Beth Bonness

@bethbonness.com

Poet & writer | Creator of Thought Echoes ๐ŸŽง Podcast & Newsletter | Every day is an opportunity to make a positive impact on somebodyโ€™s life. Thought Echoes bethbonness.com/newsletter โžš

๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ/๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ? When you were trying to decide how youโ€™d be spending the rest of your career focused on? substack.com/@bethbonness...

Beth Bonness (@bethbonness)

๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ/๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ? When you were trying to decide how youโ€™d be spending the rest of your career focused on?

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Sunday Reflection โ€” Thriving with AI We often ask whether AI will change our lives. Thriving may have less to do with keeping pace with every new tool than with knowing when to step toward it โ€” and when to step away. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Read more:ย buff.ly/VTOJpaP #SundayReflection #ThoughtEchoes #AI #Thriving

What does it mean to thrive in a world with AI?

What do you need to thrive and how can you create space for yourself and others โ€” with and without AI?

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Harlan Coben Wants You to Write a Novel. Heโ€™ll Tell You How. โ€œThe only thing that counts is writingโ€ฆYou have two choices when you hear that voice: You can let it paralyze you or you can let it fuel you.โ€ #memoir #writing #story www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/b...

Harlan Cobenโ€™s New Book Is a Tough-Talking Writing Guide (Gift Article)

Even a very successful thriller writer fights self-doubt. His new tough-talking writing guide doubles as a memoir that explains why, and how to beat it.

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Who thinks 97 is close enough to 100 to count? Yayoi Kusama: โ€œItโ€™s difficult to achieve evaluation in art history unless you keep trying to create good works for about 100 years,โ€ she was quoted as saying. โ€œI hope to create works which would be remembered by history.โ€ substack.com/@bethbonness...

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97 is close enoughโ€ฆ Yayoi Kusama: โ€œItโ€™s difficult to achieve evaluation in art history unless you keep trying to create good works for about 100 years,โ€ she was quoted as saying. โ€œI hope to create wo...

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๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€” ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Distraction isnโ€™t always interruption. Sometimes itโ€™s avoidanceโ€” ๐Ÿƒ of stillness ๐Ÿƒof discomfort ๐Ÿƒof what might surface if we paused What are you moving away from? ๐Ÿ‘‰ Read full article: buff.ly/tuzCgsz #Distraction #Attention #ThoughtEchoes

What happens when we're distracted & how can we learn to better manage our distractions?

What happens when weโ€™re distracted too often? How can we better manage our distractions and regain our traction for the people and projects that are important to us?

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When I first heard of ๐—๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜„'๐˜€ book, I was struck by two first impressions: ๐Ÿƒ it was for guys ๐Ÿƒ the loneliness and disconnection sounded like it was for everyone ๐ŸŽง Listen to to interview on YouTube: Are You Living Or Only Performing? | Judd Shaw | Thought Echoes Podcast youtu.be/Gxi5vRd9UR4

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In honor of Ray Bradburyโ€™s bday - 1 of my favorite pieces of advice: โ€œRead poetry every day of your life. Poetry is good because it flexes muscles we donโ€™t use often enough. Poetry expands the sense & keeps them in prime conditionโ€ฆall poetry is compacted metaphor/simile.โ€ #RayBradbury #poetry

Book Cover of Ray Bradbury's book Zen and the art of Writing in calligraphy script.

๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€. How are emotions stored in our bodies? And how can we release them? ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต... #Authenticity #MindBody #Emotions #ThoughtEchoes ๐ŸŽงListen to the whole conversation: buff.ly/Eh8N45s