Thriving Authors Podcast

In this solo episode of the Thriving Authors Podcast, I share three stories from my own writing life of ways that gratitude has helped me.

Gratitude has been the number one thing that has helped me sustain my writing career! Leaning into gratitude in all different seasons has brought feelings of purpose, contentment, excitement and joy. From my journey I’m sharing: 

• How a gratitude practice I began back in high school was the seed that began my podcast

• The ways gratitude allowed me to shift my mindset and perspective 

• What allowed me to manifest my childhood dream

• The importance of figuring out the essential gratitude you have for your writing project

Tune into this week’s episode to hear ways you can incorporate gratitude into your writing and life, wherever you are along the journey.

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In this solo episode of the Thriving Authors Podcast, I’m sharing my thoughts and reflections on the gift we give to ourselves when we tap into our creative spirit, honor the stories inside of our hearts and write them down.

So many of my clients talk about the empowerment and the healing and the joy and the comfort that they receive from embarking on this writing journey. But also, our writing is such a beautiful gift that we give to others. 

I’m sharing everything from personal examples of the ways that I've used writing as a gift for others to ways to find the balance of taking ourselves seriously as writers while also being playful and expansive.

My hope is that this episode gives you some food for thought and a bit of inspiration!

If you’re ready to share YOUR story and carve out time for this beautiful and important work, I’d love to invite you to join my Thriving Authors Academy. Reach out to get on the waitlist and be the first to know when enrollment opens in the spring.
>> In the meantime, let’s kick off the holiday season with gratitude! Join me starting Tuesday, November 18th for the free 5-day Write with Gratitude challenge to refresh your creative energies… AND use your writing powers to unleash more loving kindness in the outside world! This is my favorite challenge that I host and it started with my writing practice, where I really realized that cultivating gratitude is the biggest game changer!

In today's solo episode of the Thriving Authors Podcast, I’m talking about how to move forward when you feel overwhelmed with writing your book – especially when the pain of the world and feelings of helplessness make it challenging to tap into our creative energy.

If you ever think, I know what I should be doing, but I'm having such a hard time actually taking the actions to move forward, this episode is for you!

You’ll hear

• What to focus on when you're trying to clear the way to write or feel like what you’re doing isn’t enough.
• The importance of being intentional and creating boundaries.
• Practical ways to lean into big projects that will help reduce overwhelm so you’re not running yourself in circles.
• A personal example of the strategy I use to make progress instead of procrastinating.
• The value of small steps, including my writing streak and how committing to 100 words a day has been such a game changer (and has steamrolled me over to 90,000 words in this draft in under a year) Episode 179: Tips for a Writing Streak

I want this to be an invitation to give yourself a little bit of grace and recognize that you're not alone if you’re struggling in your writing life.

>> Kick off the holiday season with gratitude! Join me starting Tuesday, November 18th for the free 5-day Write with Gratitude challenge to refresh your creative energies… AND use your writing powers to unleash more loving kindness in the outside world! This is my favorite challenge that I host and it started with my writing practice, where I really realized that cultivating gratitude is the biggest game changer! Sign up for FREE at https://bit.ly/writingwithgratitude

In this solo episode of the Thriving Authors Podcast, I’m diving into how to create a marketing plan for your book. Marketing, promoting and launching feel so much less overwhelming when you have a plan in place!

I share a few journal prompts that are really helpful to brainstorm and also explain:

• How to avoid getting completely burned out and not wanting to do any marketing.

• The best sort of publicity that you can get that will lead to book sales.

• A menu of ideas that you can get excited about when creating your plan.

• A mindset shift so you don’t feel icky or salesy when sharing about your book.

• Examples of special little extra goodies you can send to everybody who preorders your book.

• What materials are really helpful to have ready when you’re pitching different media marketing opportunities.

• And more!

And if you are an entrepreneur who wants to write and publish the book inside your heart, I’d love for you to join me in my free Facebook group Women Entrepreneurs Becoming Best Selling Authors. We discuss the podcast episodes, I host free challenges and you may even meet your new writing partner to swap pages with!

In this solo episode of the Thriving Authors Podcast, I’m sharing four simple ways that I use paper in my writing process.  I’ve found that using pen and paper (or markers and crayons) – basically anything tactile and non-digital – can do wonders for our creative energy, bring more joy and fun to our writing practice, and ultimately make us better writers. 

You’ll hear:

• How I sometimes use crayons in my brainstorming process.

• The different parts of the writing process that have me turning to blank pages and index cards.

• How a piece of poster board helped a client own her identity as an author and claim to the world that she was working on a book.

• What can happen when you have a new view and flexible way to interact with your book.

I hope one of these ideas resonate with you or will spark a new idea for you. And if they do please share because I’d love to hear!
And if you are an entrepreneur who wants to write and publish the book inside your heart, I’d love for you to join me in my free Facebook group Women Entrepreneurs Becoming Best Selling Authors. We discuss the podcast episodes, I host free challenges and you may even meet your new writing partner to swap pages with!

