#whatshesaidproject

Rachel Bailey Gaddis, The Comeback Coach, is my OG bestie. We go way back.

Rachel is a married woman (she/her) who is now a career coach. She's also my first reader and a brilliant personal strategist. She's also a cancer survivor.

I am so happy to introduce her to you, and how we both landed together, at this time, both coaching.

How wonderful to have walked through so many large changes and witnessed each other in each phase.

In each of our big changes, we have been there for each other.

How to find out more about Rachel and her work here.

Stages of Change info.

Book Recc: Helping: How To Offer, Give, and Receive Help.

Y'all need to know Tayler Simon of Liberation is Lit.

She's a poet, self-publishing book coach, and the woman behind the brand Liberation is Lit: a movement that to places stories written by BIPOC, queer, and disabled in the spotlight.

She's on a mission, and, in episode 2 we discuss why writing your story in written form is a movement builder, how reading narratives help us be better listeners, and, a favorite topic of mine: how young is too young to write for the movement? Tayler is interested in supporting youth in creative writing and discusses how fiction can be an avenue for folks interested in this movement.

And this, of course, is how I got started, storytelling, in advocating for myself and coaching others.

Find out more about Tayler and support Liberation is Lit here.

Support Tayler's opening of a bookstore here.

Ring theory info here.

Y'all need to know Tayler Simon of Liberation is Lit. She's a poet, self publishing book coach, and the woman behind the brand that's looking to place stories written by BIPOC, queer, and disabled in the spotlight.

She's on a mission, but in this episode (1/2) we discuss why leaving academia and nonprofit work saved her own life.

And this, of course, is how I got started, too!

Find out more about Tayler and support Liberation is Lit here.

Support Tayler's opening of a bookstore through coaching here.

I'm thrilled to welcome Evelyn Berry back to our podcast!

I know you can't see the cover by listening, but you so can if you go to Evelyn's website: https://evelynberrywriter.com/

There, you can find all of the brilliant info on buying the book, working with Evie, and hearing her speak (so so good)!

Cynthia Phelps, PhD - Founder, InnerAlly Inc

[email protected]InnerAlly.com

FB Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/InnerAllies

Insta: @innerally

Twitter: @innerallyT

he Gentle Path to Change - https://cynthiaphelps.com/release-the-habit/

Poet Willie Kinard III has published a book, and we at the #whatshesaidproject LOVE Willie.

Find out more about Willie @ https://www.williekinard.com

Find out more about Shannon @ https://www.shannon-ivey.com

The Year of Nos Project is a outcropping of the work of Shannon Ivey, coach and creative. The interviews for this part of the #whatshesaidproject bring all the boys, girls, and nonbinary folks to the yard to discuss creativity, resilience, and smart hacks to moving your life and creative work forward.

Canadian-American poet Dr. Sarah Cooper is a Canadian-American scholar and poet. She is the author of two poetry collections: Permanent Marker (Paper Nautilus, 2020) and 89% (Clemson University Press 2022).  Her poems also appear in Lunch, Sinister Wisdom, Iron Horse and in Poem-A-Day. As a professor she has received the Holman Award for teaching, was a 2021 LGBTQ+ Faculty Excellence Award winner, a 2022 Gentry Award winner for teaching excellence and the 2022 Tee A. Corrine Fellow at the University of Oregon. Currently she is the Assistant Director of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies as well as a professor in the Interdisciplinary Studies Department Clemson University.

FMI and to connect with Dr. Cooper:

http://www.sarahcooperpoet.com

https://www.instagram.com/scoops_scoops/

FMI on Shannon Ivey:

www.shannon-ivey.com

https://www.instagram.com/yesitsshannonivey

What do dating, social selling, and putting your work out in the world have in common??

Rejection. Loss.

But what if you don't get a clear rejection? What if it feels like you've been ghosted?

In this episode, Shannon discusses ambiguous loss as a part of the process of moving your life forward.

FMI on Shannon:

shannon-ivey.com

[email protected]

Jennifer Bartell is a poet and teacher from Columbia, SC. She was born and raised in Bluefield, a community of Johnsonville, SC. She received the MFA in Poetry from the University of South Carolina. Her poetry has been published in Obsidian, Callaloo, pluck!, As/Us, Jasper Magazine, the museum americana, Scalawag, and Kakalak, among others. An alumna of Agnes Scott College, Jennifer has fellowships from Callaloo and The Watering Hole. She teaches high school English.

𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘓𝘎𝘉𝘛𝘘+ 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥.
This past August, 14 LGBTQ+-identified writers from the Columbia area gathered in @uofsclibraries Hollings Library for a writing workshop led by @edmaddensc. The purpose of the workshop was to use writing to illuminate the queer archives available for public use, including Historic Columbia's LGBTQ Columbia History Initiative. Following the workshop, writers were given a month or so to write and think about their queer histories—engaged with the past, driven by the present moment, and looking toward the future.💫
This writing was compiled into the chapbook that was released during SC Pride 2023.
Special thanks to #JosephBruce for funding this meaningful project, to @scpridemovement for co-hosting and promoting the event, and to @curiositycoffeebar for your hospitality!