Restorative Reading and Writing for Wellness

Bookish love is in the air and today, I’m talking about something I adore…and am often jealous about, too. 

Come listen as I talk about the bookish projects that are lighting up my reading heart, from gluten-free pies and book ornaments to book quilts and flat-lays, too.

You’ll find the show notes for the episode with links to all of the books and resources mentioned right here. 

Love this podcast and want more? Consider this your invitation to join my Get Lit(erate) Patreon community! Each month, we take a deep dive into one bookish theme and work to bring it to life in our own lives. You’ll get bonus episodes, book calendars, live book club and notebook sessions, special events and much more. Learn more at www.getliterate.co. 

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Right now, we are smack dab in the middle of winter. The days are shorter, the sun sets earlier, the wind is colder and for many, that brings on a case of the so-called winter blues.

We can feel less motivated, our overall mood can decrease and we might feel stuck waiting for the longer, sunnier days in the season ahead. 

Enter books to the rescue. 

Today, I’m sharing three books perfect to help you beat the winter blues. One book celebrates the magic inside of a cold winter season. Another will whisk you away to another, likely colder, location and make you forget about your own winter blues as you get lost inside the pages. And finally, the third book will give you the swift kick-in-the-pants reminder that you can control much of how you feel…so you should. 

You’ll find the show notes for the episode with links to all of the books and resources mentioned right here. 

Love this podcast and want more? Consider this your invitation to join my Get Lit(erate) Patreon community! Each month, we take a deep dive into one bookish theme and work to bring it to life in our own lives. You’ll get bonus episodes, book calendars, live book club and notebook sessions, special events and much more. Learn more at www.getliterate.co. 

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Each month, I take a deep dive into what I’ve been reading, writing, learning and loving throughout the past 30 days or so. 

This month, I’m sharing about how I kicked off my reading and writing life in 2024. I’ve got some unexpected books to share, some new writing experiments, small changes that created big results and some words of wisdom I’ve loved, too.

You’ll find the show notes for the episode with links to all of the books and resources mentioned right here. 

Love this podcast and want more? Consider this your invitation to join my Get Lit(erate) Patreon community! Each month, we take a deep dive into one bookish theme and work to bring it to life in our own lives. You’ll get bonus episodes, book calendars, live book club and notebook sessions, special events and much more. Learn more at www.getliterate.co. 

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Many of us have authors who we adore. We will read ANYTHING they write as soon as they publish it and know with utmost certainty that we will love it. 

For me, one of those authors is Teri M. Brown, author of Sunflowers Beneath the Snow, An Enemy Like Me and Daughters of Green Mountain Gap.

Today, she’s back on the podcast to talk about her writing and her recently-published novel. As we did inside our first episode together, we had a wonderful time talking about writing, books and life in general.

Grab your favorite beverage and settle in for a wonderful conversation. I promise you’ll add Daughters of Green Mountain Gap to your TBR after you listen. =)

You’ll find the show notes for the episode with links to all of the books and resources mentioned right here. 

Love this podcast and want more? Consider this your invitation to join my Get Lit(erate) Patreon community! Each month, we take a deep dive into one bookish theme and work to bring it to life in our own lives. You’ll get bonus episodes, book calendars, live book club and notebook sessions, special events and much more. Learn more at www.getliterate.co. 

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I love books. I love reading. I love notebooks. I love writing. 

But life is busy and sometimes, it can be hard to make the time for the kind of reading and writing lives we want to have. 

Today’s guest is changing all of that. Dr. Nicole Janz is a writer’s coach on a mission to help book lovers and writers establish a creative practice that gives them joy. 

And it all begins with The Write Habit: A Planner for Writers.

Let me be clear: This planner is not just for writers who want to share their writing publicly with the world. It’s for ALL of us who simply want to bring more writing into our lives….and in the process, make our actual lives better, too.

Come listen as we explore how to create a writing life you’ll love and how a planner can help you do it. 

You’ll find the show notes for the episode with links to all of the books and resources mentioned right here. 

