Powerful & Poised

05/16/2026

June 6 at the Glenwood Community Center in Panama City. See you there!!!

05/14/2026

Can't wait for this event!!!

Check out one of our featured poets for Soul On Canvas: A Paint & Poetry Experience: Tricia Veldman 🎤🧡

Spoken word poet and founder of 'Powerful & Poised', Pati the Poetess, also known as Tricia Veldman is dedicated to uplifting, inspiring, and captivating audiences through the power of poetry. With a voice that is both heartfelt and engaging, she creates spaces where reflection, healing, joy, and authenticity can flourish even through life’s uncertainties.

Through her work, Tricia explores psychological insight and spiritual reflection in poetic form, blending wisdom, warmth, and creativity into every performance. She is also the author of her recently published debut book, 'Create & Receive, Make & Believe: Finding Peace Through (Primarily) Positive Poetry', a collection centered on encouragement, inner peace, and the transformative power of positive expression.
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Get ready!! Soul On Canvas is going to be a night to remember! See Tricia and more awesome poets on June 6th from 6-9p.m. at the Glenwood Community Center!

Tickets on sale NOW!! 🔥🔥
Purchase your tickets here: https://www.creativeangelsartwork.com/products/soul-on-canvas-early-bird-tickets-panama-city
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05/13/2026

Come one, come all!

Whether you consider yourself a “poet” or not, there’s space for you. Share what’s on your heart or simply take it all in ✨

Expect an evening of poetry coupled with live jazz at the one and only 🎙️🎷

This is an open mic, and you can sign up online at sowalfoundation.org OR in person at the event.

🗓️ Thursday, May 21

🕕 Doors open at 5, poetry begins at 6:30

(PS I will be the emcee- please come so I’m not talking to myself all night 🙃 🙏🏼)

04/20/2026

Bringing a little heart and soul to the business world ✨ Inspired by a recent workshop I led, I've updated my corporate training options - check it out!

Know someone whose team could use a refresher on communication and connection?
Send it their way!

What your team needs in the age of AI:Human Connection. Built on a decade of coaching, corporate training blends behavioral science with the expressive power of spoken word - so your team doesn't just communicate more effectively, they connect more readily. AI can automate the message.It can’t del...

04/13/2026

Do you feel like you KNOW what you want to say…but when the time comes you freeze? Or your voice shakes? Or you blurt out something you didn’t mean?

We all have those “oops, that’s not how I expected that to come out…” moments. But the more you trust your voice, the less frequently they’ll occur.

In this interactive workshop, we’ll cover both the physical and the psychological - to help you strengthen both the sound of your speaking voice + the confidence to share it.

📆 Wednesday, April 22

⏰ 6:00pm-7:30pm

📍Distillery 98, Santa Rosa Beach

Register at emeraldcoaststorytellers.com or at the link in my bio ✨

DM with questions!