Writing

Essays

“We Are All Thay’s Continuation”Lion’s Roar (February 8, 2022)

“Meditation Can Be Boring” – Medium, Noteworthy – The Journal Blog

Engaged Parenting as Spiritual Practice” – Lion’s Roar

Motherhood gave me an identity crisis. Solving it was simple, but it wasn’t easy.” – The Washington Post: On Parenting (Oct 4, 2018)

At Home in Ourselves: A Mindful Acceptance of My Autistic Son” – Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism (March 9, 2018)

Leaving the Shore of Illusion” – Lion’s Roar

Three Questions for Coming Back to Now” – Lion’s Roar

Unsubscribing from the Culture of Busyness” – No Sidebar (March 2016)

Mindful Parenting: Being There When You Don’t Want to Be There / Why Are We Here?” – Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation Blog (June 11, 2017)

Breathing In: Breastfeeding as a Spiritual Practice” – Mothering Magazine (Issue 120: Sept/Oct 2003)

Poetry

Jump for Flowers : Poems by Leslie J. Davis (August 8, 2026)

Two PoemsThe Mindfulness Bell (July 29, 2024)

“My Ojai: a girlhood” – California Poet Laureate: Our California (located on the Ventura County page) July 2024

Lucky Pup –  Poetry Chapbook (Skanky Possum Press, 1999) (Out of Print)

Interviews

The Mindful Mama Podcast” with Hunter Clark-Fields – August 15, 2017

Blogs

Dharma Mamas: A Community for Mindful Mothers – Editor and Contributor

Anthologies

Days I Moved Through Ordinary Sound: The Teachers of WritersCorps in Poetry and Prose –  Poetry (City Lights, 2009)

Curves on a Sidewalk Street: A WritersCorps Collection of San Francisco Youth Writing – Editor and Contributor