Discover and explore powerful lyrics from some of the greatest love songs. Hosted by critically acclaimed writer, Acamea Deadwiler, each episode combines storytelling with music commentary.
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Writing Your Resilience: Building Resilience, Embracing Trauma and Healing Through Writing
Lisa Cooper Ellison
The Writing Your Resilience Podcast is for anyone who wants to use the writing process to flip the script on the stories they’ve been telling themselves, because when we tell better stories about ourselves, we live better lives. Every Thursday, host Lisa Cooper Ellison, an author, speaker, trauma-informed writing coach, and trauma survivor diagnosed with complex PTSD, interviews writers of tough, true stories, people who've developed incredible grit, and professionals in the field of psychol ...
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Welcome to Jojo's Empowering Journey, the podcast that is dedicated to helping you embark on a transformative path towards self-discovery and personal growth. I'm Jojo, your host and guide on this empowering journey. In this podcast, we will explore various topics, such as overcoming adversity, building self-confidence, finding inner peace, and embracing authenticity. Each episode will feature insightful conversations with experts and individuals who have experienced their own empowering jou ...
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Writing about Absent Fathers and Attachment Styles with Acamea Deadwiler
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Send us a text Join me and Pushcart Nominee, TedX Speaker, and multi-passionate creative, Acamea Deadwiler, as we talk about normalized violence, how our attachment styles can influence the way we approach our memoirs, and the importance of connecting with your inner compass. During our conversation, you’ll also learn what transcendental meditation…
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Self-Acceptance, Dating Disasters, and Life After Loss with Debbie Weiss
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Send us a text Join me and Debbie Weiss, author of the memoir Available As Is, as we discuss how multiple major losses impact the way we see ourselves and the world, the challenges of dating when you’re over fifty, and the most important thing new writers should consider when starting a book. Debbie’s Bio: Debbie Weiss is the author of the award-wi…
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The Challenges of Being Vulnerable On the Page with Megan Williams
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Send us a text What would you do if an experience you’d long dreamed of was not only not what it’s cracked up to be, but at times miserable? Would you own up to the challenges or pretend it’s as great as you imagined Join me and Megan Williams, author of One Bad Mother as we explore the challenges of being vulnerable on the page, the realities of m…
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Estrangement, Dementia, and the Fractured Memoir with Lara Lillibridge
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Send us a text If you have a complicated relationship with someone, how do you write about them? Should you craft a linear memoir that reads more like a journey or write something that mirrors your experience? Join me and Lara Lillibridge, author of Girlish, Mama, Mama, Only Mama, and The Truth of Unringing Phones, as we explore the impact of estra…
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Caring for Your Nervous System and Creativity with Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Kirby Moore
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Send us a text Writing can be a powerful tool for healing, but when writing the tough stuff, it’s easy to get triggered and relive the experiences you’re writing about. If you’re wondering what to do about this, join me and somatic experiencing practitioner Kirby Moore as we explore how the nervous system works and how to care for it and your writi…
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Writing about Intergenerational Trauma with with Margaret Juhae Lee
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Send us a text Like it or not, our family history shapes who we are. What if lost portions of your history are holding you back? What lengths would you go to recover this history, understand it, and then turn your discoveries into a memoir? Join me and author of the memoir Starry Field, Margaret Juhae Lee, as we explore the impacts of intergenerati…
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The True Meaning of Success and The Multiple Paths to Publishing Your Book with Courtney Maum
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Send us a text What does it take to become a professional writer with a published book? More importantly, what does it take to become a happy writer? Join multi-genre writer and book coach Courtney Maum and me as we discuss writer mental health, the key ingredients in an author brand, what success really means and how you can achieve it, as well as…
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Is It Self-Protection or Self-Sabotage: Why Tough Stories Cause Writer's Block
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Send us a text Have you ever worked on a tough story only to hear a voice in your head say maybe you’re not good enough, or maybe this isn't the project for you? How do you know if it’s self-sabotage or a wise part of you that’s trying to get your attention? Join professional writer Donna Moriarty and me as we discuss these voices and how to tell t…
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Strategies for Navigating Traumatic Memories In Your Memoir
