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This image shows my current journaling and drawing supplies: colorful markers and pastels on top of loose papers with handwriting and a 12-month project vision.

Journaling and Drawing Exercises for Times of Transition

January 13, 2022

Image reads “2022 downloading,” alongside a spider dropping down on a single thread. Confetti lights appear at the top and bottom against a dark blue background.

New Year Reflections: Hanging by a Thread Is Better Than No Thread at All

December 31, 2021

Image says “Subscribe for the New Year” with a light pink background of a blanket, tray with tea, candles, and open book.

Grief and Gratitude: Reflections on a 3-Year Anniversary

December 17, 2021

I share this view of lights on my balcony as another support during hard holidays. May we find nourishment in the winter, light on dark nights.

The Holidays Are Hard: Naming What’s Hard and Offering Support

November 22, 2021

This cover image for the YouTube video shows a photo of Beth looking down toward the screen. The photo is framed by a yellow-orange-pink border and the text: “Walking Meditation for Writing Motivation: Walk & Reflect. Contemplative Writing Practice, Beth Godbee, Ph.D., Heart-Head-Hands.com.”

Walking Meditation for Writers: A Contemplative Writing and Walking Practice

November 5, 2021

This cover image for the YouTube video shows a photo of Beth with eyes closed (in meditation). The photo is framed by a yellow-orange-pink border and the text: “Guided Meditation on Motivations for Writing: The Five Whys. Contemplative Writing Practice, Beth Godbee, Ph.D., Heart-Head-Hands.com.”

What Is Contemplative Writing? A Definition and Guided Meditation for Writers

October 23, 2021

This photo shows multiple journals, open to a lined notebook page that says “contemplative writing.” A colorful divination card, blue crystal, and three markers sit on top of the journals.

Contemplative Writing: Journaling and Other Practices for Reflection, Mindfulness, and Intentionality

October 1, 2021

This image shows a woodland box turtle with a yellow and black patterned shell peeking its head out, with its eye just visible. It’s on gray gravel terrain, keeping an eye on me as I snap this photograph.

Lessons from Turtles, or How I’m Practicing Saying “No” to Say “Yes”

August 26, 2021

Planning Writing Projects: Workshop Handouts and Resources

June 29, 2021

This photo shows a late summer afternoon. The corner of a green picnic table points toward a green field and blue lake stretching out to blue-green hills. Leaves hang down, and puffy white-grey clouds float overhead. The scene, hopefully, captures the possibilities of summer: open, outdoor space inviting contemplative practices.

Reflection Questions for Committing, Creating, and Pacing This Summer

June 9, 2021

This screenshot captures the registration page for “Countering Imposter Syndrome and Affirming the Right to Belong”: an event sponsored by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The image shows a calendar; event date, time, contact information; the start of the event description (also shared in this post’s text); and an image of blended navy, blue, white, and orange.

Countering Imposter Syndrome: Workshop Handouts and Resources

April 30, 2021

This image shows the spirulina shake (a bright green smoothie) in a clear glass, a brown date attached to the rim, against a white tablecloth.

Spirulina Shake: Love for This Bright Green Smoothie

April 20, 2021

Tempeh sticks cover open-faced sandwiches of mashed avocado, sour kraut, and microgreens and on ciabatta buns.

Vegan and Gluten-free Tempeh Sticks

April 8, 2021

This book cover for Your Silence Will Not Protect You, an essay collection of Audre Lorde’s work (published posthumously), is pink with Lorde’s name and the title/quote appearing along with her image.

Reflections on Silence, Fear, Courage, and Writing: Always Come Back to Writing

March 1, 2021

seven balls of yarn (in shades of yellow, orange, cream, green, and teal) for my current crochet project

Questions for Honoring Creative Energy and Play

February 13, 2021

Image shares one writing group reflection: “many life changes happen through writing, especially when writing brings attention to our built-in assumptions and ways of being in the world” in pink text against a pink background. A notebook, thermos, pens, and papers are also part of the pink background.

