All Episodes

Building a Writing Career from Trauma: Book Launches, Platform Growth & Healing with Tia Levings

Why Writers Struggle to Find Flow — and the Simple Practices That Bring It Back

How to Stop Controlling Outcomes and Start Surrendering: Tools for Writers and Creatives

How to Discover Your True Writing Voice with Jeannine Ouellette

Silenced No More: How to Write the Story You've Been Afraid to Tell with Meagan Justus

Healing Your Ancestral Trauma: How Family Constellations Work Can Free You from Stories That Aren't Yours with Tania Gonzalez-Ortega

Human Design for Writers: How Understanding Your Design Unlocks Resilience, Creativity, and Deeper Healing with with Jessica Eure

Find Your Life's Purpose One Feeling at a Time: A Human Design Approach to Alignment

How I Escaped Iran & Wrote My Way to Freedom | My Name Means Fire Author Atash Yaghmaian

Creative Intuition: The Skill That Makes Life and Work Easier

How Writers Keep Going When They’re Exhausted, Overwhelmed, and Doubting Themselves

How to Write a Memoir When You Don’t Remember Everything (Memory, Trauma & Emotional Truth) with Sue William Silverman

Can You Trust Your Memories? What Neuroscience Reveals About Trauma, Story, and Healing with Stacey Simmons

How to Write About Trauma Without Traumatizing Your Reader with Melissa Fraterrigo

Memoir Writing Mistakes: Why “This Happened, Then This Happened” Isn’t a Memoir with Wendy Dale

Entering the Fire Horse Year: The 3 Things Writers Must Do to Reclaim Momentum

Encore Episode: Breaking the Silence with Melanie Brooks

Encore Episode: Writing about Absent Fathers and Attachment Styles with Acamea Deadwiler

Encore Episode: Crafting the Personal Essay and Resilient Editing Tips with Andrea Firth

Encore Episode: Writing Through Shame: Hannah Sward on Memoir, Resilience, and Being Present

100 Episodes Later: 10 Lessons Every Writer Needs

What If You're Not Meant to be the Hero of Your Memoir: How Writers Reclaim Their Sovereignty with Stacy Simmons

Stop Forcing the Silver Lining: Why Writers Need Real Emotional Truth with Dr. Risa Ryger

Your Memoir Isn’t Too Weird: How to Write the Mystical with Confidence with Linda McKittrick

Gratitude, Grief, and Growth: What Frida Kahlo Taught Me About Resilience

When Every Submission Feels Like a No: Reclaiming Your Writing Confidence

You Don’t Suck at Meditation: Busting 5 Myths That Keep You From Feeling Calm

Writing Through the Body: What Our Scars, Stretch Marks, and Memories Teach Us with Nina Lichtenstein

Selected Misdemeanors: Crafting Meaning in Flash Nonfiction with Sue William Silverman

When Your Best Writing Feels Terrible: Understanding Shame, Vulnerability, and the Creative Process

Metaphors That Work: How to Make Your Writing More Vivid, Emotional, and True with Kristin Sancken and Lynn Shattuck

Showing, Telling, and the Shimmer: Finding the Scenes That Bring Your Memoir to Life with Marianna Marlowe

Writing Grief Without Cliché: Eirinie Carson on Friendship, Loss, and The Dead Are Gods

Write the Story That Sets You Free: A Behind-the-Scenes Pivot Toward Soul Alignment

The Secret to Writing Your Best Work: Rest

The Fawning Trauma Response: Ingrid Clayton on Healing People-Pleasing and Codependency

Encore: The Creative Cure for Writers: Trauma-Informed Approaches for Memoir and Embracing Your Creativity with Jacob Nordby

Encore: The Power of Micro Memoir: Grief, Storytelling, and Experimentation with Amy Lin

Encore: How Recovery Supports Memoir Writing and Book Marketing Tips with Laura Cathcart Robbins

Encore: Caring for Your Nervous System and Creativity with Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Kirby Moore

Encore: The Power of Words: Samman Akbarzada on Finding Her Voice After Fleeing Afghanistan

Encore: Making Meaning and Writing Toward Posttraumatic Growth with Lennie Echterling

Encore: Navigating Complex Relationships and Writing Through Trauma with Lara Lillibridge

Encore: Recovering from Cults and Religious Trauma Through Writing with Tia Levings

Encore: Understanding Neurodivergence with Katie Rose Guest Pryal

Encore: It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic Abuse with Dr. Ramani Durvasula

Writing for an Audience Without Losing Yourself: Trauma-Informed Storytelling with Beth Docherty

Disrupting the Inner Critic: Dr. Risa Ryger on Writing, Change, and the Self-Owned Mindset

Unlock Creative Flow with Qigong: Somatic Practices for Writers with Jay DeMaio

Why Writing Is Still Worth It: Sean Murphy on Endurance, Inspiration, and Literary Citizenship

Using Human Design to Break Through Writing Blocks and Find Flow with Maha Mamish

Bringing Light to History: Amy Fish and the Journey of One in Six Million

Building a Writing Career Without Social Media: Amelia Hruby on Creative Independence

Deep Memoir Writing: 3 Stages of Transformation Every Writer Should Know with Jennifer Selig

