In Her Room

This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, coach, and accidental entrepreneur Molly Gordon. I loved talking with her about authenticity, radical joy, and trusting the hum in this 42-minute episode.

Molly's website
Molly on Facebook
Molly on Twitter
Molly on Instagram
"Trust the Hum" :: Molly's blog post

Linda Pransky :: Pransky and Associates
The Accidentaly Entrepreneur
Coaching with Molly
Authentic Promotion

This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, reader, and homeschooling mother Corinne Cunningham. I loved our conversation about showing up to the page, writing big projects, and the connection between family and our work.

Corinne's website
Corinne on Facebook
Corinne on Instagram
Corinne on Pinterest
"Blueberry Pie" :: Corinne's reading

NaNoWriMo :: National Novel Writing Month
Outlining Your Novel* by K. M. Weiland
Hausfrau* by Jill Alexander Essbaum
The Joan Didion quote Sara shared

This week's guest on In Her Room is ninja poet and feral hairstylist Maya Stein. I loved sitting down to talk with her about finding our voice, adventures in cycling, and the importance of a regular writing practice.

Maya's website
Maya's blog
Maya's books
Maya on Instagram
Working with Maya

10-Line Tuesdays :: Maya's weekly poem
Feral Writing :: one of Maya's writing workshops
Spoke & Word :: a creative retreat with Maya and Amy of Food for the Soul Train
Tour de Word :: Maya's cross-country adventure
Type Rider & Type Rider II

This week's guest on In Her Room is storyteller, ritualist, and word alchemist Marybeth Bonfiglio. I loved our conversation about writing, owning our worth, the tarot, and making space in our busy lives for the work we are called to do.

Writing is proof that I am here.

Marybeth's website
Marybeth on Instagram
Wild Alchemy :: Marybeth's Tarot offering
Alchemy Sessions :: mentoring with Marybeth
"Listen to These Hips" :: the piece Marybeth read on the show
"Know Your Worth" :: the piece Marybeth almost read on the show

Amulet magazine
The Wild Unknown Tarot deck
Inherent Worth and Dignity :: the first principle of Unitarian Universalism
Raymond Carver on Goodreads
The Manifest-Station :: Jen Pastiloff
Ingeborg Bachmann quote on Goodreads

This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, mystic, and wild enchantress Hillary Rain. I loved sitting down with her to talk about writing as a doorway to ourselves, the entrance to Rumi's Field, and so much more.

Writing is one small "h" away from writhing.

Hillary's website
Hillary on Instagram
Hillary on Pinterest
Spirit Soul Earth on Facebook

Blushing Wild e-course
Into the Dark Night e-workbook
The Gypsy Mystic (and Hillary's meaning for Rumi's Field)
Body Stories (upcoming from Hillary Rain)
Women Who Run With the Wolves*
Harold and the Purple Crayon*

This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, storyteller, and visual artist Esmé Weijun Wang. We sat down to talk about creative legacy, living with chronic illness, and the ways we show up and be compassionate with ourselves and others in this 46-minute episode.

How is your heart today?

Esmé's website
Esmé on Instagram
Esmé on Twitter
Esmé on Facebook
Esmé on Pinterest
"Perdition Days," the essay Esmé read

Sarah Manguso :: author of The Two Kinds of Decay* and Ongoingness*
The Radical Sincerity Manifesto
BinderCon :: where Esmé spoke in 2014
Where's the Electricity?* :: Esmé's creative offering 
On Mastery
Esmé's 10-Second Statement (and the post from Mara Glatzel that inspired it!)
Spoon theory :: in reference to living with chronic illness.

This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, coach, and intuitive guide Mara Glatzel. We sat down to talk about writing, truth-telling, identity, and all the ways we show up in the world.

Writing is my heart in hard copy.

Mara's website
Mara on Instagram
Sign up for Mara's newsletter

the real bell hooks (on twitter)
The Our Body Project
Mara's ReWired workshops

This week's guest on In Her Room is author, visual storyteller, and seeker Alisha Sommer. We sat down to talk about the importance of diversity in women's voices, creating community, and leaving your mark on the world.

Alisha's website
Some of Alisha's publications
Alisha Sommer on Instagram
Blackberry: A Magazine
Where the Light Is (the instagram hashtag)
Where the Light Is (the John Mayer album*)

The Memoir Project -- Marion Roach Smith
NPR interview with Marion Roach Smith about her book, The Memoir Project*
"Brevity is the soul of wit."
Alice Munro on Goodreads
Raymond Carver on Goodreads
Annapurna Living by Carrie-Anne Moss

This week's guest on In Her Room is author, teacher, and advocate for women's voices Sue William Silverman. We talk openly about writing memoir, telling the hard and scary stories, and the importance of speaking truth to our experiences as women, and as writers, in this world.

As a note, this episode may be triggering to some, as we speak honestly about child abuse and incest. No specific details or experiences are shared.

Sue William Silverman online
Sue's books
Sue William Silverman on Facebook
Sue William Silverman on Twitter

AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) Award Series
Vermont College of Fine Arts (where Sue teaches)
The Annie Dillard quote Sara mentions

This week's guest on In Her Room is GG Renee Hill: author, passionate coach, fearless creative, and wildly love-drunk woman. Our conversation is filled with belly laughs, profound recognition, and all the ways we can give ourselves permission to follow our dreams and be perfectly imperfect.

All the Many Layers
GG Renee Hill's books
GG Renee on Instagram
Maya Angelou quote GG Renee mentioned.

The Artist's Way* by Julia Cameron
Writing Down the Bones* by Natalie Goldberg
"I Know Better but I Don't Always Do Better" :: GG Renee's reading
Baltimore Harbor :: a great place for people watching
Kin Fables :: the beautiful visual storytelling movies