14, 2022Comment

Imagine {a Poem for International Women's Day}

Imagine {a Poem for International Women's Day}

PoetryJena SchwartzMarch 8, 2022Comment

"Come What Come May"

"Come What Come May"

“Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day.”

COVID-19, CommunityJena SchwartzMarch 7, 2022Ukraine, Covid-19, pandemicComment

Holy Things

Holy Things

Do any of us live in peace when so much of the world is at war?

Observations, CommunityJena SchwartzMarch 4, 2022spirituality, Holiness, Ukraine, Audre Lorde, MLK Jr., paying attentionComment

Run-On Sentence

Run-On Sentence

an unreadable block of prose, word rush, wood thrush, Wordle fail, warfare, waking to safety and coffee

Poetry, Real LifeJena SchwartzMarch 1, 2022writing practice, war, Jena Schwartz poetry, self-soothing, WordleComment

If You, Like Me

If You, Like Me

If you, like me, are at a loss for words

Real Life, PoetryJena SchwartzFebruary 24, 2022war, Ukraine, Russia, prayer, Poetry Comment

Thoughts About Offerings

Thoughts About Offerings

Observations, Creative ProcessJena SchwartzFebruary 23, 2022offerings, gifts, purpose, letting goComment

About the tree at the top of the hill— {a poem}

About the tree at the top of the hill— {a poem}

PoetryJena SchwartzFebruary 22, 2022Comment

We Don't Talk About...

We Don't Talk About...

Holding things together can come at a very, very high cost.

ObservationsJena SchwartzFebruary 21, 2022Encanto, Bruno, IFS, therapy, wholeness, Healing, familyComment

Sign/Sing {a poem}

Sign/Sing {a poem}

PoetryJena SchwartzFebruary 8, 2022Comment

GASP!

GASP!

Bottom line: Our bodies are barometers.

Observations, Resistance, Real LifeJena SchwartzFebruary 6, 2022nervous system, paying attention, spiritual bypassingComment

All Those Years {a poem}

All Those Years {a poem}

And how all of those years slowly delivered me to this year…

PoetryJena SchwartzJanuary 18, 2022MemoryComment

One Man's Name

One Man's Name

A radical revolution of values. If that's not part of our everyday lives, what are we even doing here?

Jewish Life, ObservationsJena SchwartzJanuary 16, 2022Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, Black Lives Matter, Dr. King, MLK Jr.Comment

The Arch: A Guest Post in Memory of Archbishop Desmond Tutu

The Arch: A Guest Post in Memory of Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Guest PostJena SchwartzJanuary 5, 2022Memory, Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Beverly Harris-Schenz Comments

On Being "Too Sensitive"

On Being "Too Sensitive"

Sometimes I think I need to turn down my own antennae a bit, if that makes any sense.

ObservationsJena SchwartzJanuary 3, 2022transitions, change, self-love, self-worth, self-confidence, Ego, HSPComment