Speaking Candidly with Candace

Ghostwriter, editor, and book coach, Tanya Brockett, shares her advice for want-to-be authors during Covid-19 social distancing as a way of coping and an opportunity to overcome the fears and struggles of writing a best selling book.

Former U.S. Marine, trauma survivor, and musician talks about her journey to create The Center for Earth-Based Healing and how she is following her passion to help victims of trauma. She has worked as a trauma survivor advocate since 2009 and is the Founder of The Center for Earth-Based Healing in Virginia.  Michele also shares her experience as a gay woman serving as a U.S. Marine during "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and her personal opinion on the 2nd Amendment Bill of Rights.

One woman's remarkable courage and journey with Stage 4 Cancer speaks candidly about living with Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC), the physical and emotional toll, friends, family and helping others. Guest: Katherine Couvillon.

Cynthia Hash, founder of the Mitchell Hash Foundation, discusses her son and the foundation that bears his name. The Foundation is specifically for parents who have experienced the death of a child with the purpose to lift the stigma, erase the shame, share hope, and educate the general public about the warning signs and resources for suicide prevention through in-person and online programs and resources.

Hear how Karen (aka Kim) Culbertson has managed to overcome her brother's death, two divorces, coming out late in life, and hiking 100 miles along the Camino Santiago Trail to celebrate her upcoming 70th birthday.

Guest Doddie Green is a published author who has suffered her entire life with depression. In her first book, Touch, based on her own life, she writes about a young woman who can’t stand any type of physical contact and resigns herself to a lonely existence of duty to her family until she meets a special person. Doddie blogs regularly about her personal struggles with depression, panic attacks, loneliness, and more.