by Lauren A Jennings | Apr 21, 2024 | Detox
Human beings have bodies and those bodies have all kinds of needs. Some of the growth I’ve experienced since being diagnosed with bipolar and later, PTSD, came from emotional or spiritual change. Other changes have been practical. That’s where this series...
by Lauren A Jennings | Mar 25, 2024 | *
It’s Lent and Spring and all the lament and renewal that’s been promised. It’s the last Friday of my Spring Break and I get to sit outside overlooking a gorgeous pale pink cherry tree but I can smell the chicken plant on the breeze and I remember my...
by Lauren A Jennings | Feb 25, 2024 | *, Detox
Here at the end of February, it’s 61 degrees and sunny in Chattanooga today. Winter feels like a memory and I am happy to see the first yellow daffodils spreading my favorite color everywhere. Spring is traditionally a time for new beginnings and for many,...
by Lauren A Jennings | Feb 23, 2023 | *
Image by Joe at Pixabay My new poem, Nightwatch, is live at The Mudroom! “I follow crumbs at Dusk along the damp Earth. Will tomorrow’sMaterialize?I wish I had your wings,Could soar free and See the water, theMoon reflected whole…”Read the rest...
by Lauren A Jennings | Jun 9, 2022 | Emotions, Nutrition
Image by Ri Butov from Pixabay There was a time I thought my bipolar meds were more of a curse than a blessing. Side effects like headaches and weight gain. Dependence on a healthcare system that could be compromised by greed and politics. I had a lot of...