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Honoring Struggles and Showing Up Imperfectly for Palestinian Liberation

Filed Under: Emotional Literacies, Everyday Feminism, Racial Justice By Beth Godbee November 18, 2023 Leave a Comment

This photo shows the public labyrinth in Georgetown, one of the places where I have grounded myself in the past few weeks—to get centered and listen to guidance toward also continuing to feel-learn-and-act (heart-head-hands). Shoring up inner reservoirs for continued outcry against violence in Gaza and toward Palestinian liberation.

To show up in this piece, which I’ve been trying to get out for weeks, I’ve realized that the only way to do so is to bring my full messy self. I don’t want to polish writing when that’s not true to the process or the way forward. As writers, we often have lots of discarded text and false starts. And we often spend hours weaving threads together into a cohesive whole. I really appreciate this work, and it gives me joy to do the weaving. Stitch by stitch, I understand ... Read more ...

Intervening into Burnout, Building a Sense of What’s Possible

Filed Under: Emotional Literacies, Everyday Feminism, Higher Education, Racial Justice By Beth Godbee July 7, 2023 Leave a Comment

This screenshot from Inside Higher Ed reads: “Career Advice. July 07, 2023. Intervening into Burnout. Beth Godbee presents a number of tangible ways that academics can build a sense of what’s possible, structurally as well as individually. By Beth Godbee.”

A new article, “Intervening into Burnout,” appears in Inside Higher Ed today. In this follow-up piece to “Honoring Ourselves and Each Other Through Burnout,” I offer examples of creative interventions into burnout. These examples are gifted to me through coaching, so I write with deep gratitude for people who are trying different ways of being, doing, feeling, thinking, relating and imagining in higher education. Here’s an excerpt: “Burnout is also never ... Read more ...

Doing the Holidays Differently: Untangling from the Mythical Norm and Revising Rituals for “the Holiday Season”

Filed Under: Contemplative Practices, Emotional Literacies, Everyday Feminism By Beth Godbee February 2, 2023 1 Comment

Image shows three photos from this year’s holiday season. From left to right: a decorated evergreen tree with reflective gray balls; a forest scene of tall thin trees opening to blue lake and sky; and holly leaves and berries—green and red—symbolic of the season.

Preface: This post took me more than six weeks to write. I started drafting on the winter solstice, so it feels right to publish on the cross-quarter day imbolc. I’ve needed the time to sit with the questions I share in this post—questions that are sure to keep evolving. I hope you’ll come with me on this journey into my spiritual life and desire to do the holidays differently. The Holidays Are Hard. Do They Have to Be? For me and for many of us, the holidays are hard. ... Read more ...

Begin the New Year with a Writing Group

Filed Under: Everyday Feminism, Higher Education By Beth Godbee December 17, 2022 Leave a Comment

This image shows a writing scene (coffee, flowers, blank page, and pen against wooden planks) and shares information: “Writing groups start again on Jan. 7th. Register for 2 or 4 months: Jan-Feb or Jan-Apr. Many registration options: Heart-Head-Hands.com.”

Registration is open for writing groups starting in January! Writing groups can support us in many ways—from holding creative space to building community with other writers. I’m excited about a few new things: There are now options to join the weekly group on Tuesdays, Fridays, or both days. Dr. Candace Epps-Robertson is joining as a facilitator. There are expanded sliding-scale registration options. Registration includes a one-day writing retreat for every two-month ... Read more ...

Q&A with David Luis Glisch-Sánchez: Life Coaching as Restoring Wholeness

Filed Under: Emotional Literacies, Everyday Feminism, Higher Education, Interviews, Racial Justice By Beth Godbee July 21, 2022 Leave a Comment

A photo of David smiling looking forward toward the camera. He's wearing a purple guayabera shirt with chunky Black plastic circle frame glasses. David has a silver nose hoop ring. His hair and beard are a mix of dark and light gray. The background consists of green foliage next to and behind David with three circle canopy structures overhead. One canopy is yellow, another blue, and the third red.

This interview with David Luis Glisch-Sánchez, Ph.D. shares how life coaching aligns with living for justice. Recently, David launched Soul Support Life Coaching with focuses on healing and restoring wholeness. I’ve been really excited to witness David share the vision for this work, build the business framework, and begin to offer coaching and workshops.  David is a sociologist who has spent years both doing self-work and studying how others heal “to make whole,” ... Read more ...

Reframing Burnout and Recognizing the Collective Experience

Filed Under: Emotional Literacies, Everyday Feminism, Higher Education, Racial Justice By Beth Godbee May 6, 2022 Leave a Comment

This screenshot shows Inside Higher Ed’s preview of the article and reads: “Career Advice. Honoring Ourselves and Each Other Through Burnout. Dealing with burnout should not be an individual responsibility but a collective one, Beth Godbee writes.” Text appears against a white background with the orange and white Inside Higher Ed logo and a small figure propped against a tumbling stack of papers.

Today, I have a new article published in Inside Higher Ed: “Honoring Ourselves and Each Other Through Burnout.” Here’s the opening: In the past few months, nearly all my conversations have focused on burnout. One friend is running on fumes, another wonders how to keep teaching when her body says no and still another rattles off a near-endless list of what’s not getting done. Such stories are nearly endless, too. The recent Inside Higher Ed opinion piece “Academe, Hear ... Read more ...

