Book Journeys Radio

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews Sarah Seidelmann, author of Born to Freak: A Salty Primer for Irrepressible Humans. Sarah originally trained as a physician, but then took a sabbatical from medicine that was originally supposed to last three months but which eventually turned in her not going back, as she decided to follow the path of shamanic healing, which is where spirits are called to help other people heal. Born to Freak is a confessional, written in a lighthearted and accessible manner. Read more and get the transcript here: Sarah Seidelmann on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews CEO and founder of Career Girl Network Marcy Twete about the publishing of her book, You Know Everybody! A Career Girl's Guide to Building a Network That Works. Marcy  worked as a marketer and fund-raiser in a non-profit company, where she learned how to network, as doing so was vital to her work, and it was when she started her own company, Career Girl Network, that she decided to write a guide to networking, which resulted in her book. Read more and get the transcript here: Marcy Twete on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews Danny Kofke, author of How to Survive (and Perhaps Thrive) on a Teacher’s Salary. Danny is a schoolteacher who, for several yearswas able to raise a family, as well as have some money in savings and in an emergency fund, on his salary alone. The idea for the book was triggered by a study done by the National Education Association, which said that fifty percent of teachers quit their profession in the first five years due to low pay, and learning that statistic was what prompted Danny to write and publish his first book. Read more and get the transcript here: Danny Kofke on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews David Patten, author of Dummy: A Memoir. Growing up in the 1950's, when David's conditions of dyslexia and high-functioning autism weren't well-known, David was viewed as a "dummy" by his teachers. It was after he lost his job and found himself reflecting on his life that he decided to to write in order to come to terms with his past, and the resultant search took three years and resulted in a 1,700 page memoir, which he subsequently trimmed down to 310 pages for his book.  Read more and get the transcript here: David Patten on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews author, life and fitness coach Dan Amzallag about the publishing of his book, 100 Days or Less To Reaching Your Ultimate Happiness. Dan is an MBA graduate and has become a personal trainer after overcoming his own challenges with obesity, and after reflecting on what happiness is all about, he decided to write a book which, in effect, offers a hundred steps through which people could achieve what it is that makes them happy. Read more and get the transcript here: Dan Amzallag on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews career coach and author Christine Brown-Quinn about the publishing of her book, Step Aside Super Woman: Career and Family is for Any Woman. Christine worked in the finance industry for twenty years, and in that time also raised children successfully; and it was while she reflected on this that she realized that the lessons she learned in her professional life, such as delegating, helped her out in her personal life, and the things she learned in her personal life, such as communicating, helped her out in her professional life, which then became the inspiration for her writing her book. Read more and get the transcript here: Christine Brown-Quinn on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews yoga and pilates instructor Tamara Cortez, author of Flow Notes: A Collection. The book started out as a consciousness project, with the intention that, when we see the universe reflected in others, we, ourselves, awaken. The project lasted seven years, during which time Tamara, by sharing her notes with others, and as the project progressed Tamara found that the mesages became more and more profound; and it was after a bicycle accident in 2008 that Tamara realized that the notes weren't just hers alone to keep, but needed to be brought out into the world for others to become inspired. Read more and get the transcript here: Tamara Cortez on the Author Incubator

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews inspirational speakerDawn Shaw about the publishing of her book, Facing Up to It. The book is a memoir of her difficult early years, as a fast-growing tumor had been removed shortly after birth, the removal of which left the left side of her face paralyzed, resulting in her being teased and bullied as a child and tortured in a co-dependent relationiship as a young adult, after which she moved into a journey of self-acceptance, love and wholeness. Read more and get the transcript here: Dawn Shaw on the Author Incubator

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews business coach and authorKevin Weir about the publishing of his book, First Aid for a Wounded Business. Kevin has been a business coach since 1997 and worked with small business owners to help them grow their business, several of which weren't able to afford business coaching when the recession of 2009 hit. One of Kevin's colleagues remarked that their business consultancy business was essentially giving advice for free, and this triggered Kevin to write a book that would essentially a guide to keep business from "bleeding to death. Read more and get the transcript here: Kevin Weir on the Author Incubator

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews Lyn Stankavage Hicks, author of The Lotus Project: the Art of Being a Woman. The book is about using simple practices, which flow from ancient women's traditions to create a healthy and happy life, as well as women honoring their emotional nature rather than being run by it, becoming mindful of their own intuition and understanding their own bodies to bring forth their own individual beauty. Read more and get the transcript here: Lyn Stackavage Hicks on the Author Incubator