POETRY IN EDEN with Felicia A. Iyamu

This episode is on the numbness of victimhood vs. real accountability, the antidote, & being American from afar. I am almost a decade living outside the United States and the window I look through is increasingly alarming.

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I don't remember you. Have we met before? In this episode, I dive into how authenticity and memory connect, and where we can go in a world of vanity, perfection, and pride.

Selective empathy is a moral challenge. Empathy, the capacity to feel and understand the emotions of others, is often heralded as the foundation of human morality. Yet, in practice, empathy is rarely distributed equally (and not everyone has it).

This episode dives into moral apathy, selective empathy, and ways forward.

What happens when there's nothing left to prove? This episode is on the slow-release of performative perfectionism and how we can move through the world loving ourselves and others.

This week, let's take it slow, and enjoy 3 original poems. May the grace of poetry fill you with hope and light this week.

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From astrology, to grief, to quantum realities, to Nietzsche: we explore balance in this week's episode.

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With a recent trip back home to the U.S.A, I was struck by America’s numbness. People live in their own silos, guarding what is theirs, clinging to what they love. Status and luxury have become obsessions, while inequity is ignored with practiced ease. The instinct to speak out is dulled, the drive to resist is extinguished. The silence sends chills down my spine. I hear it echoing in the margins, where reality remains unspoken, unchallenged.

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In this episode, I revisit our key pillar of psychology, and what things like the Dark Triad and Narcissistic Personality Disorder really mean, bringing it back to dark energy and the building blocks of our universe. This week's original poem is, "Sundays Are for Lovers."

A sit down conversation and deep talk with American author Sandra Schnakenburg on her journey of healing, authenticity, and her the path of discovery that led her to writing a truth-telling debut novel!

This episode explores the definition of time, the sanctity of knowledge, and the repeated burning of books as a temporal reference. As we look towards the future, should we wonder: are we running out of time? And if we are, what can we do about it?