Category: Editor’s Note

Greetings Beat Within readers, please enjoy this special Editorial Note, by one of our dedicated student interns from San Francisco State University. Hannah has provided her take on the topic of Success for this essay she breaks down her “Definition of Success” what do you think? As I know it, there are different interpretations of success—the ability to get education, securing a high-paying job, having a nice house, driving a sports car, wearing brands with names hard to pronounce—and while all of these offer a glimpse into someone’s prosperity in life. We often overlook what success looks like when it’s

Welcome back to another double dose edition of the one and only The Beat Within. It’s OT reporting live to you guys from the land of hot lava where the earth shakes and quakes, Managua Nicaragua. Once again, I am blessed with the opportunity with bringing you guys my input, great ideas (I hope) and most importantly my voice and opinion on our writing prompts. I feel as if I always pick something heavy to write about, well not heavy, but you know, from the heart and soul. So, I thought this week that I would switch it up to

Spring is in full swing and we hope wherever you are you are enjoying the longer days and more hours of day light. Spring break, Spring cleaning or Spring fever! Wherever you are we just hope that you are not suffering with too many Spring allergies because all the flowers and trees are in bloom and pollen is blowing through the air. We hope this Spring propels you to spring forward in your life. We hope you enjoy this issue and OT is back again to share his take on one of the weekly topics. Welcome back to another double

We welcome back you readers to another double dose edition of the one and only The Beat Within. We are the only magazine putting out a double issue every other week. It’s the only magazine where you’re allowed to tell your stories, your truths in a safe space. It’s OT back again tasked with bringing you some words of inspiration and wisdom.  As always there were a lot of great topics, but I’ll go with the one that puts a smile to my face, and that’s the topic on smile. There’s a lot of reasons to smile in life and

We welcome back you readers to another double dose edition of the one and only The Beat Within. We are the only magazine putting out a double issue every other week. It’s the only magazine where you’re allowed to tell your stories, your truths in a safe space. It’s OT back again tasked with bringing you some words of inspiration and wisdom.  There were some really great topics this week and it was really tough having to pick just one, but I think I will go with the one that moves me the most. “There are two kinds of worries

Welcome back to another double dose edition of the one and only The Beat Within. This is the only magazine where everyone speaks their truths and stories without having to be judged in a negative way. We have a special treat for our readers as we have one of our volunteers step up to the plate in a major way. HL is here to share what they have learned from helping type and edit The Beat Within submissions. The floor is hers! To The Beat Within Community, I am beyond grateful to be part of such an impactful organization like

Welcome back to another double dose edition of the one and only The Beat Within. This is the only magazine where everyone speaks their truths, and stories without having to be judged in a negative way. Our editorial note will be written by OT as he shares with our community the final, part three conclusion, about a very daunting medical experience that happened to him and family recently… Thank you for sharing your challenges with us OT! Continued…part three folks, this is OT back again with the conclusion of my son JD’s surgery. It was a success! But the challenges

Welcome back to another double dose edition of the one and only The Beat Within. This is the only magazine where everyone speaks their truths, and stories without having to be judged in a negative way. Our editorial note will be written by OT as he shares with our community the part two installment, about a very daunting experience that happened to him and his family recently…Thank you for sharing your challenges with us OT! This is a continuance from my last editorial note, part two of my son’s medical ordeal. So, it’s Sunday evening now, the sun has gone

Welcome back to another double dose edition of the one and only The Beat Within. This is the only magazine where everyone speaks their truths, and shares their stories without having to be judged in a negative way. This editorial note is by OT as he shares with our community, about his families very daunting experience that happened to him recently…Here it goes! Today I will be sharing a very personal story that happened to me and my family just this past October.  This editorial is kind of hard for me to write, and I’ve tried to write, edit and

We’re back again with another week of double dose edition of the one and only Beat Within. As always, we have our young ladies and gentlemen, as well as our OG’s spilling their truths and sharing their stories. This is a safe space where we aim to educate each other and see that we are more similar than different regardless of our ethnicity and the environment that we grew up in. We have a treat for you all this week as OG Pause is back again with a great message for you readers. He’s a Probation Officer that’s looking forward