You Should Write A Book About That™
123 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsBook Coach to Best Sellers™ Kim O’Hara loves writers of all kinds. She also is a writer, and finds there are endless conversations to be had about the craft and psychology of writing. Join her each episode as she talks with a variety of writers - comedians, authors, coaches, speakers, songwriters, TV writers, to name a few - about their craft. The conversations can get personal in nature, as writing is truly an exploration of self. To learn more about Kim O'Hara as a Book Coach, go to kimohara.com or sign up for the latest on her books at kimoharabooks.com.
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Healthy, Sexy, Funny - Jill Makes You Want to Be Chemical Free
May 26, 2020 11:00 - 23 minutes - 10.8 MBBoard Certified Holistic Health Coach Jill Anenberg Lawrence is all about eating so you don’t wake up with a sugar hangover. She makes wellness fun by sprinkling her how-to videos and workshops with dirty humor. I appreciate her ballsy Italian approach to life and her chemical-free house mantras. She packs great tips into our time together that may not make you look as hot as she does, but at least feel like you are. She swore so much in this episode we had to make it explicit. Get full acc...
Stephanie Zhong - Storyteller & Social Advocate
May 19, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 22.3 MBIt’s a scary time to be Chinese American in America with COVID 19… but this isn’t Stephanie’s first experience with racism. She wanted to write a book 30 years ago about the hidden intersections of Asian American and African American communities in the US. Stephanie is open about growing up in a verbally violent home in Philly with a father who came from a war-torn country. She knew as a young girl she would align with people who felt marginalized, afraid but overcame. A social justice advoc...
Fear of Being Asian in Covid-19
May 19, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 9.78 MBIt’s a scary time to be Chinese American in America with COVID 19… but this isn’t Stephanie’s first experience with racism. She wanted to write a book 30 years ago about the hidden intersections of Asian American and African American communities in the US. Stephanie is open about growing up in a verbally violent home in Philly with a father who came from a war-torn country. She knew as a young girl she would align with people who felt marginalized, afraid but overcame. A social justice advoc...
The Beauty of Art Therapy In A Maximum Security Prison
May 12, 2020 11:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBNot many people can say they have interned at a maximum-security men's prison as an Art Therapist. Amanda started the program with one courageous inmate and it catapulted to three dozen! She leaned on her Quaker upbringing for the foundation of service. She is certified as a Police Officer and worked in both the public and private sectors of law enforcement until significant personal setbacks found her in Texas, then Chicago, and today working two jobs as an independent woman standing on her...
Amanda Woodford - Art Therapist
May 12, 2020 11:00 - 23 minutes - 24.6 MBNot many people can say they have interned at a maximum-security men's prison as an Art Therapist. Amanda started the program with one courageous inmate and it catapulted to three dozen! She leaned on her Quaker upbringing for the foundation of service. She is certified as a Police Officer and worked in both the public and private sectors of law enforcement until significant personal setbacks found her in Texas, then Chicago, and today working two jobs as an independent woman standing on her...
The Beauty of Art Therapy In A Maximum Security Prison
May 12, 2020 11:00 - 23 minutes - 24.6 MBNot many people can say they have interned at a maximum-security men's prison as an Art Therapist. Amanda started the program with one courageous inmate and it catapulted to three dozen! She leaned on her Quaker upbringing for the foundation of service. She is certified as a Police Officer and worked in both the public and private sectors of law enforcement until significant personal setbacks found her in Texas, then Chicago, and today working two jobs as an independent woman standing on her...
Ariel Doggett - My Best Friend of 32 Years
May 05, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 22.7 MBLong friendships are golden. To have someone know you, and not judge you through decades of crazy decisions, wild times, sadness, is priceless. Today on the show I honor the value of long friendships by having a heart to heart with my best friend of thirty-years Ariel Doggett from my old Boston stomping ground. Her resilience and tenacity through an infant almost dying, coming to terms with her true sexual orientation, and fighting for her house has been an inspiration for me. We stayed conn...
Do You Have That One Best Friend You Can Call For Anything?
May 05, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBLong friendships are golden. To have someone know you, and not judge you through decades of crazy decisions, wild times, sadness, is priceless. Today on the show I honor the value of long friendships by having a heart to heart with my best friend of thirty-years Ariel Doggett from my old Boston stomping ground. Her resilience and tenacity through an infant almost dying, coming to terms with her true sexual orientation, and fighting for her house has been an inspiration for me. We stayed conn...
You Can Change Your Whole Life By The Way You Dress
April 28, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBTrendsetting Stylist and personal shopper DeAnna DuPree has not taken a linear path to step into her professional power. It took women literally wanting to buy the shoes off her feet for her to understand she has a flair for not just style, but helping women step into their true selves. Through divine intervention and her own transformation into womanhood, she preaches you can change your whole life and business by the way you dress. You can also connect with DeAnna on Social Media! Fac...
DeAnna DuPree - America’s Most Stylish Social Butterfly
April 28, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 26 MBTrendsetting Stylist and personal shopper DeAnna DuPree has not taken a linear path to step into her professional power. It took women literally wanting to buy the shoes off her feet for her to understand she has a flair for not just style, but helping women step into their true selves. Through divine intervention and her own transformation into womanhood, she preaches you can change your whole life and business by the way you dress. You can also connect with DeAnna on Social Media! Fac...
Ryan Farley - Hollywood TV Writer
April 21, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 29.5 MBRyan Farley became a TV writer in Hollywood after leaving the Detroit fire academy at 18 and heading across the country to LA. Graduating from USC Film School, he had the opportunity to work on the CBS hit show Cold Case as a researcher. Ryan writes every day, and does not like the term “writer’s block.” He says you have to be willing to write even if all ten of your ideas suck. Especially when turning in a script on a network deadline… there is no time to think twice about whether your work...
