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April 20, 2026

Your Story is Your Strategy

If you’re subscribed to both this and the Awesome Latinas Substack, you already know: Tuesday was pub day. My co-author Mirtle and I are still processing it, honestly. Two years, one pregnancy, and approximately one million late nights went into that book. And last night we were finally able to celebrate here in Portland at […]

April 20, 2026

The Emotionally Porous Caregiver: The Empath with Dr. John Duffy

Have you ever heard of an empath? You know, these select people who apparently feel the feelings of others, can even predict them, just as deeply as they themselves do, if not more so? This term started sneaking its way into my vernacular a couple of decades ago, and always felt kind of like psycho-babbly, […]

April 20, 2026

Writing Your Grief by Emily Thiroux Threatt

Whenever I watch a movie or read a book, it seems like one of the themes is grief. We all deal with loss at times throughout our lives, so having grief show up in books and movies is logical. Since dealing with and teaching about grief is a major part of my life, it’s also […]

April 20, 2026

Author Lynda Monk on the Maritime Noon Podcast

On the phone-in: We speak with Lynda Monk who’s co-editor of the book “The Great Book of Journaling: How journal writing can support a life of wellness, creativity, meaning and purpose”. And off the top of the show, we hear from a farmer in central New Brunswick who’s concerned about the ongoing dry conditions. Lynda […]