123 - Poetry, Finding Your Voice, and Balancing Hope & Pain (feat. Tanner Olson)

CXMH: On Faith & Mental Health

This week we talk with poet and author Tanner Olson. We touch on balancing hope & pain, where he finds inspiration, and learning to still be himself while being a writer. In the intro, Robert and Holly check in after Texas’s recent weather and talk about WandaVision.

Things we mention in this episode/other resources:
- CXMH ep. 122 - How Writing Can Shape Your Past, Present, & Future (feat. Allison Fallon)
- CXMH ep. 90 - Small Beginnings, Other People's Stories, & Being Made to Make (feat. Morgan Harper Nichols)

Connect with Tanner on his website, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Listen to his work on Spotify, Apple Music, or watch it on YouTube. Buy his books on Amazon.

Quotes:
- “Don’t call yourself an ‘aspiring writer.’ If you’re putting words down on a piece of paper…you are a writer.” (tweet)
- “When I write something hopeful that comes out of heartbreak, I don’t want to ignore the heartbreak.” (tweet)
- “Hope always has the outstretched hand.” (tweet)
- “It’s really hard to deal with the things inside of us when we just keep them there.” (tweet)

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Intro/Outro music for this episode is ‘Fall Down’ by Rivers & Robots.