Welcome to Zen & the Pen
 5 minutes of Zen can change your life.
I’m Linda Broder—author, mindfulness coach, and meditative harpist.
Zen and the Pen is where music, mindfulness, and creative reflection come together to help you slow down, clear your mind, and feel like yourself again.
The tools are simple. The shifts are real:
More calm. More focused. More creative.
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The science makes it practical.
The harp makes it magical.
Coaching, classes, or a free monthly pause —choose what calls to you.
The Zen Path
Mindfulness coaching
Mindfulness coaching sessions to soothe your nervous system and settle your thoughts.
Through harp meditation, sound resets, and mini-mindfulness practices grounded in science, you’ll learn simple ways to find calm and how to weave them into your day—no matter how busy life gets.
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 Ideal if you're feeling scattered, stressed, or overwhelmed.
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Zen & the Pen
A Free, Monthly Class
Free 30-minute monthly session on Zoom with poetry, prompts and live harp meditation.
This session will help you slow down, listen inward, and leave with a bit more clarity and calm than when you arrived.
Perfect if you’re seeking renewal through reflection, rhythm, and words.
Creative Classes
For reflection, clarity, and healing
These classes go beyond the pause. They help you explore the inner patterns, questions, and turning points that shape how you move through life.
With music, mindfulness, and creative prompts, each class becomes a space to untangle your thoughts, shift your energy, and write your way into something truer.
You don’t need to be a writer—just open to discovering what’s beneath the surface.
Ideal if you’re ready for more guided reflection and inner clarity.
My stories have been featured in publications that celebrate honest, thoughtful storytelling and the moments that shape us.
This isn’t just what I do—it’s who I am.
After losing my son Brendan, I found a lifeline in  mindful reflection and words. Writing gave shape to my grief, my love, and eventually, my path forward.
But some emotions move beyond words.
I began to dream of the harp before I ever touched one—waking with my fingers tingling, as if they’d been plucking invisible strings in my sleep. When I finally followed that dream, the harp became a bridge to something deeper: a creative language beyond thought.
A way of feeling what my mind alone couldn’t hold.
Music and mindfulness met me where I was—in the sorrow, the stillness, the softness.
And over time, it became the thread that stitched me back together—word by word, note by note, breath by breath.
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That’s why I created Zen and the Pen—a place where sound and  stillness create calm, clarity, and creative renewal.
Through coaching and classes,  I help others find their own rhythm—the kind that brings clarity, calm, and the courage to express their truest voice.
This isn’t a templated process.
It’s a grounded, intuitive journey—guided by presence, imagination, and thoughtful listening.
 I help you slow down, clear your mind, and feel like yourself again.
The tools are simple. The shifts are real.
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