Episode Notes

This week, Mikaela Brewer reads a poem that explores the relationship between mental health and money. Perhaps especially right now, many of us are feeling pinched by rising costs among much else. In particular, this episode unpacks the complicated common phrase and belief that “money isn’t everything.”

Though it might not be, we need livable wages of it to survive. Within this dynamic (and for the sake of our mental health and well-being), we can still challenge how we think about money, how society worships it, and how not to let it consume our spirit; intentionally disconnecting it from all that truly makes us feel most alive. 

Here's an excerpt of the poem (the full written & visually formatted versions can now be found & read at mikbrew.substack.com!):

Why do we swim, glide, and slide across the Earth? Because we real rich first. and still are and that is where our fight is when we don’t have responses or answers like right now as you and I see that this poem didn’t and can’t fix any of the empties. But, it can dream, forcing us to ask where we will break even, crooked, or fully? But you see, the greatest power we have is the soul and heart of each other—where the words of a poem break; cracking the dam to let a river run right through it. Listen to this week's episode to hear the full poem! If you’d like to share your moment or memory on the podcast, please head to tinyurl.com/bravingthewaves.

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