What if poetry could unlock our potential to heal? Jim Elsaesser, a healing poetry guide who has facilitated workshops for survivors of sexual and domestic violence, for girls at the School for Leadership Afghanistan (SOLA), and more, joins me to talk about the connective, spirit-opening power of sharing and writing poetry in community. He insists that, whether you’ve ever written a poem or not, poetry is in you and it can walk you back home to yourself.

Learn more about SOLA in this recent 60 Minutes segment, “Daring to Educate Afghanistan’s Girls.”

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