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Send us a text TW: Mention of Sexual Assault In this episode, you’ll hear from Deborah Svec-Carstens, a writer working on a memoir that details her journey of healing after trauma. In this episode: Writing about trauma and recounting hard memories. Three reasons why we struggle to write about feelings The impact trauma has on our memories and emoti…
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The Challenges of Writing Coming-of-Age Memoirs
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Send us a text This week, you'll hear from Laila Rall, a writer working on a memoir about her chaotic, bicultural childhood with an unstable mother. We will explore two of the biggest challenges writers of coming-of-age memories grapple with: when does my story really begin and how do I gracefully insert my wisdom into scenes that involve very youn…
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The Dark Side of Publishing: Why It's So Hard for Trauma Survivors
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Send us a text This week, you will hear from Laurie Riedman, a memoirist who wrote Diamonds in the Dirt: Stories from a Junkyard Girl, a collection of short pieces that mirror the fractured memories she built while growing up in a world filled with discarded car parts. During our conversation we talk about how to deal with the voice in your head th…
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Send us a text This week, you'll hear from Amanda Creasey, an outdoors writer and novelist, as we explore the age-old existential question: does what we are working on matter? In this episode, you will hear Amanda vulnerably share the frustration and discouragement many writers face when working on long-term projects and publishing their work. We’l…
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How to Tell My Story Without Sounding Like I’m Playing the Victim
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Send us a text This week, you will hear from Wendy Hawkes, an emerging writer working on a coming-of-middle-age memoir about how she survived category 5 Hurricane Dorian, a storm whose intensity was due to climate change, and how this experience taught her to go with the flow. During our conversation we talk about how to write tough scenes without …
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How Can I Braid My Life Story With My Deceased Partner’s?
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Send us a text This week, you’ll hear from Meredith Master, a writer working on her memoir who is deciding on its structure. In this episode, we discuss writing a braided memoir, writing with a disability, telling the story of someone who has passed away, and how to write about the parts of someone’s life you weren’t present for. Meredith’s Bio: Me…
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Should I Honor Their Privacy or Break the Silence by Publishing My Memoir?
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Send us a text Have you ever felt the need to write your story and share it with others? What if you believed breaking the silence would heal you, but family members want you to keep certain stories private? Could you find a way to respect their wishes while honoring your truth? In this episode, I am joined by Stephanie Shafran, a writer who’s spen…
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Send us a text Before you send your book to beta readers, listen to this episode! In it, you’ll meet Melissa Macomber, another Camp Structure alumni who’s working on her memoir. During this episode, we explore how to know when your book is ready for beta readers, the three types of beta readers you’ll need, how to choose beta readers wisely, and qu…
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How to Return to Your Memoir After Loss and How to Navigate Your Author Platform as a Trauma Survivor
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Send us a text This week, you’ll hear from Camp Structure alumni Shoshana Koch, a writer and speaker who’s working on a coming-of-age memoir. During this episode, we explore the challenges trauma survivors face when building an author platform, how to deal with rejection, and how to re-engage with a writing project after an extended break. Shoshana…
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Writing that Gets Noticed with Estelle Erasmus
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Send us a text Welcome to season three of the Writing Your Resilience podcast! During seasons one and two, I interviewed experts and published authors who generously shared their wisdom on writing and healing. We’ll get back to that in season four. But sometimes it’s nice to know the people walking this journey alongside you. For my season three “S…
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"How Do You Know When Your Story Is “Finished?” Ask Me Anything with Lisa Cooper Ellison
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Send us a text Welcome to the last episode of Season 2! This second season has been amazing, and I am so grateful for all of the featured guests and all of you listeners. Just as I did last season, I decided to sit behind the microphone and open myself up to answering questions. In this episode, you’ll meet Katie Rouse, a poet, memoirist, and forme…
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It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People with Dr. Ramani Durvasula
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Send us a text Dr. Ramani Durvasula, author of It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People, shares her insights into narcissism, how narcissistic abuse survivors can heal and get support, and how to care for yourself when writing and promoting a book on tough topics. Ramani Durvasula, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist in …
