Chapters

00:00 - Intentions Behind the Book

02:23 - The Journey of Eleanorah

06:13 - Patterns of Identity and Belonging

09:41 - Navigating Relationships and Growth

14:19 - The Battlefield of Nursing

22:18 - The Complexity of Life and Death

25:50 - Embracing Uncertainty and Questions

30:13 - Finding Home Within Oneself

33:44 - The Healing Power of Writing

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Out guest today is Mariah Friend.

Mariah is a poet, former ICU nurse, and creator of Heartbeats—a nurturing community where creative caregivers find their rhythm and permission to honor all of life's seasons as sacred. Drawing from her experiences with grief, motherhood, and professional burnout, she accompanies others through life's natural cycles with compassion and intuitive wisdom as a peer, never an expert. In her work as a community builder, tarot reader, and creativity champion, Mariah creates spaces where the "both/and" of the human experience is honored: joy intertwined with grief, rest alongside creation, solitude beside belonging. Like nature, she believes our lives ebb and flow in cycles with opportunities to embrace and embody their distinct wisdom.

Through seasonal journal prompts, Connection Circles, and creative championing, she creates authentic, welcoming spaces to remember and celebrate our belonging while sharing tools and resources to collaborate, circulate abundance, and cultivate generous reciprocity. We were never meant to navigate the journey alone. Mariah invites you to join Heartbeats and discover your resonance with the pulse of life.

Connect with Mariah & the Heartbeat’s Community

https://thebarefootbeat.substack.com/

www.thebarefootbeat.com

https://www.instagram.com/mariah.m.friend

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