For the ones who write

by Jeanette LeBlanc | | Poetry + Verse, writing + creativity

This is a love letter for the writers… Hey you. You who writes. You who keeps on writing. You who pours out your hurt and your joy and your bliss and your ways of being and existing and understanding onto page and screen. You who hits the submit button again and...

You Are Here to Heal

by Jeanette LeBlanc | | Body + Wisdom

Come here. I’m going to tell you a secret. It’s okay to hate today. To hell with all that positive thinking mumbo jumbo. Toss your gratitude journal to the side, just for now. It’s okay to wallow. It’s okay to feel like PMS and Mercury Retrograde and your hour and a...

15 Things to do when you wake up sad on your birthday:

by Jeanette LeBlanc | | Grief + Healing

1. When you wake and feel the sadness flood you, take a moment to honor your broken heart.  She is wise and powerful.  She is never anything but exactly what is needed. She will break and break and break again, and still choose love. You know this.  Do not pretend...

anything could happen

by Jeanette LeBlanc | | Gratitude + Attention

Life can be fucking hard. Month after slogging month. It’s relentless really. You are weary and worn down and exhausted. You wonder sometimes, will it ever ease up? And then it does. Just like that. The exact thing you had been longing for, wrapped with a bow and...

blessed be my day.

by Jeanette LeBlanc | | Gratitude + Attention

a running list of ordinary blessings {6.24.12} a new book of poetry. black dress with pink flowers. farmer’s market heirloom tomatoes. a solo trip to the library. Terry Tempest Williams, Anne Lamott AND a deliciously mindless mass market novel. shoes with ties...