Episode 465 - Kay Smith-Blum - Tangles, A Suspense-Filled, 20th-Century Historical Environmental Thriller MEET THE AUTHOR Redefining Historical Fiction - An Austin, Texas transplant, Kay Smith-Blum is a recovering retailer who is redefining the historical fiction genre from her bayside perch in Seattle. Named Woman Business Owner (NWWA) of 2013, her wit, humor, and resourcefulness helped her high-end retail fashion business endure multiple economic shifts in a decades-long career. She and her hu...
Nov 28, 2024•46 min•Ep. 465
Episode 464 - Dr. Sangita Swechcha - Pakhalieko Siundo A Novel about the trafficking of girls and women in Nepal About the author Sangita Swechcha is a Nepali writer based in England. Her poems, stories, and articles have been published in various literary sites and international journals. Sangita wrote her first novel ‘Pakhalieko Siundo’ at 18. ‘Pakhalieko Siundo’ novel is about female tolerance for pain and suffering. It also tells the story of the trafficking of girls and women in Nepal. The ...
Nov 27, 2024•50 min•Ep. 464
Episode 463 - Public Policy Analyst, Journalist, and Author Sreya Sarkar - Beneath the Veneer Sreya Sarkar is a freelance writer based out of Massachusetts, with her fingers dipped in multiple writing projects. A public policy professional by training, she writes socio-political columns for Indian news magazines. She has published her debut novel and continues to pen more full-length fictions and short stories for literary magazines. Book: Beneath the Veneer The newly sprouted town of Rangvihar ...
Nov 26, 2024•36 min•Ep. 463
Episode 462 - Co Authors Carissa Carter and Scott Doorley - Where Design is Going, Try On Future with Assembling Tomorrow Assembling Tomorrow Scott Doorley and Carissa Carter Learn how to use the readily accessible tools of design to both mend the mistakes of our past and shape our future for the better. Book Overview Assembling Tomorrow explores how to use readily accessible tools of design to both mend the mistakes of our past and shape our future for the better. It explores the intangibles, t...
Nov 25, 2024•41 min•Ep. 462
Episode 461 - Susan E. Schwartz, Ph.D. - A licensed clinical psychologist, Jungian Analytical Psychology Susan E. Schwartz, Ph.D. is a Jungian analyst educated in Zurich, Switzerland and is a licensed clinical psychologist. For many years Susan has been giving workshops and presentations at numerous local, national, community and professional organizations, and lectures worldwide on various aspects of Jungian analytical psychology. She has written several journal articles and book chapters on da...
Nov 24, 2024•45 min•Ep. 461
Episode 460 - Gillian Eliza West - Ruin - The Infernis Duology, A fantasy romance novel About the author Gillian Eliza West, debut author of Ruin: The Infernis Duology, lives in Austin, Texas. With a passion for mythology that has taken her around the world (despite her fear of flying), she strives to infuse her own stories with a similar kind of wonder and magic. Her first foray into writing for an audience came through fan fiction, allowing her to hone her skills as a storyteller. When she isn...
Nov 23, 2024•44 min•Ep. 460
Episode 459 - Jody Hobbs Hesler - A Literary Citizen Residing in The Blue Ridge Mountains Jody Hobbs Hesler has written ever since she could hold a pencil and now lives and writes in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Growing up, she split time between suburban Richmond, Virginia, and the mountains outside Winchester, Virginia. Experiences of all these regions flavor her writing. She is the author of the novel Without You Here (Flexible Press) and the story collection What Makes You Thin...
Nov 22, 2024•39 min•Ep. 459
Episode 458 - Annika Rosendahl, Storyteller, Timefinder, Leadership Coach and Consultant Annika is a result-minded and caring Storyteller, Timefinder and Leadership coach with 20+ years of leadership experience from the corporate world in Telecom, Automotive and Utility industries. She is a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, a PMI certified Project Management Professional and a certified Professional scrum master as well as a Robbins-Madanes trained life coach. Annika is also a publish...
Nov 21, 2024•44 min•Ep. 458
Episode 457 - Bella Ellwood Clayton - Her gripping debut novel, Weekend Friends is Unputdownable DR. BELLA ELLWOOD-CLAYTON was born on Valentine’s Day in Melbourne, Australia; the daughter of avant-garde composer and playwright, Syd Clayton , and enlightenment-seeker, Gwenda Ellwood. At a young age, Bella moved to Vancouver, Canada, with her mother. They lived in Kits (Kitsilano) in different basement suites. Bella’s mother went back to school, studying IT. Bella had a chaotic childhood with lot...
Nov 20, 2024•39 min•Ep. 457
Episode 456 - Jenny Sanders - Driving A Tank Bucketlist Item, Polished Arrows and Helping Kids Write For the last few years I’ve been living wherever I hang my proverbial hat, currently between the UK and South Africa. I’m a writer, speaker, imperfect follower of Jesus, wife, and mother of four grown-and-flown children, and a thousand other things besides. My passions are for authenticity, integrity and justice. I love to ‘see the lights come on’ for people when they grasp truth that makes a dai...
