Fortitude

Be Back When I'm Done Blooming

Torn between self-care and care for Democracy, not to mention my cats

Feb 2 • Shelly L Francis

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October 2025

What if connection, not critique, made your writing come alive?

A conversation with two friends who got creative together, then wrote a book

Oct 7, 2025 • Shelly L Francis

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September 2025

How Shall I Stand Between River and Land?

New book poses heart questions for uncertain times

Sep 16, 2025 • Shelly L Francis

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Human Hearts Create War and Peace

A wise elder remembers resistance in Nazi-occupied Holland in her new book and this recent reading

Sep 3, 2025 • Shelly L Francis and Leni de Mik

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June 2025

Counting Ways to Care for True Self

Loving, Caring, Sharing, Imagining, Celebrating?

Jun 24, 2025 • Shelly L Francis

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Offline Courage and Analog Activism

Finding voice and agency when frozen and speechless

Jun 6, 2025 • Shelly L Francis

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February 2025

Make a Wish for More Resilience and Courage

Listen now | Celebrating the timeliness of two book birthdays

Feb 6, 2025 • Shelly L Francis

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January 2025

Caring for this New Year

Calling on Some Full Moon Faith

Jan 13, 2025 • Shelly L Francis

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November 2024

If Books Are Your Love Language

and you're needing more courage

Nov 25, 2024 • Shelly L Francis

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October 2024

All Reading is Time Travel

Books connect us to what really happened, what's possible too

Oct 30, 2024 • Shelly L Francis

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September 2024

The Courage to Blossom

A Chat with Author/Photographer DD Haeg

Sep 30, 2024 • Shelly L Francis

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August 2024

What is the landscape of your soul?

How geography can offer metaphors to make us courageous

Aug 27, 2024 • Shelly L Francis

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