For our 24th podcast, listen to 13-year-old Zara Quiter read and discuss her brilliant narrative poem, "If I Should Have A Daughter," in conversation with Intuitive Writing Project founder, Elizabeth Perlman.

As Zara describes in this interview, she was inspired by the spoken word poem of the same name by Sara Kay, who she watched at school in Kay's 2011 TedTalk. Because Zara's narrator is speaking to her future daughter—while simultaneously being the 13-year-old daughter of a wonderful mother, in real life—we get to talk about the wisdom and power of two perspectives, both mothers and daughters, and the challenges that come with adolescence, standing half way between childhood and adulthood. Zara also shares her expertise and advice in terms of writing and working through creative blocks, after six years of writing with The Intuitive Writing Project.

You can read Zara's beautiful piece on our blog, The Intuitive Voice:

https://intuitivevoice.org/2025/01/16/if-i-should-have-a-daughter/

To learn more about The Intuitive Writing Project, visit us at: https://www.intuitivewritingproject.org/

Thank you for your time and presence, supporting the voices of girls and gender-expansive youth!

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Music:  Forest Lullaby was composed by “Lesfm” (the artist Oleksii Kaplunskyi) for Pixabay.com.