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Create a Thematic Year-Long Reading Calendar

April 1, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
Back in 2020, I started a reading adventure that has sustained me through the best of times and the worst of times and I’m inviting you to do the same.  In this episode, I’m diving into the power of creating a year-long calendar...
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Literary Journaling & Reflective Practice in Bibliotherapy with Bijal Shah

March 25, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
Spring is coming and that means many of us have our eye on growth, renewal and learning in the coming months. It’s the perfect time to take a closer look at our reading and writing lives and how they can help us move into this new season with purpose, intention and...
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The Perfect Morning Routine: Reading, Writing & Yoga

March 18, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
Do you have a morning routine yet? Today, I’m tackling the research behind morning routines: what they are, why they’re important and what you should fill them with. I’ll share the three stackable aspects of my morning routine and why they matter, offer clear research on why reading, writing and movement...
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The Why & How of Reading Books You Already Own

March 11, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
Today, we are tackling a true bookish dilemma: what do we do with the piles of unread books that we have on our shelves, but never seem to read? Yup, I’m talking to you.  There’s some good research behind why we need to have books in our home, more books than...
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Mandalas for Mental Health

March 4, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
I’ve been researching the role of writing in my own wellness journey and have reignited my love for a practice that I did so often and so thoroughly so long ago, but didn’t have a name for.  Now I do: It’s creating mandalas. Mandalas are circular, intricate and symmetrical designs that...
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Exploring the Power of Graphic Medicine

February 25, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
Today, I’m sharing a new-to-me genre that might be a new-to-you genre, too. I stumbled upon it in a moment of food poisoning and now, I at least have something good that came out of that experience. =) In this episode, I’m exploring the genre of graphic medicine: what it is,...
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A Notebook Idea to Get Clarity, Move On & Spark Creativity

February 18, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
Today, I’m sharing a therapeutic technique for your notebook: one that can be done at any time, anywhere and to anyone, to help you feel better, get more clarity and spark your creativity, too. What’s the technique? Writing hand-written letters that you’ll never send.  Come listen as I explore the research...
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Aromatherapy for Readers & Writers

February 11, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
I love exploring ways to make our reading and writing habits more restorative. Small changes can make a big impact in our enjoyment of reading and writing AND in our productivity too. Aromatherapy uses essential oils to improve our health and well-being and can elevate any experience we choose to engage...
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New Tips to Grow Your Notebook Habit

January 28, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
Do you wish you had more time to spend in your notebook or journal? Do you want to grow a more consistent writing practice? Are you working to put pen to paper in the coming year to gain all of the physical, cognitive and emotional benefits? This episode is for you. ...
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When Our Reading Gaps Point to Life Gaps

January 21, 2025 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
I adore tracking my reading life and geek out with my bookish spreadsheet where I track important metrics around the books I read.  I browse these statistics each month and use them to inform my next month’s reading choices. Plus, I do a deep dive into these stats at the start...
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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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