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When an Athlete Has to Rethink Her Plans
Courageous Wordsmith - September 24, 2019 01:27 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsCourageous Wordsmith Podcast is back with a new name and new image, but the same spirit. In a similar way, Katie Krauska was a dedicated, high performing sailor who shifted her attention (and passion) to cycling. When she suffered a major setback, she had to rethink her approach not only to athl...
Courageous Wordsmith Podcast Preview
Courageous Wordsmith - August 24, 2019 23:13 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsCourageous Wordsmith presents conversation with Real-Life Creatives. Author, Certified Master Coach, and Story Mentor Amy Hallberg poses this question: How do we find and (give ourselves permission to) follow our Creative callings.
Healing (with) Your Lineage, Part Two
Courageous Wordsmith - July 29, 2019 11:10 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this two-part season finale, Ray DePaola and I discuss ancestral lineage as a path to healing, his through a treasured family story, mine through a strong resistance to tracing my family tree. After these final two episodes, I'm taking Frau Amy's World on hiatus until September, giving mysel...
Healing (with) Your Lineage, Part One
Courageous Wordsmith - July 22, 2019 15:04 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this two-part season finale, Ray DePaola and I discuss ancestral lineage as a path to healing, his through a treasured family story, mine through a strong resistance to tracing my family tree. After these final two episodes, I'm taking Frau Amy's World on hiatus until September, giving mysel...
Life-Inspired Mysteries
Courageous Wordsmith - June 24, 2019 16:01 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsBarbara Deese couldn't not write. After a tragic loss with painful repercussions, writing became the source of healing that worked. After a while, that writing evolved into something much more, an entire mystery series centered on powerfully authentic women (members of a fictional book club), wh...
How Long Does Healing Take?
Courageous Wordsmith - June 18, 2019 16:10 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWriters will tell you that moving into old stories can open old wounds, especially around loss. That energy resides deep in our bodies, and it comes in waves. The trick is to let ourselves mourn, whenever that happens. Recently, Amy experienced this while working on her next book and reached ou...
I Can't Be the One You Want Me to Be
Courageous Wordsmith - May 28, 2019 00:03 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsJillian Rae does well as a up-and-coming rockstar. She plays plenty of concerts. Minnesota Public Radio's music station The Current often features her music. And now she's about to release a long-awaited LP album. Jillian gives us a backstage look at how the album came together. Jillian's Websi...
When Your Mom Writes a Book About You
Courageous Wordsmith - May 20, 2019 23:21 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTen days and counting until Katherine Quie releases Raising Will: Surviving the Brilliance and Blues of ADHD. But she was never in this alone. Behind the book, there's Will and his life, his ADHD, his mom, and his music. Last summer, before leaving for college, Will sat down to talk about that. ...
KQ Releases Her Book
Courageous Wordsmith - May 14, 2019 16:15 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWriting a book is like parenting. We think we'll write a book, but really the book also writes us -- and changes us in fundamental ways. Amy and Katherine talk about how that happens. By her own (skewed) estimation, Katherine Quie has been writing her memoir for five billion years, but now here...
Tapping into Core Gifts
Courageous Wordsmith - May 08, 2019 01:25 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAllyson Scammell spent years in shadow careers that led her to learn about Core Gifts. First she tapped into her own, and now she helps soul-guided women entrepreneurs tap into theirs. A dreamer of big dreams, Allyson is a master coach, EFT practitioner, and intuitive consultant who dreams of on...
The Paths that Lead Us Home
Courageous Wordsmith - May 01, 2019 19:37 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsLiz Olds was one of the first writing peers I met when I began taking classes in Creative Nonfiction. She was unapologetically herself, both in dress -- she has a banjo tattooed on her arm -- and in sharing her life's stories -- including trips through shadowlands. And through her example, I gai...
Say Yes & Be Brave
Courageous Wordsmith - April 24, 2019 00:29 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAmy Bernier left teaching in debilitating pain. Her body was telling her what her people-pleasing mind refused to admit: She was killing herself by trying to fit in. Since then, she's made radical changes. Amy shares her thoughts on how she chooses herself, and how that helps her be present for ...
