Susie Dent | Author of "Running Away from the Altar... And Back to Myself"

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Susie Dent, author of the anthology chapter titled "Running Away from the Altar... and Back to Myself,"  where she details her desert to mountaintop experience of coming out as lesbian, leaving her fiancè, and marrying the love of her life.

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 Susie:
Susie Dent is an out and proud wife, cat mom, and advocate for performing arts and creative writing as integral forms of self-expression, preservation, and authenticity. An attorney by day, she serves as a mentor for younger associates throughout the country, and regularly presents on the intersectionality of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion issues in leadership, as well as on intergenerational mentorship. When not practicing law, Susie serves as a Parks and Recreation Commissioner for the City of Palm Springs, and spends her mornings mastering aqua aerobics at the local municipal pool. Aside from a PowerPoint slide deck she “authored” entitled “My Life” at the age of nine, this is Susie’s first contribution to a published anthology. To learn more about Susie, follow her @susiefmeyer on Instagram.

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.