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Andrea Gibson was named Colorado\u2019s 2023\u201325 Poet Laureate for their celebrated verses on love, LGBTQ issues, spirituality, mental health, social justice, and more. Tami Simon speaks with Andrea about their approach to work and how their journey through cancer radically changed that approach.<\/p>\n<p>This poignant conversation featuring Andrea\u2019s reading of their poem, \u201cAcceptance Speech After Setting the World Record in Goosebumps\u201d and exploring spiritual surrender, finding joy in every instant, facing challenges, moving through grief, the life force of the universe within us, self-love and loving the whole world, trying softer (not harder), the power of relaxation, identifying the keys that open your heart, staying with our fear, activism and loosening our attachment to desired outcomes, being yourself fully, the gift of mortality, giving the present moment the cold shoulder, why authenticity is the most important thing when it comes to writing, the pull of creativity, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":24237,"template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[392,384,391],"tags":[170],"contributor":[1077],"class_list":["post-24235","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-and-healing","category-meditation","category-relationships","tag-insights-at-the-edge","contributor-andrea-gibson"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Andrea Gibson Facing Mortality And Being Adored And Cheri...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Listen to this Insights at the Edge podcast exploring andrea gibson facing mortality and being adored and cherished by the universe encore. 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