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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 28/09/2026

Guess what just arrived in the mail? Can’t wait to finish! #dreamfall #WillDowd

Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 27/09/2026

Sunday Reflection — The Cracks Between Us Repair doesn't mean pretending the crack never happened. Perhaps it means allowing the relationship to become something different because it did. 👉 Read more: buff.ly/LtjxHP0 #SundayReflection #ThoughtEchoes #Relationships #Repair

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 22/09/2026

When we’d get our report cards my Dad glanced at my grades, he’d say (every time), “Math's the only grade that counts.” Who knows what would have happened if I pursued my poetry instead? Read more 👉 buff.ly/P1MUa95 #authentic #influence

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 21/09/2026

Who haven’t you told how they made a difference in your life? #gratitude #memories @hirokoyoda.bsky.social bethbonness.substack.com/p/what-is-gr...

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 03/09/2026

Who Else Had Gloria Steinman’s Voice in Their Heads? substack.com/@bethbonness... #GloriaSteinman #Freedom #Choices

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 31/08/2026

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Weeding the Labyrinth 🦋 Margaret Chula “This is the work of gardeners & poets:/ clearing the part for others/ moving steadily, but circuitously/ toward the center of the labyrinth/ nothing but weeds in our hands.” #poetry

Book cover of Weeding the Labyrinth by Margaret Chula with abstract golden sun and crystalline formed ice and black lines like tender branches.

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 28/08/2026

When I first heard of 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝘄'𝘀 book, I was struck by two first impressions: 🍃 it was for guys 🍃 the loneliness and disconnection sounded like it was for everyone 🎧 Listen to to interview on YouTube: Are You Living Or Only Performing? | Judd Shaw | Thought Echoes Podcast youtu.be/Gxi5vRd9UR4

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 24/08/2026

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Weeding the Labyrinth 🦋 Margaret Chula December Fugue “Early-morning brume Wind releases a glissando of leaves.” #poetry #gried

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 24/08/2026

Hello 🦋 poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk —for this week's #LiftToTheSky Weeding the Labyrinth Margaret Chula At Home at the Playa “I have always wanted a view like this: to begin my day; the flat floor of a distant desert basin/ silent, placid, still holding some of the night” #Poetry #FavoriteLine

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 22/08/2026

In honor of Ray Bradbury’s bday - 1 of my favorite pieces of advice: “Read poetry every day of your life. Poetry is good because it flexes muscles we don’t use often enough. Poetry expands the sense & keeps them in prime condition…all poetry is compacted metaphor/simile.” #RayBradbury #poetry

Book Cover of Ray Bradbury's book Zen and the art of Writing in calligraphy script.

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 20/08/2026

#Experimenting I love experimenting. One time my youngest daughter experimented with paper-making for her wedding: 🌱 a tub of water 🌱 a small picture frame 🌱 modified splatter guard screen 🌱 lavender from her yard 🌱 early drafts of memoir & old tax paperwork www.bethbonness.com/blog/redefin...

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 19/08/2026

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀. How are emotions stored in our bodies? And how can we release them? 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵... #Authenticity #MindBody #Emotions #ThoughtEchoes 🎧Listen to the whole conversation: buff.ly/Eh8N45s

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 16/08/2026

𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 Respect often shows up in ordinary moments. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯? 👉 Read more: buff.ly/2WwMnJK #SundayReflection #ThoughtEchoes #Respect

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 14/08/2026

Why DIS I go to see The Odyssey when I knew it was so violent? #1 Christopher Nolan: fav movie Inception #2 Matt Damon: 3 girls like us #3 Anne Hathaway #4 IMAX #5 cultural participation: FOMO? something non-political to talk about Wish Nolan made < violent films www.imdb.com/title/tt3376...

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 11/08/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵? How can you close the gap between sharing who you authentically are? Start with a conversation... 🎧 Listen to Thought Echoes Podcast trailer with Judd Shaw Full podcast 👉 buff.ly/Z52Po32 #ThoughtEchoes #Authenticity #JuddShaw

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 10/08/2026

Hello 🦋 poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Wedding the Labyrinth Margaret Chula Inspiration “Tasting them [apples], acknowledge the small seeds that mark/ their beginnings and their endings./ Inside us now, the sprouting.” #Poetry #FavoriteLines

Book cover for Weeding the Labyrinth by Margaret Chula, an abstract drawing of the sun and icy vines.

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 04/08/2026

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴? In my conversation with 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝘄 the concept of all the ways we go through life performing (especially at work) snuck in a bit. 🎧 Listen to the whole conversation: buff.ly/Z52Po32 hashtag#Authenticity hashtag#PerformanceTrap Judd Shaw ⚡️

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 03/08/2026

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Weeding the Labyrinth Margaret Chula Parenting “The parents form / a parenthesis of protection around their young ones.” #poetry #parenting

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 29/07/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 27/07/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 25/07/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 21/07/2026

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."

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 17/07/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 13/07/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 22/06/2026

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”

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 15/06/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 08/06/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 02/06/2026

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...

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 18/05/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 11/05/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 04/05/2026

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Dream Work Mary Oliver Members of the Tribe “This had nothing to do with laying down a path of words / that could throttle, / or soften, /the human heart.” #poetry

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 27/04/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 20/04/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 06/04/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 31/03/2026

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/...

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 22/03/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 20/03/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 15/03/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 08/03/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 07/03/2026

✨ 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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 06/03/2026

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 :)

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 02/03/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 24/02/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 23/02/2026

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”

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 19/02/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 17/02/2026

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...

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 16/02/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 09/02/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 08/02/2026

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

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 04/02/2026

What if we’re all living a story we don’t fully realize we’re in? A lingering question from my conversation with poet Anna Citrino on the Thought Echoes podcast—about belonging, silence & the places that shape us. 🎧 Listen to full podcast www.bethbonness.com/podcast/anna... #poetry #thoughtechoes

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