[The Stage is on Fire] is a page-turner in which, much like life, there are no easy answers and yet each step of the journey yields insight and hope. This work of heart must not be missed!
Melanie Faith
Creative Writing Teacher, Essayist & Poet.
Katie Steedly’s first-person piece [The Unspeakable Gift] is a riveting retelling of her participation in a National Institutes of Health study that aided her quest to come to grips with her life of living with a rare genetic disorder. Her writing is superb.
The Society of Professional Journalists
In recognition of receiving the Dateline Award for the Washingtonian Magazine essay, The Unspeakable Gift.
I thank you … It is the authenticity of your “class notes”; and it is the delicacy and skill with which you present the nuances of classroom life and the actuality of your students’ and fellow teachers’ lives.
Maxine Greene
Philosopher and Education Scholar
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Course Work, Doing Philosophy, Health
The Butterfly Dinner: A Oneness Expedition
I am relatively new to talking about Turner syndrome. I was diagnosed with Turner syndrome at the age of 15. I discussed it rarely outside of doctors' offices after that initial conversation. Turner syndrome results when one of the X chromosomes is m...
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Course Work, Weekly Wide-Awake
Weekly Wide-Awake: Forming
"Forming—bringing what you imagined into three-dimensional reality." Martha Beck I have been forming my entire life. Forming is a perfect name (thank you Martha Beck) for the process my heart has always seemed to understand. I have always liste...
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Course Work, Weekly Wide-Awake
Weekly Wide-Awake: Oneness
Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.Martha Beck I believe in interdependence and ubuntu. I believ...
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Course Work, Weekly Wide-Awake
Weekly Wide-Awake: Wordlessness
Wild New World I took a writing class with writer, psychologist, and coach Martha Beck, Wild New World. As Beck explains, "All of us have patterns where we're trying to live our best lives and we make the same mistakes over and over. Wild New Worl...
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Born in Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
