About this episode

Wendy Shinyo Haylett converses with James Crews about his book 'Unlocking the Heart' and its impact on mindfulness and self-compassion.

I am delighted to have another conversation with James Crews, a return guest who is joining me for a conversation about his book, Unlocking the Heart: Writing for Mindfulness, Courage, and Self-Compassion. James is the author of the essay collection, Kindness Will Save the World , and editor of several bestselling poetry anthologies, including The Wonder of Small Things (winner of the New England Book Award), Healing the Divide , The Path to Kindness (winner of the Nautilus Books for a Better Life Award), and How to Love the World , which has over 140,000 copies in print. He has been featured on NPR's Morning Edition , and in People Magazine , The Boston Globe , The New York Times Magazine , The Sun Magazine , and The Washington Post . He is the author of five prize-winning books of poetry, including Unlocking the Heart, and his poems have appeared in Ploughshares, The New Republic , and other journals. James lives with his husband in the woods of Southern Vermont. At the end of September, James surprised me with the gift of his book, Unlocking the Heart and what a gift it was! I'll talk more about it in our conversation, but the book really did help unlock my heart. During…

People in this episode

Host: Wendy Shinyo Haylett

Guest: James Crews

Topics covered

• mindfulness
• self-compassion
• poetry
• vulnerability
• writing prompts

Keywords

• Unlocking the Heart
• James Crews
• mindfulness
• self-compassion
• poetry
• writing prompts
• vulnerability

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Unlocking the Heart, Kindness Will Save the World, The Wonder of Small Things, Healing the Divide, The Path to Kindness, How to Love the World

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