Beth Bonness

@hrundgunnsteins.bsky.social @monicacparker.bsky.social @kbenfante.bsky.social @annelamott.bsky.social @annieduke.com @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social @catbohannon.bsky.social

To echo @neuranne.bsky.social author shout-out & #Caroline AdamsMiller amplification posts on LinkedIn— here are some books written by women from my shelves to highly recommend …. In kindof color-coded order :)
#Amplification #InternationalWomenaDay

One moment at an awards show captured Ampliship in action. Frances McDormand asked all the female nominees in the room to stand. Not just the actors. The writers. The producers. The directors. The…... One moment at an awards show captured Ampliship in action. Frances McDormand asked all the female nominees in the room to stand. Not just the actors. The writers. The producers. The directors. The ...

Can’t stop smiling…

#InternationalWomensDay #ShareTheStage

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✨ 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗲 — 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝗱𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 ✨

Not the abstract idea of gratitude But the kind that quietly shapes how we move through the world.

Listen to full conversation with Hiroko Yoda author of 𝘌𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.

🎙️https://buff.ly/3Y1CLL2

#gratitude

After journaling, lI went for a final walk on the beach south of San Diego before we broke camp to start heading back home and saw these little birds skittering all over the place.

I couldn’t help but laugh and think - they look like my thoughts feel after too much caffeine☕️ or sensory inputs :)

Hello poets &
@thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Surreal Expulsion by D.R. James
New Year Cliché’d
“ziplocked thoughts extolling totems…”

#poetry

In early 2026, a report researched how connected Americans felt. Over half did not feel connected.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙨 6 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. Third Place struck me: not home or work, but somewhere you feel comfortable.

Turns out coffee shop around the corner is my Third place.
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Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — #LiftToTheSky the unknowable Mystery of Other People by Sally Zakariya

Love Letter from a Fire
"On the lawn a man sat at a scorched piano..pajamas/soot-smudged…fingers finding solace in familiar keys / flames reflected in the sweat that shone on his forehead”

How do we learn to navigate the ocean of life with a strong inner compass? What is an inner compass? And how do we learn to navigate the ocean of life with a strong one?

𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — 𝗡𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀

Following my intuition isn't new, but taking the time to listen to it sometimes takes a nudge.

👉  www.bethbonness.com/blog/how-do-...

#SundayReflection #Intuition #Attention #ThoughtEchoes

Up in the middle of the night, listening to the sounds of ocean waves & searching for the Big Dipper. We’re at the OR Coast celebrating the 51st anniv of our 1st date — a half century ago.

I wondered - when was the 1st time I felt I belonged in this relationship?

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A little over 80 years ago, Abraham Maslow published his “Theory of Human Motivation," creating a new system to map our basic needs & higher aspirations.

Guess where "belongingness" ranked?

Just after our need for: food, clothing, shelter & physical safety

www.bethbonness.com/blog/where-d...

Hello poets &
@thebrokenspine.co.uk —

For this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out Mary C. Folio’s The Fog published by The Poetry Box. Reading on the stormy Oregon coast.

“Afterwards”
…
“The wanton panic,
the jigsaw forests
where I found myself”

@aveningo-sanders.bsky.social #poetry

Hello poets &
@thebrokenspine.co.uk —

For this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out Anna Cintrino's new book: Stories We Didn't Tell.

Jamie Considers Adah’s Decision
“It takes time to learn who we are, / what we need.”

#poetry

Hello poets &
@thebrokenspine.co.uk —

For this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out Anna Cintrino's new book: Stories We Didn't Tell.

Jamie Considers Adah’s Decision
“It takes time to learn who we are, / what we need.”

#poetry

Respect often shows up in the places we don’t name —
in the boundaries we hesitate to set,
the expectations we carry silently,
& how we treat ourselves when no one is watching.

It’s not just something exchanged,
It’s something practiced.

Read the reflection:
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#ThoughtEchoes

Anna Citrino -- What Are the Stories that Shape Us? | Thought Echoes Podcast YouTube video by Beth Bonness

What stories shape us, even if we don't have the words?

