By Firelight

By Firelight

By Betsy Delzer • Lit Path StudiosSociety & CulturePersonal Journals
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By Firelight episodes

  • 50: Living Softly with Tara Stiles

    Betsy is joined by world-renowned yoga teacher and leader in the well-being field, Tara Stiles. Tara is a bestselling author, founder of Strala Yoga, and hosts a practice that has grown virtually and in person to communities in more than 100 countries. They talk about Tara’s newest book, Living Softly, and what it means to move through life with more ease and more awareness. Tara and Betsy are currently planning a collaboration in the Midwest, where they are both currently living, so stay tuned on how to connect with them both in the coming months.


    Host: Betsy Delzer

    Producers: Jamie Gale and Betsy Delzer

    Music: LagitoMusic and Pond5


    Contact Betsy Delzer:

    Instagram @byfirelight


    Contact Tara Stiles:

    Website: https://www.tarastiles.com/books

    Instagram: @tarastiles


    By Firelight is a Lit Path Studios Production.

    ⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ | IG: ⁠@litpathstudios⁠

    1 hr 16 min
  • 49: A Father's Legacy with Fred Grossenbach

    Betsy interviews her greatest hero and biggest fan today - her Dad! Fred Grossenbach joins By Firelight having penned his autobiography with StoryWorth, a company that provides prompts and publishing for life stories. In this episode Fred shares his loving heart and fatherly wisdom, rooted in his eight decades of lived experiences and deeply grounded faith.


    Host: Betsy Delzer

    Producers: Jamie Gale and Betsy Delzer

    Music: LagitoMusic and Pond5


    Contact Betsy Delzer:

    Instagram @byfirelight


    Contact Fred Grossenbach:

    LinkedIn


    Resource:

    Storyworth


    By Firelight is a Lit Path Studios Production.

    ⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ | IG: ⁠@litpathstudios⁠

    51 min
  • 48: A Mirror in the Pages with Paul Katoe

    Paul Katoe is the curator and creator of a gorgeous body of work on Instagram, in addition to many other places he's been able to leave a mark on the world in the form of murals, drawings, paintings, photography and writing. In this conversation with Betsy Delzer, he bravely dives into a life-altering pivot he experienced through the form of a medical condition diagnosis and the rebirth he has been encountering since.


    Host: Betsy Delzer

    Producers: Jamie Gale and Betsy Delzer

    Music: LagitoMusic and Pond5


    Contact Betsy Delzer:

    Instagram @byfirelight


    Contact Paul Katoe:

    Website: www.paulkatoe.com

    Instagram: @paulkatoe


    By Firelight is a Lit Path Studios Production.

    ⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ | IG: ⁠@litpathstudios⁠

    50 min
  • 47: A Beautiful Blend of Art, Science and Poetry with Kaitlin Walsh

    Kaitlin Walsh of Lyon Road Art is an artist specializing in abstract anatomical watercolor and oil paintings. She recently self-published a beautiful compilation of poems and paintings, Anatomy is Beautiful. She joins Betsy to dive into her experience and education in medical illustration, what brought her back to fine art, and the evolution of her life as a studio artist, mother, and poet.


    Host: Betsy Delzer

    Producers: Jamie Gale and Betsy Delzer

    Music: LagitoMusic and Pond5


    Contact Betsy Delzer:

    Instagram @byfirelight


    Contact Kaitlin Walsh:

    Website

    Instagram: @lyonroadart


    By Firelight is a Lit Path Studios Production.

    ⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ | IG: ⁠@litpathstudios⁠

    41 min
  • 46: Bearing Witness: A Healer's Journey with Rachel Rodgers

    Betsy is joined by Rachel Rodgers for this beautiful conversation about life, death, healing and writing. Rachel is a longtime member of the writing group from which this podcast was born. Working as a bodyworker, educator, and volunteer, she dedicates her life to the felt sense of pain and recovery around her. Having spent the better part of the past two decades writing in community, Rachel shares both her insights from her work with hospice and dying with dignity as well as living with awareness, hope, and the help of others.


    Host: Betsy Delzer

    Producers: Jamie Gale and Betsy Delzer

    Music: LagitoMusic and Pond5


    Contact Betsy Delzer:

    Instagram @byfirelight


    By Firelight is a Lit Path Studios Production.

    ⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ | IG: ⁠@litpathstudios⁠

    1 hr 4 min
  • 45: Doing It Anyway: Lessons after Loss with Kristin Keir

    Kristin Keir joins Betsy for this moving conversation. Kristin is a lifelong writer and part of the original writing group that this podcast was born from. Her life work is in hospice care as a nurse, but in her own life she encountered a devastating loss when the love of her life passed while competing in an Iron Man race. She has written her way through her grief and shares her tender-hearted journey of surviving loss and finding hope in the day to day gift of being present, aware, and able to live.


