Episode 119: “The Politzer Saga” with Linda Ambrus Broenniman

In this inspiring episode, Vicki Atkinson and I are talking with author, Linda Broenniman. Linda has written a great family story, The Politzer Saga. She tells us about the offhand comment that revealed the secret that her dad was Jewish. At the time she heard, she was 27 years old and didn’t delve deeper into … More Episode 119: “The Politzer Saga” with Linda Ambrus Broenniman

Episode 118: “Unsung Heroes” with Author Ritish Sharma

In this inspiring episode of the Sharing the Heart of the Matter podcast, Vicki Atkinson and I are talking with author and blogger from the Aspiring Blog, Ritish Sharma. Ritish and his co-author, Deepak Joshi, have put together an incredible collection of heart warming stories in their book Unfold the Stories of Unsung Heroes. Part … More Episode 118: “Unsung Heroes” with Author Ritish Sharma

Episode 117: Human Connection with Author and Mentalist Alexander Beresford

There is so much about magic that is similar to writing – the timing, the paring down to create suspense, the need to dig deep in order to create a meaningful effect. Not that I make any claim to knowing magic but it’s one of my takeaways from the fascinating podcast conversation Vicki Atkinson and … More Episode 117: Human Connection with Author and Mentalist Alexander Beresford

Episode 116: “Finding Happy” with Filmmaker and Philanthropist Peter Samuelson

Every time I edit and produce one of our podcast episodes, I fall in love with the episode so that each one becomes my favorite. Clearly, I’m not impartial. But even so, THIS is a great episode because Vicki Atkinson and I were blown away by filmmaker, philanthropist and author, Peter Samuelson. Watch the small … More Episode 116: “Finding Happy” with Filmmaker and Philanthropist Peter Samuelson

Encouragement Matters

My nine-year-old daughter was walking home from school the other day when she heard a classmate who was walking ahead of her yell excitedly across the street to another kid, “We got a video from Bob Ferguson!” Bob Ferguson, the governor of the state of Washington, had responded to an invitation from the class with … More Encouragement Matters

Fabulous Short Clips

In order to keep producing thoughtful new podcasts, we have slowed our HoTM podcast release schedule to bi-weekly. This also gives us an opportunity to highlight some more great YouTube shorts from our vault of videos of fabulous podcast guests. In this first short clip, author Lauren Scott tells us how her beautiful children’s book, … More Fabulous Short Clips

Two Again Tuesday

We’ve been having fun making some YouTube shorts from our fabulous podcast guests. So, we’re republishing some of our best clips. In this first short clip, Ab beautifully describes how caregiving, raising awareness for FASD, writing, and gratitude all come together in a heartfelt way. There’s a nice synchronicity to this clip because Ab was … More Two Again Tuesday

Marketing is Hard

This past weekend, my kids gave me the go-ahead to get rid of the playhouse that was tucked into a corner of our backyard. In the past year, we were mostly using it as storage for the pink yard flamingos so Cooper wouldn’t chew them. I wanted to get it to the curb to give … More Marketing is Hard