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About Being Chinese is a monthly show where I, as an Asian American Adoptee, explore a variety of Asian cultures with my co-hosts and discuss Asian identity through looking at food, language, traditions, arts and more. It’s a podcast for people who are interested in learning about and talking about Asian identity, diving deeping into the experiences and cultures that make us all uniquely Asian.
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Weekly interviews with non-fiction authors about writing and publishing their books. Topics include overcoming writer's block, selecting the right topic for your book, finding great book editors and cover designers, how to know if self-publishing is right for you, and other advice on how to write, publish, and promote a non-fiction book that makes a difference.
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Kaley chats with friend, student & tattoo artist Josh who has a passion for being 'a creative', self-expression, culture and the connection between emotions, identity and art. The two talk about being lost, attending school, and using work and art as a way of helping people on their healing journey. Josh shares funny tattoos, ones that relate to Fi…
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Kaley and her younger sister Leanne talk about life growing up in New York, identity exploration, personal journeys and being a person of color. We discuss family as an Asian American Adoptee, adjusting to life after high school, and analyze our personality differences as sisters. Leanne shares her challenges as a student with a learning disability…
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Kaley along with roommate and friend Ranya, cooks a traditional Malaysian shrimp dish. They talk about life in Los Angeles and Malaysia, relationships, college as an international student, spices, cooking shows, and personal connections between food and memories. Ranya shares how her love of cooking reminds her of home, alongside a variety of anecd…
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Join Pleasance Silicki of BookJourneys Radio interview author Nurys Harrigan-Pedersen about the writing and publishing of her book, Make Your Mark: The Smart Nonprofit Professional’s Guide to Career Mapping for Success. As a talent management and staffing expert with twenty years of experience matching employers with talented professionals in the n…
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Join Pleasance Silicki of BookJourneys Radio as she interviews author Emily Cohen on the writing and publishing of her book, From Generation to Generation: Healing Intergenerational Trauma Through Storytelling. Author Emily is the daughter and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. As a young girl, she was told by her mother stories of her incarcera…
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Join Pleasance Silicki, host of BookJourneys Radio as she interviews author Kristina Hallett , PhD, ABPP on the writing and publishing of her books, Own Best Friend: Eight Steps to a Life of Purpose, Passion, and Ease and Be Awesome! Banish Burnout - Create Motivation from the Inside Out. Upon the release of her book, Own Best Friend, Kristina was …
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Join Pleasance Silicki, host of BookJourneys Radio, as she interviews author Beverly Davidek on the writing and publishing of her book, Happy Lawyer: The Art of Having It All Without Losing Your Mind, which she co-authored with husband Dirk Davidek. Beverly had been there... a beautiful family, a nice house, new cars, and an enviable job as an atto…
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Join Pleasance Silicki of BookJourneys Radio interview authors Kaley Bourgeois and Bridghid McMonagle on the writing and publishing of their book, Secret To A Younger You - The 3 Month Program: A natural facelift without botox. Both Bridghid and Kaley are both naturopathic physicians and are experts on natural therapies. For this book, they chose t…
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Join Pleasance Silicki, host of BookJourneys Radio as she interviews author Bear McKay on the writing and publishing of her book, Your Energy Signature. Bear had always thought that this book should be her first. After having started it several times, she was finally able to finish it with the help of The Author Incubator. Her book was able to give…
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Join Pleasance Silicki of BookJourneys Radio as she interviews author Amari Ice on the writing and publishing of his book, Lasting Love at Last: The Gay Guide to Relationships. Amari is on a mission, and that is to empower gay men to have the lasting love they desire and deserve. He is able to accomplish this with his background in personality psyc…
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Join Pleasance Silicki, host of BookJourneys Radio, interview author Megan Jo Wilson, on the writing and publishing of her book, Who the F*ck Am I to Be a Coach: A Warrior's Guide to Building a Business from the Inside Out. "They're going to love it!" That's the statement that Megan didn't think about before she wrote the book. It would have been p…
