My childhood friend and accomplished poet, Michelle Delaine Williams, joins me on Vitally You® to talk about her poetry chapbook, Good Work for Small Hands.

Her book centers around her childhood in Missouri and her relationship with her mother. She shares that reflecting on those memories was profoundly cathartic, which really comes through in several of the poems she recites for us.

Michelle’s poem, Sprout, which she reads beautifully, transports the listener into a young person’s world of feelings. Sprout invites a conversation about taking responsibility for our own lives no matter how they began. Since becoming a grandmother twice within the last 18 months, I’ve been thinking a lot about how we come into this world and the importance of our upbringing in shaping our future. Michelle’s poems are portals to reconnecting with our younger selves and learning the ways that they wish to be present in our lives.

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, or on your favorite podcast platform.

Topics Covered:

• Michelle’s inspiration behind Good Work for Small Hands
• Michelle’s path to becoming a writer
• Writing rituals and journaling practices
• Exploring beauty alongside pain in memory
• How Michelle finds feeling younger while growing older

Resources Mentioned:

• Learn more about LifeWave
• Read Wavewalker: A Memoir of Breaking Free by Suzanne Heywood
• Read The Creative Act: A way of being by Rick Rubin

Past Episodes Mentioned:

• Vitally You Episode 25 Healing Your Inner Child to Thrive as an Adult

Connect with Michelle Delaine Williams:

• Good Work for Small Hands is available from Finishing Line Press, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble
• Connect with Michelle on LinkedIn

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Credit:

• Podcast Production by the team at The Wave Podcasting
• Music by Phoebe Greenland
• Photography by Amy Boyle Photography
• Podcast art by SimplyBe. Agency