Inspirational Journeys: Stories that Matter

In today’s episode, Heather Kreke and I talk about her writing process and her debut novel entitled Path of Totality, which launched on November ninth. Come hang out with us as we celebrate her debut book launch.

Heather Kreke is passionate about showing teens and young adults they can find hope in God’s plan for their lives—even through the darkest times. She is the Blog Manager for Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, and a Coordinator for the Blue Ridge Readers Connection. In her spare time, she teaches writing classes, shoots archery, and camps with her family. Married since 2004, Heather has three daughters. She loves connecting with readers on her website heatherkreke.com, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

Heather’s debut novel is entitled Path of Totality.

Jadzia Mills never wanted to become a killer, but when World War III comes to American soil, Jadzia is torn from her family. Forced to join the military, she fights alongside her best friend. When he is killed by a Zealot, Jadzia disappears to reunite with her mother and brother.

Alone, she embarks on a perilous cross-country journey trying to stay ahead of those desperately trying to find her.

Help comes in an unexpected way when she meets Ryker and his group of survivors. When Ryker insists upon helping her, Jadzia’s mixed feelings toward him only complicate her goals.

Can they work together despite the odds between them when sacrifice seems the only way to survive?

Purchase link:

https://www.amazon.com/Path-Totality-Heather-Kreke-ebook/dp/B0BJ54KLFZ/

Connect with Heather at the following links:

Website: https://www.heatherkreke.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hkreke

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HKreke @HKreke

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com heather_kreke

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/hkre1003 @hkre1003

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This week on Inspirational Journeys, my special guest and I have an in depth conversation about history, helping children learn about history in a fun and exciting way, and she shares the story behind the Little Miss History series.

Barbara Ann Mojica, M.A. S.A.S., S.D.A is a historian and retired educator. Her education career spans more than forty years serving as a teacher, special educator, principal, and school district administrator. Barbara writes monthly historical articles for the Columbia Insider under the banner "Passages." Using the whimsical Little Miss History character to narrate her book series, Barbara hopes to educate, entertain, and inspire children to learn about historical people and places. Little Miss History's antics make reading nonfiction a fun-filled adventure for all ages. She firmly believes, "If you don't know your history, you don't know what you're talking about."

The Little Miss HISTORY book series has garnered more than twenty awards including B.R.A.G. Medallions, International Book Excellence Awards, International Readers' Favorite Awards, Eric Hoffer, and Independent Author Network Awards

Connect with Barbara at the following links”

Website:  https://www.littlemisshistory.com/

Blog:  https://bamauthor.me

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Littlemisshistorycom/

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bamauthor

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bamauthor

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVUU3m8cCeBUr2wxHAQi6Lw

Instagram: https://instagram.com/bamauthor

Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/bamauthor

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My special guest has a message of hope for parents who are grieving the loss of a child. Grab a note taking method and come hang out with us as she shares her journey and a few tips to get you started as a writer, a podcast host or for finding hope after losing your child.

After the death of their oldest daughter, Laura Diehl, along with her husband, Dave, founded Grieving Parents Sharing Hope (GPS Hope) and travel full time in their Hope Mobile (a 38-foot motor home) providing support and resources to grieving parents on their difficult journey, including local weekend retreats. Laura hosts the weekly Grieving Parents Sharing Hope podcast and is also a singer and national speaker. She has written several books, including the multiple award winning When Tragedy Strikes: Rebuilding Your Life with Hope and Healing After the Death of Your Child (Morgan James Publishing, New York).

Connect with Laura at the following links:

www.gpshope.org

www.gpshope.org/author/

www.gpshope.org/podcast

www.youtube.com/gpshope

Private page for Friends of GPS Hope (those who want to follow us): www.facebook.com/groups/532369477123334

Public GPS Hope Facebook page: www.facebook.com/gpshope

Private FB page for pareavors: www.facebook.com/groups/WhenTragedyStrikesBook

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This week, my special guest and I had a lot of fun talking about our writing styles, her books and her career as a professional cellist. Grab your favorite drink and a snack, and come hang out with us as we talk about writing and music.

Londoner Alice McVeigh has been published by Orion/Hachette in contemporary fiction, by UK’s Unbound in science fiction and by Warleigh Hall Press in Jane Austenesque fiction. She is also a professional cellist with several London orchestras, including the BBC Symphony and the English Symphony Orchestra.

Alice has two featured books: Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel and Harriet: A Jane Austen Variation

The first two novels in Warleigh Hall Press’s Jane Austen Series, combining and mixing beloved Austen characters from different novels in intriguing ways.

