They say when the student is ready, the teacher appears...

Ta-da! That’s me. I’m A.P. Bastian- artist, poet, writer, neurospicy creatrix, and a woman with a longstanding habit of taking the long way toward whatever makes her feel most alive.

I like to describe myself as a Word Sorceress and Wild Woman Resurrector but because I understand not everyone likes to play with words (and mine sometimes dance too wildly to concern themselves with practical matters), so in more searchable terms:

I’m a Certified Soul Purpose & Life Coach, Author of A Dirty Word Called Grief, the heart behind the Substack MetamorphoZine, and a Priestess of the feminine mysteries through Wild Women Mystery School.

If you care about fancy diplomas, I also have a law degree that’s gathering dust somewhere from the time I wandered around life clueless as to my soul’s purpose and living the script society wanted for me.

These days, I’m much more interested in helping people write their own.

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My book A Dirty Word Called Grief is an intimate collection of poetry and prose born from my first encounter with death and the strange, unruly aftermath we call grief.

Think of it as the grief companion you need but can’t seem to find- the one that shamelessly speaks of tears, darkness, and loss in mouthfuls and without restraint, but which also inspires hope in a new beginning after the end.
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“A Dirty Word Called Grief by A.P. Bastian is a deeply moving book of poetry about grief in all its colors-dark, light, and the middle grey.”