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Beth Bonness

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Writer (memoir-in-process). Poet. Vegan chef. Love exploring the ripple effects of our thoughts, chasing sunsets & vegan umami. Host of thought echoes 🎧 🌿💜 learn about thought echoes https://bethbonness.com

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Jan 1

Happy 2025! Here's to more "horizon therapy" during quiet sunsets in National Parks. This during our last trip of 2024 in Joshua Tree National Park. Wishing everyone a healthy 2025!

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 1d

"This thought echoes idea. It's really interesting. There is research to show that the beliefs you arrive at a situation with are going to influence not just your own behavior, but how other people are going to react to you.” — Josh Davis, PhD

www.bethbonness.com/podcast/josh...

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Literary Arts @literary-arts.org · Aug 26

Announcing the 2025 #PDXBookFest author line-up. ☔📚

We will be joined by more than 80 authors to celebrate books! These authors include @staceyabrams.com, Rebecca Yarros, Nicholas Boggs, @emmadonoghue.bsky.social, @angelaflournoy.bsky.social, and @susanorlean.bsky.social

More on: pdxbookfest.org

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 9d

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk
- for this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out Melanie Green’s A Long, Wide Stretch of Calm

At the Edge of a Lake
“At the shore / of silence— / what becomes / and unbecomes”

The Luster of Silence
“in afternoon’s / echo of lights.”

#poetey

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 25d

Listen as Elina Teboul invites us to redefine the traditional notions of leadership.

🎙https://www.bethbonness.com/podcast/elina-teboul-author-feminine-intelligence

#thoughtechoes #feminineintelligence #leadership #consciousleadership #ElinaTeboul

Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 25d

Congratulations!!! @nazaretranea.bsky.social

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 27d

“Kintsugi is a metaphor of life. It gives hope because it reminds you that your journey will be imperfect, that you will always find a solution, and you can gain experience from everything that you go through, and you will bounce back.”
— Céline Santini

#Kintsugi #resilence
youtu.be/qAaBKCCt7xM

Céline Santini: finding strength in our imperfections

YouTube video by Beth Bonness

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Sep 8

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk
- for this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out @aveningo-sanders.bsky.social for Pockets & Our Timeless Compulsion

“…I wrote a poem. I’d like to share it with you, if I may.”

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Aug 25

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk
- for this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out Marcia Loughran ‘s My Mother Never Died Before

Inheritance
“…After she died / I erased her voicemails — / I have her voice / inside my head...”

#PowerOfPoetry

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Aug 15

Especially interested in trying the tofu crumble :)

Ingrid Sojit @maximalistvegan.bsky.social · Aug 15

Roasted Red Pepper Pasta Topped with Crunchy Herb Seasoned Tofu Crumble
A comforting nutritious dish pasta layered with Mediterranean flavors
maximalistvegan.com/savory/roast...
#veganrecipes #veganpasta #veganfood #veganrecipeshare #plantstrong #plantbasedrecipes #wholefoodplantbased #wfpb #oilfree

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Aug 15

Looks delicious!

Garontae @garontae.bsky.social · Aug 15

Quick Friday mushroom, sugar snap peas & spinach pad thai 👨🏾‍🍳 🌱🍝 👨🏾‍🍳 #Vegan #VeganFood #PlantBased #VeganSky #BlackVeganSky #BlackSky #BlackGaySky

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Aug 14

"People who multitask a lot have trouble discerning what's important in their environment. There are huge impacts on our lives from living this constant diet of distraction." — Maggie Jackson

open.spotify.com/episode/46iq...

Maggie Jackson: what are you paying attention to?

thought echoes podcast · Episode

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Aug 12

What are you paying attention to?

"People who multitask a lot have trouble discerning what's important in their environment. There are huge impacts on our lives from living this constant diet of distraction." — Maggie Jackson

🎙️YouTube: buff.ly/b79EAB7

#Distracted #Attention

Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Aug 7

"Attention is absolutely, extraordinarily important for how we operate in the world, and it's really useful to know that there are three different kinds.” — Maggie Jackson

#attention #Distracted #mentalhealth

youtu.be/5IjLh2sEOTw

Maggie Jackson: what are you paying attention to?

