Episode 24: The Resiliency of Poet Through the Pain Andrea ‘Drea’ Conn

THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of Poet Through the Pain Andrea ‘Drea’ Conn. Drea is a senior noncommissioned officer in the United States Air Force. but has now become a first-time author with the release of her book “SEEDS OF A SUNFLOWER: Poems of Growth”( https://amzn.to/3SFjIkm ). Her love of poetry has drawn her to do spoken word starting in Texas, where she participated in ‘Poetry on the Patio’ and ‘Beatstreet’ to now performing all over the world. With her adulthood journey of 19 years, she has experienced plenty and has dealt with anxiety and P.T.S.D, but that hasn’t stopped her from producing poems as a form of therapy.

During this episode, Drea defines what and how spiritual resilience resonates in her life. She walks us through how poetry saved her life. During a time when Drea was traversing some of the most difficult circumstances and they started compounding on one another. Drea turned to poetry to navigate back to a level of sanity. She found her resilience with poetry through the pain.

Dreas book “SEEDS OF A SUNFLOWER: Poems of Growth” can be found at https://amzn.to/3SFjIkm

Drea’s book recommendations:

“What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How successful people become even more successful” by  Marshall Goldsmith (https://amzn.to/3QMs3kv)

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