As a blogger and memoirist, I write real stories about mental illness, child abuse, language barriers, and identity. My debut memoir "I Asked the Blue Heron" is now available in stores and online in Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo.

My body aches, but I don’t cry

Coping Skills, Mental Illness4 Comments

Dancing would be a great chance to meet people and produce endorphins, a proactive way to avoid episodes of depression by exercising and reaching out into the community.

Muslims Didn’t Invent Terrorism

Dreams and Success, Mental Illness2 Comments

I proudly share with you that my little poem “Muslims Didn’t Invent Terrorism” just made it to Hipmamazine.com. Please stop by to read. Thanks for your support. http://hipmamazine.com/lisbeth-coiman-muslims-didnt-invent-terrorism/ HipMama Magazine is an Alternative Parenting Magazine edited by Ariel Gore.

Dignity and Hope for Venezuela

Dreams and Success, Immigration, Venezuela2 Comments

It started with incendiary rhetoric, with a change of patriotic symbols, with arming the masses to defend the revolution, with the dogmatization of education … It became a full blown dictatorship with the censorship of media, the imprisonment of opposition leaders, and the torture and killing of thousands of young protesters.
Today, I celebrate hope