What It Was Like To Write On Ozark
April 21, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 13.2 MBRyan Farley became a TV writer in Hollywood after leaving the Detroit fire academy at 18 and heading across the country to LA. Graduating from USC Film School, he had the opportunity to work on the CBS hit show Cold Case as a researcher. Ryan writes every day, and does not like the term “writer’s block.” He says you have to be willing to write even if all ten of your ideas suck. Especially when turning in a script on a network deadline… there is no time to think twice about whether your work...
When Adversity Can Be An Accelerator Not An Oppressor
April 14, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBThrough enormous sacrifice and hard work, Charlotte, North Carolina born and raised Dr. Felice Carlton developed a champion mindset. She saw through dealing with adversity that it can be an accelerator instead of an oppressor. Even in the moments when she was studying 90 hours a week, gaining weight, losing hair and living with her parents, she persevered to achieve the career and outlook on health she has today. She has worked in numerous health environments and found that listening to ...
Dr. Felice Carlton: Nurse Practitioner
April 14, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 26 MBThrough enormous sacrifice and hard work, Charlotte, North Carolina born and raised Dr. Felice Carlton developed a champion mindset. She saw through dealing with adversity that it can be an accelerator instead of an oppressor. Even in the moments when she was studying 90 hours a week, gaining weight, losing hair and living with her parents, she persevered to achieve the career and outlook on health she has today. She has worked in numerous health environments and found that listening to ...
Is 68 Too Old To Become A Therapist?
April 07, 2020 11:00 - 24 minutes - 22 MBBritton Derby was a bellman at the W in Los Angeles at 62 when he realized it wasn’t too late to become a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in trauma and addiction. Britton says, if you are one of those people who think life is over at 28, think again. He has led a textured life leading up to his ability to really listen to people, including work as a limo driver for very famous people. He has incredible stories and one of which he tells for us on the show. Get full access...
Britton Derby - Limo Driver, Bellman... Therapist
April 07, 2020 11:00 - 24 minutes - 25.1 MBBritton Derby was a bellman at the W in Los Angeles at 62 when he realized it wasn’t too late to become a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in trauma and addiction. Britton says, if you are one of those people who think life is over at 28, think again. He has led a textured life leading up to his ability to really listen to people, including work as a limo driver for very famous people. He has incredible stories and one of which he tells for us on the show.
Britton Derby
April 07, 2020 11:00 - 24 minutes - 11.1 MBBritton Derby was a bellman at the W in Los Angeles at 62 when he realized it wasn’t too late to become a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in trauma and addiction. Britton says, if you are one of those people who think life is over at 28, think again. He has led a textured life leading up to his ability to really listen to people, including work as a limo driver for very famous people. He has incredible stories and one of which he tells for us on the show.
Running Away From Workaholism
March 31, 2020 11:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBWork/life balance is top of mind in my conversation with Nicole. Discovering she was not raised by her biological father sent her running into workaholism and dysfunctional relationships in the advertising world of Chicago. After decades of questioning her "gut" as a woman, she came to terms with her own value and was able to create a container in which she could embrace business ownership, marriage and motherhood. She infuses her own honesty and vulnerability with her passion to help women ...
Nicole Peternel - CEO/PR Maven
March 31, 2020 11:00 - 31 minutes - 31.6 MBWork/life balance is top of mind in my conversation with Nicole. Discovering she was not raised by her biological father sent her running into workaholism and dysfunctional relationships in the advertising world of Chicago. After decades of questioning her "gut" as a woman, she came to terms with her own value and was able to create a container in which she could embrace business ownership, marriage and motherhood. She infuses her own honesty and vulnerability with her passion to help women ...
From Addiction to Yoga: A Transgender Warrior's Story
March 24, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBA certified yoga instructor and native Angeleno, who in 2010 was compelled to no longer be called her birth name Jeff, but identify as Jill and has been on the transgender journey ever since. The road to her awakening and living in her truth has not been easy. She went from a house, a job and a family to living in her car. She has weathered a common narrative amongst transgender women; family estrangement, addiction, mental health crises, job losses, evictions, housing discrimination, hom...
Jill Modes: Transgender Yoga Warrior
March 24, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 28.8 MBA certified yoga instructor and native Angeleno, who in 2010 was compelled to no longer be called her birth name Jeff, but identify as Jill and has been on the transgender journey ever since. The road to her awakening and living in her truth has not been easy. She went from a house, a job and a family to living in her car. She has weathered a common narrative amongst transgender women; family estrangement, addiction, mental health crises, job losses, evictions, housing discrimination, hom...
When You Get Tired of Guys With The Wrong Intentions
March 17, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MBOn Episode #1, Kindra Murphy looks at dating as spiritual awakenings, even with what she coins F**K boys, or men who french kiss their dog on the first date. Recovered from long term sexual abuse as a child by a female babysitter, she stands by “hurt people,” and sees how we bring all ranges of trauma into our romantic relationships. If we want to truly be intimate and in love, we need to look within first and ask, what do I want out of my romantic relationships? How deep do you go on a f...
Kindra Murphy: Relationship Coach
March 17, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 30.3 MBOn Episode #1, Kindra Murphy looks at dating as spiritual awakenings, even with what she coins FUCK boys, or men who french kiss their dog on the first date. Recovered from long term sexual abuse as a child by a female babysitter, she stands by “hurt people,” and sees how we bring all ranges of trauma into our romantic relationships. If we want to truly be intimate and in love, we need to look within first and ask, what do I want out of my romantic relationships? How deep do you go on a f...