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The Story Behind the Story: Author Interview Series with Sierra Melcher

Featuring  Kayleigh Hanlin ( Episode 8 )

Kayleigh Hanlin is the Co-Founder of Empowered Minds and Co-Author of J.O.Y Journal. The J.O.Y. Journal is a guided activity journal for girls and takes the reader through creative prompts to help them discover and embrace their uniqueness while building self-love, confidence, and resiliency. Kayleigh graduated with Honors from Otterbein University with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations. She was born with two different congenital heart defects. After three open heart surgeries all before the age of 5, she is thriving and sharing her story with others to inspire hope and inspiration.     

Connect with her :  

Instagram (business): https://www.instagram.com/justownyou/  

Instagram (personal): https://www.instagram.com/knhanlin/  

Website: www.mindsempowered.com   

Watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/AQ2YqTfxO4o   

The Story Behind the Story: Author Interview Series with Sierra Melcher

Featuring   Sandra Cooze (Episode 7 ) 

Sandra Cooze is an Intuitive Mentor & Coach, Reiki Master/Teacher, Certified Traumatic Incident Reduction Facilitator, and Published Author.    Her book ‘Journey to Your Self – How to Heal from Trauma: Written by Someone Who Did’ is a teaching memoir that walks readers not only through her own story of abuse and healing, but offers strategies, exercises, and insights to support them on their healing journey.   

 Sandra primarily works with heart centered women who yearn for a deeper meaning and purpose in life, but are held hostage by their past. She helps them to release what is holding them back and guides them toward discovering their full potential so they can rise up and claim their true place in this world.  

 Connect with her:  

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

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-cooze-733449b1/

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

Website: www.riseaboveyourstory.com   

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Mx16Wi 

Watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/DG3jshzVkrQ

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The Story Behind the Story: Author Interview Series with Sierra Melcher: Featuring Stacy Dyson (Episode 6)

Her STRENGTH of being a Badass poet through & through.

Stacy Dyson is a poet, acapella vocalist, playwright who specializes in the life and times of the Black woman.   “Someone has to sing for my sisters. Their lives, loves, philosophy...There are centuries of stories begging to be told. I’m lucky enough to be one able to make those voices be heard”.  

Ms Dyson has done program design, residencies, workshops, and live performances in Colorado, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, New Mexico, South Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, and all over San Diego. 

“But the stage is my natural habitat. It’s fine to tell your stories, but for me, unless I can vibe, interact with a crowd, my job is only half-done.”  

Author of seven collections of poetry (BLACK DIAMONDS, OBSIDIAN ICE, BLUES IN THE FIRST POSTION, WOMAN 724365, NEFERTIRI’S KISS, AND POR INNOCENCIO, and her latest, FOLLOW ME ON THIS), she has also created five CDs of poetry and spoken word.  THE MADONNA OF NEVADA AVENUE, POR INNOCENCIO, A WOMAN BESIDE THE SUN, SO MANY ANGELS, and (Love Me) SAN DIEGO STYLE are poems, stories and music that “celebrate/document/declare what it is for me to be a Black woman in this world, what it is to be an artist, how myself and my sisters navigate our lives. No, that way is not easy. But it is often joyous, and always carries the sanity of truth. 

A former Poet Laureate for Imagination Celebration (Colorado Springs) a nominee for Poet Laureate for the State of Colorado. Founder/Lead Poet DragonsWing (Colorado Springs) and CoFounder/Lead Poet for Page to Stage:Womens Words (San Diego) she is also a Pikes Peak Community Foundation Individual Merit Award recipient, a Colorado Women’s Playwriting Festival winner for her play FANNIE’S GIRLS: A 4-1-1 IN -5PART ATTITUDE, and a TEDx speaker. 

“It’s never, ever about my single voice. So, the shows and women’s workshops are extremely important to me. Especially now, our lives literally depend on knowing how to speak our truth, share our stories, bring thunder and healing with our voices. The workshops are women only because women will say and bring forth deeper parts of their souls when they’re surrounded and supported by other women. I’ve heard stories, confessions,.. Those conversations, those places have to be given due honor. They have to continue.”   

Currently, Stacy is promoting her newest collection of poetry FOLLOW ME ON THIS. In the Spring of 2021 she’ll release a collection of poems written during the pandemic titled LOVELY AND SUFFERING. Coming soon is AUGUST 5000, a play about sisters and their relationship, plus a new women’s writing/performance workshop called FIRESCRIBE.   

For further information on Stacy Dyson, her voice and vision: www.saintwinterraines.webs.com www.wickedhotwords.com  

Watch the interview: https://youtu.be/wp134Zg9Rno

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The Story Behind the Story: Author Interview Series with Sierra Melcher

 Featuring Sarah Gretzinger (Episode 5) 

The ART of painting a picture in a person's mind as she writes.

Order Sarah's book, Have It All on Amazon today. 

