Episode 153: Kindness Is Making Poetry—Creating meaningful poems for strangers

Hannah Monsour joins Anitha to talk about creating moving and thoughtful poems almost instantly. Hannah calls herself a typewriter poet. She can be found in Central Park in New York City meeting strangers who share personal parts of their lives.

Hannah transforms their words into on-the-spot meaningful poems. She shares some of these encounters, including taking part in wedding proposals. Hannah even creates a poem for Anitha during the episode.

A testament to the healing power of words.

To find out more about Hannah, her poetry and her podcast!!, check out these links:

Hannah’s Instagram

Podcast—Poking Around

As a thank you to Hannah for sharing her story, Anitha donated to The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ+ young people. To learn more about what they do, check out their website:

The Trevor Project

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Episode 95: Kindness Is Anoosha Draws

Critically acclaimed author-illustrator Anoosha Syed joins Anitha to kick off November and National Novel Writing Month.

Anoosha talks about her journey as an artist, the many books she’s created, including SARI SISTERS, the picture book she illustrated and Anitha authored, and so much more, including why she’s willing to share how much money she earns, on social media.

The two also delve a little into parenting, as Anoosha recently became a mom!

An interesting and fun episode for anyone who loves books and art!

To learn more about Anoohsa, you can follow her here:

https://www.anooshasyed.com/

https://www.instagram.com/anooshadraws

https://anooshasyed.substack.com/

As a thank you to Anoosha for sharing her story, Anitha donated to DALLAS STARS ADAPTIVE SPORTS

Dallas Stars Adaptive Sports provides adaptive ice hockey programs for athletes of all abilities, including those with intellectual, emotional, and physical disabilities.

To learn more about this non-profit, click here:

https://www.nhl.com/stars/starcenters/adaptive-sports/

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