Shavawn Berry

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Writer/Poet. Teacher/Editor/Creativity Coach. Empath. Songbird. And, yes, Elton John Freak. Shavawn M. Berry’s writing is forthcoming or has appeared in The Huffington Post, elephant journal, The Anjana Network, Be You Media Group, The Good Men Project, Journey of the Heart: Women's Spiritual Poetry, Olentangy Review, Black Fox Literary Magazine, Vagina - The Zine, Rebelle Society, The Cancer Poetry Project 2, Kinema Poetics, Kalliope, Poet Lore, California Quarterly, Westview – A Journal of Western Oklahoma, Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, North Atlantic Review, Concho River Review, Synapse, Living Buddhism, The World Tribune, addictionsolutions.com, Blue Mountain Arts/SPS, Poetry Seattle, and buddhajones.com, to name just a few. In 1998, she received her Master’s degree in Professional Writing from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles where she specialized in Creative Nonfiction and Memoir. She teaches writing and editing full-time at a university in the Southwestern United States. She can be reached via her web site: http://www.shavawnmberry.com/ or on her Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/shavawnmidoriberry

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Musings on Grace, Spirituality, Life as Art, and Life in General

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Los Milagros

Little miracles. They are everywhere. Signs. Nudges. Messages. Look for them. Read more
Posted on 23 September 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Soon: Home Sweet Home

Since I last had a spare minute to write, life's loaded me inside a metaphorical cannon and shot me into open space. Everything's happening so fast. When I... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Whirlwind

I saw myself standing in the middle of the yard, as light swirled around me, up and up, in a whirlwind of color. I saw myself living there in the years... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Don't Waste This Precious Thing Called Life

I want this new life, but it terrifies me, too. Have you ever felt like that? Like you should pinch yourself to make sure you aren't dreaming, while at the... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Divine Disguise

"In mythos and fairy tales, deities and other great spirits test the hearts of humans by showing up in various forms that disguise their divinity. They show up... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
My Soul is Awake

I am conscious that I will remember this summer as the summer that everything - everything - changed. Most of all, I will remember that I changed. I will... Read more
Posted on 12 July 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
The Wonderland Files Blog Has Moved.

Follow me, Murad Osmann via PinterestHi, Lovely Followers Throughout the WorldAs I said in last week’s post, I have moved this blog over to my website,... Read more
Posted on 04 July 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Re-envisioning This Life Story

"I hope you will go out and let stories, that is life, happen to you, and that you will work with these stories from your life--not someone else's life--water... Read more
Posted on 04 July 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Ask, Believe, Receive

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” ― Michael Jordan So, some big changes are afoot. Read more
Posted on 27 June 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Ask, Believe, Receive

Not the least of which is the relocation of this blog from Wordpress, over to real estate I actually own, my website, http://www.shavawnmberry.com/. I've been... Read more
Posted on 27 June 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
The Magic of Thinking Big

SurfacingI’ve been plumbing the depths of my past lately, investigating and scouring and searching for bits of myself that, at one time or another, I lost. Read more
Posted on 20 June 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
The Magic of Thinking Big

Surfacing I've been plumbing the depths of my past lately, investigating and scouring and searching for bits of myself that, at one time or another, I lost. I... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Becoming Human

“Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Becoming Human

"Of course I'll hurt you. Of course you'll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
You Are Beautiful In Every Single Way

Beautiful Child. There's something surprising and cathartic about sifting through all my old papers, photos, diaries, and books. At this point, I have much... Read more
Posted on 06 June 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
You Are Beautiful In Every Single Way

Via PinterestBeautiful Child.There’s something surprising and cathartic about sifting through all my old papers, photos, diaries, and books. Read more
Posted on 06 June 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Sweet Darkness

Via Imagethirst.com “When your demons come, offer them a piece of cake.” ~ Buddhist sayingResistance is Futile.Why offer ‘cake’ to your darkness?Because even th... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Sweet Darkness

"When your demons come, offer them a piece of cake." ~ Buddhist saying Resistance is Futile. Why offer 'cake' to your darkness? Because even the darkness --... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Dazed and Confused

For Amira de la Garza " You can't expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything, but I figure, hey, it's a step in the right... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Dazed and Confused

Image via TumblrFor Amira de la Garza“You can’t expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything, but I figure, hey, it’s a step i... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

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