Inspirational Journeys: Stories that Matter

Despite technical difficulties, This week, my special guest shares the inspiration behind his fairy tales of the heart and some of the bears and other characters who’ve told him their stories along the way.

Timothy Stuetz is one of the most prolific children’s authors of all time, having just completed his 86th Fairy Tale Of The Heart featuring Bliss Beary Bear.

He is the creator of The Magical Miracle of You—A Self-Empowerment Course for Children and Families. He also created the Power Animal Frolics—A Yoga/T’ai Chi/Qigong COURSE for children where they exercise along with 7 Power Animals in Disney Quality Costumes.

He also runs a Quantum Energy Training Academy where he’s been certifying graduates to teach multiple forms of Quantum Energy Healing, Meditation, Yoga, Qigong and T’ai Chi for over 35 years.

Timothy’s programs and services inspire everyone to achieve their full mental, physical, emotional and heart-filled potential. They are enriched through his having held children and others at birth and death and coaching people of all ages through a variety of life challenges.

Using Fairy Tales, Ancient Arts, Sacred Sciences and EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, he empowers people of all ages to develop and use their infinite soul powers to achieve their full potential.

Connect with Timothy at the following links:

https://www.timothystuetz.com/freebies

https://www.timothystuetz.com/about-timothy-stuetz

Free Webinar: 3 Magic Wands For More Creative, Happier & Empowered Children: https://mailchi.mp/961fc3077dff/3magicwands

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This is a bonus episode to build buzz for my special guest, Debut author Felicia Thai Heath, whose book launches on Tuesday. Grab your favorite snack or drink and come hang out with us as we talk about her writing process and give a few teasers about the inspiration behind the book itself.

Felicia Heath is a triple-board-certified critical care anesthesiologist, blogger, and debut author. She spent a month alone in a studio in the heart of Philadelphia to write the original manuscript of Spirit of a Hummingbird: Memories from a Childhood on the Run, just seventy-two hours after delivering her third child. This left her husband with their two-year-old, one-year-old, and newborn as she drank pinot noir and wrote for days on end. All of it was his idea, which is exactly why she tattooed his name across her shoulder and eloped with him on a South African safari six years ago. Felicia now lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and four children. She practices medicine as she anticipates a shift in the universe with the release of her memoir.

In Spirit of a Hummingbird, Felicia Thai Heath, the daughter of Vietnamese and Chinese immigrants who met in the United States, gives us a disquieting, eventful memoir based on her early childhood on the run with her father—a notorious Vietnamese kingpin and escaped convict—and her conflicted mother. Clever and mature beyond her age, young Felicia experienced poverty and witnessed abuse as her dysfunctional family bounced around in the United States and Canada. Amid all the tumult and terror, she found ways to love her family, educate herself, navigate her world, and discover her potential. Now she must decide how to live with the past—and whether her future can include her father.

Purchase link:

https://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Hummingbird-Memories-Childhood-Run-ebook/dp/B0BD96PW8M/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=spirit+of+a+hummingbird+felicia+thai+heath&qid=1662577876&s=books&sprefix=spirit+of+a+hummingb%2Cstripbooks%2C107&sr=1-1

Connect with Felicia at the following links:

https://www.amazon.com/Felicia-Thai-Heath/e/B0BDGKKSGQ/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1

www.mixedfeelingsmama.com

https://www.instagram.com/latinforhappiness_md/?hl=en

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This week, my special guest talks about how the inability to participate in sports and other activities, due to a medical condition, and the loss of his brother at an early age, inspired him to use creative arts such as writing and film making as a cathartic way to express his innermost feelings . We talk about how he got into film making, his poetry and the inspiration behind his new novel. Grab your favorite beverage and enjoy the conversation.

Daniel Hess is a filmmaker/writer from Baltimore, Maryland. Born with aortic valve stenosis, Daniel found his focus on academia and creativity developed from a young age. Now in life moving past open heart surgery to replace his valve, he has self-published a collection of poetry (Just a Boy Blaming Himself) and his first novel (Focus Puller) in addition to his screenwriting work.

Focus Puller tells the story of Ben, a filmmaker through non-linear vignettes that have shaped him throughout his entire life. Interspersed throughout the story are moments of reflection from the various women that Ben has had relationships with over the years.

Purchase link:

https://www.amazon.com/Focus-Puller-Daniel-Hess/dp/0578285428/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Connect with Daniel at the following links:

https://totonyproductions.com/

https://www.instagram.com/totonyproductions/

https://www.instagram.com/danhess90/

https://twitter.com/danhess1990

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhess1/

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In today’s bonus episode, My special guest shares the inspiration behind his children’s book series, One of which he released last month, and the second he launched this past Sunday. Through these books, he strives to educate children about topics pertaining to mental health.

In the words of Dr. Dang: “I was born in Vietnam but grew up in Southern California. Our family moved to the sates when I was 7 years old. As an immigrant, I shared the same struggles as many other immigrants with adjusting to a new norm and dealing with bullying, discrimination, and constantly having to self-validate while fighting off depression. Having been in practice for over 10 years as a Family Physician, I have seen more and more visits related to mental health in the clinic for both adults and children. I was motivated to do something to help educated children and help start a dialogue between parents and children about mental health. I figured the best way to help educate is through storytelling.”

Dr. Dang’s series is entitled:

The Adventures of Max and Friends

In this series, we follow Max as he navigates the 6thgrade. He had envisioned the 6th grade to be a great year. But instead, Max finds himself roughed up by his bully and questioning his own identity when he faces multiple setbacks. As the year progressed, Max witnessed his friends overcome their own struggles each growing stronger as a result. In each story, we see that each character faces their own unique challenges from a very different perspective.

