The Kind of Gift That Resonates.
Brenda has always believed that healing has many languages. Coaching is one. Poetry is another.
Meet the Author
Brenda Long
A wife, a mother, and grandmother who lives in the small town of Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada. She brings her passions and skills to a variety of settings, including private, small group, and large group sessions, helping others shift their relationship with discomfort into one of growth and healing.
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Expressions fomr the Heart
Cultivating Pockets of Self-Awareness Through the Art of Poetry.
A collection of poems born from Brenda’s own life and from the stories of those she has walked alongside on their healing journeys. Each poem is an honest, unfiltered piece of self-awareness, written to be felt, recognized, and carried with you.
Her poetry is a unique blend of her own lived experiences alongside those of the people she has helped along the way, written as a tribute to self-awareness, for her clients, her family, and her friends.
A Taste From the Collection
Am I Strong Enough?
Am I strong enough you ask?
You have pushed yourself down into this dark hole,
As you sit there in loneliness.
You are deep in the thought, of how did I get here?
How did I allow myself to be pushed so far down?
The heaviness that feels like armour, it’s not natural, is this even mine?
I dare say no to this, if I am to honour self and the strength that I have forgotten.
This is no time to let myself be here, This is not the time to keep the blinders on.
It is time for me to look deeply and kick myself into gear.
My strength is my power, it has never let me down before.
Why do I even question this?
I am not sure.
Self-talking?
You must get up my dear.
As the sunlight shines, deep down inside, I know 1 must move on.
Am I strong enough?
Do I even really know how to stand here on my own, Without the feeling of being alone?
Push all this fear aside,
As you look up at the sunlight.
Push yourself out of this hole, With your strength and all your might.
Now that I am here, standing in this light, I remained, knowing that I wasn’t feeling right.
Every day is baby steps, to where I need to be, I will not give up on me.
I am the only one who can make this change.
This change I need, and I agree.
It’s time for me, to move on from what I believed I have answered my own question.
I am strong enough.
What Readers Are Saying
So Many Beautiful Messages in this Book
“This little book of poems have a powerful and inspiring message that will touch everyone who reads it. I felt I could relate to many of Brenda’s stories. What a perfect gift to give a friend or loved one.”
— Rhonda T.
Beyond the Pages
Brenda's Words Live Beyond This Book
If Brenda’s Poetry speaks to something in you, her work as a mindfulness coach and healer offers the same honesty, one conversation, one person, one session at a time.