Nov 19, 2024•41 min•Ep. 456
Episode 455 - Meredith Ritchie - Author of Poster Girls - A Historical Fiction Focused On Women's Empowerment Hello, I’m Meredith Ritchie I’ve lived many places, but Charlotte was the first I called home. After discovering how my hometown forgot its own amazing WWII herstory, it became the perfect setting for my first novel. I have made a career in business communications and wrote my first novel, Poster Girls, as a cure for acute "empty nest syndrome." I live near the heart of the Queen City wi...
Nov 18, 2024•39 min•Ep. 455
Episode 454 - Desiree Petrich - Agressively Friendly Podcaster and Author of Taking Intentional Action, How to Choose the Life you Lead About the author Desiree is a speaker, best-selling author, corporate trainer, and host of the Lead With Confidence podcast. She is the founder and CEO of ‘Intentional Action’ which provides training programs in the form of team building experiences, leadership workshops and personality assessments specifically for teams who want to continue to grow together. De...
Nov 17, 2024•41 min•Ep. 454
Episode 453 - Keri Mangis - Embodying Soul, A Return to Wholeness - Mind, Body, Spirit - A Memoir my mission I'm a writer, author, and spiritual teacher, focused on raising awareness and consciousness. I dig deeper into the collective consciousness to root out the myths that keep us stuck in the status quo. I am a wholeness advocate who promotes transformation through the three stages of breakdown, reflection, and rebirth. My Journey I have often tried to insist that I remain a certain way—defin...
Nov 16, 2024•42 min•Ep. 453
Episode 452 - Emrie Oliver - Thera-tainment, Dark Fantasy, Thriller - Chooser of the Slain E.S. Oliver lives in the northern Colorado Rockies with her husband, a gaggle of rescue dogs, alpacas, and exceedingly noisy ducks. She is the author of the dark urban fantasy/thriller novel, "Waters of Wyrd: Chooser of the Slain". Now out in paperback, hardcover, audiobook and e-book at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Audible, Kindle Unlimited, several Colorado indie bookstores, and your favorite indie booksh...
Nov 15, 2024•57 min•Ep. 452
Episode 451 - Benjy Sherer - Finding Your Spot, Feelings First Emotional Fitness Training My name is Benjy! I am an emotional wellness coach and author of 'Feelings First Shadow Work' and '10 Mind Hacks for Quicker Emotional Healing'. I teach self-love and shadow work, to show people how to master their emotions as quickly, easily, and painlessly as possible. My unique methods help people bypass their logical brains and connect directly to their emotions to release past trauma, limiting beliefs,...
Nov 14, 2024•50 min•Ep. 451
Episode 450 - Gillian Stapleton - Marathons, Menopause, Running in Circles and the Boston Marathon Gillian Stapleton is a renowned leader and has led multinational global organisations and Australian-based not-for-profits. An entrepreneur at heart, Gillian has run her own business, served on Boards and is passionate about empowering others, particularly women, to be the best they can be by finding their true passion and thriving. Gillian has an infectious personality both on stage and in the boa...
Nov 13, 2024•39 min•Ep. 450
Episode 449 - William Gee Wong - Sons of Chinatown, A Memoir Rooted in China and America - insights into the Chinese Exclusion Act About William Gee Wong William is a print journalist, author, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland, California's Chinatown, William received his B.A. at the University of California at Berkeley and M.S. at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. His print journalism career was spent at The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979) and The Oakland Tribune (...
Nov 12, 2024•35 min•Ep. 449
Episode 448 - Ben Eden - How We See Ourselves, How to Stop Quiet Quitting On Yourself Ben Eden spent over seven years in HR, mostly in an HR executive role. He knows firsthand what you are going through in your career. As a highly successful HR executive, he helped run a global company with nearly 2,000 employees. Ben helped them grow the company as he went from HR Intern to the Leader of their Global HR department, building locations from the ground up around the world. Now, as an HR business c...
Nov 11, 2024•47 min•Ep. 448
Episode 447 - Danielle Corrie Author of Teida's Story, Life Through the Eyes of a Dog Teida’s Story is the beautiful and unique tale seen through her own doggy eyes. Teida shares her story from when she was a young, excited puppy to her first six years of life with her original owner before being whisked away without warning one afternoon and being dropped in the garden of Annie – a lady who had never owned a dog before and who spends her days working from sun up until sun down. Teida forms a st...
Nov 10, 2024•37 min•Ep. 447
Episode 446 - Anne Fowler - From Haliburton to El Porvenir - Author of I’ve Worn Many Hats About the author Anne Fowler, only child of Audrey and Stewart Hamilton, was raised in Toronto where she attended Leaside High School and Toronto Western Hospital School of Nursing. In 1962 American Airlines beckoned her to Dallas, Texas and life in the sky as a flight attendant. Twice divorced, Anne first married a young minister from Louisiana and then long-time best friend Dr. Bob Fowler of Toronto. The...
