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The Joy of Tiny Writing

June 10, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, we’re talking about building a writing habit, one tiny sentence at a time.  Tiny writing is exactly what it sounds like: tiny micro-moments of writing that focus on the process of writing something nourishing down...
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Create a Personalized Summer Bookshelf

June 3, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, we’re diving into how to create a summer bookshelf designed to create the best you and the best summer season yet. Here’s the reality: we have around 90 days to make the most of our summer and if we approach those 90 days...
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Conversations on the Courageous Path to Healing with Jennifer Kreatsoulas

May 27, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
On today’s episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, I’m talking with Jennifer Kreatsoulas about how her love of reading, writing and yoga supported a courageous path to healing through an eating disorder. Come listen as we talk about the three words central to both of our lives, how reading and writing...
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Scriptotherapy, Restorative Writing & Healing Chronic Pain

May 20, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
On today’s episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, I’m talking all about the connection between writing and healing and getting quite personal about my own healing journey.  We’ll talk about it all: scriptotherapy and restorative writing, the MindBody connection to writing and healing, specific writing techniques to set chronic pain free...
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The Art of Slow Reading: Why Savoring Stories Matters

May 13, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
I recently read a book that completely challenged the way I read. While I usually read books at a steady pace and move right to the next one, MOTHERS AND SONS by Adam Haslett stopped me in my tracks and prompted a slower reading experience…something I didn’t realize I needed more...
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Spring Into Nature Journaling with Karen Houlding

May 6, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
On today’s episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, I’m talking with Karen Houlding about the power of nature journaling and why we should all lean into this unique form of notebooking in the Spring season. Come listen as we talk all about nature journaling: how Karen got started, how YOU can...
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Incidental Bibliotherapy with The Frozen River

April 29, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
I’m doing something different today. Normally, my podcast episodes focus on the what, why and how of restorative reading and writing, bibliotherapy and notebooking. But today, I’m interrupting my own podcast calendar with a step-by-step description of my own process of bibliotherapy with a book that you MUST read. We’ll talk...
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A Year’s Worth of Writing Invitations

April 22, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
Let’s build a writing calendar to sustain you all year long! A few weeks ago, I shared how you could create a thematic year-long reading calendar to sustain joyful reading life all year long.  In this episode, I’m diving into the power of creating a year-long calendar for WRITING all year...
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Three New Ways to Practice Bibliotherapy

April 15, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, we’re exploring three new ways to practice bibliotherapy that have never been talked about on the podcast….or anywhere else that I can find.  Typically, bibliotherapy focuses on the book, specifically the text in the book, and how it can help you grow through...
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The Healing Powers of Writing & Creativity with Sharon Frances

April 8, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
One of the best outcomes of this podcast is the chance to connect with others who share my love of reading and writing and understand the powerful role they play in wellness, healing, creativity and living a life well-lived. Today’s guest is one of those people. Sharon Frances is an author,...
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On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Joanna Ho about her newest picture book: BECOMING BOBA.

This charming picture book celebrates self-love and identity and reminds readers that there is always room for unique flavors in our communities. It’s cute and charming, yet has deeply important messages, too. 

Come listen as we talk about Joanna’s original intent for this picture book, the cultural significance of boba and the important messages of enoughness this book has for readers. 

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Oh, how my heart needed this book. The Midnight L Oh, how my heart needed this book.

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig has left me breathless, speechless and hopeful.

Nora is struggling to find worth in herself and in her life and decides to end her time on Earth. But instead of dying as she intended, she’s found herself in the Midnight Library where she can live out every version of her life that could have existed for her had she made a different decision.

As she tries to undo her regrets, both big and small, Nora learns about the path not taken and the multiple versions of herself that exist out there somewhere and just might, in fact, exist inside of her, too.

Filled with pain and heartbreak, beauty and light, this book takes readers on a journey of radical acceptance, a journey that will leave them as a different person than when they started the book.

This book is potent and powerful, heartbreakingly beautiful, filled with existential thoughts and could save your life….or at least how you feel about it.

Whew. This book.

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On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, we On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, we’re talking about building a writing habit, one tiny sentence at a time. 

Tiny writing is exactly what it sounds like: tiny micro-moments of writing that focus on the process of writing something nourishing down in the moment. Small moments, small sentences, even small notebooks can be just the thing you need to kick-off a writing habit and reap all of the benefits.

Come listen as I explore what tiny writing is, convince you why you need to give it a try and share ten ways you could start a tiny writing practice today. 

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Do you need a reminder of why we need to reach for Do you need a reminder of why we need to reach for our dreams, cast our fears aside and live life like it’s the last night we have?

This book is that reminder: If Tomorrow Never Comes by Allison Ashley.

It’s the eve of Nora’s bone marrow transplant and she’s headed out to enjoy her last night before entering the hospital…which could also be her last night ever.

An overheard conversation catapults her into the night of her life and perhaps the love of her life, too. Sadly, she slips away to start her new journey and leaves the man she left behind reeling.

Fast forward a year later and Nora is doing well, ready to start her new, healthy life. When she runs into Jamie from that night, she’s elated….until she realizes he is her donor’s boyfriend.

What comes next is a beautiful, emotional (and very ironic!) story told in alternating perspectives that prompts the reader to ask themselves so many questions: What do we want? What are we willing to leave behind? When will we let ourselves enjoy what might be waiting for us?

Oh, this book has my heart.

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On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Brittany Pomales about her debut picture book: It Started with a P.

This is a hilarious, alliterative read aloud where a young king decides on the morning of his birthday that everything with the letter P must go. 

Come listen as we talk about Brittany’s journey to her debut picture book, the art of writing funny books for kids, her KidLit HaHa Week and the little surprises readers will find in the books. It’s a delightful conversation to match her delightful book.

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Books make Mondays better! I'm FINALLY reading th Books make Mondays better!

I'm FINALLY reading the book that so many of you have raved about and now I know why:

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

What if there was a library between life and death? What if the books you read there could undo the regrets you have in your life and move you into the perfect life? 

Oh, these are beautiful questions to ponder on a Monday morning. 

What books are making your Monday better?

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