[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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Finding Words: The Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation
Five people in Ohio die every day by suicide. The Ohio Department of Health reports that in 2020, suicide was the 2nd leading cause of death among Ohioans 10-14 years of age, the 3rd leading cause among Ohioans 15-34 years of age, and the 14th leadin...
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Welcome to the Ohio COE
Welcome to the Ohio Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Prevention and Promotion. On behalf of the entire facilitation team, I am excited to say our (virtual) doors are now open and we are so glad you are here! As a start-up organi...
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Weekly Wide-Awake: How to Miracle
People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, whit...
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Doing Philosophy, Health
Seeing and Being Seen
“Because so many of the poems tonight felt a little like our own stories. Like we saw and were seen. And how crazy would it be if I did that for someone else?” ― Elizabeth Acevedo I hope to shine a light on how our individual stories tie us ...
read moreAbout Katie
From 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.