Commitment Statements: Questions and Answers Pointing Toward Action

Filed Under: Contemplative Practices, Everyday Feminism, Higher Education, Racial Justice By Beth Godbee February 28, 2022 Leave a Comment

This image shares folded paper in the shape of a leaf surrounded by the words: “Small-group commitment statement coaching. Part II. Wednesday, March 2nd 1:00-3:00pm ET (2 hours). Heart-Head-Hands.com. Email to get registered.”

Commitment statements are living documents: a way to clarify deep dedications and priorities and to make them actionable both in everyday life and for the long haul. For several years now, I’ve been working with commitment statements as a way to better understand my own commitments and where I’m out of alignment with them—and, importantly, to realign and strive toward justice. This work has grown out of my collaborative research on “Making Commitments to Racial Justice ... Read more ...

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

Filed Under: Emotional Literacies, Everyday Feminism, Recipes By Beth Godbee December 31, 2021 Leave a Comment

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.

In these weeks leading up to the new year—during the holidays and covid surge—I’ve found myself saying, “I’m hanging by a thread.” And friends have reminded me that one thread is better than no threads at all. It’s true. I’ve witnessed spiders suspended in air by a single thread. I’ve seen them descend to the ground gracefully with that same thread and use it as a first step to rebuilding webs. (Spiders teach me a lot!) As we welcome the new year, I’m reminding myself ... Read more ...

Spirulina Shake: Love for This Bright Green Smoothie

Filed Under: Recipes By Beth Godbee April 20, 2021 Leave a Comment

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.

As I’ve shared in the last blog post, the past few months have involved a lot of shifts in my diet: keeping vegan + gluten-free eating as the anchor, but eliminating refined sugars and, at least for the time being, eating only cooked and pureed foods. This shift has me making smoothies every day, and one I’ve particularly enjoyed is this spirulina shake. It’s sweet, so it satisfies cravings.It’s simple, so I don’t have to follow instructions.It’s satisfying, so I feel ... Read more ...

Vegan and Gluten-free Tempeh Sticks

Filed Under: Recipes By Beth Godbee April 8, 2021 Leave a Comment

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

This spring I’ve been enjoying vegan and gluten-free tempeh sticks regularly, almost daily. Throughout the pandemic, so many things—my health included—have shifted, as I know it has for many people. During the pandemic, I’ve been largely in quarantine mode, so it’s been more than a year since I’ve had acupuncture or gone swimming or had allergy shots (all of which were key to supporting my body). Through the fall and winter, I also managed my emotions through an old ... Read more ...

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This fall, so much is being asked of us. There's a This fall, so much is being asked of us. There's a need to keep speaking and acting up (#FreePalestine), and there's a need to keep resting and pouring into our inner reservoirs. Writing retreats are aligned with both needs -- both to create work that speaks into being a more just world and to feel held within a supportive structure, like along a #nature trail.

So, there's another #writing retreat this week -- Wednesday, Nov. 29th: https://heart-head-hands.com/product/writing-retreats/ ... And more open dates in December and early January. Toward acting up and holding space with and alongside you. <3

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#writingretreat #speakingup #holdingspace
Also, in life news, I have my first pair of readin Also, in life news, I have my first pair of reading glasses! Here's the Sunday evening photoshoot (from the bathroom, of course :-)) with me cracking up.
Some views of November hiking ~ with incredible gr Some views of November hiking ~ with incredible gratitude for the land and water, leaves and fungi, and particularly my person Jonathan. With so much bearing down and needing continued intervention, the trails provide respite. I share them with love and deep breaths. <3
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Reaching a permanent ceasefire for Palestinians in Gaza, where Israel is committing genocide and ethnic cleansing, is critical. It’s also the bare minimum. 

Palestinians everywhere deserve freedom, just like anyone else. This includes the freedom to live safely on their own land, access to basic resources, and protection under the law. 

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“as artists we must become courageous in telling “as artists we must become courageous in telling truth to power
and razor sharp in our analysis and commitment to liberation,
while we continue to strengthen our collective networks of care”

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what kind of cultural practices do we need to usher in more just worlds?

what cultural artifacts must we create?

what narratives desperately need to be told?

what stories should surface?

and which are no longer acceptable?
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these are the questions on my mind,
on the heels of a holiday shaped by colonial propaganda,
in a country that is financing a genocidal war also framed by colonial propaganda,
while back in my homeland patriarchal violence is again excused and justified in all major media after another femicide
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racial capitalism has had the upper hand in shaping our reality for centuries
after all, it was financially supporting the production and distribution of most cultural artifacts, from paintings to books to scholarship
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the change we desperately seek
is in the words we speak,
the images we create,
the songs we sing,
the books and zines we write
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no art is neutral-
storytelling shapes the way we perceive reality,from our romantic relationships to family expectations and dynamics of power in our cities & workplaces
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as artists we must become courageous in telling truth to power
and razor sharp in our analysis and commitment to liberation,
while we continue to strengthen our collective networks of care
so that we don't have to choose between a job and speaking out,
between paying rent and selling out,
between safety and saying what must be said
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it's high time for a cultural revolution
and each one of us can be part of this reshaping of reality -
this time on the side of justice
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About Beth Godbee

I'm an educator and former writing studies professor who believes our fully embodied selves matter in the world. We can’t just think our way out of the incredible injustices, dehumanization, violence, and wrongdoing that characterize everyday life. We must feel and act, too. [Pronouns: she/her.] Read more ...

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