It’s episode #144 and I’m chatting with Celia McBride, a Canadian multi-disciplinary artist originally from the Yukon, now living in Port Hope. As a playwright, Celia’s work was developed by numerous theatre companies in Canada (infinitheatre, Nightwood, Factory), and produced internationally by Red Kettle Theatre (Ireland) and Looking Glass Theatre (New York). She was commissioned by the Stratford Festival of Canada for the Studio Theatre’s inaugural season, and Walk Right Up premiered there in...
Jan 29, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 144
It’s episode #143 and I’m chatting with Victoria Albina, Nurse Practitioner with a Master’s Degree in Public Health. This was such a great conversation! Victoria is intelligent, deep, knowledgeable and wise. We talked about how to identify when you’re defaulting to perfectionism and people-pleasing, what the term ‘somatics’ means to her, what tipping points are like (the shift from thinking your feelings to feeling your feelings) and got into the fun stuff - all the ‘nerditry and all the woo’. M...
Mar 02, 2023•1 hr 6 min
It’s episode #142 and I’m offering you a body-based writing prompt that sources from your nipples. We all have them! Take in the exploration, then set a timer and flow write for somewhere between 5 and 20 minutes. See what arises. Enjoy! And, for more offerings like this, including my transformational, body-centric memoir-writing course, The Art of Personal Mythmaking, go to my website, janellehardy.com .
Feb 16, 2023•13 min
It’s episode #141 and I’m telling you an Irish fairy tale, The Brewery of Eggshells. If this story resonates with you, I really encourage you to read and listen to a few different versions, and make the story your own. Then stick around after the story for some guidance on working with tales like this, and your personal stories, and then, to start your own personal mythmaking get started with my free on-demand workshop, Outline Your Memoir Using Fairy Tale and Myth as Your Guide....
Feb 02, 2023•19 min
It’s episode #140 and I’m chatting with Nicole Breit, a writer and the founder of Spark Your Story, an online writing school. I met Nicole online when she reached out to connect over our shared love of writing, teaching writing, and the challenges and delights of marketing and teaching writing courses online, from Canada. So, here’s some more about Nicole. She’s an award-winning essayist, poet, and writing instructor based on the traditional, unceded territory of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh people in Gib...
Jan 18, 2023•1 hr 8 min
It’s episode #139 and I’m offering you a body-based writing prompt that sources from your hands. Take in the exploration, then set a timer and flow write for somewhere between 5 and 20 minutes. See what arises. Enjoy! And, for more offerings like this, including my transformational, body-centric memoir-writing course, The Art of Personal Mythmaking, go to my website, janellehardy.com .
Jan 04, 2023•12 min•Ep. 139
It’s episode #138 and I’m telling you the fairy tale of The Juniper Tree, from the Grimm's Brother's collection. Sit back and enjoy having a story told to you. Let your body and your soul soak up the essence of the story magic and medicine. Stick around after the story for some guidance on working with tales like this, and your personal stories, and then, to start your own personal mythmaking get started with my free on-demand workshop, Outline Your Memoir Using Fairy Tale and Myth as Your Guide...
Dec 11, 2022•40 min
Michelle Boyd, PhD, is the founder of InkWell Academic Writing Retreats, a transformative, retreat-based training program that teaches scholars to overcome their writing fears. I met Michelle through a personal introduction via Tara McMullin’s small business What Works Network. Someone there thought I’d like Michelle and her work, and they were completely right. Michelle is a kindred spirit and does wonderful work in the world. I’m so delighted to share a conversation that traverses (and helps m...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 137
It’s episode #136 and I’m offering you a body-based writing prompt that sources from your eyes. There are so many directions I could take the prompt of eyes in. I can’t do all of them in one prompt, so there may be another eye writing prompt at some point. Fun fun! Take in the exploration, then set a timer and flow write for somewhere between 5 and 20 minutes. See what arises. Enjoy! And, for more offerings like this, including my transformational, body-centric memoir-writing course, The Art of ...
