Dawn M. Hafner
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Dawn M. Hafner

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Born
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Spirituality, Memoir, Self Help

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April 2017


Lover of dark coffee, dark chocolate, and red wine. Mom of two teenage boys. The author of The Mapmaker - Your 33 Day Journey Towards Daily Presence. Contributor to the Huffington Post, Lifehack, and MindGreenBody.

About The Mapmaker:

This book is deep, light, heart wrenching and funny all at the same time! A must read! ~Amazon Reviewer

Mapmaker reminded me of why I'm here, why we all are here. ...Simple steps to bring the reader back into focus on the things that matter in life. In many ways throughout the book, I felt relief that I wasn't the only one. Dawn's willingness to lay her life out on the table and open it up, honest analysis of herself in front of you the reader shows incredible strength and courage all while allowing us the abilit ...more

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Dawn M. Hafner To find the good, you have to give yourself permission to first write the bad. By simply keeping the pen moving or the keyboard clicking most of the b…moreTo find the good, you have to give yourself permission to first write the bad. By simply keeping the pen moving or the keyboard clicking most of the battle is won. Even if it's not what you want to put out yet, the flow will start the good ideas coming I find.(less)
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Dawn M. Hafner It is such a special gift to be able to communicate with a stranger at a time and place unknown to both the reader and the writer, but in a way that t…moreIt is such a special gift to be able to communicate with a stranger at a time and place unknown to both the reader and the writer, but in a way that the words touch both individuals in a meaningful way. Writing is like magic to me. Part of it is mysterious the way the words show up from seemingly out of nowhere.(less)
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Dawn M. Hafner's Blog

Poems and Musings

Metaphor

Because to touch the wound directly is far too painful.

Fragile 

Dis-ease of the soul.

Atrophy of breath.

Brittleness of hope.

Exile of the self.

And yet still this heart beats.

Heavy

Put it upon me.

What’s too much for you.

I got you.

Oh but wait, 

I forgot about…..me.

Rise

Breathe life back into me.

The way dawn cracks

The sky open wide with

Painted colors we have

No words for yet.

Kissing

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“Lovely things surround us every day, waiting to be picked up and noticed. Waiting to be turned in your hands, heart, and mind. Notice them. Share them. Hold them in your heart and feed your soul with them. ~ The Mapmaker”
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“Lovely things surround us every day, waiting to be picked up and noticed. Waiting to be turned in your hands, heart, and mind. Notice them. Share them. Hold them in your heart and feed your soul with them. ~ The Mapmaker”
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