Kathi and Michele sit down on today’s podcast to talk about writing your hard story. Michele is the featured Writer in Residence at the writer’s retreat this January at the Red House and this is the place to be if you want to learn how to write your hard story.
Michele talks about why it’s so important to sit down and write for yourself first before you write for anyone else. You will not want to miss today’s podcast if you feel like you have always had a story to share with others.
In today’s episode, you will know:
- Why it’s important to heal yourself before trying to publish your book.
- Why you need to write for yourself first.
- Why it’s important to sit with your story first.
- Why your writing is different when you write for yourself first, and write for others second.
Here is the book Kathi mentioned in her podcast.
Use this code: EARLYBIRD (through dec 31, 2018) for Michele and Kathi’s Writing Retreat / www.writingattheredhouse.com
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Meet Your Hosts
Kathi Lipp
Author, Speaker, Communicator Academy Creator and CEO
Communicator Academy founder, Leverage: The Speaker Conference creator and master instructor Kathi Lipp, is a national speaker and author of 16 books including “Clutter Free,” “The Get Yourself Organized Project,” and “The Husband Project.”
She is a frequent guest on radio and TV, and has been named Focus on the Family radio’s “Best of Broadcast.”
She is the host of the popular podcast “Clutter Free Academy with Kathi Lipp.”
Over the past 10 years, Kathi has helped hundreds of people increase their platform through teaching and coaching. She is a frequent teacher at writer’ s conferences and has helped countless authors and speakers find their audiences.
Kathi’s desire to help fellow speakers and authors avoid the mistakes she made, increase their confidence and be the person God made them to be, inspired her creation of Communicator Academy. The podcast as an extension of Communicator Academy is just another way Kathi wants to serve her audience.
Michele Cushatt
Author, Speaker, Mastermind Coach
As an experiened keynote speaker and emcee, Michele Cushatt’s speaking experience includes Women of Faith, Compassion International, and various retreats, conferences and events held across the country. She has also led radio, video and audio recording projects.
She co-hosted with Michael Hyatt on the popular This Is Your Life podcast. In addition, Michele serves as part of the Dynamic Communicators International leadership team, led by best-selling author and sought-after speaker Ken Davis.
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I think the best writing comes after giving time and space after the hard event. I love the comment about just needing to sit with whatever it is.