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Join BookJourneys Radio host, Pleasance Silicki, as she interviews author Alexandra Greenawalt on the writing and publishing of her book, Love What You Wear: Mastering Your Style in Multiple Homes. The subject of her book, styling, is something that is familiar to Alexandra since it's been her area of expertise for over 16 years, and thus she is an…
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Join Pleasance Silicki as she interviews author Renee Brown Small on the writing and publishing of her book, Magnetic Hiring. Renee Brown Small works as a cybersecurity expert with professional experience that goes way back to 2001. With this wealth of experience, companies have counted on Renee to improve their recruitment and training processes w…
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Join Pleasance Silicki of BookJourneys Radio as the interviews author Maritta Philp on the writing and publishing of her book, Medicine Woman: The Hard-Working Doctor's Guide to Creating a Life of Freedom and Choice. Dr. Maritta Philp knows all too well the hard work involved in being a medical doctor, and for one such as her, there's always the co…
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Join Pleasance Silicki of BookJourneys Radio interview author Stephanie Wild on the writing and publishing of her book, The Art of Forgiveness. Stephanie Wild is a woman of many cloaks. She's a psychic medium, an intuitive counselor, a spiritualist minister, the creator of the ground-breaking program, Marketing with Spirituality, and the writer of …
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Join Pleasance Silicki of BookJourneys Radio interview author Melissa Morrison on the writing and publishing of her book, Unstick Your Stuck. Melissa is known as the Concussion Coach, and she says she got the idea for her book courtesy of multiple hits to her head with a softball. But getting the concept down pat was easier compared to writing it d…
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Join Pleasance Silicki, host of Dr. Angela Lauria's BookJourneys Radio as she interviews author Stephanie Zeiss on the writing and publishing of her book, Help! My Teen Is Pregnant. It's always a shock for parents to get the news from their teen that they're pregnant. That happened to Stephanie when her eldest daughter broke the news. As a parent w…
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Join Maggie McReynolds of BookJourneys Radio as she interviews author Stephanie McAuliffe on the writing and publishing of her book, The Message in the Bottle. Stephanie's book is a personal account of her experience growing up and living with alcoholics. She says that the book is also about working through what holds people back and coming through…
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Join Maggie McReynolds of Book Journeys Radio as she interviews Dr. Mara Linaberger about the writing and publishing of her book, HELP! My Child Hates School: An Awakened Parent's Guide to Action. Mara knows all too well the challenges faced by parents when their child hates to go to school. "The topic was something very close to my heart - kids an…
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Join Maggie McReynolds of The Author Incubator as she interviews author Kevin Snook on the writing and publishing of his book, Make It Right: 5 Steps to Align Your Manufacturing Business from the Frontline to the Bottom Line. Before writing his book, Kevin had years of experience doing business in manufacturing which helped him form the specific pu…
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Join Maggie McReynolds of BookJourneys Radio as she interviews author Maureen Lake on the writing and publishing of her book, Being Happy, Raising Happy: The Empowered Mom's Guide to Helping Her Spirited Child Bloom. Maureen's experience in writing this book was like being in a vortex which sucked her in. It wasn't an easy task for her to tell the …
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Join Maggie McReynolds of Book Journeys Radio as she interviews Liz Lajoie on the writing and publishing of her book, From Zero to Zen: Secret Keys to Nurturing Your Numbers and Finding Financial Flow. Liz didn't realize that she'd be able to finish her book so quickly. She attributed the short production duration to the clear vision she had about …
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Join Maggie McReynolds as she interviews author Tamara Arnold on the writing and publishing of her book,My Kid Is Driving Me Crazy: A Mom's Survival Guide for Living with a Child with Mental Illness. For Tamara, the writing of this book was like riding a roller coaster with all the emotional ups and downs - first as someone who's written a book, th…
