Welcome Calm, Silence Tyrants: Adult Lullabies - Paperback

Weldon-Soiset, Melanie: - Melanie Weldon-Soiset loves the insights she gains through her dreams and poetry practice. As a highly sensitive person (HSP) who prioritizes rest, Melanie has become an accidental expert on sleep masks and a moderately sought-after cat pillow. She is a novice with weighted blankets and welcomes any stories you want to spread about them (comforting or otherwise). Melanie's husband, Brian, tells her that her puns sometimes make him yawn. Her response? You're Welcome! Speaking of weighted layers, Melanie is also a #ChurchToo spiritual abuse survivor and a former pastor for foreigners in Shanghai. She grieves how the prevalent model of leader-as-celebrity breeds narcissism. These experiences (among many) have spurred her love of lullabies. Melanie holds an MFA in poetry from the Naslund-Mann School of Writing and an MDiv from Wesley Theological Seminary. Melanie served as the final Poetry Editor at Geez Magazine. Melanie has deep roots in Georgia, land of Muscogee and Cherokee. She currently lives in Washington, D.C. on Nacotchtank land. Find her in real life biking on Washington, D.C. greenways or napping in her backyard hammock. Find Melanie online at melanieweldonsoiset.com.