Megan Falley

Maybe it was the literary equivalent of warm milk, lulling you to sleep.

Poetry is the passport that proves we are, all of us, citizens of the world, and through poetry we can even heal that world.

cell phone––but many studies have illuminated that smartphone dependence leads to anxiety and mood disorders, sleep disturbances, stress level and chronic pain increases, relationship problems, and more

Science supports that reading books (as opposed to those pesky screens of junk light) has great benefits for the mind. Hallelujah!

“I want to throw a party for the heartbreak that turned you into a poet.”
—MINDY NETTIFEE

We live in a culture that oppresses feelings (or, rather, depresses and buries them in work, to-do lists, social media, intoxicants of our choice, etc.), which can actually lead to depression. Ayurvedic medicine suggests the root of disease is often undigested emotion.