taylor
yount
Taylor Yount is a disability rights advocate, entrepreneur, and poet currently residing in Bainbridge Island, WA. She began her journey with poetry over a decade ago, penning her first verses in the small space of a college dorm room at Santa Clara University. After receiving a Bachelor’s degree in psychology with a thesis on PTSD in 2015, she embarked on a career in nonprofit work for 10 years. Yount draws upon her combined backgrounds of academia, nonprofit and lived experiences to explore the lasting effects of trauma on mental health. She uses the artistic muse of poetry to capture the unspoken emotions of trauma and transform them into something tangible. Her work reflects a nuanced understanding of the human mind, offering readers both insight and solace.
Recently, she has founded an accessibility consulting business. Yount enjoys spending quiet moments writing with tea in hand and her beloved cat, Tabitha, curled up next to her.
books
my sutured mind
Poems of Healing Beyond Trauma
Author Taylor Yount and Illustrator Veta Bakhtina combine talents to take readers on a verbal and visual voyage of the soul, from the depths of depression to the heights of hope.
This journey, guided by the lyrical brilliance of the poet’s pen and the revealing mastery of the artist’s brush, demonstrates not only the possibility but the power of true recovery. Within these pages, words take on new dimensions, and images clarify emotions to weave intricate tapestries of determination, resilience, and triumph.
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From the very first page, My Sutured Mind offers lovers of both art and poetry a respite from the world, and a place to heal through language, visualization, and a sense of connection throughed shared emotion.