Tell us about yourself. A student and a teacher of Mali Ancestral Oral Tradition, and Philosophy of Life, Anna Dao was born in Paris and spent her formative years in Mali, France, New York, Belgium, Canada with her father a diplomat from Mali. She completed her...
Tell us about yourself. Hi! My name's Russ Allen and I'm the Student Ministries Pastor at a large church in Pennsylvania. I have a wife and two daughters and love every minute I get to spend with them. Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your...
Tell us about yourself. I write in English, French and Hebrew. Raised in France, I lived in Israel, in a kibbutz and in Jerusalem. After 40 years I immigrated to the United States in 2003. Living in Atlanta, my desire to own the language and understand America led me...
Sherrie Laryse is an Australian teacher and mentor with 12+ years working in human behaviour, neuro linguistics, grief, trauma, psychosomatics, mental illness, yoga and meditation. Her fascination with the human psyche also has her completing a degree in Cognitive and Brain Science.
Sherrie’s focus is teaching emotional intelligence and how to overcome challenge. She does this through private consultation, yoga, and guided Yoga Nidra meditations. Having witnessed profound transformation and personal growth in her consultation clients, Sherrie aims to share practical methods of self-help through meditation, emotional intelligence techniques and through the power of story — the first story being her memoir, “On Path”.
Additionally, Sherrie shares her wisdom via her online yoga and personal development programs which are designed to help people achieve their potential and live a fulfilled life.
Shannon TL Kearns is a transgender man who believes in the transformative power of story. As an ordained priest, playwright, theologian, and writer, all of his work revolves around making meaning through story. He is the founder and Artistic Director of Uprising Theatre Company in Minneapolis, the co-founder of QueerTheology.com, and has recently published his first book, IN THE MARGINS: A TRANSGENDER MAN’S JOURNEY WITH SCRIPTURE, with Eerdmaan’s books.
A native New Yorker turned Coloradan, Amanda McKoy Flanagan blends street smarts with tree hugging for a sensible and spiritual approach to love and loss; she is no stranger to either. Author, blogger, motivational speaker, and podcaster, Amanda recently released her debut inspirational memoir, Trust Yourself to Be All In: Safe to Love and Let Go, and is co-host of the podcast, Sol Rising. Co-founder of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Castle Rock Clubhouse, a recovery clubhouse that serves as meeting space for various twelve-step programs, Amanda is passionate about sobriety, meditation, and spirituality. Through her commitment to climate action, she holds the spirit of loving-kindness, faithful perseverance, and compassionate service in high regard. A lover of horses, drumming, running, vegan eating, and dancing, she also enjoys singing with abandon to loud rock music, sometimes while driving a little too fast! Amanda holds a bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Albany in English and journalism and a master’s degree in social work from Stony Brook University, New York. Nevertheless, life has been her greatest teacher by far.
She lives in Castle Rock, Colorado, with her family and pup, Dolly.
Kylee Jean Marshall is a writer, public speaker, and recovering perfectionist. Of Dirt and Wildflowers is her first published book. She was born and raised on a sheep ranch in rural western Colorado and now lives in Grand Junction, CO with her husband, Travis, their children—Rylee, Candon, and Max, a golden retriever, Winston, and their black cat, George. When she is not reading and writing, she enjoys being outdoors hiking, biking, running, and skiing. Her mission is to inspire audiences by encouraging them to dig into the dirt of their lives to curate the courage to bloom.
Terry Tucker has been an NCAA Division I college basketball player, a Citadel cadet, a marketing executive, a hospital administrator, an undercover narcotics investigator, a SWAT Team Hostage Negotiator, a high school basketball coach, a business owner, a motivational speaker, an author, and most recently, a cancer warrior. He is the author of, Sustainable Excellence, Ten Principles To Living Your Uncommon and Extraordinary Life. Terry and his wife have lived all over the United States and currently reside in Colorado with their daughter and Wheaten Terrier, Maggie. In 2019, Terry started the website, Motivational Check to help others find and lead their uncommon and extraordinary lives (www.motivatioalcheck.com).
LaMonique Mac is an Amazon Best Selling Author. She’s also a publisher and a writing coach based in “Roll Tide” country Alabama with her family.
The books she has written and published are known for having a southern flair.
She can be spotted coaching new authors on how to write, edit, and publish on YouTube at Author LaMonique Mac.
Edgar Rider’s first book is entitled Riding Out The Kipling Effect. It is a narrative journey he undertook with a friend living in an eccentric ladies front room. The Kipling Effect is about navigating through outside challenges and obstacles at the same time trying to focus on a specific objective. The main character Carrie Kipling lived in complete turmoil and had anxieties mostly due to manufactured health problems and hanging out with manipulative moocher friends.
He has also written Transcending in The Fictional Burnout. It is a book of Fictional comeback stories. Some of the stories explain living for purpose and other stories are about what happens when people take unfortunate shortcuts or go down a destructive path. The stories are in different genres such as Horror, Science Fiction, Action Adventure, Spiritual and Literary Fiction. Some of the dark stories are Charred Fried Works,Charisma Corner, Making Maynard, Playtime in the Desert and Plantation Playground.
It also contains a few uplifting stories about people overcoming adversity such as Healing Hands Meant To Believe and Care 3.
Charlotte Matthews’ published works include a memoir, Comes with Furniture and People and three poetry collections: Still Enough to Be Dreaming, Green Stars and Whistle What Can’t Be Said. Recipient of The Adele F. Robertson Award for Excellence in Teaching, she has received fellowships from The Chautauqua Institute, The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, and The Virginia Center for Creative Arts. She is Associate Professor at The University of Virginia.