YouTube video by Beth Bonness

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Aug 5

What are you paying attention to?

"Attention is absolutely, extraordinarily important for how we operate in the world, and it's really useful to know that there are three different kinds.” — Maggie Jackson

🎙️YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IjL...

#Distracted #Attention

Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Aug 4

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk
- for this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out #PasqualeTrozzolo & #ThePoetryBox @aveningo-sanders.bsky.social for "Before the Distance”

About Why
“Why should why matter so much/When is so much better.”

“Like when we kiss/not why we might”

#PowerOfPoetry

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Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · Jul 28

Always good to speak to Alan 🙏

The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Jul 28

No bells, no frills—just a straight-up conversation. #AlanParrySpeaksTo @paulwritespoems.bsky.social about poetry, process, and the pulse behind the page.
🔗 shorturl.at/GiMwM
#PoetsOfBluesky #PoetInterview

Alan Parry Speaks to... Paul Short - Alan Parry

Paul Short is a poet from Newcastle upon Tyne, currently working on his first pamphlet. His main influences are the heritage of the North East and his working-class background. Paul’s poetry has been published by Black Bough Poetry, The Broken Spine, Dark Poets Club, Flight of The Dragonfly, and several other journals. AP: What are […]

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Jul 22

“Our family balance has changed. For most of the girls’ lives, they’ve been the center of our universe & we theirs. They have their own universes & we can visit. We’re visiting stars.”

What are all the ways we can learn to let go? 👉 www.bethbonness.com/blog/how-can...

#WabiSabi #thoughtechoes

How can we learn when it’s time to let go?

What are attachments? How can we release our hold on attachments and learn when it’s time to let go?

www.bethbonness.com

Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Jul 14

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk changed
- for this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out to @aveningo-sanders.bsky.social for "Your Rescue" in OR Poetry Assoc #Verseweavers

"... stepping across / that threshold, you found yourself and learned / the language of letting go."

#PowerOfPoetry

Verseweavers the Oregon Poetry Association Anthology of Prize-winning Poems Number 29/2024 cover with bright pink flower. Includes poem by Shawn-Aveningo-Sanders "Your Rescue"

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Jul 14

Congrats @lisadellaporta.bsky.social

Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Jul 10

“The attachment to control is very common. Many people get hijacked by control, the secret is vulnerability, to allow yourself to recognize that you don't control everything & let it go." --Bob Rosen

#mentalhealth #attachments #vulnerability #thoughtechoes

open.spotify.com/episode/330V...

Bob Rosen: how do we let go of attachments and aspire to new ideals?

thought echoes podcast · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Jul 10

I tried a tiny experiment— I will use a handwriting-to-text app & dictation 7X.

As Anne-Laure says, “There’s no pressure, there’s no right, no wrong, there’s just doing it.”

can we use tiny experiments to learn more about ourselves?

www.bethbonness.com/podcast/anne...

@neuranne.bsky.social

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Jul 3

"Western psychology is all about goals & aspirations and problem solving & Eastern psychology is all about understanding the power of impermanence & change & uncertainty, in fact, attachments. So I wrote the book to weave those two concepts together." -- Bob Rosen

#Detach

youtu.be/oKBCu63BnD8

Bob Rosen: how do we let go of attachments and aspire to new ideals?

YouTube video by Beth Bonness

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Jul 1

Ok! Will check their Rudy one out on YouTube: youtu.be/DOHij_oO1BA?...

#poetry #performance

Rudy Francisco - Orville

YouTube video by Button Poetry

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Jun 30

Thanks @alanparry83.bsky.social - I'm looking forward to checking more of their books out based on your recommendation :)

#poetry #smallpresses

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Jun 30

Hello poets & @brokenspinearts.bsky.social - for this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out to #RudyFrancisco - ordering own copy

My Honest Poem

"... Yesterday I tripped/ over my self-esteem, landed on my pride/and it shattered like an iPhone/with a broken face."

#poems #poetry #ButtonPoetry

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