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Poetry as a Portal: Writing Through Trauma with Mari, The Transmutational Poet
This week on Healing Her Story, I’m joined by the radiant and revolutionary voice of Mari Candela—a poet, healer, teacher, and traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivor whose words are both balm and battle cry.
Mari’s story is one of radical reclamation. After surviving a traumatic brain injury, she found her way back to herself through poetry—not as performance, but as a deeply embodied act of healing. In this powerful conversation, we explore how writing can become a bridge between brokenness and wholeness, between memory and imagination, between pain and possibility.
If you’ve ever struggled…
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