Latest Healing through writing Podcast Episodes
Reconnecting to Nature
Courageous Wordsmith - September 14, 2021 15:10 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsLynn Trotta is a nature-based mentor and certified life-coach who guides empaths and sensitive souls out of the overwhelm of distraction culture and into peace and belonging, through a rooted and sacred relationship with nature. Since 2005 she’s been helping people fall madly in love with the w...
A Return to Live Theater
Courageous Wordsmith - June 09, 2021 16:04 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRough Magic Performance Company is a professional theater company focused on supporting women artists, audiences, and stories; we strive to embrace the complexities and diversity of women’s experiences from classics to contemporary work while promoting artistic excellence and community engagemen...
Author Myths
Courageous Wordsmith - May 12, 2021 22:43 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRoseanne Cheng is an author, writing coach, ghostwriter, and book marketing consultant. She's the co-founder of Evergreen Authors, an online school teaching creatives how to get their work out into the world. www.evergreenauthors.com — Amy's e-Book, Shiny Objects 101: Eleven key tools to acce...
Gifts from the Other Side
Courageous Wordsmith - May 04, 2021 16:23 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsFormerly a Teach for America teacher and IBM tech writer, Kiki Kelley went on to become Google's first editor ever, rose to senior editor, and helped the company IPO. Kiki's surprise miracle daughter, Madeleine, has seen her mother start a charitable foundation, study Jungian psychoanalysis, and...
Thoughts about Thoughtwork
Courageous Wordsmith - April 07, 2021 04:48 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRay DePaola is Owner, Creator & Wizard of Sunrise Journeys Life Coaching | Master Wayfinder & Coach | Co-conspirator | Life Guide | SpiritWalker | DreamCatcher | Experimenting in living a life of purpose, sustained through play, satisfaction, and joy www.sunrisejourneys.com https://www.faceboo...
A Journalist's Healing Story
Courageous Wordsmith - March 25, 2021 01:40 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRebecca Tolin is a mind-body coach who helps people heal from chronic fatigue, pain, headaches, anxiety and other stress-related symptoms. Rebecca recovered from 13-years of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome through the groundbreaking work of Dr. John Sarno, who coined the term TMS, and other pioneers in...
Letting Creative Plans Change
Courageous Wordsmith - March 04, 2021 03:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsStephanie L Walton has come to understand that success is failure reengineered. In her own life, she has seem massive failures reengineered into glorious successes. Stephanie has been a leader in several Fortune 500 companies over the last 20 years. Her commitment to courageous leadership, sel...
Black and White Translation
Courageous Wordsmith - February 17, 2021 18:08 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsFrom Amy: This is a tender and important topic for me. As a white woman, I'm afraid of getting it wrong. At the same time I'm so proud of this episode. More importantly, I thank Stephanie Walton for engaging in this exchange. There's something so damaging when white culture denies the truths o...
Pandemic Humor
Courageous Wordsmith - January 13, 2021 16:21 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsFrom Amy: This episode, recorded shortly after elections, was originally intended for the morning of January 6, but was mercifully delayed. One week later, as the horrors of that day come to light and we impeach the outgoing president a second time, it's the only episode I feel OK airing. Cory B...
Truth hurts. So now what?
Courageous Wordsmith - December 30, 2020 20:34 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAzna Amira was the first Black woman reporter for the Wall Street Journal. She's lived in Milwaukee, Atlanta, and Northfield, Minnesota—the town where we both attended Carleton College. I met Azna in Northfield, where she returned to live following a reunion. She was among the first Black stude...
Writing as a Path to Healing, Part Two
Courageous Wordsmith - December 24, 2020 00:32 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsBradley Bodeker is a Minnesota Maori storyteller and multimedia artist who likes to play guitar and sing at local bars with his band Snow White and the Brown Man. He also creates mosaic portraits of music legends using their lyrics to make up the image. On Facebook, he enjoys sharing Coffee with...
Writing as a Path to Healing, Part One
Courageous Wordsmith - December 16, 2020 22:56 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsBradley Bodeker is a Minnesota Maori storyteller and multimedia artist who likes to play guitar and sing at local bars with his band Snow White and the Brown Man. He also creates mosaic portraits of music legends using their lyrics to make up the image. On Facebook, he enjoys sharing Coffee with...
Staging Studio Space
Courageous Wordsmith - December 09, 2020 18:30 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsKatie Sanders is a Digital/UX Designer turned Sensory Designer who helps kids and adults create sanctuaries in their homes. She discovered late in life that she has auditory processing disorder and dyslexia which allows her to understand her son’s similar needs with autism and sensory processing...
Opening MinnyRow Market
Courageous Wordsmith - November 18, 2020 21:30 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDana and Peter Smith are owners of MinnyRow Market (MRM), a boutique grocer that specializes in locally sourced and ethically produced foods. Their goal is to create a community around the local food and products they carry, reflecting a blend of their two backgrounds. Dana’s passion is custome...
Systems Support for Creatives
Courageous Wordsmith - October 06, 2020 01:22 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsShellie Miller is a coffee-loving, systems-master, no-BS, magic-loving business coach for ambitious and creative entrepreneurs and business builders. Gathering your business team and tools as an entrepreneur can be tricky. Shellie provides solutions to these creative nomads in their journey. Th...
