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Zen Ase

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The artistic entrepreneur known as Marlena “Zen Ase” Johns has lived an adventurous life, raising twin sons, and teaching high school for twenty-six years in the inner city. She was Teacher of the Year for AHS in 2011-2012 and 2017-2018, a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction and a University of Chicago Distinguished Educator. One of her plays was performed at a local community center. She won a prose contest sponsored by the University of Houston. She’s performed poetry more times than she can count at over 50 venues, hosted, and organized over 50 live music, comedy and poetry shows, Laughz and Lyrics, to both handfuls of adoring fans and wall to wall, standing room only crowds. She’s the Houston organizer for 100,000 Poets for Change, and ...more

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	You are Wanted and Loved Because You're You (Zen Gems Whole Family Tale #1) 4.23 avg rating — 30 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plenty of Guppies and Other Dating Misadventures: Lust, Loss and Lessons of Love From 101 Dates A Memoir told in Poetry and Prose 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Ultimate Me Planner: Where Structure and Flow Harmonize into a Beautiful Life by Zen Ase (Goodreads Author), Liz Faublas - Wallace (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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You are Wanted and Loved Because You're You (Zen Gems Whole Family Tale #1)

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Zen Ase said: " The trailer is live. Take a look inside! And please share the giveaway. https://youtu.be/KispuB0Adoo ...more "

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Plenty of Guppies and Other Dating Misadventures: Lust, Loss and Lessons of Love From 101 Dates A Memoir told in Poetry and Prose

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Zen Ase said: " In August, I had a trailer made for this book, but I never posted it here. I'm thinking of doing one for my work in progress. Do you like this one? Should I do one for my next book?
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Zennurgize Your Life (Volume 1)

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Zen Ase said: " It never occurred to me to post that I've been doing lives on social media discussing the concepts from this book till now. So I thought I'd include a link to the first one I did on IG. I discuss concept one - developing an abundance mentality and ch ...more "

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