Episode 3: PROMISES with Spoken Word Performance Artist Laura Baldwin

In this week's episode, Carol talks to Laura Baldwin. The Raise Word for this episode is PROMISES. Laura is a disabled writer and spoken word performance artist from Bradford, UK. She writes about topical issues, her journey of faith, parenting, and living in an inaccessible world as well as her experiences of loving someone living with addiction. She has been published and featured in print and online both locally and further afield for several years. Her debut poetry collection 'It's Just Me' was published in December 2023 and features poems written over the past decade. Laura has recently been exploring scriptwriting and hopes to have completed her debut play by the end of 2024. When she is not delivering workshops, writing, or reading at events Laura is busy being a mother to three grown children, a wife, and an owner of two toy poodles. Laura's website: Laura-speaks.com Laura on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lauraspeakswords Laura on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Laura_speaks_words Welcome to the Raise Podcast with Carol Barwick. We're here to raise your confidence and inspire your creativity. Each episode, we will have a different guess who will be discussing our Raise Word. The Raise Word is a word that will encourage you or empower you and at times inspire you to explore the word a little more for yourself.