Courageous Wordsmith

Jennifer Bauer is a Master Wayfinder Coach, Breathwork Meditation Healer, Reiki Practitioner, Author, and Public Speaker.

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Sasha Mobley is an executive coach, author of The Strong Woman Trap: A Feminist Guide for Getting Your Life Back, and Master Facilitator of Navigating Challenging Dialogue. When she isn't writing or …

On the surface, Keri Mangis comes across as a gentle, if candid, introvert. Peel back a layer and you’ll uncover an inquisitive explorer of inner and outer realms. Peel back another and you'll see a …

This is the second of two episodes celebrating four years this month since I started life coach training and met my friend Kaliopi Nikitas, who is completely and honestly one-of-a-kind.

Kaliopi says t…

Recorded last summer (when the name of this podcast was still the original Frau Amy's World), this is the first of two episodes celebrating four years this month since I started life coach training a…

If you've listened to my conversations with Ray DePaola before, it won't surprise you that I've always seen a book on his horizons. But! While he never says no outright, there's great resistance, by …

People often ask about my publishing experience, and mine is definitely unique. I kept running into Roseanne Cheng, a former trusted colleague who left teaching before me. Every time we crossed paths…

Rebecca Shisler Marshall, PhD helps women with health challenges, who have tried everything and are ready to feel better and have more energy. This started with herself first.

An associate professor f…

Amy Hallberg talks with Kelly D. Holstine, a former colleague who, long before she became Minnesota Teacher of the Year, had a huge impact on helping Amy claim the role of advocate for LGBTQ youth. K…

Molly Elizabeth, the artist and imagination champion behind The Darling Revolution, talks about finding healing through art, first with postpartum depression (and since then, other chaotic events).

Th…

Courageous Wordsmith Podcast is back with a new name and new image, but the same spirit. In a similar way, Katie Krauska was a dedicated, high performing sailor who shifted her attention (and passion…

Courageous Wordsmith presents conversation with Real-Life Creatives. Author, Certified Master Coach, and Story Mentor Amy Hallberg poses this question: How do we find and (give ourselves permission t…

In this two-part season finale, Ray DePaola and I discuss ancestral lineage as a path to healing, his through a treasured family story, mine through a strong resistance to tracing my family tree.

Aft…

In this two-part season finale, Ray DePaola and I discuss ancestral lineage as a path to healing, his through a treasured family story, mine through a strong resistance to tracing my family tree.

Aft…

Barbara Deese couldn't not write. After a tragic loss with painful repercussions, writing became the source of healing that worked. After a while, that writing evolved into something much more, an en…

Writers will tell you that moving into old stories can open old wounds, especially around loss.

That energy resides deep in our bodies, and it comes in waves. The trick is to let ourselves mourn, whe…

Jillian Rae does well as a up-and-coming rockstar. She plays plenty of concerts. Minnesota Public Radio's music station The Current often features her music. And now she's about to release a long-awa…

Ten days and counting until Katherine Quie releases Raising Will: Surviving the Brilliance and Blues of ADHD. But she was never in this alone. Behind the book, there's Will and his life, his ADHD, hi…

Writing a book is like parenting. We think we'll write a book, but really the book also writes us -- and changes us in fundamental ways. Amy and Katherine talk about how that happens.

By her own (ske…

Allyson Scammell spent years in shadow careers that led her to learn about Core Gifts. First she tapped into her own, and now she helps soul-guided women entrepreneurs tap into theirs. A dreamer of b…