Lonna Whiting | Author of "Dining at the Dementia Cafe"

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Lonna Whiting, author of the anthology chapter titled "Dining at the Dementia Cafe,"  where she details her desert to mountaintop experience of both losing herself and finding herself in caring for her mother who suffers from dementia

Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwell, she lifts the author off the page as she holds conversations with co-authors of this inaugural anthology released in January 2023 by Soul Speak Press.

This series is meant to give readers of DTM a deeper insight into the authors that brought their experiences to the page and hopes to inspire it’s audience to a place of transformational healing.

Deserts to Mountaintops: Our Collective Journey to (re)Claiming Our Voice is available now on Amazon.

For more information on Deserts to Mountaintops, Soul Speak Press and upcoming anthologies, please visit www.desertstomountaintops.com.  For more information Jessica Buchanan, please visit www.jessbuchanan.com or follow her on instagram at @jessicacbuchanan

About Lonna:
Lonna Whiting is a freelance writer, editor, and communications consultant who lives in Fargo, ND. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Minnesota
State University Moorhead and writes frequently about her experience as a caregiver to her mother who has been living with early-onset dementia since 2010. You can follow her on Instagram @lonnawhiting.

The theme song is courtesy of the The Mystic Chics.
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This podcast is hosted by Jessica Buchanan, a NYT Bestselling author, speaker, survivor and founder of Soul Speak Press. Soul Speak Press is a boutique non-traditional publishing company focused on publishing stories from women who have been through something, now they know something, and can teach us something.

Learn more about Jessica's first book: Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six

Learn more about the Deserts to Mountaintops Anthologies. If you're interested in hearing interviews with our Soul Speak Press authors, check out the Deserts to Mountaintops Podcast.