EP. 32 - Creating the Space To Live By Your Own Rules with Dara Beevas

Today's episode marks a totally new series for the podcast – interviews with women living in grounded wildness! In each episode, we'll be discussing the rules different women have unraveled, how they've dealt with the challenges that have come up along their journey, and how they've created their own rules for life. These are going to be real conversations with real women. No pretending or performing – we're diving right into life.Dara Beevas is the perfect first guest for this series! She is a writer, the co-founder of Wise Ink Creative Publishing, and my publisher for both An Overachiever's Guide To Breaking The Rules and Grounded Wildness! Dara is also a change-maker, full of joy, and living her own journey to grounded wildness. We dive into a wide-range of topics on the podcast, including:Unraveling the religious rules Dara was taught growing up and evolving them into a spirituality that works for her nowWhat it means to be a "lady" and "good" – and letting go of those definitions to rediscover yourselfThe messages we got growing up to be attractive and desirable for boysDara's key to creating space for herself (we can all use this one!)Links:Learn more about Wise Ink Creative PublishingGet more info about Dara, her books, and her speaking on her websiteOrder Grounded Wildness – coming October 17th!!!Learn more about hiring Heather as a speakerDara Beevas' Bio:Dara Beevas is the co-founder of Wise Ink and works with authors on a mission to share powerful stories that ignite change, tolerance, and growth. She's worked with more than 400 authors to publish their books, including both Grounded Wildness and An Overachiever's Guide To Breaking The Rules. Dara is also an author herself! She's authored The Indie Author Revolution, Social Media Secrets For Authors, Buzz: The Ultimate Guide To Book Marketing, and Amina of Zaria, a children's book that inspires li'l queens everywhere, especially Black and Brown girls, to fight for what they believe in. She's a recipient of the Bush Foundation Fellowship, Woman in Business Award, Emerging Leader Award, and Emerging Writer Fellowship granted through the Given’s Foundation.