Finding Your Form: Kelly McMasters on Writing Memoir in Essays and Emotional Truth

Embracing Your Weirdness: Allison Landa on Self-Acceptance and Social Stigma

Writing Through Collapse: Eiren Caffall on Illness, Climate, and Finding Your Memoir's Form

How to Protect Your Writing Time, Energy, and Creative Worth with Carolyn Fallert

How to Navigate the Business of Writing and Publishing: Expert Advice from Jane Friedman

The Art of Intimacy: Crafting Connection in Memoir and Essay with Lilly Dancyger

Writing with Purpose: How to Understand Your Audience and Create Compelling Content with Krystal Proffitt

Are Trauma Triggers Ruining Your Writing Life? Here's What to Do

The Power of Words: Samman Akbarzada on Finding Her Voice After Fleeing Afghanistan

The Creative Cure for Writers: Trauma-Informed Approaches for Memoir and Embracing Your Creativity with Jacob Nordby

Embracing the Full Catastrophe: Writing About Loss and Finding Belonging with Casey Mulligan Walsh

Counterintuitive Editing: Finding Balance Between Inner Reflection and Outer Action + Writing Tips for 2025 with Sarah Chauncey

Writing Through Shame: Hannah Sward on Memoir, Resilience, and Being Present

Using the Akashic Records to Awaken the Powerful Writing Voice within You with Amy Robeson

Writing Rituals: Staying Grounded While Being Vulnerable with Natalie Buster

How to Gaslight-Proof Your Writing Practice

When Agents Say No: Overcoming Setbacks with Jessica Yen

From Captivity to Clarity: Reclaiming Your Voice and Writing Your Truth

The Power of Micro Memoir: Grief, Storytelling, and Experimentation with Amy Lin

Why Practicing Gratitude Can Transform Your Writing and Your Life

Writing with Hunger: Mindset, Goals, and the Publishing Shift with Ariel Curry and Liz Morrow

Forgiveness to Friendship and Why It's Never Too Late with Gayle and Mildred Kirschenbaum

Bright Spots, Neurodiversity, and More Chicken in Your Memoir with Kristin Jarvis Adams

The Loneliness of Sibling Loss with Alyson Shelton and Lynn Shattuck

Breaking the Silence on Sexual Assault with Cheyenne Wilson

Writing about Absent Fathers and Attachment Styles with Acamea Deadwiler

Self-Acceptance, Dating Disasters, and Life After Loss with Debbie Weiss

The Challenges of Being Vulnerable On the Page with Megan Williams

Estrangement, Dementia, and the Fractured Memoir with Lara Lillibridge

Caring for Your Nervous System and Creativity with Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Kirby Moore

Writing about Intergenerational Trauma with with Margaret Juhae Lee

The True Meaning of Success and The Multiple Paths to Publishing Your Book with Courtney Maum

Is It Self-Protection or Self-Sabotage: Why Tough Stories Cause Writer's Block

Strategies for Navigating Traumatic Memories In Your Memoir

The Challenges of Writing Coming-of-Age Memoirs

The Dark Side of Publishing: Why It's So Hard for Trauma Survivors

Does What I Am Writing Really Matter?

How to Tell My Story Without Sounding Like I’m Playing the Victim

How Can I Braid My Life Story With My Deceased Partner’s?

Should I Honor Their Privacy or Break the Silence by Publishing My Memoir?

Is My Book Ready for Beta Readers?

How to Return to Your Memoir After Loss and How to Navigate Your Author Platform as a Trauma Survivor

Writing that Gets Noticed with Estelle Erasmus

"How Do You Know When Your Story Is “Finished?” Ask Me Anything with Lisa Cooper Ellison

It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People with Dr. Ramani Durvasula

Addiction, Recovery, and Confronting the Good Mother Myth with Ann Batchelder

Writing about Chronic Illness and Crafting the Hybrid Memoir with Jennifer Lunden

How Recovery Supports Memoir Writing and Book Marketing Tips with Laura Cathcart Robbins

Crafting the Personal Essay and Resilient Editing Tips with Andrea Firth

Heeding Your Inner Voice and Navigating Your Memoir's Dark Night of the Soul with Suzette Mullen

Surviving a Social Media Witch Hunt and Threading a Theme Through Your Memoir with Natalie MacLean

Making Meaning and Writing Toward Posttraumatic Growth with Lennie Echterling

Finding Your Voice and Crafting Stories that Ignite the Soul with Sue William Silverman

How to Stop Gaslighting Yourself with Ingrid Clayton

Healing Through Forgiveness

Ask Me Anything with Lisa Cooper Ellison

Recovering from Cults and Religious Trauma Through Writing with Tia Levings

Leaning into the Mystery of our Stories with Brett Will Taylor

Understanding Neurodivergence with Katie Rose Guest Pryal

Exploring The Loneliness Epidemic with Athena Dixon

More than True Crime with Sarah Perry

Embracing Our Grief with Eileen Vorbach Collins

Writing About Abandonment without Abandoning Yourself with Ronit Plank

Writing to Heal with Laura Davis

Practicing Radical Acceptance in Your Writing Practice with Zebib Abraham

Breaking the Silence with Melanie Brooks

Get to Know Your Host, Lisa Cooper Ellison

Trailer: Writing Your Resilience