Virtual Voices

  • Spiritual Science: What the Stars Teach Us About Grief, Collapse, and Letting Go

    ————————————————————————————-

    One night, I found myself down a rabbit hole, thinking about consciousness and brain waves. Delta for deep sleep, theta for meditation, alpha for daydreaming, beta for wakefulness — and gamma. Gamma held my attention. Gamma waves are linked to our heightened perception, insight, and consciousness.

    That’s when a question struck me: does consciousness arise from frequency?

    If higher frequencies correlate with deeper awareness… what, in the universe, produces the highest frequencies? I’m no physicist — this was entirely speculative — but I came across something that blew my mind: black holes can emit gravitational waves at incredibly high frequencies during massive cosmic events. These aren’t the same as the electromagnetic waves our brains use, but it led me down the rabbit hole anyway.

    So I asked myself:

    If frequency and consciousness are connected… could a black hole be conscious?

    That question didn’t lead me deeper into theory. It led me inward. Because in the silence of collapse, I saw myself. My grief. My body. My memories.

    And I realized: black holes aren’t just physical. They’re metaphors.

    They mirror what it means to carry a weight too heavy to hold — and then, somehow, release.

    Here is the poem that came from that moment of reflection:

    ———————————————————–

    Grief doesn’t always feel like something we move through. Sometimes, it feels like something that moves through us — until we collapse, and something new begins to form.

    We are made of stars. Of black holes. Of stories. And like the cosmos, we don’t just collapse. We emit.

    Black Hole Full.png. (2024, October 6). Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 04:19, May 15, 2025 from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Black_Hole_Full.png&oldid=934123299.

  • Unlocking Connection: Science, Poetry, and Human Experience

    Exploring Science, Soul, and Connection Through Words

    A color-composite image of the Pleiades from the Digitized Sky Survey

    Hello and welcome to my blog, Virtual Voices!

    I’m Jordan. A Speech-Language Pathologist, storyteller, and lifelong seeker of healing and meaning. This space is the beginning of something new for me: a place where science meets the soul, where feeling becomes witnessing, where language becomes legacy, and where the questions we carry are given the room to breathe. I created Virtual Voices as a way to explore the space between what we feel and what we speak. I want to connect the personal with the universal.

    Whether I’m reflecting on the voice of a grieving patient, the silence that is held in trauma, or the structure of the universe, I’m always searching for patterns- and for the words that help make sense of it all.

    This blog is my exploration of healing, wonder, and what it means to be truly seen.

    Who Am I?

    I was always a curious child looking up into the sky weaving together meaning from the stars above my head. I started my college career as an Astronomy major and somehow, through the winding path of life, found myself working in healthcare as an SLP.

    My passions live at the intersection of science, technology, storytelling, and healing. I believe in the power of narratives- both spoken and unspoken- and how they shape our connection to ourselves and others. I consider myself a thinker, a communicator, always chasing the “why” and “how” behind our human experiences, the universe, and the systems that shape our lives. I live at the crossroads of fields- science, art, metaphysics, practicality, social critique, and personal growth. We all have thoughts and feelings- but are we being witnessed in a way that gives meaning to our time here?

    Why This Blog?

    This blog is an extension of my desire to express, to bridge the intangible with the tangible, to catalyze transformation- both in myself in others. It’s a space to foster growth, understanding, and curiosity. A place where thoughts become form, and emotion meets reflection.

    Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI

    What Inspired Me to Do This?

    I began writing in 2021 as a way to heal. Spoken word poetry gave me a container to hold grief, wonder, and the questions I couldn’t answer. I found that many of my experiences mirrored patterns in the universe and that the stars could hold stories, too.

    Helping my patients find their voices and shape their own stories has deepened my capacity to share mine — and to serve as a bridge between feeling and being witnessed.

    Plus, it’s FUN!

    What Can You Expect from This Blog?

    This blog will serve as a real-time chronicle of my journey. You can expect to see:

    • Thought pieces on healing, identity, and the cosmos
    • Original poetry
    • Multimedia Content and Reflections
    • Challenges and Solutions: No journey is without its obstacles. I’ll be transparent about the challenges I face and how I address them.
    • Conversations that Invite Community

    Original Poems:

    Join Me on This Adventure:

    I invite you to join me on this exciting journey. Whether you enjoy health, medical topics, psychology, astrophysics, poetry, language, learning, or just what it means to be a human, there’s something here for everyone. Let’s explore the world in a new way together! Subscribe to my blog and TikTok.

    Stay tuned for regular updates, and feel free to reach out with any comments, questions, or ideas. Here’s to a journey of discovery, learning, and connection!

    @liminal_verses

    Subscribe

    Enter your email below to receive updates.