Hi There, My Dear Reader!

I’m Mary Beth and WELCOME to Mantras and Coffee!

So, go on…pour yourself a cup of your favorite brew, get cozy and enjoy!

Mantras are thoughts. We have the ability to allow our positive, affirming feeling thoughts to become mantras. Especially during high-stress moments. Ancient mantra is, also, an extraordinary tool to learn about and explore.

The purpose with this space is to create a safe and soft landing for anyone that needs it. I also host The My Morning Pages Journal Club Community here. A place to stop by when things seem overwhelming and chaotic. A place to take a moment for yourself, take a breath, pause, and remember what it’s like to be alive and perhaps act as a reminder that we all actually do have souls dwelling deep within all of us. We all need to catch our breaths and reset, from time to time. You’ll get that here. My hope is you feel better, calmer, more centered and more in rhythm with your real self after visiting here.

Free subscribers have access to…

• Two bi-weekly letters released in alignment with the lunar cycle, the full/new moon, each month, including specially crafted poems and journaling prompts

• Curated playlists attuned to the current season

• A highlight of musings, books, podcasts, and anything else that may be inspiring to my soul and keeping my energy moving, loving and alive

Paid subscribers receive all free content plus…

• Exclusive poetry and in-depth journaling prompts, explorations, and challenges shared only here

• Monthly invite to: My Morning Pages Journaling Club, which includes a private podcast, called My Morning Pages Podcast, sharing audio poetry meditations and guidance through different journaling methods

• An explorations into specific mantras, along with curated playlists of Mantras, meditations, and music

• Access to my full archive

• A friend to hold your hand through the awkward feeling of cracking open a journal and pouring your heart into it

• My unending gratitude for being a paid subscriber, giving direct support to me and my work, as I share my heart

About Me:

I’m a mama to three beautiful kids, wife to my best friend, poet, writer, yoga teacher-in-training and forever student of life. My work has been seen in several anthologies, along with a curated stationary collection, and has won a special award with The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press.

I love mantras and I’m a connoisseur of fine coffees. I’m just a normal mom that has had to work hard to find my own, personal reticent solace. There are few things that compare to my morning quiet time paired with the most perfect, cup of hot coffee. I just love how, everyday, each one seems to have it’s own kind of personality. Ya know? Who’s with me there?

Mantras and Coffee began as a seed of an idea a few years ago. As I sat in my morning meditation…mind wandering… I knew I needed to share my findings, in the hopes of creating an easier path for others to get to that sweet muted place. That tender heart space I came to rely upon so often, as well as, to solidify what I learn, for a deeper, more connected understanding.

For me, guiding, helping and loving my family is my top priority. The last few years have been especially challenging in that we have had to traverse up the mountain, called childhood cancer. Our eldest son was diagnosed in August of 2022. It has been a very intensive, full-time job. I was tethered to my boy and ready for anything throughout the entire process of his active treatment.

Writing has become a close friend, and a healing way for me to release all the things, over these last few years. Mantras were key in helping me deal with the extreme emotional ups and downs. They helped to keep me steady during some of the roughest periods. The best gift in finding this friend, has been the healing part. The second best, has been being able to do it, from anywhere, while being the caretaker, my son (and his siblings) deserve and need daily. Bestowing a gift of intangible freedom that I can’t begin describe. I’m beyond grateful.

Even in all life’s glory and in the most tragic moments, we always learn something. Day after day, constantly being inundated with EVERYTHING, we all need a little help sometimes.

Hope you enjoy!!

Your support helps to keep life rolling, freshly brewed coffee in my kitchen daily, and me writing. It is truly appreciated. Thank you.🙏🏼

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