This month we continue to focus on the topic of growth here at Heart of the Matter and this post is another in my short series about writing my mother’s story in my upcoming book, “Surviving Sue”. Thank you to those of you who’ve asked about maintaining the motivation to write. In this post I’ll … More Find Good Everywhere
It seems like these days pass so quickly that we often finding ourselves reading, appreciating the gift of a post, and then moving on too quickly. To extend some of the great notes of the week, we are trying out Well Said Saturdays – bringing a few quotes from recent posts forward. From Mother’s Day … More Well Said Saturdays – May 20
Our podcast guest this week is Mark Petruska of the Mark My Words blog. If there is someone that hasn’t yet had the pleasure of reading Mark’s delightfully clever and witty blog, we can’t recommend it highly enough. In fact, you can read below for Mark’s guest post about the podcasting experience and see for … More Episode 18: No Time For Kings with Mark Petruska
It seems like these days pass so quickly that we often finding ourselves reading, appreciating the gift of a post, and then moving on too quickly. To extend some of the great notes of the week, we are trying out Well Said Saturdays – bringing a few quotes from recent posts forward. From Growing Into … More Well Said Saturdays – May 13
I find it ironic that this podcast where we talk about blogging and whether the numbers matter, comes on the heels of topping 500 listens on our podcast. Thank you to all of you – we really appreciate your support on this venture. Which is a great segue to the topic of the podcast today. … More Episode 17: Building a Base with Brian Hannon
My book, “Surviving Sue” (coming soon) is about my mother who suffered from alcoholism, depression, anxiety, Munchausen’s by Proxy and more. It’s a lot…I know…and I promise every upcoming post from me won’t be about it. 😉 However, Wynne and I know that many of our blogging friends have powerful, inspirational stories to tell about families. This topic … More Growing Into Writing
It seems like these days pass so quickly that we often finding ourselves reading, appreciating the gift of a post, and then moving on too quickly. To extend some of the great notes of the week, we are trying out Well Said Saturdays – bringing a few quotes from recent posts forward. From Grace & … More Well Said Saturdays
When Vicki, Stuart and I were talking on this podcast about Stuart’s post called A Nugget of Kindness, I told the story of a time when I took Miss O to get donuts when she was four-years-old. The pandemic had just started, so it was a big deal to be able to get out and … More Episode 16: Nuggets of Kindness with Stuart Perkins
April felt like a great month full of great conversations worth having about creativity and inspiration. Of course, this is all possible because of the great group of writers and community that makes this interaction meaningful. In Case You Missed These Great Posts Vicki applies creativity to relationships in Creativity of Being Wynne tries to … More April’s Greatest Hits
When Vicki and I were talking with Brenda on this podcast about the title of her blog, Curiosities, Castles and Coffee Shops, we landed on another “c” word that is so fitting for Brenda – community. From the way she’s built up community on her own blog, suggested ideas to support new bloggers with a … More Episode 15: Writing into a Full and Balanced Life with Brenda Harrison
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