I'm pleased to welcome Kirsten DiChiaparri for this week's episode. By day, Kirsten heads US Customer Success for a global software company. But nights, weekends, and every sliver in between, she's squeezing in the rest of her life. Kirsten has taken the stage to co-produce and perform original work in the Providence productions of Listen to Your Mother, while her writing has also been featured on Scary Mommy and on Medium. 

During this week's episode, we touched on what it was like growing up with parents who took an interest in our writing, the benefits of having an accountability squad, along with the need to remember to breathe. She also shared one of her recent pieces, a reminiscence of a particular summer’s day, the perfect piece as we approach the end of this long, hot, and very odd summer.