Watch the interview on https://youtu.be/XeRwZ0mtx3w

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The Story Behind the Story: Author Interview Series with Sierra Melcher: Featuring Emily Maher (Episode 4)

The POWER of Women breaking one limitation after another.

Emily Tamayo Maher is a book coach and best-selling author in women's spirituality. She helps aspiring writers turn their own life-changing stories into books that capture the depth and significance of their experiences. Her clients have written memoirs, personal development, self-help, and fiction. As a consummate adventurer and expatriate, she’s made her life in Bogotá, Colombia with her husband Mauricio and son Martín. Her blogs and other writing resources can be found at www.meaningmethod.com.   

Watch the interview:  https://youtu.be/QeZQr-KgHKY

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Announcing The Story Behind the Story: Author Interview Series with Sierra Melcher 

Featuring The Journey of an Integral Woman (Episode 3)  

Why this Story Needs to be Told. 

This week, I'm going to pull back the veil and walk down memory lane with you as I share my journey in becoming a published author. How I overcame all those road blocks, finally having my thoughts into books, and my story to be told.  It wasn't an easy path but all the thorns along the way has made my writing all the more indelible to the reader.

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The Story Behind the Story: Author Interview Series with Sierra Melcher 

Featuring The Radical Granddaughters (Episode 2): Why this Story Needs to be Told.  

These young women are going to blow your fuckin’ mind with their insight, wisdom & compassion. They have a story that needs to be told… and they are telling it.

A group of 6 young women from around the world have been working for over a year to tell the story of a village in Thailand. The #Radicalgrandmas of the village have been defending their home against international mining companies #environmental justice AND WINNING. Learn more about them @radicalgrandmacollective

This episode hears from two of the self-named #radicalgranddaughter who share both the story of the village & their own journey writing a collaborative children's book about the topic.

“This story has to be told because it challenges the narrative we have around women, older women and what braveness and courage is in general.”-Phanisree

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Meet our guests: The Radical Granddaughters is a group of passionate young women dispersed all over the world — the US, Brazil, Australia, Vietnam, and Scotland — and inspired by the dedicated work of the Radical Grandma Collective. During the summer of 2019, we traveled to Na Nong Bong, a rural village in northern Thailand, to conduct interviews, learn about Thai culture, and witness firsthand the effects of mining on the community during a homestay via a summit we attended. The village had been exploited by an Australian mining company years earlier and was still faced with a disrupted ecosystem, long lasting health issues, and drastic changes to the land. It was through the courage of the grandmothers in the village who banded together to return to their roots of weaving and raise money with hand woven scarves that the village was able to put forth a brave front and fight off the company. Inspired by their hard word, dedication, connection with their roots, and fierceness we have decided to write a children’s book to spread their story. We think this narrative is extremely critical because it provides an alternative perspective to today’s ecologically wasteful world, destroys the social and demure characterization of grandmas, encourages entrepreneurialism and problem solving, and inspires young children to become involved in social justice and activism. Although our book isn’t published yet, we have been working hard behind the scenes to bring this story to life with dignity to the people it represents and engage the audience it’s meant for.

Connect with them: The #radicalgranddaughters are:  Ally Nguyen, Komal Kaur @komalll.k , Phanisree Akshinthala, Sofia Antonelli Amaral @so.antonelli , Sophie Nakamura @sophnaka , Thea Bodensteiner

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The Story Behind the Story: Author interview series with Sierra Melcher; Featuring Dr. Adrienne MacIain (Episode 1)    

Meet our first guest: Dr. Adrienne is a creation coach, a best-selling author, a podcaster, and a storyteller who delights in using her PhD in Drama to help creators of all stripes spin the mucky straw of life experience into narrative gold. Her personal transformation from suicidal, eating disordered, PTSD-addled abuse victim trapped in what felt like an inescapable pattern of addictive behavior and compulsive people-pleasing, into the authentic, aligned thriver she is today, is sure to inspire any audience. And if all else fails, she can always bust out her favorite party trick. Live aligned, and live aloud!

connect: https://linktr.ee/thatsaloud​ 

WHY DO I MAKE SUCH A FUSS ABOUT WOMEN'S CIRCLE?

I just got off my Saturday Women's Circle call ... and it was miraculous.

SO WHT IS THE BIG DEAL???

Meet Sheridan, an alum of Integral Women’s Circle, shared how the combination of a pose of strong women, a mentor challenging her limiting stories, and one small change, completely transformed her life. Inspired? Intrigued? Ready for change? She shares a bit about why she came to circle 3+ years ago. 

DOES ANY OF THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?

To be in a circle is to belong in a community that can be your safe space to tackle your fears and burdens. When dealing with everything, having the support that you need is essential.  So, dive into that sisterhood that is healthy and wholesome, that can boost your confidence, ability, and earn you lifetime tools to map your self-understanding.

Joining one is a pivotal thing and a catalyst that can push you to be the next person that you can be.  Challenge yourself to conquer the roadblocks and enjoy the deep relationships you build along the way. A challenge can feel threatening but can also be supportive,  realize that you actually can. Say yes!

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