Nov 09, 2022•11 min•Ep. 136
It’s episode #135 and I’m telling you another fairy tale that my Personal Mythmaking students often choose to work with. It’s the tale of Beauty and the Beast, which has a long and complicated folkloric history . And although there are tales of brides and animal grooms from all over the world, the first written version of Beauty and the Beast came from 1740, in French. La Belle et La Bête, by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Gallon de Villeneuve. This version has become the standard version of the ta...
Nov 07, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 135
Dr. Sara Cleto, from Atlanta, Georgia, and Dr. Brittany Warman, from Warrenton, Virginia, are award-winning folklorists, teachers, and writers. As if that’s not enough, they founded The Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic in 2016, where they teach creative souls how to re-enchant their lives through folklore and fairy tales. Click, click, click. As usual, I found Sara and Brittany because I’m insatiably curious and am also deeply devoted to procrastination and avoidance of whatever ...
Oct 28, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 134
In this brief episode, I offer you a body-based writing prompt that sources from your brain teeth. You know, that part of you that 'chews on words'. Take in the exploration, then set and timer and flow write for somewhere between 5 and 20 minutes. See what arises. Enjoy! And then, for more guidance on somatic body writing, personal transformation and memoir-writing, go to my website, janellehardy.com to get started....
Oct 26, 2022•16 min•Ep. 133
I’m telling you a fairy tale, one that is often chosen by my Personal Mythmaking students. It’s the tale of Red Riding Hood, from the Tales of the Brothers Grimm. And since it’s one that’s often chosen, I’m reading this classic version, but if the story resonates with you, I really encourage you to read and listen to a few different versions, and make the story your own. I had fond memories of watching this story come to life on the stage of my daughter’s Grade 8 class. Each of her classmates st...
Oct 24, 2022•26 min•Ep. 132
Molly Pennington, PhD, is a consulting astrologer and award-winning writer. I’m truly excited to share this conversation with Molly because she is, hands down, one of the most incredible writers I know, and I can’t wait for her to get her memoir published so I can read it and share it with as many people as possible. She’s also a phenomenal astrologer, deep thinker, and someone who delights in learning. In fact, Molly is also an alumni of my transformational memoir-writing course, The Art of Per...
Oct 14, 2022•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 131
In this brief episode, I offer you a body-based writing prompt that sources from your hair. Take in the exploration, then set and timer and flow write for somewhere between 5 and 20 minutes. See what arises. Enjoy!
Oct 12, 2022•12 min•Ep. 130
I’m telling you the tale of Iron Hans, from the Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Stick around after the story for some guidance on working with tales like this, and your personal stories, and then, to start your own personal mythmaking go to my website at www.janellehardy.com to get started with my free on-demand workshop, Outline Your Memoir Using Fairy Tale and Myth as Your Guide.
Oct 10, 2022•41 min•Ep. 129
I’m chatting with Carina Bissett a writer, poet, and educator working primarily in the fields of dark fiction and fabulism. Her short fiction and poetry have been published in multiple journals and anthologies including Into the Forest , Upon a Twice Time , Bitter Distillations: An Anthology of Poisonous Tales , Arterial Bloom , Gorgon: Stories of Emergence , Weird Dream Society , Hath No Fury , and the HWA Poetry Showcase (Vol. V, VI, and VIII). She has also written stories set in shared worlds...
Sep 29, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 128
In this brief episode, I offer you a body-based writing prompt that sources from your forearms. Take in the exploration, then set and timer and flow write for somewhere between 5 and 20 minutes. See what arises. Enjoy! For more offerings like this, go to my website, janellehardy.com .
Sep 25, 2022•10 min•Ep. 127
It’s episode #126 and I’m telling you a brief fable - the Russian story of The Scorpion and the Frog. Sit back and enjoy having a story told to you. Let your body and your soul soak up the essence of the story magic and medicine. Stick around after the story for some guidance on working with tales like this, and your personal stories, and then, to start your own personal mythmaking go to my website at www.janellehardy.com to get started with my free on-demand workshop, Outline Your Memoir Using ...
Sep 21, 2022•16 min
It’s episode #125 and I’m chatting with Heidi Parkes, quilter, artist and educator. The way I met Heidi is another delightful story of people following their interests through clicks until, eventually, the connection point happens. In 2018, I was a guest on Amber Magnolia Hill’s podcast, Medicine Stories. Heidi listened to our conversation, then looked me up and subscribed to my newsletter list. I had no idea. She stayed on my newsletter list, and then, last year, just after I’d discovered a del...