The topics covered will range from dealing with bullying, understanding learning disabilities, bouncing back from failure, battling anxiety and depression, standing up to discrimination, learning about cyber predators, and coping with the loss of a loved one.

Visit Dr. Dang’s website to learn more and purchase the books:

www.theadventuresofmaxandfriends.org

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This week, my special guest shares tips for optimizing your website to increase its rankings on Google and other search engines, content creation, using long tail keywords and hashtags on your site and social media channels, and more about marketing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and a tool for taking notes and hang out with us for some useful tips to help drive high-quality traffic to your website.

Brandon Leibowitz runs and operate SEO Optimizers since 2007. We are a digital marketing company that focuses on helping small and medium-sized businesses get more online traffic, which in turn converts into clients, sales, leads, etc.

Connect with Brandon at the following links:

https://seooptimizers.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BrandonLeibs/

https://twitter.com/brandonleibs

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

https://www.youtube.com/c/BrandonLeibowitz

https://www.instagram.com/leibowitzbrandon/

https://www.pinterest.com/leibowitzbrandon/_created/

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Today is a special bonus episode, where I share a poem I recently posted to my website, the story behind it and a bit of encouragement to help you find joy and get unstuck in your writing

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This week, I’m in my element, as my special guest and I talk about one of my favorite subjects, editing. We also cover her ghostwriting services and her work on a fantasy trilogy. However, I share a tip with her and I pick her brain about different aspects of editing and championing an author’s story.

Hannah R. Lyon is a professional editor who has assisted dozens of authors in both fiction and nonfiction, polishing their manuscripts to perfection for successful publication. Over the last five years, her quality editing has led to books being featured on #1 bestseller lists both nationally and internationally.

She is President of the Dis-Appropriate Wordsmiths Group, where she mentors other writers in critique, lessons, and goal setting for their individual literary projects. Hannah is a guest expert on the topics of writing and editing at virtual and in-person conferences and writer’s retreats.

She lives with her husband in Salt Lake City, Utah, in an old brick house they remodeled by hand to create their own little castle. Her free time consists of indulging in story-driven video games, listening to and collecting classic rock and roll vinyl, and raising her two elven sprites of daughters.

Connect with Hannah at the following links:

Website: www.castlelyonediting.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/castlelyonediting

Instagram: www.instagram.com/ladylyon19

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This week I had an amazing conversation with a teacher turned debut author, who absolutely loves children. Grab your favorite drink and enjoy our delightful conversation.

Portia Yvette Clare has been privileged to serve in developing the minds and character of children for over thirty years.  A graduate of Duke University and Regent University, she maintains her love of learning and earnestly desires to empower the children who have been entrusted to her care.  Simply put, Portia teaches because she values children.  Her love of children and family compel her to write stories that will help them to recognize their importance, appreciate their value, and navigate through difficult life experiences.  Creative writing has always brought her joy and writing children’s books has been her passion since childhood.

Portia is the only child of the late Randolph George Clare, Jr. and Jane Easterling Clare.  She was born in Bennettsville, South Carolina, and raised in Nassau, Bahamas.  Her family relocated to Bennettsville, South Carolina in 2015, where she and her mother currently reside.

For more information about her books, school visits, presentations, and activities, please visit Portia’s website at portiayclare.com.

Connect with Portia at the following links:

www.portiayclare.com

www.facebook.com/portiayclare

www.instagram.com/portiay.clare

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This week, my special guest and I are here to celebrate the launch of her debut novel. All you Harry Potter fans out there will absolutely love this one! Those of you who love a bit of mystery with your middle grade fantasy will love it too! Grab your favorite drink and a snack while you’re at it, and hang out with us while we talk fantasy and writing.

Growing up, Ashley would send her father to their local library where he’d always be surprised to find bags of books waiting for him. Since Ashley was a young child, she’s always dreamt of giving to readers what so many great authors gave to her: an escape, an adventure, and a love for thousands of well thought out words printed in the form of a book, not letting them tear away from it easily – or for very long. Ashley resides in Northern California with her husband and two adorable, feisty little girls. When she’s not writing, she’s reading.

Ashley’s debut Fantasy novel is entitled The Impossible Girl.

Purchase Links:

https://www.amazon.com/Impossible-Girl-Ashley-White-ebook/dp/B09SNG2MJB/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+impossible+girl+ashley+white&qid=1659546932&sprefix=the+impossible+girl+ashley%2Caps%2C215&sr=8-1

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-impossible-girl-ashley-white/1140990577;jsessionid=799E11A0CD167451C94DF192EC3DEB36.prodny_store01-atgap04?ean=9781737673897

Find links to Ashley’s website and social media channels by visiting the following link:

https://linktr.ee/AshleyWhiteWrites

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This week I had a lovely conversation with my special guest about her book and the story behind it. I hope you find this conversation as much of a blessing as I did.

Sherrie Barch is the CEO of two Forbes’ ranked top executive search firms and a leadership consulting company. An expert in the areas of leadership, team development, and diversity, her forward-thinking approach to work was recognized when she was chosen to participate in the ‘altMBA” program designed and led by leadership guru Seth Godin.

Sherrie’s passion for storytelling and making room for serious and “heavy” conversations was a strong motivation for her to write her children’s book Heaven’s Bell based on a story of the same name she penned several years prior.

She is currently working on her second book, a business leadership fable designed to help new college graduates navigate the “real life stuff they don’t teach you in school” about career conversations, conflicts, and challenges.

Born and raised in Northern Illinois, Sherrie earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in Communication from Western Illinois University.

Connect with Sherri at the following links:

Website: https://www.heavensbell.com/

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

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

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