If you’re wondering which poetry book you should read in 2024, Start with “Where She Grows” Still Growing Wildflowers: a Healing Poetry Series. I started writing poetry back in 2018 to process life (like we all do) and in January 2020 I published my first healing poetry book, Still Growing Wildflowers. I wasn’t planning on […]

Dive deep into your shadow self with these insightful journal prompts based on the poem ‘I think I’ve created a monster’ from Alisha’s poetry book, The Worst of Me.

If you’ve ever been told: be more ladylike / to talk quietly / to stop drawing attention to yourself / to dress differently / that you’re too much or that you should be better behaved /

If you’ve ever felt like: you are hard to love / you love too much / that you always give, but get nothing back / or that you’ll never be good enough…

If you’re going through a difficult divorce or separation, know that you’re not alone. Use these self-love journal prompts from Where She Grows to explore the transformative power of love and growth through a new relationship with yourself.

Tbh, I hate being vulnerable. Nothing screams “danger ahead” like exposing my true thoughts and feelings.

I don’t know about you, but every December I have a little existential crisis and wonder, “what did I even do this year?” I have a love/hate relationship with “year in reviews” because I’m not even the same person I was a week ago, so looking back an entire year makes me cringe sometimes lol. But it turns out I did a lot that I’m proud of so here’s a little recap:

The scene is a sidewalk in Kansas City and I’m surrounded by brightly colored flowers and butterflies, a little reminisce of

think of your healing as a seed: you’re pushed into the dirt and

let me tell you all the ways I love you: first is the way

August first: this is the first time in nine years that I am not sad on her birthday.
you and I are standing under a summer storm
the desert kind that don’t come often enough, but when they do they come hard and fast

If I could write you a goodbye is a poem in my newsest poetry collection, The Worst of Me.

If there is one thing I learned this summer, it’s to : go where the love is. Sometimes, it’s right under your feet. Other times, it’s an open door.