326 Barbara Stark-Nemon

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Barbara was born into a family of storytellers.  Initially, she found it challenging to find the courage to put her own stories out into the world.  Barbara found the courage to believe that she could be a writer and that her stories were worth telling.  She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:

  • choose resilience and love
  • write what we know
  • it’s never too late to make a dream come true
  • take a risk
  • producing art is an intensive form of self-help
  • believe in our dreams
  • help others to tell their stories
  • trust that we’ll have what it takes
  • be kind to ourselves
  • find likeminded people

https://www.barbarastarknemon.com

Even in Darkness

tags:  Barbara, Stark, Nemon, author, writer, Hard, Cider, Even, In, Darkness, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com 

325 Katherine Linn Caire

Author Katherine Caire

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Adopted at birth, Kathe went on a journey to learn her birth parents’ identities.  This journey unravelled a half-sister that she never imagined existed.  Kathe shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:

  • open our hearts
  • events happen for a reason

http://www.klcairebooks.com 

Accidental Sisters Book

tags:  Katherine, Linn, Caire, Accidental, Sisters, story, of, my, 52, year, wait, to, meet, my, biological, sibling, adoption, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com

324 Steve Haggerty

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Steve experienced burnout, which he describes as a dark time in his life.  A bright light experience enabled him to seek balance and a shift in priorities.  Steve shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:

  • spend quiet time
  • slow down and feel our feelings
  • recognize when/how we feel; such as fatigue and anger
  • it’s important for us to understand our pasts
  • choose to be around those that are well-balanced
  • burnout can cause depression
  • come back to the space of ‘pacing ourselves’
  • be mindful of ‘energy vampires’
  • write from the heart

https://sthaggerty.com

tags:  Steve, Haggerty, writer, author, storyteller, NORMAN, ROCKWELL’S, MODELS, In, and, Out, of, the, Studio, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com