Reflections on Writing Groups

February 3, 2021

Book cover of Rhetorical Crossover: The Black Presence in White Culture by Cedric D. Burrows. Background photo by Marion S. Trikosko shows demonstrators holding signs during the March on Washington, 1963.

Q&A with Cedric Burrows about His New Book Rhetorical Crossover: The Black Presence in White Culture

January 27, 2021

This tweet from adrienne maree brown reads: “words matter. Coup: a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government. Terrorism: the unlawful use of force and violence vs persons or property to intimidate or coerce a gvmt, civilian population, or segment thereof. today was not anarchy, not protest. (sedition. insurrection. there's lots of precise options.)”

Words Matter: Naming, Inspiring, Truth-telling, Revealing, and Reckoning with This Moment

January 7, 2021

This image reads “What is currently giving me energy—firing me up or inspiring me? and other questions for the new year …” against a light blue-gray background. A cream-colored candle and flame appear with pink-peach glowing dots. Attribution to Heart-Head-Hands.com appears in the lower right-hand corner.

Contemplative Practices for Setting Intentions and Welcoming the New Year

December 31, 2020

A brown, muddy trail winds through a white, snowy forest scene.

Reflection, Retreat, and Recommitment: Learning from the Winter Woods

December 23, 2020

This promotional flyer (a horizontal banner with a green background) from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette includes photos and titles for all four speakers—Dr. Beth Godbee, Dr. Shoba Subramanian, Dr. Meghan Duffy, and Prof. Ray Schroeder—along images for coffee talk and three-minute thesis events.

Clarifying Your Purpose in Grad School: Workshop Handouts and Resources

December 8, 2020

The text “Interrupting Thanksgiving: Three Responses to Disrupt What’s Normalized on This National Holiday” appears against grey wooden planks and green, white, and orange pumpkins.

Interrupting Thanksgiving: Three Responses to Disrupt What’s Normalized on This National Holiday

November 24, 2020

This image shows vegan flourless mushroom gravy with pieces of onion and mushroom in a brown sauce—in a white bowl, surrounded by a white cloth.

Flourless Mushroom Gravy (Vegan and Gluten-Free)

November 16, 2020

This photo shows Tamika Carey, Ph.D. smiling, wearing a pink blouse, and standing outdoors (surrounded by green leaves and a building blurred in the distance).

Q&A with Tamika Carey: “Gestures Are Easy. Reckoning Is Hard.” On Prioritizing Wellness and Liberation

October 23, 2020

This screenshot shows the online article “Forum Theatre: Using Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed to Build Receptive Competence by Rasha Diab, Ph.D. and Beth Godbee, Ph.D.,” part of the website Contemplative Practices for Anti-Oppression Pedagogy. It shows a paragraph of text against a blue background and the black, red, and white book cover of Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed.

Invitation to Join Upcoming Theatre of the Oppressed Workshops

October 13, 2020

Against a dark orange background appears the following quote: “It’s important to name that white fragility can manifest in aggression. Or, when not outright aggression, then as defensiveness, which peace studies scholars describe as the first step of offensiveness.”

What Is White Fragility?

September 30, 2020

Career Discernment for a Purposeful Career Path

September 10, 2020

This image shares this week’s question—“How do we build more accountable lives?”—along with meeting information: “Processing the Pandemic with Heart-Head-Hands. Wed, Aug. 12th.” Text appears in a central box that looks like a letter partially out of an envelope. The colors are red, orange, and yellow.

How Do We Build More Accountable Lives?

August 21, 2020

This photo from the 2014 Watson Conference shows the two of us—Beth Godbee (left) and Rasha Diab (right)—standing side-by-side; wearing a mix of blue, black, and green; in front of a brick wall.

Q&A with Rasha Diab: Pursuing Peace as Everyday Practice

August 11, 2020

This photo shows Beth Godbee, Ph.D. -- sitting on a rock surrounded by reflective water, leaves, and rocks. Photo taken at White Oaks Canyon in Shenandoah National Park (in the Appalachian Mountains).

Writing a Commitment Statement

July 31, 2020