Upasna Gautam is a Product Manager on the Digital News Platforms & Services team at CNN, where she works to optimize the content management technology that delivers breaking news to the world. She’s also working on her first book blending together her love for tech, mindfulness, systems and success. In this impactful episode of Bound and Determined Richelle and Upasna discuss how authors can strengthen their writer's muscle.

The journey to authorship can be full of many challenges and one of those is finding the right way to share your story in written form. In this episode of Bound and Determined Richelle Fredson breaks down her essential tips for any author to explore how to share their stories in a book. Get ready to take some notes because these tips will take your writing to the next level.

Get ready for direct advice from Richelle Fredson about how to get started on launching your platform. In this impactful episode of Bound and Determined Richelle will share her tips on creating a successful platform that will promote your upcoming book and brand. With over 20 years of experience, Richelle’s suggestions will be sure to change your game!

On this episode of Bound and Determined Richelle is joined by not one but two of her former clients. Graci Harkema and Vasavi Kumar. Graci is a multi-award winning, international diversity, equity & inclusion speaker and consultant.  Vasavi Kumar a licensed therapist, mindset coach and business strategist has helped thousands of women overcome major life obstacles to create new heights of success.  Together, both women share their current publishing journeys together and the impactful lessons they have learned.

Michelle Madrid is a life coach, high impact speaker, and author currently writing a new book titled Let Us Be Greater: Reframing the 8 Points of Pain Adoptees Have the Power to Overcome,. It will be released in 2023 through New World Library. After 12 years as a TV news anchor, with a #1 show and Emmy nomination to boot, she walked away from her news career to create real change in the lives of women and distill decades of life-experience into guiding women toward a life that electrifies them. In this episode Michelle shares with Richelle her powerful personal story and how she is creating change through the writing of her new book.

Author Dana Killion grew up in a small town in northern Wisconsin, reading Nancy Drew and dreaming of living surrounded by tall buildings. One day, frustrated that her favorite authors weren't writing fast enough, a wild thought crossed her mind. "Maybe I could write a novel?" She’s written several novels including, Her first novel, Lies in High Places and her most recent, and Tell Me a Lie. Now, Dana is working on her first memoir, and shares with Richelle her creative process and how she’s navigated entering the world of memoir as a novelist.

Adriana Stimola is a Literary Agent representing adult non-fiction at the Stimola Literary Studio. Her focus is on cookbooks, wellness, spirituality and lifestyle, including oracle and tarot decks, memoir meets self-help and humor. She is always looking for books that nourish us and grow our cultural, social and emotional intelligence. In this conversation Richelle and Adriana discuss how to have a positive mindset, create the book you want and share it with the world. 

Allie Mason is an Instagram expert, researcher, and experienced copywriter and content producer having worked in government, journalism, wellness, radio and television production, and entrepreneurship for more than a decade.  She is also the CEO of Something Greater Social Media, which serves purpose-driven experts and celebrities with a mission to make the world a better place. In this episode Richelle and Allie discuss how to thrive on social media and make it work for you and your platform.

In today’s culture it’s so easy to feel like you’re constantly on the go. Setting boundaries with how we manage our time can feel challenging which can lead to toxic burnout. In this week’s episode of Bound and Determined, Richelle Fredson discusses the power of taking a pause. She breaks down the importance of evaluating for yourself if a pause is exactly what’s needed and how to go about it.

Jessica Baum is the owner and founder of the Be Self-full® Method and the Relationship Institute of Palm Beach.  She has an undergraduate degree from Fordham University and holds a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from South University. As a certified substance abuse specialist, her focus is chemical abuse, codependency, and anxiety.  Her book Anxiously Attached: Become More Secure in Life & Love was just released. In this impactful episode Jessica offers advice on how authors can accept support so their book and platform can soar.