The poetry collection 'The Winding Path: A Poetic Journey' by Betsy H. Lambert presents an 84-page exploration of aging, acceptance, and renewal through a faith-rooted lens. Published in August 2025 and available in paperback, the work addresses themes of gratitude, grief, identity, and inner strength with emotional clarity. Lambert describes the collection as her awakening to acceptance of her seasoned self and a hopeful look toward what comes next.
The book holds particular relevance for readers navigating grief, reinvention, or transition, especially women entering new seasons of life. Faith-rooted audiences seeking spiritual encouragement may find resonance in its pages, as may legacy-minded families and gift-givers. The collection makes a thoughtful gift for mothers, grandmothers, retirees, and loved ones who appreciate poetry grounded in lived experience.
Lambert's work carries a deeply personal foundation shaped by generational history. The book is dedicated to her mother, Ann Russ Holaday, a Women Airforce Service Pilots veteran who ferried bombers across the country for the U.S. Army Air Forces. Holaday later became an artist and master woodcarver, leaving an enduring creative influence that continues through her family.
The author's literary credibility includes contributions to 'Women Living on Purpose,' a 2021 Amazon International Best Seller, and publication in multiple anthologies including the 2023 and 2024 Bards North Carolina Poetry Anthologies and the 2025 Eastern Sea Bards Anthology. She continues to write sermon-based verse and additional poetry rooted in spiritual reflection, lived wisdom, and present-day themes.
Lambert will appear in a featured live interview on The Chris Voss Show on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, from 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM Eastern Time. The episode will be available on major podcast platforms following the broadcast. Interview angles may include aging with clarity, gratitude, and purpose; poetry as a tool for reflection and emotional healing; and legacy, reinvention, and the courage to begin again.
The book is available for purchase on Amazon, with official updates accessible through the author's website at https://www.theastralconnection.com. Readers seeking additional information about the collection can visit the official website at https://www.thewindingpathpoetry.com. Lambert maintains a Body and Belief Code practice at The Astral Connection, and her poetry website features more than 300 inspirational poems.
