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Magic Questioning for Momentum
and other tips for sustaining the creative life
Jan 12 • Heather Lanier
The Happies and Crappies of 2025
It’s “look-back” time in the cultural zeitgeist, and I’m here for it!
Dec 29, 2025 • Heather Lanier
The Allure of Optimization
or how to stay human in the holiday season
Dec 17, 2025 • Heather Lanier
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Every Body Has Something
Jul 9, 2024 • Heather Lanier
White Guys Explain Privilege to Me
Apr 3, 2024 • Heather Lanier
Writing an Essay Is Like Walking in the Dark
Sep 24, 2024 • Heather Lanier
It's Not You, It's the Emotional Labor
Aug 28, 2023 • Heather Lanier
Name Five Good Things
Jul 3, 2025 • Heather Lanier
The Spiritual Practice of Doing Nothing
May 29, 2024 • Heather Lanier
The Joy of Giant Balloon Dogs
and how to lift yourself out of artistic doubt
Nov 14, 2025 • Heather Lanier
On Change, & Ritual as a Grounding Act
for when everything keeps shifting under our feet
Oct 8, 2025 • Heather Lanier
How Can a Little Book Take Ten-Plus Years?
a story of art-making at its slowest
Sep 15, 2025 • Heather Lanier
"we are made to create"
poet, essayist & memoirist Heather Lanier on her writing and Centering Prayer practices and how they help her access Something Bigger ✨🙏🏼
Published on Be Where You Are • Aug 25, 2025
Anger Is Hopeful
on rage as both hope and fuel
Jul 22, 2025 • Heather Lanier
Name Five Good Things
A small, benevolent practice in any season
Jul 3, 2025 • Heather Lanier
The Card of Integrity
Or, How to consume the news without combusting into bits.
Apr 7, 2025 • Heather Lanier
The Slow Take
The Slow Take
An occasional newsletter about the strange beauty of being human, from poet & essayist Heather Lanier.
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