Staying True to Our Stories
Courageous Wordsmith - April 15, 2019 21:30 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsKeri Mangis and Amy reflect on a particular challenge of memoir. How do we stay true to our stories, honor the people around us, and navigate the space between the two? Especially when the book is about your spiritual journey, this question matters. Plus, a glimpse into the mind of a first-time...
KQ Interviews Amy
Courageous Wordsmith - April 09, 2019 01:16 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAmy Hallberg's writing partner Katherine Quie interviews Amy on her path from small town teacher's kid visiting the Berlin Wall to published author of German Awakening: Tales from an American Life. Buy Amy's Book Here Readers' & Writers' Guide KQ's Website
Wrestling with Life's Questions
Courageous Wordsmith - April 02, 2019 03:09 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhen her traditionally successful life fell apart at midlife, Kiki Kelley saw two choices before her: go down a destructive path, or inspire her daughter and explore her creative side. Kiki chose art. In this episode, she walks us through her creative process and the unconventional results. See...
OK with Not Being OK
Courageous Wordsmith - March 19, 2019 21:21 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDid you ever notice that when people ask how we are, we often answer, "I'm OK," even when we're clearly not? Even when we feel the opposite of OK, we tend to hide it. Master Certified Life Coach and Nature's Wingman Ray DePaola helps people find their footing and navigate change, especially wit...
Locate Yourself in the Landscape
Courageous Wordsmith - March 19, 2019 20:57 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThree voices converge to shape your true-life story: Practice, Platform, Persona. Amy talks about how she works this process, with examples from her telling of German Awakening: Tales from an American Life... and from the talk itself. Originally prepared as a talk for Author's Studio at Edina ...
Turtles & Other Tales
Courageous Wordsmith - March 19, 2019 14:20 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsJenn Bauer was a casual photographer who developed a deeper passion on an African trip. Now nature imagery occupies a central place in her life coaching practice. She believes nature's clues can open us up to healing and transformation. And the one animal seldom in her photos? Turtles. She love...
My Friend, the Millennial Rockstar
Courageous Wordsmith - February 26, 2019 17:11 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRockstars are portrayed as larger than life. But how does a real-life person survive -- and thrive -- longterm as a working musician? Amy riffs with Jillian Rae, violinist, vocalist, and songwriter. Jillian's Website Jillian's Instagram Jillian's First Album Jillian's YouTube
Sharing Origin Stories
Courageous Wordsmith - February 19, 2019 17:11 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe often look at other people's stories and make our own meaning from there. But what's uniquely ours? And how do others inform us? How releasing the Readers' & Writers' Guide for German Awakening: Tales from an American Life helped Amy Hallberg gain fresh perspective on her book's origin story....
When ADHD in Theory becomes Real Life
Courageous Wordsmith - January 28, 2019 17:11 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhat does a Neuropsychologist who counsels others on ADHD do when ADHD comes home to her? If you're Katherine Quie, you adjust to this new normal, and then you write a book, the forthcoming Raising Will: Surviving ADHD's Brilliance and Blues. Meet my writing partner, KQ. Will Quie's MN State Fa...
On Werewolves, Healthcare & Being Creative
Courageous Wordsmith - January 22, 2019 17:11 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsCory Busse talks about resisting the title of Artist and how he gave himself permission to create. And not only does he create, but he's written an honest-to-goodness novel about "foolish" things, namely Werewolves.
Amy on Puzzles & Walls
Courageous Wordsmith - January 15, 2019 17:11 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAmy unpacks scenes from her true-life novel, German Awakening: Tales from an American Life. Here, at a distance of 30 years, she reflects on her graduation speech about the Berlin Wall. Buy the signed book here at Bookclub Pricing.
An MD finds her Magic
Courageous Wordsmith - January 08, 2019 17:11 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSarah Bamford Seidelmann was a Board-Certified Pathologist who longed for something more. Think golden handcuffs, combined with an irresistible urge to wander in nature. She details that journey and where it's led her in Born to Freak: A Salty Primer, Swimming with Elephants, and most recently T...
A Preview of Frau Amy's World
Courageous Wordsmith - December 29, 2018 01:07 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsFrau Amy's World (precursor to Courageous Wordsmith Podcast) presents conversations with Real-Life Creatives. Author, Certified Master Coach, and Story Mentor Amy Hallberg poses this question: How do we find and (give ourselves permission to) follow our Creative callings?
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