One of my favorite quotes about the power of autobiographical fiction comes from humorist Kevin Kling, “We need to rewrite our story sometimes just so we can get some sleep.” In this episode of the Sharing the Heart of the Matter podcast, Vicki Atkinson and I were fortunate to talk with blogger, poet and author … More Episode 125: “Jade’s Broken Bridge” with Michele Lee Sefton
Is there anything more exciting than the release of a piece of work you’ve put heart, tears, and years into? In this episode of Sharing the Heart of the Matter podcast, Vicki Atkinson and I talk with author and blogger Deborah Brasket about her debut novel, “When Things Go Missing,” just released this week on … More Episode 124: “When Things Go Missing” with Author Deborah Brasket
We love it when people make connections for us. As we see so often in the WordPress community, talented and generous people introduce us to other talented and generous people. Like Pete Springer who introduced us to Melanie McGauran and Beth Kennedy. Or Dr. Stein who introduced us to Lois Roelofs. Most recently Mark Wukas, … More Episode 121: Creativity & the Writer’s Journey with Michael Frutig
We’ve switched our podcast release schedule to bi-weekly on Fridays so we have time to thoughtfully read and prepare good questions for our amazing guests. When we aren’t releasing new full episodes, we have time to make shorts of those aforementioned amazing guests who have joined us on the podcast. I know you’ll love these … More Love, Dreams and Keith Richards
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
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
Did you catch Daniel Abrahams’ latest – “Writing is Rewriting“? Oof! It’s the space I’m in right now and when I stumbled across his blog post recently, I felt like his message was written just for me. Here’s what I mean (and note – the italics and bold below are mine…letting you know what really … More Learning to Rewrite
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
I don’t know if I can get away with this or not but let me try. Talking with our latest guest inspired me. Here goes: Andrew Mayne is A-Mayne-zing! Still with me? I sure hope so. Wynne and I were thrilled to sit down with Andrew but describing him is a challenge. The best kind…because … More Episode 112: “Mr. Whisper” with Author Andrew Mayne
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, Mark Petruska tells us some of the secrets to manifesting outcomes, especially about clarifying our intent. This follows a conversation about the six steps to manifestation by Dr. James … More Two Again Tuesday
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