I love swapping stories with Wynne on the Sharing the Heart of the Matter podcast. It’s a connection-making opportunity that continues to delight me, each and every week. This week? Wynne and I experienced some interesting vulnerability moments, causing us to contemplate our nature. Inviting us to consider our openness and willingness to share ourselves with … More Episode 71: Catching an Edge with Wynne and Vicki
In this episode, Vicki Atkinson and I are back with one of our favorite guests, writer and retired psychologist, Dr. Gerald Stein. In this fascinating episode, we talk about the factors that keep us from accurately predicting how we’ll react in a situation or knowing what we want life to be. We talk about the … More Episode 60: The Perils of Prediction with Dr. Gerald Stein
In my newest Art Talk with Libby Saylor podcast episode, I talk all about taking risks in the studio. In this episode, I go deep and try to uncover what really holds us back from taking chances in our studio. Ultimately, I think it comes down to getting comfortable with our imperfections, as well as getting comfortable with taking risks outside of the studio. I also share with you a super vulnerable whoops moment that I experienced from taking a chance, and how it’s all part of the beautiful process of learning how to be braver, so we can show up as the courageous artists this world so desperately needs. … More Taking Risks in the Studio
In this episode, I’m with my co-host Dr. Vicki Atkinson and we’re talking about unlocking secrets. Both Vicki and I have published books about family. Vicki about her mom, Sue, and me about my dad, Dick. As we’ve discussed in other podcasts, writing about family is hard. But it’s also instructive – we learn so … More Episode 52: Unlocking Secrets with Vicki and Wynne
Lately, I’ve been waking up from dreams of long-ago scenes. Places I’ve lived, boyfriends I’ve loved, scenarios that are dusty but familiar. They are neither stressful nor packed with similarity between them. They are like opening a drawer of old photos and picking out a few. Perhaps I’ve dredged up these memories because I’ve been … More Choice with a Side of Grace
We are celebrating our 50th podcast in this episode. We talk about my favorite quote as it relates to pulling ourselves together to start something – and then sticking with it. Your first podcast will be awful.Your first video will be awful.Your first article will be awful.Your first art will be awful.Your first photo will … More Episode 50: The Art of Practice
The Sharing the Heart of the Matter podcast is back with its first episode of 2024! This year we are putting special emphasis on the why and how of creativity. We start the season with a special episode with Dr. Vicki Atkinson. We know and love our writing, blogging friend, and podcasting friend Vicki. But … More Episode 49: Six-Word Stories with Dr. Victoria Atkinson
My wife and I were counting pennies. We were a young married couple with our first child and a baby on the way. On one of our few date nights out, instead of enjoying some quality couples time, we were instead patrolling the aisles at Best Buy looking over the latest and greatest in VHS … More Keeping up with the times
Our theme this month at Heart of the Matter is change. As I mulled this topic over the past few days, I was drawn in by two quotes. Both are well-known…a Chinese proverb about planting trees…. now….and a Seneca quote about beginnings and endings. (Both are snipped into the graphic above. I love them – … More Dancing With Change
In this episode, I’m with my co-host, Dr. Vicki Atkinson, and we are back with the amazing blogger and author, Stuart Perkins. We revisit a couple of Stuart’s recent pieces that highlight the kind of people who help us and inspire us to stay steady. Stuart writes so beautifully. Period. He hooks us and we … More Episode 48: Staying Steady with Stuart Perkins
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