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Courageous Wordsmith — 122 episodes
Habits of Heart
Loving Our Neighbors
Writing for Good
Women Seeing Our Gifts for the First Time
How We Are Connected
Becoming a Courageous Change Leader
What Comes After a Ted Talk?
Preparing for a TED Talk
Life as a Songwriter
My Greatest Fear Became Freedom
Permission to Upspiral
Writing for Our Lives
Tiny but Powerful Art
Salvaged by Writing Memoir
How to Build a Healing Writing Practice
Revisiting Our Town
I Believe
Art is Not a Luxury
Boundaries Make Love Possible
What's in the Cards?
Writing is Scary. Write Anyway.
Living in a Liminal Space
Storycraft: Under Construction
Storycraft: Resistance
Storycraft: Writing in Layers
Make Space for Your Art
About the Audiobook
The Origin of My Second Book
What Tiny Altars Helped Me See
Poetry to Heal Us
Voice First: A Writer's Manifesto
Returning the Bones
Troublesome Themes Close to Home
Writing About People You Know
Dangerfield's Promise
The Veil Grows Thin
Embodied Writing is Healing
A Look Backstage at Courageous Wordsmith
An Exercise from Amy's Archives
Stories We Tell around Dying
Patterns Revealed in a Memoir
Season Five Trailer
Why We Show Up for Our Writing
Show Up for Your Writing
Train Your Body & Mind to Write
Tiny Altars Backstory
Tiny Altars Launch Jitters
What Stories Can Teach Us
Befriending ADHD as a Creative
Moving Past Barriers to Healing
Preparing to Share Your Great Big Story
Telling Ghost Stories
How to Talk About Tender Topics (or not)
Reclaiming our Gifts
Welcome the Wild Woman
We Need to Rest
Writing a Taboo Memoir
Facing Past Trauma
Recovery from Addiction
Progressive Christianity
Seed Moments
Where the Deer Dream
Creativity and Mourning
It's Time to Do Better
Tell a Different Story
Season 3 Trailer
When Writing Challenges Us
Reconnecting to Nature
A Return to Live Theater
Author Myths
Gifts from the Other Side
Thoughts about Thoughtwork
A Journalist's Healing Story
Letting Creative Plans Change
Black and White Translation
Pandemic Humor
Truth hurts. So now what?
Writing as a Path to Healing, Part Two
Writing as a Path to Healing, Part One
Staging Studio Space
Opening MinnyRow Market
Systems Support for Creatives
Perfectly Imperfect Paradigm Shifts
Welcoming Black Voices in the Suburbs
Self Care in Unprecedented Times
Holding Space to Talk about Race
Living Your Super Secret Vision
Creativity Heals the Heart
Recovering from a Dream Job
Life as Human Embodying Soul
A Beautiful Distillation
Homebound Avian Artist
Will Ray Decide to Write a Book?
Teacher to Author
Bridging Academia with Shamanism
How Teachers Grow from Allies to Advocates
How an Artist Claims Her Resilience
When an Athlete Has to Rethink Her Plans
Courageous Wordsmith Podcast Preview
Healing (with) Your Lineage, Part Two
Healing (with) Your Lineage, Part One
Life-Inspired Mysteries
How Long Does Healing Take?
I Can't Be the One You Want Me to Be
When Your Mom Writes a Book About You
KQ Releases Her Book
Tapping into Core Gifts
The Paths that Lead Us Home
Say Yes & Be Brave
Staying True to Our Stories
KQ Interviews Amy
Wrestling with Life's Questions
OK with Not Being OK
Locate Yourself in the Landscape
Turtles & Other Tales
My Friend, the Millennial Rockstar
Sharing Origin Stories
When ADHD in Theory becomes Real Life
On Werewolves, Healthcare & Being Creative
Amy on Puzzles & Walls
An MD finds her Magic
A Preview of Frau Amy's World