    Host: Betsy Delzer

    Producers: Jamie Gale and Betsy Delzer

    Music: LagitoMusic and Pond5


    Contact Betsy Delzer:

    Instagram @byfirelight


    By Firelight is a Lit Path Studios Production.

    ⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ | IG: ⁠@litpathstudios⁠

    54 min
  • 44: From Beginner to Author: One Writer's Story with Alicia Larsson

    Betsy is joined by mindfulness colleague and author, Alicia Larsson, to discuss her recent e-book publication of Let That Sh*t Go. Alicia is a college professor and new to writing, in fact, it was By Firelight that inspired her to begin her journey in writing and publishing. Betsy and Alicia explore all things mindfulness, beginning writing as a practice, and self-publishing on Amazon. Alicia has endured many life challenges and decided to pen this book with the Buddhist-inspired principles that pulled her through the thick of it.


    Host: Betsy Delzer

    Producers: Jamie Gale and Betsy Delzer

    Music: LagitoMusic and Pond5


    Contact Betsy Delzer:

    Instagram @byfirelight


    Alicia Larson’s Book LINK


    By Firelight is a Lit Path Studios Production.

    ⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ | IG: ⁠@litpathstudios⁠

    50 min
  • 43: Digital Distraction to Creative Clarity with Shannon Algeo

    Betsy is joined by Shannon Algeo to discuss his new book, The Power in Your Hands, which explores how our growing attachment to smartphones is reshaping attention, relationships, and even brain function. Drawing on his graduate research, he explains how technology can dysregulate the nervous system, reduce empathy, and fragment focus, contributing to a more compulsive relationship with devices. He also reflects on how his writing process and yoga practice support a more intentional, embodied way of living in contrast to digital overload. Throughout the interview, Shannon emphasizes that reclaiming creativity, presence, and human connection requires both personal awareness and deliberate changes in how we engage with technology.


    Host: Betsy Delzer

    Producers: Jamie Gale and Betsy Delzer

    Music: LagitoMusic and Pond5


    Contact Betsy Delzer:

    Instagram @byfirelight


    Contact Shannon Algeo:

    Website: www.shannonalgeo.com


    By Firelight is a Lit Path Studios Production.

    ⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ | IG: ⁠@litpathstudios⁠

    1 hr 2 min
  • 42: The Heart is the Compass with Victoria Andrews

    Victoria Andrews is the author of a vegan cookbook, The Ayurvegan Chefbook, and yoga teacher/trainer. Steeped in wisdom from Eastern and Western traditions, Victoria engages her audience with curiosity, compassion, and intention. Betsy and Victoria discuss her unique take on meridians and alignment in yoga as well as her conviction to live a vegan lifestyle.


    Host: Betsy Delzer

    Producers: Jamie Gale and Betsy Delzer

    Music: LagitoMusic and Pond5


    Contact Betsy Delzer:

    Instagram @byfirelight


    Contact Victoria Andrews:

    Instagram: @v.andrews_alignyoga

    Website: alignyoga.org


    By Firelight is a Lit Path Studios Production.

    ⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ | IG: ⁠@litpathstudios⁠

    55 min
  • 41: A Gift in Real, Mirrored, Beautiful Time with Typewriter Poet LAMARKS

    Lisa Ann Markuson, known as LAMARKS, joins Betsy for this poetic coversation. Lisa Ann Markuson is a poet and co-creator. A leader in the performance art of typewriter poetry, she has made her mark as a business owner, coaching and training creatives in the art form and coordinating meaningful experiences of live-time poetry writing at events for clients across the globe. With a newly published book and social media presence, she inspires us all to find the writer within.


    Host: Betsy Delzer

    Producers: Jamie Gale and Betsy Delzer

    Music: LagitoMusic and Pond5


    Contact Betsy Delzer:

    Instagram @byfirelight


    Contact Lisa Ann Markuson:

    https://www.arspoetica.us

    Instagram: @arspoetica.us


    By Firelight is a Lit Path Studios Production.

    ⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ | IG: ⁠@litpathstudios⁠

    56 min

About By Firelight

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The By Firelight Podcast is an exploration of human stories that captures human resonance in powerful words. A circle of writers, poets, seekers, and storytellers By Firelight features heart-expanding conversations with inspiring guests who share stories from their multifaceted lives and legacies. Betsy Delzer, painter, poet, writer and educator, serves as host and guides listeners to find themselves in each episode’s connection.