Sep 18, 2022•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 125
In this brief episode, I offer you a body-based writing prompt that sources from your tongue. Take in the exploration, then set and timer and flow write for somewhere between 5 and 20 minutes. See what arises. Enjoy! For more offerings like this, go to my website, janellehardy.com .
Sep 17, 2022•11 min•Ep. 124
It’s episode #123 and I’m telling you a German story collected by the Brothers Grimm - The 12 Dancing Princesses. Also known as “The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes" and "The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces.” Sit back and enjoy having a story told to you. Let your body and your soul soak up the essence of the story magic and medicine. Stick around after the story for some guidance on working with tales like this, and your personal stories, and then, to start your own personal mythmaking go to my website...
Sep 16, 2022•35 min•Ep. 123
It’s episode #122 and I’m chatting with Shawnrey Notto, the Sensual Intelligence and Embodiment guide, teaching and inspiring people to embody their joy, pleasure, and self-love. Oh gosh, how can I describe the ways I adore Shawnrey? We first met in a women’s leadership council, facilitated by the wonderful Nisha Moodley, and I was really moved by Shawnrey’s combination of vivacious joyful selfhood alongside her tender, vulnerable side, and how much the two facets of her rely on the other - powe...
Sep 09, 2022•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 122
In this brief episode, I offer you a body-based writing prompt that sources from your ears. Take in the exploration, then set and timer and flow write for somewhere between 5 and 20 minutes. See what arises. Enjoy! For more offerings like this, go to my website, janellehardy.com .
Sep 08, 2022•6 min•Ep. 121
It’s episode #120 and I’m telling you a Norwegian story, The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body. Sit back and enjoy having a story told to you. Let your body and your soul soak up the essence of the story magic and medicine. Stick around after the story for some guidance on working with tales like this, and your personal stories, and then, to start your own personal mythmaking go to my website at www.janellehardy.com to get started with my free on-demand workshop, Outline Your Memoir Using Fairy...
Sep 07, 2022•52 min•Ep. 120
It’s episode #119 and I’m chatting with Gauri Raje, a storyteller, educator and workshop facilitator working with adolescents and adults from multilingual, multicultural and disadvantaged backgrounds. I first encountered Gauri when I signed up for the Anima Mundi School’s Fairytale Kitchen series. Gauri is one of the two storytellers in that series, and one of 3 story interpreters, in that, after the story is told, she discusses it as a storyteller and anthropologist, alongside founder of the sc...
Sep 01, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 119
In this brief episode, I offer you a body-based writing prompt that sources from your fingertips. Take in the exploration, then set and timer and flow write for somewhere between 5 and 20 minutes. See what arises. Enjoy! For more offerings like this, go to my website, janellehardy.com .
Aug 30, 2022•10 min•Ep. 118
In this episode, I tell a Scottish tale. The Blacksmith's Wife of Yarrowfoot. Sit back and enjoy having a story told to you. Let your body and your soul soak up the essence of the story magic and medicine. After the story I share some memoir-writing and transformational healing prompts if you'd like to work with the story magic, apply it to your own life stories, and see where it takes you. To start your own personal mythmaking, and work with me, go to www.janellehardy.com and get started. I’m l...
Aug 29, 2022•23 min•Ep. 117
It’s episode #116 and I’m chatting with Juno Kim, an IMTA-certified mindfulness teacher and emotional well-being coach who has a deep passion for well-being, psychology, sociology and philosophy. I’m totally thrilled to say that Juno is a podcast guest I met in real life. This may not seem like something to get excited about, but for me, with so much of my work being online - both my teaching and my relationship building, it is indeed exciting! In early 2021, I’d moved to Vancouver and joined a ...
Aug 28, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 116
In this brief episode, I offer you a body-based writing prompt that sources from your guts. Take in the exploration, then set and timer and flow write for somewhere between 5 and 20 minutes. See what arises. Enjoy! For more offerings like this, go to my website, janellehardy.com .
Aug 26, 2022•13 min•Ep. 115
