Stories and Strategies for Women

Maureen Petrosky, author of the new book, Wine Club: A Monthly Guide to Swirling, Sipping, and Pairing with Friends is my guest in this episode.You can find out more about Maureen at her website, MaureenPetrosky.com.I am so excited to introduce this podcast episode. What better summer topic than wine (and chocolate tasting) PLUS: If it is your goal to write a 'specialty book' you will learn Author Maureen Petrosky's publishing story. She is an author of several books. This latest release, Wi...

Is Joining a Writers Group a Good Idea for Aspiring Writers? (or a great starting point/)Join authors Linda Wisniewski, Sandra Carey Cody, and Susan Wagner in a fun, illuminating conversation about Women's Writing Groups. All the women are part of a writer's group created through their connection with the Pearl S Buck House in Bucks County, PA. Not all writers groups are created equal and I was curious about how the groups work and how joining one be might advantageous for writers...

Author and Influencer, Kelly Hopkins-Jones, is our guest this week. We chat about her popular Instagram site, @hillside-farmhouse, her book, Someday - a love letter to parents experiencing infertility, her publishing experience, and her baby daughter. Kelly reveals how she went from advance practice nurse to Instagram influencer. Her Instagram site, @hillside-farmhouse, has over 13,800 followers. Kelly explains how she started to post pictures of her farmhouse remodel in Buc...

Ciara Stockeland is an author, podcast host, business owner, business coach, Mom, and an Iron Man participant - not in that order!Entrepreneurs, or anyone looking to start a new venture, write a book, or who needs to seriously evaluate their current business model will learn something valuable in this 25 minute interview!Ciara created several start-ups and owned brick & mortar retail stores and through her trials learned the secret to a success business - retail or not!It's in the p...

You Need To Release Your Creativity TodayWhy?Because if you don’t, your creativity will be lost forever. The world will lose out on your contribution and YOU will miss out on progress toward self-actualization.In this episode, part of a series by Claudine on Creativity, she introduces Abraham Maslow - the father of humanistic psychology and the creator the hierarchy of needs - of the concept of self-actualization. Using an excerpt from her audio books an example, Claudine shares why you...

"We're going to look for the kind people," said author, podcast host, inspirational speaker and coach Kate Brenton to her five-year-old son recently. On arriving at the airport, Kate realized that their flight home had been closed even though she had checked-in hours before. Her riveting story is more than a recounting of an annoying airline experience, it's about the human spirit, fellow human beings helping one another, the lessons we teach our kids, and how "looking for the helpful p...

Author Sarah Styf loved to write essays about her life on her blog - she wrote for years. Eventually she decided to create a book from those essays, a collection for her her kids to read someday. The essays that were meant for family held a larger lesson for anyone looking for the meaning in life and ways to adjust when life doesn't work out as planned so she self-published them as a book titled "Embracing the Journey: Learning to Grow When Life Doesn't Work Out as Planned"S...

If you own a business and you suspect that an employee is in a domestic violent situation, how can you help?Your employee is already feeling vulnerable and work may be the only place he or she feels safe and confident. An employer want to be empathetic but not intrusive, right? How can a business help their employee? The Standing-Firm.org organization helps businesses to fashion helpful company policies to aid employees suffering under domestic violence. Have a Listen.On the ...

Join me and voice actor Marissa Lanchak, my voice acting coach from Voice Coaches, chat about how I landed in a voice acting class and how I ended up narrating the audiobook version of my book, It Gets Easier! and Other Lies We Tell New Mothers... The interview is an excerpt from Voice Coaches Radio Podcast, which Marissa, a very talented voice actor, hosts for Voice Coaches. I took Voice Coaches Introductory Voice Over Workshop online through my local township. The workshop...

Do you have an idea for a children's book and wish to get it published? Sheryl Bass, Author of Baby Dragon's Big Sneeze, is our guest today. Sheryl shares her children's book self-publishing story - how she did it and the resources she used as well as the advantages of self-publishing. Link to full interview with Sheryl Bass, author of the children's book - Baby Dragon's Big Sneeze can be found at my Get Your Book Seen and Sold Substack or wherever you listen to podcasts - Get Your Book...