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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Fly Your Freak Flag, Proudly

via Scott StabileBe a freak. Be a big weirdo. Proudly wear your unique and unrepeatable and luminous light out into the world.Don’t let anyone tell you you... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Let the Water Take You

The theme this week seems to be loss and letting go, which have been the overarching themes of the past several years, if you’ve been paying attention. At. All. Read more
Posted on 18 February 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Don’t Give Up

Let the Water Take YouThe theme this week seems to be loss and letting go, which have been the overarching themes of the past several years, if you’ve been... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
The Journey of a Thousand Miles

And so it begins.Seeing Light. Everywhere. Seeing doors everywhere. Seeing my way through.At last.While I’ve been recovering from the various and sundry ailment... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
A Pearl Beyond Price

Image via TumblrIn Memory of June White, 1932 – 2015.Reason to believe.There’s a reason.There’s always a reason for everything we experience.We may not like... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Sleeping Beauty

Image by Elisa Talentino“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. Read more
Posted on 24 January 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
If You Numb the Darkness, You Numb the Light

“If you numb the darkness, you numb the light.” ~ Brene Brown, Daring GreatlyCan Your Hear Me?Lately, I sometimes feel much like the character, Major Tom, in... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
The Greatest Thing You’ll Ever Learn…

Art by Kelly Louise JuddLast WordsIt is the last day of 2014.Last day, last hours, last thoughts, last dreams.What roads open before me? What burdens can I... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Make Sure Your Faith is Bigger Than Your Fear

Have a little faith…The last few weeks/months have been, let’s say, challenging.Work is pretty much a war zone. I visited the doctor seven times in the past fou... Read more
Posted on 21 December 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Living in a Wild Age

Image from Byron KatieShot through the heart.This has been a tough month in a tough year. I feel like curling up in a fetal position and wailing like a... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
The Year of Living Dangerously

“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” ― Philip PullmanSurfacing.So.There’s a lot of grief and... Read more
Posted on 27 November 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Finding Wholeheartedness

Image by Catrin Welz-Stein “The antidote to exhaustion is wholeheartedness.” ~ David WhyteWalking Into the FireOver the past week or so, I’ve been reading... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Stormy Weather

Storm clouds gather…November’s rolled in with its cooler nights and damp mornings. I find myself wanting to go to bed and sleep for days; I am so bone weary. Th... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
One Lovely Blog Award: Well, That Made My Day

One Lovely Blog Award My lovely blogger friend, Ingebird, at rectalcancermyass, nominated me for this award! Wowie-zowie! I am honored and thrilled just to... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Eclipses & Constellations

Image by Patricia Ariel“Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?” ― John Keats,... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
The Best is Yet to Come

Karma, baby. Karma.Karma’s been on my mind a lot lately. Unlike the popular interpretation of the term karma, literal karma is not just bad stuff. Read more
Posted on 15 October 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Brave New Girl

“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” ― Abraham LincolnLife as I know it, is about to change.As I write this, my 79-year-old mothe... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
A Mixture of Bitter and Sweet

Missing You by Christian SchloeFor C & LPerception = RealityWhen it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the... Read more
Posted on 21 September 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Wonderland News: 50,000 Reasons to Celebrate

http://www.shavawnmberry.com/Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. About two weeks ago, this blog quietly crossed the 50,000 page view mark. Read more
Posted on 15 September 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Talkin’ About Revolution

Quit Yer Bitchin’ Is it just me, or have many of us mistakenly formed a loose, rag-tag nation of whiners, complainers, catastrophizers and bitchers?Wha-wha.How... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

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