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At WRITE THIS SECOND we bear witness to our lives as an act of reclamation, to cultivate emotional evolution and a self-acceptance revolution

PTSD: Persistent Traumatic Stress Disorder

Posted on September 26, 2016 by writethissec

  We are in a constant state of PTSD, not post, post implies that whatever caused the trauma is over, implies the nightmares and flashbacks will eventually subside. Black people in the United States of America suffer from Persistent Traumatic … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 3, 2016 by writethissec

One word that keeps coming up in my mind and spirit when I think of Kira’s embbodi mapping retreat is “transformational.”  As someone who worked in mental health advocacy, I’ve attended various wellness activities and retreats. But this experience was … Continue reading →

Body Tracing

Posted on February 2, 2016 by writethissec

The body tracing process gives us a window into how outside messages, both positive and negative, become internalized; how we carry those messages in our bodies; how we challenge them and how in understanding them we can see the difference … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 20, 2016 by writethissec

WRITE THIS SECOND’s Mission: Lead transformative workshops to facilitate community empowerment; from poetry to body tracings and beyond, at WRITE THIS SECOND we bear witness to our lives as an act of reclamation, to cultivate emotional evolution and a self-acceptance … Continue reading →

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Crossing Over

Crossing Over

Posted on June 19, 2018 by writethissec

WRITE THIS SECOND ~ a short excerpt:  We write to gain perspective learn to discard shame that was never ours and delight in our divine identities We write to inspire each other to grasp an appreciation for each second of our … Continue reading →

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The Book & The Movement or 7 Reasons Why I Founded: Write This Second

Posted on January 20, 2016 by writethissec

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ONE: According to, Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), we live in a country where only 40 out of every 100 rapes ever gets reported, where just 4 of the 40 actually lead to a felony conviction and only … Continue reading →

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Illuminating Our Souls

Posted on February 2, 2014 by writethissec

Illuminating Our Souls by mapping our injuries, blessings and stressors on to our body images helps us to gain a deep understanding of our triggers, strengths, areas in need of balance and more. Prepare a space at home to place … Continue reading →

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The poetry & art we make is all about consciousness!

The sun rises on our healing

Founder, Facilitator & Author

Kira Lynne Allen, MA
write.this.sec@gmail.com

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Mission:

WRITE THIS SECOND’s Mission: Lead transformative workshops to facilitate community empowerment; from poetry to embbodi retreats and beyond, at WRITE THIS SECOND we bear witness to our lives as an act of reclamation, to cultivate emotional evolution and a self-acceptance revolution.

We write to reclaim life
to recover consciousness
to resist feelings of unworthiness
to understand ourselves
to define ourselves

We write to understand the difference
between what forms our anger
and what ties our tongues

Founder, Facilitator & Author

Kira Lynne Allen (she/her) is a poet, an artivist, an advocate, and a Certified InterPlay Leader who specializes in leading the creation of embbodi maps with people in BIPOC communities. Her book, Write This Second: A Poetic Memoir, is a truth-telling, visceral story of survival and an urgent, triumphant call to break the silence impacting generations of survivors. Ms. Kira’s goal in bearing witness to her own traumas and triumphs is to cultivate sacred creative spaces that empower and inspire her community. She is a VONA Voices Fellow, a Poetry for the People alumna, and a contributor to All the Women in My Family Sing, Tayo Literary Magazine, and Endangered Species, Enduring Values. She has a BA in Creative Writing from Mills College and an MA in Transformative Arts from JFK University. Kira grew up in the Bay Area and raised two brave, brilliant, resilient daughters in Oakland, CA; where she still lives with her partner Kat.


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