Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Remember the good ol’ days in elementary school when your teacher introduced you to haiku ( britannica.com/art/haiku ), a Japanese form of poetry based on syllables, not rhyming?
Psychotherapist and author Anne Helfer describes haiku as the rap of expressive writing that unlocks the door to emotions hidden deep inside and leads to even deeper healing.
Anne explains how the 5-7-5 formula behind haiku is a simple healing exercise in mindfulness and why more people should follow her Silver Rule this week on Spirit Gym.
Learn more about Anne and her work as a psychotherapist, author and healer on Instagram at instagram.com/haikuhealer .
0:00 Intro
6:22 Anne’s maternal abandonment, wounding and emotional neglect.
11:57 Teaching people how to externalize their truths by writing simple, condensed haiku is an exercise of mindfulness.
24:25 Anne’s Silver Rule.
36:04 Learning how to be comfortable without certainty.
40:44 Writing haiku is a practice.
47:37 Why do people live in their left brain?
54:40 Numerology and the structure of haiku.
1:00:07 “Renaissance woman, professional amateur, master of nothing.”
1:14:40 Learn to enjoy the glimmers.
1:25:30 Is it possible to breathe deeply through your womb/pelvis and use that experience to create haiku/mantras of focus, relaxation and calm?
1:38:16 How the Japanese language affects the benefits of using haiku (or not).
1:46:09 The impact high tech has on the world has forced Anne to stop working with kids.
1:50:00 Equanimity.
1:57:28 Interpersonal peace.
Listen to Paul's conversation with Anne Helfer and check out the show notes page on our Spirit Gym website at
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Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music miketheschwartz.com
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Remember the good ol’ days in elementary school when your teacher introduced you to haiku ( britannica.com/art/haiku ), a Japanese form of poetry based on syllables, not rhyming?
Psychotherapist and author Anne Helfer describes haiku as the rap of expressive writing that unlocks the door to emotions hidden deep inside and leads to even deeper healing.
Anne explains how the 5-7-5 formula behind haiku is a simple healing exercise in mindfulness and why more people should follow her Silver Rule this week on Spirit Gym.
Learn more about Anne and her work as a psychotherapist, author and healer on Instagram at instagram.com/haikuhealer .
0:00 Intro
6:22 Anne’s maternal abandonment, wounding and emotional neglect.
11:57 Teaching people how to externalize their truths by writing simple, condensed haiku is an exercise of mindfulness.
24:25 Anne’s Silver Rule.
36:04 Learning how to be comfortable without certainty.
40:44 Writing haiku is a practice.
47:37 Why do people live in their left brain?
54:40 Numerology and the structure of haiku.
1:00:07 “Renaissance woman, professional amateur, master of nothing.”
1:14:40 Learn to enjoy the glimmers.
1:25:30 Is it possible to breathe deeply through your womb/pelvis and use that experience to create haiku/mantras of focus, relaxation and calm?
1:38:16 How the Japanese language affects the benefits of using haiku (or not).
1:46:09 The impact high tech has on the world has forced Anne to stop working with kids.
1:50:00 Equanimity.
1:57:28 Interpersonal peace.
Listen to Paul's conversation with Anne Helfer and check out the show notes page on our Spirit Gym website at
Thanks to our awesome sponsors!
• Paul’s Dream Interpretation workshop paulchek.com/events/dream (sign up for Paul’s four-week, all-online course that starts Oct. 31)
• Organifi organifi.com/chek20 (save 20% on your purchase by using the code CHEK20 at checkout)
• Paleovalley paleovalley.com/chek15 (save 15% on your first purchase)
• CHEK Institute/CHEK Academy https://chek.group/chekacademy (submit your application for the CHEK Academy TODAY!)
• Korrect korrectlife.com/spiritgym (save 15% on the newest drink supplement by Aubrey Marcus by using the code SPIRITGYM at checkout)
• Pique Life piquelife.com/paulchek (save up to 20% for life and get a FREE starter kit when you subscribe to one or more of Pique’s amazing beverages!)
• BIOptimizers bioptimizers.com/spiritgym (save an extra 10% on your purchase by using the code PAUL10 at checkout)
• Wild Pastures wildpastures.com/paulchek (save 20% and free shipping for life plus $15 on your first order)
We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music miketheschwartz.com
#paulchek #traumahealing #mindbodyconnection #emotionalhealing #shadowwork #somatichealing #selfhealingjourney #healingthroughart
