Sips of Story ‘n Sanity

Feathers from the Fire with Karlyn Pleasants

"You're not done yet."

 

After twenty-five years of devotion to a therapeutic community she'd eventually owned and operated, it was time for Dr. Karlyn Pleasants to close that chapter of her story.

 

But what could top a quarter century of witnessing the power of a treatment center founded on the Lakota principles of kinship, shared responsibility, and giving back?

 

When the inspiration for "Feathers from the Fire" struck, Dr. Karlyn Pleasants was swept up and away by the synchronicities that began to unfold through her writing and research, opening up a new path for her to shift paradigms and rewrite cultural narratives about mental health, healing, and the infinite possibilities available when we believe there is always more to the story.

 

Get ready to discover the NECESSITY OF CURIOSITY in the world of Mental Health!

 

Visit Karlyn's website at www.KarlynPleasants.com and visit our website at www.SavedByStory.house

Surviving Spouse or Partner Suicide Loss and Being a Companion to The Survivors with Michelle Ann Collins

When her life shifted from fairytale to nightmare due to her husband’s death by suicide, Michelle Ann Collins found herself in the darkest place imaginable, reaching for answers to questions like: How am I going to eat, sleep, get out of bed, and do all the things? As a yoga therapist and wellness coach, she had more tools than many suicide loss survivors do, and yet escaping the dark grief cave required the most excruciating work of her life.

 

Tune in to hear Michelle share:

• what compelled her to write two books about such a horrible tragedy
• several of the practices that helped her escape the Grief Cave
• do's and don'ts for the companions of suicide loss survivors

Get ready to be inspired by this incredible human this next Tuesday!

What Happened to My Friendships? with Dawn Bennett

When the pandemic swept the globe, Americans appeared to drop the polarizing divisions that had driven us apart and rally together to face a challenge our generation had never seen. We could feel, more than ever, just how precious life is and how much we need each other. But then something happened…

 

The polarization that characterized our culture returned, as we witnessed racial violence and questionable leadership, while navigating conversations and mandates around masks and vaccinations. Yet this time around, we were facing off with friends and loved ones, not having yet recovered from the collective trauma we had all experienced.

 

And this broke the heart of Relationship Coach Dawn Bennett, who decided to do something about it.

 

Tune in to hear Dawn share the:

• subtle ways language has impacted our sense of safety
• biological reasons we are struggling in our friendships
• ways in which we can begin to stop the polarization and increase the connection

Unfolding Peace with Kawtar El Alaoui

Are you a leader trying to catalyze change in your home, community, or workplace but feeling exhausted or overwhelmed by the task -- unsure of how to create the change without perpetuating the old paradigms?

 

Kawtar El Alaoui knows what it takes to activate and achieve long-lasting change from a new paradigm of wholeness and reclaim well-being and self-leadership from old paradigms that resulted in childhood traumas, domestic violence, and systemic oppression.

 

Tune in to hear Kawtar share:

• how writing her book helped her to heal more layers of old wounds
• why leaders lose when they force change and how they win when they unfold it
• the most important factor in creating transforming conflict and opening possibilities

The Truth about Hope with Catherine Hammond

Have you ever felt hopeless?

 

Catherine Hammond took us to school (or maybe church!) on the definition of HOPE, challenging our culture's inaccurate and risky proposed definition and exploring how we've individually subscribed to it and suffered unnecessarily as a result.

 

Tune in to hear Catherine share:

• her story of redefining HOPE for herself and the rest of us
• the list of lies most of us believe about HOPE and how they increase our suffering
• a truer definition of HOPE, which continues to carry her as she faces Life's inevitable challenges

You're going to need a good hot cup of sips for this one while Catherine unravels your ideas about HOPE and opens up a whole new possibility for you!

 

Learn more about Catherine Hammond's law firm at https://coloradoestateplan.com/. You can find her book hope(less): The truth about hope and where to find it on Amazon.

Your Gift Is Not On Loan! with Griff Griffis

This guy dropped so deep into the conversation around the Identity of a Writer in our first interview, we asked him to come back and share what he's learned about the creative process in his more than four decades of writing short stories, novels, screenplays, and more.

 

Tune in to hear Griff share:

• what he's learned about his own unique needs as a writer and how that impacts his career
• the mindset and writing practices that fuel (and protect) his writing process
• how structure and discipline work alongside inspiration and divine downloads

It's almost time to grab a cup of something delicious and enjoy these sips of story 'n sanity with us.

Leaving In Style with Janise Graham

For ten years, Janise Graham, President of Small Business Style, Inc. and Entrepreneur's Insurance Services, searched for a way to make the very challenging topic of Business Succession digestible and even fun for the business owners she wanted to serve.

 

Tune in to hear how Janise:

• used story and some of her favorite real-life characters to make the book fun to write and easy to read
• combined two of her passions to make industry-specific content digestible for readers
• helped Amanda and a few of her team members avoid some of the risk they didn't see in their business

It's almost time to grab a cup of something delicious and enjoy these sips of story 'n sanity with us.

The Identity of a Writer with Griff Griffis

At ten years old, Griff found his calling when a book transported him out of his challenging childhood for a few hours. Determined to be part of the magic that made that possible for him, he took on the identity of Writer and has spent the last 40+ years wrestling with that identity and all that seemed to come with it.

 

Tune in to hear how Griff:

• was saved by story -- literally offered a path and an identity that buoyed him through an unpredictable and awkward childhood
• created his own rite of passage and changed his relationship to the identity and his life
• navigated and learned from various forms of writing -- short stories, screenplays, and more!
• became masterful at writing relationship dynamics and love stories
• he'll be joining us again to talk about the creative process he's been working at for more than four decades

 

It's almost time to grab a cup of something delicious and enjoy these sips of story 'n sanity with us.

A New Paradigm of Education

When Amanda and Aaron sent out their manuscript for "A Religion of Story," they had no idea what type of feedback they would get. As the educators, psychologists, spiritual leaders, change agents, and parents began to weigh in, this mother and son team decided it was a good idea to record a few conversations that future readers could tune into as they face their own religion of story and everything this book will bring up for them.

 

Next up this upcoming Tuesday is a conversation with educators, facilitators, and trainers who are operating from a more empowering paradigm of education -- one that cultivates the character and personal freedom children need to live happy, meaning-filled lives and steer our culture in a healthier direction.

 

If you are a parent, an educator, a facilitator or trainer or coach, or leader of any kind, the insights and wisdom shared on this podcast could change your life and work forever. And that is no exaggeration.

 

It's time! Get a cup of something delicious and enjoy these sips of story 'n sanity with us.

The Language of Story with Kate Herr and Karlyn Pleasants

When Amanda and Aaron sent out their manuscript for "A Religion of Story," they had no idea what type of feedback they would get. As the psychologists, spiritual leaders, educators, change agents, and parents began to weigh in, this mother and son team decided it was a good idea to record a few conversations that future readers could tune into as they face their own religion of story and everything this book will bring up for them.

 

Next up this upcoming Tuesday is a conversation with two psychologists who spend their lives helping people rewrite painful stories and become the heroes of their lives.

 

We talked about the powerful Language of Story and how it can be used by adults to heal traumas and bring the shattered and shadowy parts of ourselves back to wholeness, and how parents and leaders can use it to help our children avoid unnecessary suffering on their path.

 

It's time! Get a cup of something delicious and enjoy these sips of story 'n sanity with us.