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Addiction, Recovery, and Confronting the Good Mother Myth with Ann Batchelder
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Send us a text Author Ann Batchelder talks about her daughter’s struggle with addiction, their recovery journeys, the myths she had to confront, her struggle with perfectionism, and the writing tips she learned as she was writing her memoir, Craving Spring: A Mother's Quest, a Daughter's Depression, and the Greek Myth that Brought Them Together Ann…
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Writing about Chronic Illness and Crafting the Hybrid Memoir with Jennifer Lunden
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Send us a text Author, Jennifer Lunden, shares her struggles with chronic illness, the challenges of writing a hybrid memoir, especially when you’ve not trained in science writing, and the grit all writers, but especially writers with disabilities, need to cultivate. Jennifer Lunden Bio: Jennifer Lunden (she/her) is the author of American Breakdown…
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How Recovery Supports Memoir Writing and Book Marketing Tips with Laura Cathcart Robbins
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Send us a text Author Laura Cathcart Robbins shares book marketing tips she learned while promoting her memoir Stash: My Life in Hiding, and how recovery helped her cultivate the honesty needed to write her memoir. Laura’s Bio: Laura Cathcart Robbins is the best-selling author of the Atria/Simon & Schuster memoir, Stash, My Life In Hiding, and host…
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Crafting the Personal Essay and Resilient Editing Tips with Andrea Firth
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Send us a text Andrea Firth joins the Writing Your Resilience podcast to talk about what personal essays are, how writers can uncover their essay’s aboutness, and how to develop resilient editing practices. As an added bonus, she also offers writers the inside scoop on how to get published on the Brevity Blog. Andrea’s Bio: Andrea A. Firth is a wri…
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Heeding Your Inner Voice and Navigating Your Memoir's Dark Night of the Soul with Suzette Mullen
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Send us a text Author and writing coach, Suzette Mullen shares tips for structuring your memoir, navigating the dark night of the soul, living with integrity, and learning to listen to your inner voice. Suzette’s Bio: Suzette Mullen (she/her) is a memoir and nonfiction book coach, retreat leader, and the author of the memoir The Only Way Through Is…
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Surviving a Social Media Witch Hunt and Threading a Theme Through Your Memoir with Natalie MacLean
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Send us a text Natalie MacLean joins the Writing Your Resilience podcast to talk about surviving a social media witch hunt, how it impacted her relationship with alcohol, threading a theme through her memoir and marketing your book like a pro. Natalie’s Bio: Natalie MacLean, named the World's Best Drinks Journalist, has also won four James Beard Fo…
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Making Meaning and Writing Toward Posttraumatic Growth with Lennie Echterling
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Send us a text Lennie Echterling joins the Writing Your Resilience podcast to talk about the lessons he learned from landmine survivors, the difference between empathy and toxic positivity, the importance of fostering your posttraumatic growth, and how to use writing to build your resilience. Lennie’s Bio: Lennie Echterling, Ph.D., is a Professor E…
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Finding Your Voice and Crafting Stories that Ignite the Soul with Sue William Silverman
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Send us a text Sue William Silverman joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to talk about the power of creative nonfiction, how to use metaphor, masks, and language to harness its power, and how this work can lead to personal growth. As you listen along, here are a few questions to ponder: Which of your stories yearn to be told? How do you uncov…
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How to Stop Gaslighting Yourself with Ingrid Clayton
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Send us a text Ingrid Clayton joins the Writing Your Resilience podcast to talk about Complex PTSD, how narcissistic abuse leads to self-gaslighting, its impact on the writing process, and how Ingrid confronted these experiences while writing her memoir Believing Me. Here’s a list of questions to ponder as you follow along: Have you ever doubted yo…
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Send us a text Welcome to season two of the Writing Your Resilience Podcast! After celebrating season one’s fantastic interviews, I decided to kick things off right by having a fireside-style chat with you about a topic that keeps coming up: Forgiveness. Whether we’re on a healing journey or writing the tough stuff, forgiveness can be a complicated…
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Ask Me Anything with Lisa Cooper Ellison
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Send us a text Welcome to the last episode of Season 1! This season has been amazing, and I am so grateful for all the listeners who return week after week to learn from my featured guests. After weeks of asking other writers questions, I decided to invite some of the writers I work with onto the podcast to ask me questions! In this episode, you’ll…
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Season Finale - Un-thinkable (I'm Ready) by Alicia Keys