Purchase link:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B097TFQPT7?ref_=dbs_p_mng_rwt_ser_shvlr&storeType=ebooks

Connect with Alice at the following links:

https://www.alicemcveigh.com

https://linktr.ee/ASTMcVeigh

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In today’s episode, My special Guest Trish Wilkinson and I talk about her brain research and her work as an author, an editor and an author coach. There’s a lot of good information and takeaways, so have a method for taking notes ready as you listen to this conversation. For those of you watching on YouTube, I had to turn off my camera, because the connection was choppy.

Trish Wilkinson is coauthor of Readers’ Choice winner Brain Stages: How to Raise Smart, Confident Kids and Have Fun Doing It. Prior to coaching parents, Trish taught preschool through middle school over 23 years, while raising two children who had challenges into well-adjusted, successful adults. Kim Freeman, mother of two says, “Trish has been a wonderful, patient, and kind coach. . . Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, Trish!”

Connect with Trish at the following links:

https://www.facebook.com/authorpatriciawilkinson/

https://www.instagram.com/authorpatriciawilkinson/

https://www.pinterest.com/trish3788/pins/

https://twitter.com/TrishWilkinson

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCLG3nQ123xw4nKuxZDyjcA

https://www.linkedin.com/in/trish-wilkinson-brain-stages/

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This week, my special guest shares a few tips to help us cross the bridge and become freed from stuck. Grab a drink and a method for taking notes, and join the conversation.

With two Master's Degrees in education and counseling, and over 40 years of experience as a psychotherapist, life and business coach, hypnotist, teacher,

speaker and author, Susie Hayes helps people become and stay FREED from Stuck! She is the author of the award-winning book, "FREED from Stuck! Dare to

Cross the Bridge Beyond Grief, trauma, and Self-Sabotage to Discover Lasting Change Now."

Connect with Susie at the following links:

Website

www.FREEDfromStuck.com

Facebook Business Page

https://www.facebook.com/FREEDfromStuck/?ref=pages_you_manage&__tn__=%3C

FB FREED from stuck Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1969474043071004

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/susiehayescounseling/

Twitter

https://twitter.com/SusieHa04870196

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/user/SusieHayesCounseling

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/susiehayesnow/

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In today’s episode, Erin Lebacqz and I talk about the value of writing and how we can speak up for ourselves, express ourselves and share important ideas with others through our writing. Grab some refreshments, a way to take notes and come join the virtual conversation.

Erin Lebacqz helps you write with clarity, confidence, and emotional intelligence. Erin’s curriculum and book, High-Value Writing, capture Erin’s 25 years of experience working with business and academic writers around the world. Erin’s interactive sessions engage learners in purposeful discussions that respect their desire for intellectual growth while also providing practical strategies learners can immediately apply in the workplace.

Erin has trained and taught in the United States and Asia, in the finance, manufacturing and trades, non-profit, higher education, healthcare, and public sectors. Clients have included the U.S. Forest Service, the European Commission, UC Davis, DeGorontalo Independent Media Outlet in Indonesia, Wuhan University in China, CalHR, city and county governments throughout California, and international customs agencies.

Erin’s featured book is entitled High-Value Writing: Real Strategies for Real-World Writing

Description:

Write to both inform and connect, and use intentional word choice to avoid misunderstandings and build strong relationships. Get confident about your business writing, emailing, posting on socials, and all the other ways you connect with the people you know through writing. Down-to-earth, conversational, and brief, High-Value Writing: Real Strategies for Real-World Writing helps you manage the writing challenges you face at work and elsewhere in life. The book provides strategies, tips and tricks, examples, revision examples, and lots of practical advice you can apply in your writing this week.

Purchase link:

https://www.amazon.com/High-Value-Writing-Real-Strategies-Real-World/dp/1667805517/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Connect with Erin at the following links:

YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDdx6ZE7SgVCTG1t1KMDjeQ

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinlebacqz/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/highvaluewriting/

Website:

https://www.highvaluewriting.com/

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This week, I am excited to introduce to you, a special guest who is here to bring you information, tips and encouragement to help you turn your dream of starting a business into a reality. Pull up a chair, and get ready to take copious notes, because the information Francie shares with us is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to building your business from the ground up.

Francie Hinrichsen is a business sage empowering female entrepreneurs to breathe life into the business dreams God called them to.

After feeling like a misfit in the corporate world, Francie discovered a life she loved waking up to through business ownership.

Francie is the author of Dream, Build, Grow: A Female’s Step-by-Step Guide for How to Start a Business.

She’s a passionate entrepreneurship hype girl, female leader, public speaker, and community enthusiast.

Her MBA and 10 years in a corporate career and in business ownership positioned her to teach women modern strategies for starting and growing successful businesses.

