Episode #1 with Carrie Jalonen
Let go of thinking writing is always cozy. Thatâs only 1 stage. The art of good writing must include vulnerability. Itâs all about your growth. Â
Whatâs the 1 thing preventing you from saying (convincingly!), âIâm a writer,â?Â
Carrie shares how it all happened for her in one week & with one decision.
Plus, if you want to publish, Carrie talks about everything that shifted to get her there.Â
I now feel I am living the life I was meant to live. I remembered the dream and it is coming back to myself. When a book burns inside of you it must come out. -Carrie
LISTEN HERE!Episode #2Â with Laura Stephens
How do you make a heavy & difficult topic easy to read? Most memoirs are too preachy, and Laura worked hard to make sure hers is reader-friendly and full of gentle advice.
Difficult topics need a little extra love in the writing.Â
Laura talks about how the writing process gave her a vehicle to release residual emotions and heal. Writing & making her story public did way more for her than going to therapy and talking about it.Â
Writing beats thinking every day. Survivors of abuse, especially, have learned how to stifle their truth. Once it is visual and clear, there is only one way forward and one direction to follow. -Laura
Did you always want to be a writer? Laura shares the vision she had as a child and how it guided her to write the book she wished she had. Plus, she talks about the #1 tool that gave her book the clarity and direction she was missing. âOtherwise, it was just journaling.â
LISTEN HERE!Episode #3Â with Lara Wellman
You're not too late!
If you think you're lazy for not finishing already, Laraâs low-pressure approach will pull you out of the spiraling thought processes that keep you stuck.Â
Lara is a master of the relaxed deep dive. In this talk, she drops tons of tips and mindset gems to help you finish your first draft.
Expecting it to be perfect. Expecting it to get it all at once..Expecting to have it all figured outâŚsets us up with unrealistic ideals & goals. Then we use the resistance as proof we arenât meant to do it. Get over the idea that a book is formal. It's a conversation. Tell stories. -LaraÂ
Lara talks about the slow burn and small weekly actions that respect our natural pace and the organic unfolding of what the book is meant to be.Â
This is what writing your book - without the pressure- looks like.
LISTEN HERE!Episode #4 with Rebecca Claeys
âIf writing a book doesnât transform you, youâre doing it wrong.â -Rebecca
How do you not give up when your inner critic tempts you to chuck your laptop out the window?
You donât want to miss this talk with Rebecca where she shares the secret of staying in the game and finishing. Sheâs the master at making the complex and abstract simple and obtainable. During our brief talk, she drops tips and stellar advice on writing and publishing your 1st book. Lots of details on How NOT to give up and get âer done.Â
Be ready to take notes. Rebecca speaks in truth bombs.Â
Hereâs everything she didn't know when she started but knows now, and you should too. Join us in this delicious conversation. Itâs going to motivate you to finish your book too.Â
She even drops a free 3-part offer for our audience at the end. ⤠Grab your gift here.
Her book When WHAT Gives Way to WHY is available on her website here>Â Â https://www.cleopatrasseeds.com
Check out her Live In Your Rhythm Podcast here!
LISTEN HERE!Episode #5 with Carleen Hicks
Writing, editing, and marketing our books can seriously burn us out. âThe worst part is it makes us feel like itâs our fault.â Â
In this episode, Carleen talks with me about why she loves helping readers laugh, even (or especially!) when the topic is heavy.
Her advice comes from 20+ years as a leader, human resources practitioner, and career coach in the high-tech industry. Sheâs the author of Success Without the Self-Destruction: How to Quit The Burnout Club. Â
âGive people a way to see themselves with grace. Humor does that. It helps us get out of the trenches of belief. We can't take our writing so seriously. Push the edge.âÂ
Learn how a weekend writing workshop with us turned into her best-selling book.
LISTEN HERE!Episode #6 with Tish Gentili
âIt all happens in a flow state. Have an intention and a vision of what you want your reader to walk away with.â -Tish Gentili.
What does manifesting the life you love have to do with the energetics for writing and publishing? Ask Tish.
Sit back and enjoy real-life motivation from Tish Gentili.
After receiving the classic âLightning Boltâ of inspiration for her book, she knew how to write a modern take on Napolean Hillâs classic Think and Grow Rich. She had a clear vision and Think and Grow B****, a sassy girl-to-girl guide to create a life and business you love, downloaded itself.
Tune in and hear what happens when you have the intense desire to share your message and your vision.Â
Tish says that writing her book was âeffortless, fun, and inspired. Spirit wanted it to come out.â
(Although the editing was not so fun or effortless! Hear about how she got that done too.)
LISTEN HERE!Episode #7 with Allison Doss
âMy book gives me leverage in the speaking world.Â
Since publishing, Iâve been asked to collaborate on 4 different books because I wrote a book and got great reviews.Â
Finishing the book gave me the confidence that I actually had something to say, AND I could say it, AND do something about it. I now felt I could be a part of that world because I achieved the goal of writing the book.Â
Now I fit in with the crowd.â
Pull up a chair and hang out with award-winning author and speaker Allison Doss. Sheâs pure inspiration and motivation. In this episode we talk about how showing up to be of service (rather than to get our needs met) makes a difference.Â
âItâs not about being liked. Itâs about being of service.âÂ
Allison shares how writing her memoir, The Unbossing, was the key to gaining the confidence she needed to own her place on the stage. Now she stands shoulder to shoulder with Jack Canfield and Marie Diamond from The Secret.
Youâll also hear how she handles the tech gremlins. Itâs not all rainbows and unicorns when youâre self publishing.
LISTEN HERE!