🎧 Listen to full podcast on YouTube: youtu.be/9CjR-OBX0vE

#poetry #thoughtechoes

What if we’re all living a story we don’t fully realize we’re in?

A lingering question from my conversation with poet Anna Citrino on the Thought Echoes podcast—about belonging, silence & the places that shape us.

🎧 Listen to full podcast www.bethbonness.com/podcast/anna...

#poetry #thoughtechoes

Hello poets &
@thebrokenspine.co.uk —

For this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out Holiday Zine by @streetroots.bsky.social here in Portland, Oregon. Missed Nate at @powells.bsky.social but met Cloud who shared his poem.

Turtle Power by Cloud (852)

“The power inside that shell…”
#poetry

✨ Saturday Memory Lane ✨

Respect doesn’t start with others —
it starts with how we treat ourselves when no one’s watching.

🎧 Marcy Syms on Leading with Respect
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#ThoughtEchoes #Respect @leadingwithrespect.bsky.social

Reading through Amy Leneker's Cheers to Monday opened up my perspective on stress. [Love workaholic to joy specialist reframing :)]

Read this book to re-learn your ABCs -- of Joy (Awareness, Breathe, Connection).

#CheersToMonday #stress #joy

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Last week on the trail, I found one of my favorite quiet miracles.

These are Pipevine flowers — easy to miss, blooming before the leaves arrive, long before most things wake up.

They’re part of a remarkable relationship that eventually gives rise to the Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly.

Of course!

I’ve just started reading and can’t help picturing Shakespeare in Love scenes depicting Hamnet’s working father on another stage.

I’ve just started reading and can’t help picturing Shakespeare in Love scenes depicting Hamnet’s working father on another stage.

@chris-bogart.bsky.social The Dream Eater poetry book cover of a grainy picture of the back of a train moving away on undulating train tracks.

Hello poets &
@thebrokenspine.co.uk —

for this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out The Eater of Dreams by @chris-bogart.bsky.social and all the immigrants in the US…

I Dream
“Beyond cat heat howling, babies crying, hope dying, / I dream.”

#poetry #dreams #hope

What if everything you've been doing about stress is wrong?

"So for me, the big aha moment was recognizing that joy is a wellness strategy, because when we feel joy, the scientific makeup of joy actually builds resilience. ” — Amy Leneker

#stress #resilence

www.bethbonness.com/podcast/amy-...

To start the new year revisit 3 of the most listened to podcasts exploring the nature of our thoughts & their ripple effects.

Happy New Year!

www.bethbonness.com/podcast/caro...

www.bethbonness.com/podcast/dr-n...

www.bethbonness.com/podcast/hrun...

@hrundgunnsteins.bsky.social #podcast

#FridayReads

Ever since reading Thinking in Bets, I cannot help but constantly reframe options & scenarios into probabilities - especially with my 4yr-old gdaughter.

Life is more like poker than chess. Thanks Annie!

@annieduke.com #bets #uncertainty #probability #bets #luk #chance #DecisionMaking

How can we let people know their impact on us while still alive? What does gratitude feel like? How can we let people know the impact they had on our lives while they are still alive and not just words said at their funeral?

Gratitude to me feels like it’s nestled in warmth. I feel it when I hear my granddaughter say, “BB & Papa,” in her sweet breathy voice. It’s as if the words hold magic & are best used in little bits because of their power.

www.bethbonness.com/blog/how-can...

#gratitude @hirokoyoda.bsky.social

Beth Bonness's review of Eight Million Ways to Happiness 5/5: If you are interested in learning more about the Japanese culture, I highly recommend Hiroko Yoda's 8 Million Ways to Happiness. Hiroko's inviting non-Japanese people into the Japanese culture. ...

If you are interested in learning more about the Japanese culture, I highly recommend 8 Million Ways to Happiness.

Thank you for sharing in English so those outside of Japan can gain a glimpse of what you experience every day.

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@hirokoyoda.bsky.social #gratitude