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Join Maggie McReynolds of BookJourneys Radio as she interviews author Cindi Laree on the writing and publishing of her book, Flipping the Fairytale. Cindi did not realize how easy it would be to write her book once she got it out of her head. She could not envision the writing process but felt that she was "called" to write the book with her tenden…
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Join Maggie McReynolds, host of BookJourneys Radio, as she interviews author Ken Leinbach on the writing and publishing of his book, Urban Ecology: A Natural Way to Transform Kids, Parks, Cities, and the World. Ken began work on his book knowing that his life's work needed to be published and it ended up being "a spectacular adventure" (hiw own wor…
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Join Maggie McReynolds of The Author Incubator as she interviews author Sarah Nannen on the writing and publishing of her book, Grief Unveiled: A Widow's Guide to Navigating Your Journey in Life After Loss. When Sarah started with her book, she didn't realize that she was going to write it three times and that she had to step out of real life and m…
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Join Maggie McReynolds of BookJourneys Radio as she interviews author Jiayuh Chyan on the writing and publishing of her book, Your Key to the Akashic Records: Access Your Personal Spiritual Advisor 24/7 to Fulfill Your Soul's Potential. When Jiayuh started writing her book, it turned her world upside down and it changed her, but all in a good way. …
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Join Jenn McRobbie of The Author Incubator as she interviews author Amy Birks on the writing and publishing of her book, The Hustle-Free Business. Could you actually get better results in your coaching business by working less and hustling less. For Amy, it's a fact and in her book, she teaches her 7-step process that would get coaches from frustra…
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Join Jenn McRobbie of The Author Incubator as she interviews author Linda Goggin about the writing and publishing of her book, Feel Good Again. Linda knows it all too well. You tests show there's nothing wrong with you, yet you and your doctor wonder where all your energy had gone to, especially when you're certain you're doing all that's possible …
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Join Jenn McRobbie as she interviews author Lori Losch on the writing and publishing of her book, Rather than Rehab: Quit Bulimia and Upgrade Your Life. According to Lori, it was the topic for her book that picked her, which allowed her to write about her experiences and journey of healing from an eating disorder. She said it gave her focus, though…
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Join Jenn McRobbie of The Author Incubator as she interviews author Sarah Richardson on the writing and publishing of her book, From Sidelines to Start Lines: The Frustrated Runner's Guide to Lacing Up for a Lifetime. When Sarah starting writing her book, she had no idea it would be so much fun and how it would serve her business well. "The book ha…
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Join Jenn McRobbie of The Author Incubator as she interviews author Ilia Blandina on the writing and publishing of her book, Give Birth A Chance: How to Prepare for an Empowered VBAC. Ilia has been working in obstetrics as a nurse midwife since the 1980s and it was only natural for her to author this book. With her professional background and years…
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Join Jenn McRobbie as she interviews author Cheryl Ale on the writing and publishing of her book, The Spark: The Legacy that Changed the Dance World. Cheryl explains The Spark as something which lives in all of us. "It is the awareness, the anticipation, the a-ha of everyday," she told Dr. Angela Lauria of The Author Incubator. She explained that i…
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Join Jenn McRobbie of The Author Incubator interview author Susan Mercer on the writing and publishing of her book, A Graceful Goodbye. Susan didn't really knew that writing her book entailed going through a lot of emotions. The topic for it just came to her at a time when she was thinking of something different to write about. For her, A Graceful …
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Join Jenn McRobbie of The Author Incubator as she interviews authorPam Prior on the writing and publishing of her book, Your First CFO. Pam had an easy time writing this book because she knew from the start who she was writing for, and that's small business owners. She had a harder time thinking about what the title should be, along with all the ot…
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Join Jenn McRobbie of The Author Incubator as she interviews author Ron Holt on the writing and publishing of his book, Pride: You Can't Heal if You're Hiding from Yourself. LGBT issues had been the content of Ron's presentations to college audiences since the year 2000 so it was natural for him to choose the topic of his book. But as someone who's…