Perfectly Imperfect Paradigm Shifts
Courageous Wordsmith - September 10, 2020 16:54 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsEmily P.G. Erickson is a mental health researcher and psychotherapist turned writer. She began practicing mindfulness meditation in 2007, while living in Thailand and hasn’t stopped learning about mindfulness since. Her writing about culture, mental health, mindfulness, and motherhood has been f...
Welcoming Black Voices in the Suburbs
Courageous Wordsmith - September 02, 2020 17:55 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDr. Nneka Sederstrom was Director of the Center for Ethics and Director of the Spiritual Care Department at Medstar Washington Hospital Center in Washington DC before coming to Children's Minnesota as Director of the Clinical Ethics Department. She earned her PhD in Medical Sociology, MPH in Glo...
Self Care in Unprecedented Times
Courageous Wordsmith - August 23, 2020 23:40 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRebecca Shisler Marshall, PhD (CCC-SLP) is the founder of Centered Living and an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia. She completed her master’s and PhD in Experimental Cognitive Psychology at the University of South Carolina concurrently with a master’s degree in Speech-Language P...
Holding Space to Talk about Race
Courageous Wordsmith - August 09, 2020 23:15 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsLisa Harris is an author, storyteller, poet, narrative coach and the CEO and founder of Fashion Meets Poetry. Before entrepreneurship, Lisa spent 18+ years in executive leadership roles working for and with Fortune 100 companies and nationally recognized brands. In 2016, Lisa published her first...
Living Your Super Secret Vision
Courageous Wordsmith - July 26, 2020 23:20 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRay DePaola is Owner, Creator & Wizard of Sunrise Journeys Life Coaching | Master Wayfinder & Coach | Co-conspirator | Life Guide | SpiritWalker | DreamCatcher | Experimenting in living a life of purpose, sustained through play, satisfaction, and joy Ray's Website: www.sunrisejourneys.com Face...
Creativity Heals the Heart
Courageous Wordsmith - July 14, 2020 19:22 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsJennifer Bauer is a Master Wayfinder Coach, Breathwork Meditation Healer, Reiki Practitioner, Author, and Public Speaker. Website: www.jennbauerhealing.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.bauer.54772 IG: https://www.instagram.com/elationexplorer/ This was the quote from David Ell...
Recovering from a Dream Job
Courageous Wordsmith - March 11, 2020 19:52 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSasha Mobley is an executive coach, author of The Strong Woman Trap: A Feminist Guide for Getting Your Life Back, and Master Facilitator of Navigating Challenging Dialogue. When she isn't writing or working with clients, Sasha enjoys studying Japanese art and culture, paddleboarding, and spendin...
Life as Human Embodying Soul
Courageous Wordsmith - February 19, 2020 03:13 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsOn the surface, Keri Mangis comes across as a gentle, if candid, introvert. Peel back a layer and you’ll uncover an inquisitive explorer of inner and outer realms. Peel back another and you'll see a brave visionary pioneering her own brand of spiritual revolution. She's taught or studied yoga, A...
A Beautiful Distillation
Courageous Wordsmith - February 04, 2020 14:27 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis is the second of two episodes celebrating four years this month since I started life coach training and met my friend Kaliopi Nikitas, who is completely and honestly one-of-a-kind. Kaliopi says this about herself: Nature lover. Scientist. Introvert. Artist. Perpetual seeker of awe & insp...
Homebound Avian Artist
Courageous Wordsmith - January 22, 2020 03:17 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRecorded last summer (when the name of this podcast was still the original Frau Amy's World), this is the first of two episodes celebrating four years this month since I started life coach training and met my friend Kaliopi Nikitas, who is completely and honestly one-of-a-kind. Kaliopi says thi...
Will Ray Decide to Write a Book?
Courageous Wordsmith - December 19, 2019 01:01 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIf you've listened to my conversations with Ray DePaola before, it won't surprise you that I've always seen a book on his horizons. But! While he never says no outright, there's great resistance, by his own admission. He suggested I coach him around that, and I know I say this every time, but ...
Teacher to Author
Courageous Wordsmith - December 10, 2019 17:53 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsPeople often ask about my publishing experience, and mine is definitely unique. I kept running into Roseanne Cheng, a former trusted colleague who left teaching before me. Every time we crossed paths, she'd be three steps ahead of me as an author. Which made Roseanne an amazing, door-opening men...
Bridging Academia with Shamanism
Courageous Wordsmith - October 29, 2019 11:10 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRebecca Shisler Marshall, PhD helps women with health challenges, who have tried everything and are ready to feel better and have more energy. This started with herself first. An associate professor for 19 years, she researches mindfulness and integrated wellness. She is also the founder of Cen...
How Teachers Grow from Allies to Advocates
Courageous Wordsmith - October 15, 2019 16:14 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAmy Hallberg talks with Kelly D. Holstine, a former colleague who, long before she became Minnesota Teacher of the Year, had a huge impact on helping Amy claim the role of advocate for LGBTQ youth. Kelly shares the difference between Allies and Advocates, her experience as a Lesbian educator who...
How an Artist Claims Her Resilience
Courageous Wordsmith - October 01, 2019 01:52 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMolly Elizabeth, the artist and imagination champion behind The Darling Revolution, talks about finding healing through art, first with postpartum depression (and since then, other chaotic events). This conversation surprised us both when it led us into Molly's former religious ties, how she ch...
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