Priscilla Long: Creating at Any Age
Priscilla Long is a well-known Seattle-based writer of science, poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, and history, who, in anticipation of turning 80, decided to research the path of world-class later-in-life creatives. What she discovered became a trove of inspiration that she shares in her book Dancing with the Muse in Old Age. It’s a book about […]
Dana Lynne Andersen: The power of transformative arts
Dana Lynne Andersen is a multimedia artist, writer, playwright, and teacher who has taught and exhibited on three continents. She is the founder of the Awakening Arts Academy, with programs in Assisi, Italy, Nevada City, California, and online. In this conversation, we explore the nature of the Transformative Arts Certification Program she offers—why it is so […]
Suzanne Anderson: The transformational path of grief
When her beloved husband took his life, and with it her life as she knew it, Suzanne Anderson faced a choice: would she be broken down and defeated, or broken open and transformed? I talk to Suzanne about her new book, You Make Your Path By Walking. Part memoir, part guidebook, it’s an […]
Diana Place—Creating a new story in the 3rd Act of life
Executive and entrepreneur turned community builder and advocate for women in the 3rd act of life, Diana Place shares wisdom from her journey and the inspiration for the online 333 Collective she created. After dancing “on the edge of my passions” throughout her career, the coincidence of three “lightening strike” experiences in 2018—a cancer diagnosis, […]
Debbie Weiss: Love, loss. and starting over after 50
When Debbie Weiss lost her husband of 30 years before she was 50, she learned life lessons that she has shared through her recent memoir Available As Is: A Midlife Widow’s Search for Love. Debbie’s writing has been published in The New York Times “Modern Love” column, Huff Po, Woman’s Day and Reader’s Digest among other publications. A former […]
Lois Holzman-the art of becoming through play and performance
Dr. Lois Holzman is a performance activist who helps people and communities worldwide to discover new hope and possibilities for who they are becoming. As a developmental psychologist with a PhD from Columbia University, she is the founder of the East Side Institute in New York City where she and her colleagues use a fresh […]
Isidra Mencos: Sex, salsa and a great story
Isidra Mencos is a writer, writing coach, and author of the stunning new memoir Promenade of Desire: A Barcelona Memoir. We talk about the book and the challenges of writing about family, sex, and self-discovery After coming to the States in 1992 Isidra has been a translator, university faculty, freelance writer, corporate manager, and essayist. […]
Alex Doman, Sound and brain health entrepreneur
Alex Doman is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, psychoacoustic music producer, and TEDx speaker with more than twenty-five years’ experience in neurotechnology. His mission is to help others achieve their optimal potential, to become the best version of themselves. He comes from a family of pioneers dedicated to improving brain performance for over seventy-five years, He’s […]
Margo Weinstein: author, adventurer, Mom
Margo Weinstein is a traveler, intrepid adventurer, class-action lawyer, and single mom. Educated at Yale College and Northwestern University School of Law, she became a partner in a multinational law firm, but that did not stop her from traveling to over eighty countries, moving with her young son to Shanghai and Bali, and discovering how […]
Dr. Juliet Bruce Finding Sanctuary in Story
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