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Tag Archives: Feeding the Soul
My New Website Is Up!
Today is the day I’ve been waiting for. I’m moving. Not from my house, but to my new website is at: joanzrough.com. You’ll no longer find me here at the old address. But if you go to the one above you’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, The Garden, The Journey, Writing
Tagged Feeding the Soul, flowers, Intentions, Moving Forward, nature, plants, Spring, Time
2 Comments
Memoir: Two You’ll Love
“Through my identification with another girl who could write what I couldn’t begin to think, I discovered a way to break out of the socialized story into something else, something new … my own voice. I began to see how … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, Memoir, Navigating Through Life, Quotes, The Journey, Wise Words
Tagged Feeding the Soul, Moving Forward
4 Comments
The Courage Of A Seed
“In nature, we are quietly offered countless models of how to give ourselves over to what appears dark and hopeless, but which ultimately is an awakening beyond our imagining. All around us, everything small and buried surrenders to a process … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Healing, Kindness, love, Matters of the Spirit, Mental Health, Navigating Through Life, Quotes, The Seasons, Wise Words
Tagged Courage, Feeding the Soul, Mark Nepo, Moving Forward, nature, plants, Reading, Seeding, Spring
13 Comments
Living All The Way
“This is my living faith, an active faith, a faith of verbs: to question, explore, experiment, experience, walk, run, dance, play, eat, love, learn, dare, taste, touch, smell, listen, speak, write, read, draw, provoke, emote, scream, sin, repent, cry, kneel, … Continue reading
What Is The Life I Should Live?
“All through our gliding journey, on this day as on so many others, a little song runs through my mind. I say song because it passes musically, but it is really just words, a thought that is neither strange nor … Continue reading
Posted in Dreams, Life, Matters of the Spirit, photography, Quotes, The Journey, Wise Words
Tagged Feeding the Soul, gifts, Great Blue Heron, Mary Oliver, nature, songs, winter landscape
6 Comments
Writing And Trauma
“Through writing, we change our relationship to trauma, for we gain confidence in ourselves and in our ability to handle life’s difficulties. We come to feel that our lives are coherent rather than chaotic. We see ourselves as able to … Continue reading
Posted in Healing, Life, Memoir, Mental Health, Navigating Through Life, Quotes, Trauma, Writing
Tagged Feeding the Soul, journaling, Moving Forward
5 Comments
Writing And Life
“Some writers … Charles Dickens was one … write seven or eight hours a day. I’ve done this a few times in my life but haven’t liked it at all. For me, there’s too much else I need and want … Continue reading
Posted in Being Creative, Healthy Living, Life, Memoir, Quotes, Wise Words, Writing
Tagged Feeding the Soul
11 Comments