Episodes

“We don't know when we start down these paths whether we're going to come out on the other side of them or not.” – Allison Sweet Grant Today’s featured bestselling author is a wife, mom, former psychiatric nurse practitioner, and breast cancer conqueror, Allison Sweet Grant. Allison and I had a fun on a bun chat about her new book, “Lump: A Memoir in Ineloquent Reflections”, what a stack of pancakes can teach you about the power of little, keeping life’s challenges in perspective, and more!! Ke...

“I saw the power basically in being real and being authentic. And it benefits not only me, but everyone around me. So why not continue that with every area of my life?” – Lynda Leonce Today’s featured author is a mom, Zumba fanatic, and a certified Conscious Life & Parenting Coach, Lynda Leonce. Lynda and I had a fun on a bun chat about her book, “Inside Out Creation: Lifestyle Alignment to Living From Your Truth”, her journey from IT to coaching, never allowing fear to make your decisions, and ...

“We did it one chapter at a time. It was very difficult, but I needed to do it.” – Solange Schwalbe Today’s featured bestselling author is an Emmy-winning sound editor, educator, studio owner, and one of the only four female Ground Zero Cleanup Workers, Solange Schwalbe. Solange and I had a chat about her book, “I'm Not Supposed to Know This: An Unlikely Account of Ground Zero After the 9/11 Attacks”, why it took more than 20 years to write it, finding a path forward after intense trauma, and mo...

“We don't change. We either redirect or reignite. In my case, I redirected self-destructive tendencies into constructive tendencies. And one of those constructive tendencies was writing books.” – Frank McKinney Today’s featured award-winning and international bestselling author is a father, husband, real estate artist, philanthro-capitalist, ultra-marathoner, aspirational speaker, and modern-day Renaissance man, Frank McKinney. Frank and I had a high-energy chat about his latest book, “Hell's He...

“Our job is not to make the audience believe in one thing or another. In fact, the worst kind of story you do as a journalist is a story that you make to prove a point. And that's not a good idea. Our job is just to report the truth.” – Amjad Tadros

“I had overridden my own intuition and inner guidance for so long in favor of achievement and looking good to the outside I honestly didn’t even know which way was up.” – Mandy Tang

“We have this capacity for deep peace, deep calm, deep knowing of who we are, deep connection with our callings and our gifts. And that's all within us, just waiting to be accessed.” – Laurie Smith

“We think of writing as something that happens in isolation, but writing really is best when it's done in community, when you have someone to bounce ideas off of, when you can have that back and forth that gets out of your own head and gives you fresh perspectives you probably wouldn't have thought of.” – Dianna Gunn

“Tap into your own inner creativity. It's there. It's always has been there, and your story matters.” – Abbie Emmons

"Don't wait for your life to become less busy before you honor your creativity." – Nataliya Falevich

“Your success is determined by your need. How badly do you want it? That's what really gets you to where you want to be.” – Michael Black

“Emotions aren't here just to overwhelm us. They're actually here to guide us.” – Liz Moyer Benferhat

“Lead them to Christ, not to you. Or you will burn yourself out quick, fast, and in a hurry.” – Rev. Dr. Nicole B. Simpson

"Never underestimate yourself because the things that you think you're bad at now, you can be great at later." – Dr. Katie Eastman

“Where people get stuck is when they find themselves doing a lot of what I call ‘rocking chair tasks,’ which are those things where, like, you feel like you're in motion, but you're not going anywhere.” – Kate Kayaian

“When I started having grandkids, I found that a good way to keep them entertained and to keep them from misbehaving was to tell them stories. So, I told them stories.” – Dr. Caroline Crocker

“You're going to have either a book or an excuse of why you don't have a book.” – Alinka Rutkowska

“I got my first rejection letter when I was 11… But I kept with it, and eventually it paid off.” – William Bernhardt

“I thought I would write this book 20 years ago, and it's a very different book than I would have written 20 years ago. So, for y'all who are thinking, oh, I should write the book, I should write the book, maybe your timing is perfect.” – Dr. Alisha Das

“Work tirelessly on the things that you love. Don't worry about ‘failing.’ Don't worry about producing work that you don't think is any good, because that's an essential crucible that you have to get through.” – Scott Dikkers

“You got to come first from a giving standpoint rather than from a taking standpoint.” – Bret Ridgway

“We were not really talking about sort of that messy middle, perhaps the much less exciting, much less headline grabbing set of stories about what ordinary people are doing here and now to use these tools to solve problems in their communities.” – Dr. Beth Simone Noveck

“Being out in nature and in the wilderness has always, always provided me with something, whether it be the answer I needed or something that I didn't even know I needed.” – Lisa Michelle

“You have to feel valuable within yourself.” – Toni Ann Johnson