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Join Jenn McRobbie of The Author Incubator as she interviews author Sandi Phillips Meyler on the writing and publishing of her book, On the Road with Abraham. For Sandi, finding a topic for the book was easy since it was about her passion, which is Deliberate Creation and the mastery of the laws of the universe that people were born to use intentio…
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Join Jenn McRobbie of The Author Incubator as she interviews Sara Kravitz on the writing and publishing of her book, Just Tell Me What I Want: How to Find Your Purpose When You Have No Idea What It Is. Sara wrote about the only thing she really knew about and that's getting out of an unhappy situation, figuring out what she really wanted, and takin…
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Join Jenn McRobbie of The Author Incubator as the interviews author Sara Blanchard on the writing and publishing of her book, Flex Mom: The Secrets of Happy Stay-At-Home Moms. Sara was able to rely on her experience and expertise in writing her book, although she did not realize this at first. Nevertheless, she nurtured the thought of how she could…
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Join Jenn McRobbie of The Author Incubator interview author Kayla Berg on the writing and publishing of her book, Frazzled to Free. Kayla had a transformative experience in writing this book. According to her, it changed every area of her life for the better. Through her book, she's helping moms experience a similar transformation, helping them to …
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Join Jen McRobbie of The Author Incubator as she interviews author Sue Rasmussen on the writing and publishing of her book, My Desk Is Driving Me Crazy and Unclutter Your Spirit. For Sue, the challenge in being an author was not getting a book written, but rather writing the right book. For sure, this was one book that was definitely right for her …
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Join Jenn McRobbie of The Author Incubator as she interviews author Debbie Lazinsky on the writing and publishing of her book, No Time to Lose. For Debbie, it's a privilege to have written this book and have "author" as one of her life-long credentials. It was a surprise for her to know that she had readers not long after her book was released beca…
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Join Jenn McRobbie of The Author Incubator as she interviews author Jodi Jensen-Schuelke on the writing and publishing of her books on relationships, I Just Want Out: Seven Careful Steps to Leaving Your Emotionally Abusive Husband, and, Relationship Detox: 7 Steps to Preparing for Your Ideal Relationship. Jodi's two books are based on her own exper…
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Join Jenn McRobbie of The Author Incubator as she talks with Dana Ayers on the writing and publishing of her book, Confessions of an Unlikely Runner. For Dana, her book is a vision come to life. As a runner, she would use visualization to help her get through races. She did the same visualization to get her book done by imagining herself holding th…
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Join Jenn McRobbie of The Author Incubator as she interviews author Alison Donaghey on the writing and publishing of her book, Change Your Business, Change the World: The Domino Effect of Your Thinking. For Alison, authoring a book was new territory for her to cover. But as a business expert and with her conviction to finish the project, she was ab…
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Join Jenn McRobbie of The Author Incubator as she interviews Jana Berghoefer about the writing and publishing of her book, Get Clear: Claim Your Intuitive Instincts. Jana went about writing this book knowing that everyone is naturally intuitve. In other words, we all possess an innate knowing about what we should do and what is right, at any given …
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Join Jenn McRobbie of The Author Incubator as she interviews Kathleen Harper on the writing and publishing of her book, The Well-Crafted Mom and Signs of a Happy Baby. Kathleen has a passion and it's bringing moms together for coaching and crafting workshops. While it's all part of her work, it's one of the things that she enjoys the most and she l…
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Join Jenn McRobbie, VP of The Author Incubator, as she interviews author Elizabeth Suarez on the writing and publishing of her book, The Art of Getting Everything. Elizabeth's book is all about helping you achieve success in both your personal and professional life. As a "millennial" mentor, she will coach you on how to negotiate for what you want …
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Join Jenn McRobbie of The Author Incubator as the interviews Shari O'Loughlin on the writing and publishing of her book, Life from the Ashes. Shari's book was born from a parent's worst nightmare come true. Her 14-year old son, Connor, was killed in a plane crash on the way home from a vacation. Her story is a dark journey into despair shared by ot…
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