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Poetry for Mental Health Programs
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. We are taking this opportunity to share with you some of the IPM Community Partners and their programs with mental health focus. May 1-31st Poetry and Horses Crescent Moon Center IPM's collaboration with Crescent Moon Center focuses on bringing free poetry and wellness workshops to adults in recovery, veterans, BIPOC mothers, disabled adults, LGBTQ+ community members, immigrants, refugees, and suicide-loss survivors throughout the Bay Are

IPM Team
May 206 min read


July 2026 | Healing Words Amid Suffering: Poetic Medicine and Chaplaincy | Witek Nowosiad
Part of the Poetic Medicine Summit 2026 year-long series The Expressive Art of Poetry Thursday, July 16, 2026 12:00 - 2:00 pm Pacific Time Registration for the full series of events, including recordings of all previous sessions is here: https://givebutter.com/Summit2026April This workshop explores how Poetic Medicine’s creative approach to self-expression can deepen chaplaincy practice — especially the sacred disciplines of listening, silence, and presence. Through examples

IPM Team
May 52 min read


Poetry is an Alternative to Suicide | Hala Emad
Afterword from John Fox: I met Hala Emad of Cairo, Egypt in early June of 2018. She was intently exploring writing-to-heal possibilities...

IPM Team
Apr 7, 20231 min read
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