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Charles McQueen

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Self Improvement Saga

Without mistakes, there is no change.
Feel the anxiety and do it anyway.
Being kind to yourself – at least try. Let that be enough!

Poetry

Dr. Natasha Charles McQueen's poetry deeply explores mental health, blending personal experiences with universal truths. Her evocative language invites readers to confront their struggles and find solace in shared experiences, highlighting the healing power of her words.

Ghost Wallet

Ghost Wallet

Ghost Wallet

A poem about emotional adaptation, inherited silence, and the cost of learning to survive by disappearing into yourself.

Historical Gaslighting of Emotional Experience

Historical Gaslighting of Emotional Experience

Historical Gaslighting of Emotional Experience

They say therapy is about healing. But for many of us, it starts with being seen— Before we even know how to name what we’re carrying.

Historical Injury & The Anxiety of Defiance

Historical Injury & The Anxiety of Defiance

Historical Injury & The Anxiety of Defiance

Some emotions do not begin with us. They arrive before language—felt in the body, passed down through blood, held in silence. To feel is not to fail. To feel is to remember, and to remember is to reclaim.

The Wheel Is How I Feel

The Wheel Is How I Feel

The Wheel Is How I Feel

Sometimes we are taught to manage emotions, but not to understand or express them. "The Wheel Is How I Feel" is a spoken word piece...

Forged in Ash and Iron

Forged in Ash and Iron

Forged in Ash and Iron

Stillness is often mistaken for weakness. But there is a kind of quiet forged by generations of survival, resilience, and fierce...

Fire Carved My Name

Fire Carved My Name

Fire Carved My Name

"I am not what the world made—I am what the fire refused to break." This is not a story of survival by grace. It is survival by fire....

Bearing Witness — To Lean In

Bearing Witness — To Lean In

Bearing Witness — To Lean In

I lean in — steady, deliberate, like an offering — not to catch you, not to hold steady, but to witness the exact moment your voice dares...

I Am Nigredo

I Am Nigredo

I Am Nigredo

A poem in the voice of Nigredo — the first stage of transformation. Not a fall, but the necessary collapse before anything true can begin.

🌊 The Salt and the Seed

🌊 The Salt and the Seed

🌊 The Salt and the Seed

So now I walk the shifting sand, Not needing map or guiding hand. The sea still calls, but I am free Both salt and seed have made me—me.

AFTER

AFTER

AFTER

Dreams don’t shatter like glass; they crumble like old paper, soft at the edges, fading where your fingers pressed too hard. The heart...

THE GENTLE ART

THE GENTLE ART

THE GENTLE ART

Conversations deep and light, Hold an art both calm and bright. A gentle touch, a subtle grace, That navigates through time and space....

Dreamer: Life, Love, and Pursuing Passion

Dreamer: Life, Love, and Pursuing Passion

Dreamer: Life, Love, and Pursuing Passion

An intimate reflection on living with vision in a world that often demands realism. Prologue: To Be a Dreamer Some people are born with...

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