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Robin Lynn Brooks is a contributing author in THE MENTOR THAT MATTERS

1/5/2017

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Robin Lynn Brooks is a contributing author in 
The Mentor that Matters:
inspiration from transformative teachers, role models & heroes

Edited by Suzanne Fox. Series Editor, Andy Fox


"In every life, there is at least one “mentor that matters”: a person whose insights spark change and whose influence endures. 


"In a series of brief and richly thought-provoking essays written by both recognized 'names' and extraordinary ordinary Americans, THE MENTOR THAT MATTERS: STORIES OF TRANSFORMATIONAL TEACHERS, ROLE MODELS AND HEROES shares the perspectives of forty unique individuals as each speaks about one person who unforgettably changed their lives."

Robin wrote about trauma therapist Dr. AnDréya​ Wilde (scroll down Author page) who helped to give her life for the first time. Without Dréya, Robin would not be who she is today. Because of Dreya's gifts to her, Robin has turned around to become a role model, inspiration, and mentor herself for so many others.

"THE MENTOR THAT MATTERS offers an array of possibilities and perspectives that affirm the human capacity to change, grow, connect, and make a lasting mark on the world.

"A go-to reading for anyone interested in personal growth, The Mentor that Matters will inspire readers to celebrate the richness of their own life journeys, remember their most extraordinary teachers, and continue to reach for opportunities to become 'mentors that matter' themselves."

Robin's story begins:

"I sit in the corner of the kitchen in an armchair. I am tense, as curled up into myself as I can be, my feet tucked tight beneath me.

"My voice shakes as I whisper into the phone to my therapist so I cannot be heard. It is hard to speak what I feel, the words coming broken and slow. I was silenced as a child and do not know, still, how to reach inside and speak what is there. But, gradually, it begins to come…”

After many years of work with Dréya, this is where Robin is now:

"I have found the strength that was already inside me, and I have discovered and now recognize the beauty of my being. Directly because of Dréya’s mentoring of me, I have come to understand, too, that it is my honor and soul’s purpose to give back and share with others what I have been given. It is my utmost desire to help others in whatever way I can so they might find their own way to healing and to the fulfillment of who they are.

"Now, I do not only allow myself to exist. So much more, I am learning how to live and breathe my greatest self as I become who I was born to be. I would not be here today without the extreme capability, guidance, love, and support of my amazing mentor, Dr. AnDréya Wilde." 

…Such a gift
to be here
in this life
at this time
with who
I have become
.

[© 2013, Robin Brooks, the end of the poem "Who I Can Be"
from Robin's poetic memoir The Blooming of the Lotus: a spiritual journey from trauma into light]

I am so blessed.


Learn more about Robin's story. Become inspired. ​
Order The Mentors that Matter on Amazon or through your local bookstore.
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My book "The Blooming of the Lotus" invited AGAIN for the Top 10 Book Pick List for the SpiritedWoman.com website!!!!!

12/12/2016

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​Nancy Mills of Spirited Woman invited me to feature my book The Blooming of the Lotus: a spiritual journey from trauma into light again on her amazing 
The Holiday Spirited Woman Top 12 Book Pick List. What an honor to be here again.

Spirited Woman is an incredible resource of powerful and creative spiritual women from all over the world. Every month 12 of these women's work is featured, along with 12 books. 

Lynn Andrews is a member of this group, as are many other women dedicating their lives to healing and shifting our world.

Thank you, Nancy!!!
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My new book is out!! "The Blooming of the Lotus for Professionals: For all those who impact survivors' lives"

9/8/2016

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Robin Lynn Brooks - The Blooming of the Lotus for Professionals

MY SECOND BOOK IS OUT!!

The Blooming of the Lotus for Professionals is a companion book to my original poetic memoir The Blooming of the Lotus: a spiritual journey from trauma into light about the process of my own healing from a brutal childhood. This new volume is expressly for professionals, for those who impact the lives of survivors. Like my first, this was written in collaboration with trauma specialist Dr. AnDreya Wilde.

A Special Introduction begins with my address to the Domestic Violence Task Force in Greenfield, MA, in March. “‘I Deserve’ and Resiliency” is followed by more information about the repercussions of being a survivor, as well as specific recommendations for therapists, healers, educators, medical professionals, judges, and other supporters.

