Book Journeys Radio

Join Angela Lauria of The Author Incubator as she interviews Lisa Culhane, author of Discover the New G Spot (or How to Unfriend Your Guilt). Lisa had been blogging about gratitude when the idea for Discover the New G Spot hit her. The topic seemed a good place to begin for her and as a professed bibliophile, writing this book was a milestone though it was less of a vision and more of an idea of how it would be for her to become an author, writing instead of just reading books.  Lisa describes Discover the New G Spot as saucy. It's really based on stories from her family's travels and focuses on guilt and gratitude, not the more racy stuff that are usually associated with the term G spot. Read more and get the transcript here: Lisa Culhane on The Author Incubator

Dr. Angela Lauria of The Author Incubator interviews author Karen Donaldson on the publishing of her book, Beat the Belly Fat Blues: Mind-Body Solutions for Permanent Weight Loss.  Karen is an Emotional Freedom Techniques trainer and weight loss coach. She is an expert on emotional eating and speaks about the subject to hundreds of women who want to shed the weight and keep it off as they learn to love and accept themselves and heal the hurts that caused the cravings and emotional eating in the first place. Karen knew from the start that the book was something that she had to write and bring to the world with its special message to women. She did not know how to begin the process at first but Angela Lauria helped her get on track and was successfully able to realize her dream.  Read more and get the transcipt here: Karen Donaldson on The Author Incubator

Join Dr. Angela Lauria as she interviews Janeen Latini on the publishing of  Love to Lead. Lead to Love.: The Overworked Leader's Guide to Career Growth & Personal Happiness. Meditation was pivotal for Janeen in writing this book. It allowed her to focus on what she really wanted the book to be and what symbols to use to be able to deliver her message across to her readers. She only wrote when she felt it was right which allowed her to dive wholeheartedly into the role of author. This same dedication is what she applies to her role as a management coach. Janeen's professional specialization working with leaders and managers in the corporate setting during times of change is what gives the book authenticity, having contents that came right out of her heart.  Read more and download the transcript here: Janeen Latini on The Author Incubator

Join Dr. Angela Lauria as she interviews Jenn McRobbie on the publishing of her book, Why is She Acting So Weird? A Guide to Cultivating Closeness When a Friend is in Crisis.  Jenn was inspired to write her book on friendship when she thought about starting a memoir. To begin, she created a timeline of stories of her life and realized that the stories dealt more about her friendships rather than herself. When she realized that her book would be about friends, her focus became clear and she was able to write it in only three months. Read more and get the transcript here: Jenn McRobbie on The Author Incubator

Join Angela Lauria as she interviews Jeanne Boschert, author of The Ethical Exit.  Jeanne wrote The Ethical Exit as a result of her being a recovering corporate career chaser. She had made a decision, turning her back on the corporate rat race where she was secure yet felt unfulfilled and in search of a life that she would truly love. It was a big leap from her comfort zone that changed her life and an experience that taught her about the dos and don'ts in making such a career move.  The Ethical Exit takes you along Jeane's ride towards her ideal life. In it, you will discover and learn how she dreamed, planned, and executed that change in her life.  Read more and get the transcript here: Jeanne Boschert on The Author Incubator

Join Angela Lauria as she interviews Jackie McDaniels on the publishing of her first ebook, Daughters on Duty: A Caregiver's Guide to Managing Medical Matters.  Jackie does freelance admin work at home for local community groups. She left her full-time work to be available for her mother's care. It's her experience in caring for elderly loved ones like her mother which had prompted her to write her first ebook. She hopes it can be of help to other family caregivers to not have to learn things the hard way like she did.  If you are caring for an elder loved one, you are in good company with Jackie's ebook, which contains her wisdom, knowledge, and expertise gained in the last fifteen years or so which includes lessons in multiple medical crises involving emergency room visits, hospital admissions (and discharges), medication management, and working within “the system."  Read more and get the transcript here: Jackie McDaniels on The Author Incubator

Join Angela Lauria of The Difference Press as she interviews Emily Schvaneveldt on the publishing of her book, Journey to Authenticity. In this thought-provoking collection of quotes, author Emily Schvaneveldt gives the reader quotes that reflect the complexity and wonder of the journey to self-acceptance. It's all Emily's testimony to her own journey to authenticity.  Emily says that the process of writing this book was a reward in itself. While goals and dreams are cool, for her, their reason for being is the person that we become upon achieving them.  Read more and get the transcript here: Emily Schvaneveldt on The Author Incubator

Join Angela Lauria of The Author Incubator as she interviews Marna Currie on the publishing of her book, Healing Psoriasis from the Inside Out: An Energetic Perspective.  Author Marna says her book was a case of the topic picking her instead of the other way around. The writing did not really appeal to her but she felt she could help a lot of people get hope around psoriasis, a very stubborn and frustrating skin condition, by writing a book on its healing from an energetic perspective. From her own experiences and research, she managed to put everything she knew in her book, though she admitted the difficulty in getting all the pieces of information in one place.  Read more and get the transcript here: Marna Currie on The Author Incubator

Join Angela Lauria of The Author Incubator as she interviews Danielle M. Miller on the publishing of her book, Smartypants Branding: The Ultimate Guide for Women Entrepreneurs to Getting Recognized, Being Remembered, and Making More Money in Business. People have vouched for Danielle's book, saying, among other things, that it allows them to understand that their branding is not a one-time activity and that it can change in time as it evolves. It helps the readers to discover and to own their true brand essence. When asked what it means to be a smatrypants in terms of knowing yourself and your business, she explained that "someone who is a Smartypants at branding herself knows everything about herself, and isn’t afraid to bring all the best she has to the table. It’s about honing in on authentic (real) self and expressing _that_ as your ‘brand’.”  Read more and get the transcript here:Danielle M. Miller on The Author Incubator

Join Angela Lauria of The Author Incubator as she interviews author Rachel Rose Alexandria on the publishing of her book, Woman Overboard! Six Ways Women Avoid Conflict and One Way to Live Drama-Free.  Rachel didn't start work on Woman Overboard until she was sure that she HAD a topic that HAD to be written, and it had to be written by HER. Those were the criteria and, lo and behold, the perfect topic did come to her and so the book was born.  Although it took two years for the book to be realized, Rachel said she just kept paying attention and allowed her own obsession to carry her through. "My passion was stronger than my resistance."  Woman Overboard is about managing conflict which the author believes is the root of what holds women back in leadership. In the interview, Rachel also asks the qustion, "What if being 'good' is keeping you from being truly Great?" There's more about this on Healing for Good Girls.  Read more and get the transcript here: Rachel Rose Alexandria on The Author Incubator