Nov 09, 2024•38 min•Ep. 446
Episode 445 - Judy Gruen - Bylines and Blessings - Writing is almost as essential as breathing I began my writing career in the health care field, and sold my first freelance humor pieces by age 22 to the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, the scrappy underdog newspaper to the Los Angeles Times . Since then, I’ve written 5 books, including my memoirs Bylines and Blessings and The Skeptic and the Rabbi, both works of my heart. I’m an award-winning columnist for the Jewish Journal, where my work earned ...
Nov 08, 2024•42 min•Ep. 445
Episode 444 - Mike Fink - The Divorce Decision Decoded book will give you powerful insights into why you are stuck in limbo This is the part where I brag about myself. Not because I want to inflate my ego but because it’s important for you to be reassured that I’m credible and that I’m a real, world-class expert. I grew up in Europe and lived in five different countries (including the US) before moving to Canada, now home. My accent when I speak English is a mix, but most people hear it as a Fre...
Nov 07, 2024•55 min•Ep. 444
EPISODE 443 - Stephen G Eoannou - Creative Stories From Buffalo NY, Fran Striker creator of the Lone Ranger Stephen G. Eoannou is a first-generation Greek American writer from Buffalo, New York. He graduated from SUNY at Buffalo with a BA in Communication and went on to earn an MA in English from Miami University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte. His short story collection, Muscle Cars, was a Literary Awards Program Winner from SFWP. "Swimming Naked" from that c...
Nov 06, 2024•42 min•Ep. 443
Episode 442 - Steve Hoffman - A Season For That - Lost and Found in the Other Southern France In this poignant, delicious memoir, American tax preparer and food writer Steve Hoffman tells the story of how he and his family move to the French countryside, where the locals upend everything he knows about food, wine, and learning how to belong. Steve Hoffman is a perfectly comfortable middle-aged Minnesotan man who has always been desperately, pretentiously in love with France, more specifically wi...
Nov 05, 2024•42 min•Ep. 442
Episode 441 - Jennifer Lang - Places We Left Behind, commitment and compromise, faith and family An American-French-Israeli hybrid, I write about identity, language, home. While raising kids in the San Francisco Bay Area at the dawning of the internet, I worked as copy editor/editor/content writer for BabyCenter, PlanetRx, and many other now obsolete .coms. But I dreamed of seeing my name on paper, in print, eventually writing for Parenting, Parents, Natural Solutions, Scholastic, Woman’s Day, R...
Nov 04, 2024•42 min•Ep. 441
Episode 440 - Renee W Peek - Hope For A New World, The Teacher Switch and Author Resource Book Locker Bio I have been called the crazy chicken lady, the crazy llama lady, and most recently the crazy goat lady, and proud of it. Living in the north woods of Wisconsin we call our place Bear Run, because our first year here there were 18 different bears that visited our home. We have a YouTube site, Bear Run Fun, to post some of the fun here. I am a retired vocational teacher. I worked with at risk ...
Nov 03, 2024•41 min•Ep. 440
Episode 439 - Brock Williams - Helping Men of Color Overcome Obstacles Pertaining To Mental Health Brock Williams AUTHOR | POET | MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE Brock has set out to helping men heal, even take his message overseas. Motivating men to seek treatment and make their mental health a priority. Whether it’s depression, anxiety, bipolar, OCD, or ADHD. Let’s heal together!? Men are often taught to suppress their emotions and not get help. But how can you heal if you don’t know how you feel? Lear...
Nov 02, 2024•54 min•Ep. 439
Episode 438 - Daniel Victor - Lawyer Turned Author Shares A Jewish Catholic Lovestory - The Evil Inclination About the author Daniel Victor specializes in Jewish-themed fiction and has written three novels, two novellas and a collection of short fiction. The Evil Inclination is his first published novel. He practiced law for more than forty years, concentrating on international media transactions (including fifteen years as a senior executive for Sesame Street ). He is a father, and grandfather,...
Nov 01, 2024•41 min•Ep. 438
EPISODE 437 - Katherine Blessan - Novelist, Short Story Writer and Screenwriter - stories that touch on social issues Katherine Blessan is a novelist, short story writer and screenwriter. She loves to write stories that touch on social issues and explore the space where cultures cross. As well as writing, she is is one of the directors of a start-up social enterprise called Kaleido Arts for Wellbeing CIC and is a creative writing tutor. Katherine is married to Blessan – yes, her surname is his f...
Oct 30, 2024•43 min•Ep. 437
BONUS - November is Coming - 30 Episodes in 30 Days - National Podcast Post Month NaPodPoMo In 2007, 50 podcasters participated in the first ever National Podcast Post Month aka NaPodPoMo. Created by Jennifer Navarrete as an answer for an audio version to other 30 day challenges happening in the month of November. NaPodPoMo is a month long event along the same vein as National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000 word novel, you podcast every day f...
Oct 29, 2024•14 min
