You Can’t Change the Past… But You Can Change the Story w/ Amy Weinland Daughters

Today’s guest is someone whose work asks a deceptively simple question: What happens when you really go back—and look again?My guest is Amy Weinland Daughters, the award-winning author of Dear Dana and the hilarious, heartfelt novel You Cannot Mess This Up. In this book, Amy sends her protagonist—at 46 years old—back to 1978, where she’s forced to spend 36 hours in her childhood home with her nuclear family… including her ten-year-old self.What follows is funny, uncomfortable, nostalgic, and quietly profound. It’s a story about memory, family, jealousy, cigarettes, Bonanza Sirloin Pit, and the realization that our life stories may not be universally important—but they are profoundly important to us.Amy is a writer who blends humor with emotional truth in a way that sneaks up on you, and today we’re talking about time travel, malleable memories, writing personal stories without apology, and what happens when you finally let yourself believe that your story matters.So settle in—because this conversation might not change the past… but it just might change how you remember it.You can find Amy at:Amy Weinland Daughters, Author and Keynote Speaker | Dear Dana bookInstagram