After two weeks off, we’re back — and today’s conversation is exactly about coming back. Author and former boxer Mark Connor joins us to talk about loss, caring for parents, Irish and Native influences, and how to keep love, family, and life at the center even when the world is pulling apart.

In this episode, Cara and James sit down with Mark Connor, author of It’s About Time, a memoir-meets-spiritual-reflection wrapped around poetry and guarded (literally) by angels. Mark shares how he navigated seasons of grief, long pauses in his writing, caring for his parents, and staying rooted in Catholic faith while honoring Indigenous and Irish connections.

We talk about:

• How boxing and jazz taught him about rhythm in life and writing
• What to do when you hit 2 years of writer’s block
• Why he says God is not a tyrant, but “love, family, and life”
• Holding space for different spiritual traditions without losing your own
• How to keep creating when money/life/time say “not now”

📚 Get Mark’s book It’s About Time here: [Amazon link] or [Lulu link]

🌐 Visit Mark’s site: https://boxersandwritersmagazine.com/books

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