Day 15- Poetry and Prose - 31 Days Of Self-Care Program

Send us Fan MailEpisode Warning: This episode briefly mentions suicide and I share two poems that may be difficult to hear. These poems deal with dementia and the grief of losing someone to suicide. I've highlighted the two poems and the suicide mention in the chapter notes so skip through if you don't want to hear them. Be kind to yourself.It might surprise you that one of the most powerful tools for self-care is creative writing. That’s what todays episode is all about.  Poetry and Prose  is Day 15 of our 31 Days of Self Care Program, 31 specialist episodes dedicated to finding ways to look after yourself as part of Mental Health Awareness Month, here in Australia.Join the conversation on my Insta page using the hashtag #poetryandprose and share your writing too if you want to.As mentioned in this episode,  I've included Robert Frost's  Poem, "The Road Not Taken” Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same,And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.-Robert FrostAnd I'll let the great Mr. Frost have the final say with our closing quote for this episode: “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.”#poetryandprose #SoulfulSunday   #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #31daysofselfcarehttps://www.instagram.com/reverseresetrestore/?fbclid=IwAR0ycrx4XHwDTZIwEx5LpeXF2NQOJ3cK1eJ7P1nUezK3REQR6wdBm3Mr_nYhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092872185263