Love this podcast and want more? Consider this your invitation to join my Get Lit(erate) Patreon community! Each month, we take a deep dive into one bookish theme and work to bring it to life in our own lives. You’ll get bonus episodes, book calendars, live book club and notebook sessions, special events and much more. Learn more at www.getliterate.co. 

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It’s time for my annual notebook stack reveal!

Today, I’m sharing my 2024 notebook stack: all the notebooks I’m using and loving and why. Right now, I’ve got a stack of 8 notebooks I’ll use across the coming weeks and months…and maybe one or two more up my sleeve, too. 

I’ll begin with a pitch to find the perfect notebook and why it matters so much. Then, I’ll share each of my notebooks: what kind, what they look like and how they feel, how I’ll use it and how often I’ll write in it.

You’ll find the show notes for the episode with links to all of the books and resources mentioned right here. 

Love this podcast and want more? Consider this your invitation to join my Get Lit(erate) Patreon community! Each month, we take a deep dive into one bookish theme and work to bring it to life in our own lives. You’ll get bonus episodes, book calendars, live book club and notebook sessions, special events and much more. Learn more at www.getliterate.co. 

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Bibliotherapy, the idea that books can help us grow through what we go through, is a fascinating field highlighting the important role that reading can play in making our lives better and today’s guest is leading the way forward in it.

Bijal Shah is a bibliotherapist, counsellor and author. She is the founder of Book Therapy and offers bibliotherapy sessions, personalized book prescriptions and bibliotherapy training. 

On today’s episode, we talk about all the things: what bibliotherapy is and why it matters, how books can heal, the importance of literary journaling and much, much more. 

Come listen and bring a notebook. I know you’ll want to capture some of the content shared today so you can go back to it later.

You’ll find the show notes for the episode with links to all of the books and resources mentioned right here. 

Love this podcast and want more? Consider this your invitation to join my Get Lit(erate) Patreon community! Each month, we take a deep dive into one bookish theme and work to bring it to life in our own lives. You’ll get bonus episodes, book calendars, live book club and notebook sessions, special events and much more. Learn more at www.getliterate.co. 

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Well, I blinked and December FLEW by. Did it pass quickly for you, too?

I had to dig deep for today’s episode: a calendar audit, a photo roll scroll, thumbing through my journals and more. 

I’m so glad I did. It was the BEST way to reflect back on a busy month and bring more clarity to the month ahead. Here’s my completed  monthly literate love printable:

Come listen as I share what I’ve been reading, writing, learning and loving throughout the month of December.

You’ll find the show notes for the episode with links to all of the books and resources mentioned right here. 

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The week after Christmas is a special one for me. It’s a week that feels as if it is suspended in time as we emerge from the holiday but are not yet ready for the new year.

Each year, I always spend time reflecting and dreaming through this week…and cleaning and organizing, too. =)

Come listen as I share how I’ve created my three New Year’s Intentions and plan to bring them to life through reading and writing. 

We’ll discuss how to set goals in a radically different way, how to choose books and notebooks to help you bring them to life and the one important step that MUST happen after reading and writing, too. 

Let’s start 2024 together with a year full of reading, writing and growing. 

You’ll find the show notes for the episode with links to all of the books and resources mentioned right here. 

Love this podcast and want more? Consider this your invitation to join my Get Lit(erate) Patreon community! Each month, we take a deep dive into one bookish theme and work to bring it to life in our own lives. You’ll get bonus episodes, book calendars, live book club and notebook sessions, special events and much more. Learn more at www.getliterate.co. 

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Today is a BIG day on the Get Lit(erate). podcast…

We are celebrating 100 episodes!

It seems like yesterday I got up the nerve to press publish on my first podcast episode and I’m so grateful for all of the bookish and notebookish connections I’ve made over 100 episodes. 

Come listen as I revisit the Get Lit(erate). origin story, review the top 10 episodes and give you a sneak peek into what comes next.

You’ll find the show notes for the episode with links to all of the books and resources mentioned right here. 

Love this podcast and want more? Consider this your invitation to join my Get Lit(erate) Patreon community! Each month, we take a deep dive into one bookish theme and work to bring it to life in our own lives. You’ll get bonus episodes, book calendars, live book club and notebook sessions, special events and much more. Learn more at www.getliterate.co. 

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