In this episode, I sit down with Niagara Falls poet Courtney Tudman, who I discovered amidst the pandemic and whose work I quickly came to love as a source of incredible grounding and hope. Courtney and I have the most beautiful conversation in what feel to me like a reflection of souls. We chat about big childhood emotions, finding our writerly voice at an early age, the poetry of single motherhood, healing ancestral wounds through writing, and how the pen gives us a direct line to the divine.

You can find Courtney's writing @courtney_tudman_ on Instagram

And find her first collection of poetry, The Sacred Dance: A Poetic Dance Between Holding on And Letting Go here: https://www.amazon.ca/Sacred-Dance-between-Holding-Letting/dp/8195915167

Season one of Soft Opening is made possible with the support of the Niagara Falls Cultural Development Fund.

Co-Produced and Engineered By: Peter Haverkamp

Co-Produced and Hosted By: Catherine Skinner

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