Francie owns and operates two businesses, Simply Integrated, LLC, a data and analytics marketing company, and Founding Females™ where she leads a team of other female entrepreneurs in specially curated communities designed for members to support and uplift one another.

She believes that anyone with a dream on their heart can pull up a seat to change the world through entrepreneurship.

Dream, Build, Grow can be purchased at:

https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Build-Grow-Step-Step/dp/0578366177/ref=sxts_rp_s_1_0?content-id=amzn1.sym.14b5a3ec-ddf3-42f1-bf1e-8515f8d25a34%3Aamzn1.sym.14b5a3ec-ddf3-42f1-bf1e-8515f8d25a34&crid=1SYT5P21WBNDC&cv_ct_cx=dream%2C+build%2C+grow&keywords=dream%2C+build%2C+grow&pd_rd_i=0578366177&pd_rd_r=7532012d-a9d6-48cf-bbdb-ecc622401a5e&pd_rd_w=1Wxti&pd_rd_wg=Es3nn&pf_rd_p=14b5a3ec-ddf3-42f1-bf1e-8515f8d25a34&pf_rd_r=RMNSJNBRETEQJQPKWKXT&psc=1&qid=1655749057&sprefix=dream%2C+build%2C+grow%2Caps%2C88&sr=1-1-f0029781-b79b-4b60-9cb0-eeda4dea34d6

Connect with Francie at the following links:

Website: https://foundingfemalesco.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundingfemalesco/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franciemuellerhinrichsen/

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In today’s podcast episode, my special guest Lori Saitz and I talk about growing your business with gratitude. From working with clients, to creating partnerships through collaborations, the key is to show your gratitude in small ways. Lauri and I both share examples of how this works. Get ready to take some notes as Lauri and I share valuable information you won’t want to miss. valuable information.

Lori Saitz is the CEO of Zen Rabbit, an award-winning writer, speaker, and broadcaster, and a nationally recognized expert in using gratitude and meditation to manifest goals faster. The most difficult thing she’s ever done is leave a 22-year marriage, that experience inspired her transformation. She’s now on a mission to guide Gen-Xers to a place of unprecedented passion, clarity, peace, and to rediscover their purpose so they can get back to a place of liking themselves and their lives again.

Connect with Lauri at the following links:

https://zenrabbit.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorisaitz/

https://www.instagram.com/zen_rabbit/

https://www.facebook.com/ZenRabbit

https://twitter.com/ZenRabbit

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Today, Vanessa and I have fun talking about her writing process and her debut YA fantasy trilogy called the Heartmaker trilogy. At the end of the video, she shows everyone all three books, including Heartrender, which launched on October 5, 2022. Grab some refreshments and come hang out with us, while we talk about Jesus, writing, and our love of fantasy.

V. Romas Burton grew up bouncing up and down the East Coast where she wrote her first story about magical ponies at age seven. Years later, after studying government and earning an M.A. in Theological Studies, V. Romas Burton realized something even bigger was calling out to her--stories that contained great adventures and encouraging messages. Her debut novel, Heartmender, has won several awards including: First Place in Young Adult for the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Second Place in Juvenile/ Young Adult for the 2021 Illumination Book Awards and tied for Third Place for Young Adult Fiction- Fantasy/ Sci- Fi in the 2020 Moonbeam Children's Awards. You can find future updates and news on her website: www.vromasburton.com

The Third book in the Heartmaker trilogy is entitled Heartrender.

Eman is gone. Silas is gone. Claire is gone.

When Addie returns to Ramni after her devastating encounter with Ophidian, she finds her heart broken from her recent losses. Yet, even though she is grieving, Addie continues her journey through the Twelve Lands of Decim to unite the Twelve Magisters. With the aid of Romen and Lyle, she travels to each Northern Land to find that Ophidian is no longer harvesting Decim's hearts, but their souls. With this new power, Ophidian will be all but impossible to defeat.

Will Addie be able to complete her promise to Eman before darkness rules?

A sweeping bookend to a remarkable allegorical trilogy, Heartrender will have you believing that, someday, in the not-too-distant future, it will be time for the reign of darkness to end.

Purchase link:

https://www.amazon.com/Heartrender-V-Romas-Burton-ebook/dp/B0B6QCHBKM/ref=sr_1_3?crid=FE8A901IAU2U&keywords=heartrender+v.+romas+burton&qid=1663889270&sprefix=Heartrender+v%2Caps%2C172&sr=8-3

Connect with V. Romas Burton at the following links:

Website:

https://vromasburton.com/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/vromasburton

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/vromasburton

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