Radical Authenticity
An Interview with Leslie M. Browning
In this week’s episode Leslie M. Browning speaks with Joanna about: learning to move forward with traumatic experiences; healing is a journey; making meaning out of the loss; connected in vulnerability; the healing magic and beauty of the American Southwest; the solace and nurturance of the “wild silence”; embracing our complexity; the daily practice of radical acceptance; poetry and memoir, soul and life journey; sharing our stories in the radical authenticity community.
(L.M.) Leslie M. Browning is the award-winning author of twelve titles. In her writing, Browning explores the confluence of the natural landscape and the interior landscape. In 2010, Leslie debuted with a three-title contemplative poetry series: “Ruminations at Twilight”, “Oak Wise”, and the Barren Plain. These three books went on to garner several accolades including a total of 3 pushcart-prize nominations, the Nautilus Gold Medal for Poetry, and Foreword Reviews’s IndieFab Awards. She followed this success with “Fleeting Moments of Fierce Clarity”, which was named a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards and was likewise nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is also author of “To Lose the Madness: Field Notes on Trauma, Loss and Radical Authenticity”.
“I Can’t Sit Still”, original music by Evarusnik
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A great interview…. Thankyou both. Hard questions were asked and they were answered. I really appreciated the authenticity so refreshing and a positive template for moving on and carrying what has gone before, knowing Nature is a healer combined with creativity.
Hard questions are the most fulfilling! Thank you for your insight, you are valued. :)
It seems to me that this land you speak of which I had passed through in 2005 is a place where we no longer have to strive but life means just absorbing our lives, collecting those stories and listen to what our collective ancestors have to deliver to us through the wind and the sky and the land. I have told people here in Charlotte, NC where I currently live after living in LA for 30 yrs that I would like to return to the Painted Drsert someday.
Thank you for spreading the word Patricia, we will continue the journey.