In this solo episode of the Thriving Authors Podcast, I'm sharing my best tips for entering writing contests! 

Including:

• How to approach entering contests from a place of freedom, joy and non-attachment.

• Ways to move past the doubts you have about your work so that you can go for it anyway.

• When the best time to celebrate is!

• Ideas for how to keep track of the contests you enter. 

• What you need to know before you enter the contest.

I hope that this information gets you excited to enter writing contents in a way that feels good!!So proud that my novel BEFORE & AFTER YOU & ME has just won a Gold Medal in the YA- Mature Issues category of the 2025 Moonbeam Book Awards!

In this solo episode of the Thriving Authors Podcast, I’m delving into why I titled my book Your Book Matters and why this is something I believe so deeply.

A wonderful listener emailed me in response to a podcast episode where I mentioned my, at the time, soon-to-be-released book title. They shared that most books don’t actually matter – that with a creative pursuit you’re the only one it matters to, otherwise you’re setting yourself up for major disappointment. 

Listen in as I respond with:

• How I see this as a "yes and" situation.

• Why it’s important to focus on the reasons that your book matters to yourself.

• Why I firmly believe your book will matter to other people.

• How knowing what motivates you allows you to design the best accountability system for yourself.

• Intangible ways that we can measure our success and impact on others.

My dear friend, I want to assure you–now, more than ever, your writing matters. Telling your stories is a brave act. Sharing your perspective is mighty. Your ideas, your thoughts, your words–they might be the very lifeline someone else is desperately waiting for. 

If nothing else, carving out time for your writing is important because it sustains your own soul. Let it be an escape. Let it fill up your inner well. Let it connect you to the deepest, truest part of yourself–rejuvenating your energy to care for others and fight important battles out in the world.

Ready to write your dang book!? Join my Thriving Authors Academy before we start October 6th! Find all the details at thrivingauthorsacademy.com

In this episode of the Thriving Authors Podcast, I’m excited to share my conversation with my client and dear friend Olive Mazerolle, whose memoir Dancing With the Clouds was published last summer.

I’m so proud of Olive for writing this brave and beautiful book, which she worked on throughout her time in my Thriving Authors Academy! It's been just such an honor to journey with her and support her through the book-birthing experience – and in this podcast episode, she shares a bit about what her experience going through the program was like.

Olive also shares:

• When she knew there was a book inside of her that she was meant to write.

• How the process of writing can be a gift to others.

• Why she decided to sign up for Thriving Authors Academy and her biggest takeaways from being part of it.

• The most intimidating part of birthing her memoir and what gave her the confidence to go forward.

About Olive: Olive Mazerolle grew up in a small fishing village called Baie Sainte-Anne on the most easterly point of New Brunswick. As a civilian employee, Olive gave thirty-five years of her life to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. At the end of her career, after experiencing both personal and professional traumas, she found herself diagnosed with moderate-to-severe PTSD. Through years of seeking the psychological help she needed, she finally understood that her traumas had led her to Post Traumatic Growth (PTG). For Olive, PTG was transformative and brought the realization that she had actually grown after adversity. She turned towards altruism, opened up to new experiences, became spiritually mature and embraced gratitude for the life she now lives, saying, “Without these challenges, I may not be the person I am proud to be today.” Her only hope for this, her first book, is that it can help others. 

>> The doors are OPEN for the next round of Thriving Authors Academy! Will you join us when we start on October 6th?

Come write your book these next six months! Claim your spot at www.thrivingauthorsacademy.com

In this solo episode of the Thriving Authors Podcast, I’m diving into two common objections that I hear over and over from the women who are considering joining Thriving Authors Academy. These objections might resonate with you, too, so I wanted to talk about them and pose some questions for you to think about.

If you’re feeling resistant to committing to write your book, this episode will help you figure out if now is the right time to jump in and how you can guarantee that this investment is going to pay off.

After listening to the episode, if you’re still wondering “Can I really do this?” – let's hop on a call and we can talk through it together. There's no pressure and you're not wasting my time. During our call I’ll be a mirror for you, reflecting back to you the truth that you are sharing, so that you are able to go after your dream of becoming a published author in whatever is the best way for you to do that.
AND if now is the time – and you are ready to go all in to write your book – register by September 19th & get a BONUS Book Breakthrough 1:1 60-minute Intensive ($399 value) so that you can get personal support around wherever you are stuck on your book & can make the most of the Thriving Authors Academy when it starts Oct 6th! Find more details at ThrivingAuthorsAcademy.com

In this episode, I am excited to share with you these simple reflection questions that will help you feel more confident, motivated, and connected with your writing project.

And there's still time to apply for the Thriving Authors Academy scholarship! Deadline is September 5. These questions are part of the easy online application: http://bit.ly/TAAScholarship