A grouping of poems at the end, though much abbreviated from the original, still gives a sense of what it means to be a survivor and what the healing process entails.


An Excerpt from "'I Deserve' and Resiliency"
"I want to speak to you today about how childhood incest and abuse can deeply affect all aspects of a person's life and the dynamics of future relationships. I then want to talk about what can help."

Recommendations for Therapists and Healers

"I offer my poems to you in whatever form feels appropriate to your modality of therapy. I would, however, like to suggest reading through the chapter titles in the Table of Contents of the original The Blooming of the Lotus: a spiritual journey from trauma into light. Reviewing these may prompt poems that resonate with your client, depending on which clinical phase she is experiencing.

I offer this book with the hope that it will shed light on a survivor's life and also provide insight on how you can help.

Thank you for your time and consideration in reading this. Please pass it along.

Robin

To find out where to purchase The Blooming of the Lotus for Professionals, go here.

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An Artist's Life: Healing Through Art. Opens Sept 23 6 - 7:30 p.m. Stoneleigh-Burnham School, Greenfield, MA

9/4/2016

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River Mother, Heath Road
c. 6” x 46” x 48.” Sand, leaves, pebbles. 1996.
From the Earth Mothers series

Robin Lynn Brooks: A One-Woman Show
Geissler Gallery
Stoneleigh-Burnham School

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
574 Bernardston Road, Greenfield, MA 01301
For more information, please call 413-774-2711 or visit here:
Geissler hours: Monday thru Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Through October
 
I have been an artist for most of my life. This was how I spoke as a child in the midst of a difficult childhood.
 
Throughout my life, I have used art as a way to continually explore and discover who I am and also to help me heal. Making art is breath to me.
 
In this retrospective of my healing art, you will see earth work, large drawings, installation, fabric, and concrete. Many of these pieces took me years to make as I raised my kids and worked. Some took only minutes as I fought to express those feelings that threatened to explode inside me.
 
I invite you to come and see, whether at the opening or by yourself later on. I would love to give you a glimpse of one of the most important ways I have taken care of myself all these years as I have struggled to survive and heal. Perhaps you will go away with something for your own life.
 
This show speaks to the need for all of us to listen to and honor the voice deep within. Whatever we do, it is important to pay attention as it tells us what we need, where we are going, and who we are. In this way, we may come to bloom into who it is we came here to be.
 
Thank you.
 
Robin
 
My art website: www.robinlynnbrooksart.com
Some of my healing art:
Death, Rebirth, Death
Earth Mothers
Healing Art
 
 
Imagine!
 
Robin Lynn Brooks
Author, Artist, and Healer
www.bloomingofthelotus.com
Amazon Author Page
Blog
 
Book Designer,The Beauty of Books
www.thebeautyofbooks.com
 
Web Designer, Robin's Webs
www.robinswebs.com
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A Celebration of Healing — Healing/Teaching Talk, Reading, & Book Signing. April 25 6 - 8 pm, Women's Center at MCSM, Turners Falls, MA

4/22/2016

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Do you sometimes feel alone? Worthless? Not good enough?

I have written and published the poetic memoir "The Blooming of the Lotus: a spiritual journey from trauma into light" about the process of my own healing from the brutality of my childhood. On this evening, I will be celebrating my own healing and the possibility of yours as I hope to guide, inspire, and then invite you to bear witness through poems I wrote to uncover my own authentic self.

You will come to know you are not alone. I will, also, share tools that helped me discover my own self-worth and that I AM good enough. I shares these with you to inspire your own healing. Every tiny step we take is cause for celebration.
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Thank you for guiding me through the darkness into the light!  ~ survivor 

45 minute talk followed by Q&A
Open to the public 
Refreshments after, with Book Signing
Free Event

I am available for readings, keynotes, 
lectures, and workshops. 
www.BloomingoftheLotus.com


(No poems of a graphic nature will be read. My talk is also appropriate for men.)
The Women’s Center at MCSM, 41 Third Avenue, Turners falls, ma 01376   413-863-4804 x1003
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