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Erin finds the energy to write another wonderful post The Energy Story You Tell Yourself

Brian hones in on the joy that sometimes comes with letting go: A different kind of joy

Deb uncovers what sometimes steals our joy and how we can come back from that in Reclaiming Myself

Endless Weekend wonders Is It the Big or the Small for You?

Libby aka the Goddess Attainable shows us what dedication to art can look like in Keep Making Art and See What Happens

Mark has us giggling about colorful dating misadventures in Purple Trans Ams, White Lies, and Green Cards

Coming Attractions for September

We are focusing on curiosity and learning in the month of September. We hope you will subscribe (if you haven’t already) and join us for many great posts and podcasts.

The podcast lineup includes an episode where former newspaper reporter, Brian Hannon, turns the tables and interviews Vicki and Wynne on how two non-writers became memoir authors.

And so much more…

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Wonderful Content from the WordPress Community

Georgia from the Person on a Page blog shares a beautiful piece she wrote for a food writing class: Tomatoes

Deborah L. Robinson comes up with a beautiful way to explain autistic-allistic communication, through a horse lens

Molly from Transatlantic Notes participates in the climate change collective and writes a well-informed article A Greener World: Debunking Myths about Climate Change

Anita from 100CountryTrek.com posts some beautiful Sunflowers

You can see some of Andrea, Children’s Book Illustrator’s beautiful illustrations on What motivates you?

Ab from My Life with T writes about the precious beliefs of kids: Has to Be

Sharing the Heart of the Matter Podcast

Check out our podcast talking about our heart stories. It’s on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Anchor and Pocket Casts. Please search for Sharing the Heart of the Matter on any of those platforms to subscribe.

Episode 29: Accidental Philanthropists with Dr. Gerald Stein: Dr. Stein tells a great story about how a promise a group of 16 year-olds made in 1963 turned into a philanthropy 37 years later with a bit of great luck.

Episode 30: True Grit with Cheryl Oreglia: Cheryl Oreglia returns and in her delightful way of mixing wit with wisdom, talks about all that we gain as we age.

Episode 31: Trying Podcasting Part 1 with Vicki and Wynne: We talk about what starting a podcast has taught us about trying

Episode 32: Trying Podcasting Part 2 with Vicki and Wynne: We talk about the logistics of a podcast in platform, marketing, and more