For over a decade I asked 1 question at every parent-teacher conference: “𝘐𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨?” I wanted to know: 🌿Were they flourishing? 🌿Were they challenged? 🌿Were they generous? 🌿Were they active in their circle of friends? Read more 👉 buff.ly/D48z8PX #thriving #parenting

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Weeding the Labyrinth 🦋 Margaret Chula Whirling In The Goblet “Motion cannot be lulled to sleep in the lap of the sea” #poetry #parenting

We usually think of attachment as holding on to people. But we also hold on to identities. Expectations. Old stories about who we're supposed to be. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴? 🎧 Listen to full episode: buff.ly/mvVxPBI #ThoughtEchoes #SaturdayMemoryLane #LettingGo

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗲 "𝗕𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗹𝗲-𝗡𝗲𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴" 𝗶𝘀? On a Northern Latitude 7.5 hr Kenai Fjords Glacier Odyssey boat trip, Captain Emily kept saying: 🐋"Look for blows." 🐋"You'll know it when you see it." 🐋"Watch the birds."

Great hike up Mt. Alyeska, Girdwood, AK 2300ft ~2 miles. Not Mt Hood but that was 20 years ago :) #HappyFriday #Alaska

Cheers to Monday from Denali National Park 🗻 #Adventure #Denali #AmyLeneker

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Grinding my ink (haikus) Margaret Chula “jogging past a pond of purple iris twilight thickens”

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Dream Work (again) by Mary Oliver Acid “an explosion in that nest of wires we call the imagination.” #poetry #creativity #consciousness #thoughts

Many books about the future focus on what's coming next. 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹'𝘀 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 focuses on something more useful: how we meet what's coming next. 📖 Read full review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #Thrive #AI #Attention #Future #Choices

𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿. In conversation with future strategist #FredMarshall, he reframes AI as a change management experience — what it means to remain human during rapid transformation. #thrive #AI #symbiosis www.bethbonness.com/podcast/fred...

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Dream Work (again) by Mary Oliver Stanley Kunitz “knowing that the hour of fulfillment / is buried in years of patience— … Oh, what good it does the heart / to know it’s not magic!” #poetry

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Calling Mary Oliver out again…heading to the beach today to look for some starfish. Dream Work Starfish “In the sea rocks / in the stone pockets / under the tide’s lips / in water dense as blindness” #poetry

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Shadow Man Margaret Chula In the Shadows “My strong father / helpless now in his new suit/ and perfectly knotted tie / hands clenched around a white rose / coffin filled with regrets.” #poetry

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Falling into the River Debbie Hall Radiologist “…I pull back / into a dark corner of the room / wrap the shadows / around me like a cloak / off mourning.” #poetry

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky (good cape weather) by #WesJordans (a new mix of familiar emotions) “the mind complains, complains, complains, and tries to untangle the / uncomplicated” #Poetry

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Blue Horses by #MaryOliver What a delight to imagine, stepping into a painting, and then stepping into a painting with Mary Oliver #Poetry #ElphrasticPoetry www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀? The idea of “tiny experiments” reframes how we think about growth. What's a small experiment you can do to inch toward something bigger? @neuranne.bsky.social #ThoughtEchoes #TinyExperiments #Curiosity

𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯? www.goodreads.com/review/show/... 𝗗𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗶𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝘁𝘂𝗵 invites us to improve our brain function through very accessible means. I am especially interested in the lifestyle interventions he proposes I can’t recommend enough. #BrainHealth

Favorite line in the book so far: “…We speak prose while awake and poetry in sleep.” #poetry @thebrokenspine.co.uk

To echo @neuranne.bsky.social author shout-out & #Caroline AdamsMiller amplification posts on LinkedIn— here are some books written by women from my shelves to highly recommend …. In kindof color-coded order :) #Amplification #InternationalWomenaDay

✨ 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗲 — 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝗱𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 ✨ Not the abstract idea of gratitude But the kind that quietly shapes how we move through the world. Listen to full conversation with Hiroko Yoda author of 𝘌𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 🎙️https://buff.ly/3Y1CLL2 #gratitude

After journaling, lI went for a final walk on the beach south of San Diego before we broke camp to start heading back home and saw these little birds skittering all over the place. I couldn’t help but laugh and think - they look like my thoughts feel after too much caffeine☕️ or sensory inputs :)

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Surreal Expulsion by D.R. James New Year Cliché’d “ziplocked thoughts extolling totems…” #poetry

In early 2026, a report researched how connected Americans felt. Over half did not feel connected. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙨 6 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. Third Place struck me: not home or work, but somewhere you feel comfortable. Turns out coffee shop around the corner is my Third place. buff.ly/7nNl39f

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — #LiftToTheSky the unknowable Mystery of Other People by Sally Zakariya Love Letter from a Fire "On the lawn a man sat at a scorched piano..pajamas/soot-smudged…fingers finding solace in familiar keys / flames reflected in the sweat that shone on his forehead”

Up in the middle of the night, listening to the sounds of ocean waves & searching for the Big Dipper. We’re at the OR Coast celebrating the 51st anniv of our 1st date — a half century ago. I wondered - when was the 1st time I felt I belonged in this relationship? buff.ly/7nNl39f

A little over 80 years ago, Abraham Maslow published his “Theory of Human Motivation," creating a new system to map our basic needs & higher aspirations. Guess where "belongingness" ranked? Just after our need for: food, clothing, shelter & physical safety www.bethbonness.com/blog/where-d...

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out Mary C. Folio’s The Fog published by The Poetry Box. Reading on the stormy Oregon coast. “Afterwards” … “The wanton panic, the jigsaw forests where I found myself” @aveningo-sanders.bsky.social #poetry

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out Anna Cintrino's new book: Stories We Didn't Tell. Jamie Considers Adah’s Decision “It takes time to learn who we are, / what we need.” #poetry

Respect often shows up in the places we don’t name — in the boundaries we hesitate to set, the expectations we carry silently, & how we treat ourselves when no one is watching. It’s not just something exchanged, It’s something practiced. Read the reflection: buff.ly/uLkSP0E #ThoughtEchoes