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Alicia Keys reminds us to love in the present—and makes me think of a story from my childhood that is a perfect example of why we should.Av Acamea
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Recovering from Cults and Religious Trauma Through Writing with Tia Levings
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Send us a text Tia Levings joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to discuss her experience as a debut author, writing to heal without retraumatizing yourself, the gaslighting that happens in religion, and getting things off your chest and onto the page to educate others with your writing. As you listen to this episode, consider the following qu…
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A beautiful escape.Av Acamea
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Leaning into the Mystery of our Stories with Brett Will Taylor
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Send us a text Brett Will Taylor joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to discuss vulnerability, family stories, shamanism, and the importance of leaning into the mystery. As you listen to this episode, consider the following questions: What are the family stories that you are living from? Who are your people and who or what do you consider to …
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With so many reasons to love someone, how could you not?Av Acamea
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Understanding Neurodivergence with Katie Rose Guest Pryal
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Send us a text Katie Rose Guest Pryal joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to take a deep dive into what neurodiversity is and how it impacts writers. Here are a few questions to ponder as you listen to this episode: What do you know about neurodiversity? Do you consider yourself to be neurodivergent? If you are, how does that impact the way y…
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The 90s was the best era for love songs. Not up for debate.Av Acamea
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Exploring The Loneliness Epidemic with Athena Dixon
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Send us a text Athena Dixon joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to discuss the multiple facets of loneliness, how to decide what is for you and what is for the public, and how to create your own definition of success. Here are a few questions to ponder as you listen to this episode: How do you define loneliness? How did the pandemic impact th…
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Imagine if these lines were the first thing your partner said to you one blissful morning.Av Acamea
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More than True Crime with Sarah Perry
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Send us a text Sarah Perry joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to talk about the choices they made while writing their award-winning memoir, After the Eclipse, and how each decision helped them build a book about their mother’s murder that was more than a true crime story. In this conversation, they explore the structure of Sarah’s book, how …
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The ultimate playboy settles down.Av Acamea
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Embracing Our Grief with Eileen Vorbach Collins
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Send us a text TW: Mention of Suicide Eileen Vorbach Collins joins the Writing Your Resilience podcast to talk about living with and writing about grief, breaking free of stigma and shame, how your structure serves your readers, and the importance of humor, even when writing about unimaginable pain. Here are a few questions to ponder as you listen …
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L-Boogie sings about the sense of longing sometimes encompassed within love.Av Acamea
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Writing About Abandonment without Abandoning Yourself with Ronit Plank
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Send us a text Let’s Talk Memoir host Ronit Plank joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to discuss writing about abandonment, the importance of understanding the context of your story, the challenges around writing about family, publishing with small presses and much more. Here are a few questions to ponder as you listen to this episode: Have y…
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An ode to youthful adoration.Av Acamea
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Send us a text Laura Davis joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to discuss the healing power of writing, the difference between writing to heal and writing for a public audience, and the challenges she faced while writing her memoir, The Burning Light of Two Stars. Here are a few questions to ponder as you listen to this episode: What role has…
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Two Wrongs by Wyclef Jean ft. Claudette Ortiz
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Love and pain are not synonymous. Yet, still we hurt.Av Acamea
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Practicing Radical Acceptance in Your Writing Practice with Zebib Abraham
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Send us a text Zebib Abraham joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to discuss why she writes fiction, the relationship between writing and mental health, and tools writers can use to cultivate resilience, self-compassion, and radical acceptance of themselves and their work. Here are a few questions to ponder as you listen to this episode: Have …
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The wedding song of the 2020s.Av Acamea
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