Best Lisa Cooper Ellison Podcasts (2024)

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"How Do You Know When Your Story Is “Finished?” Ask Me Anything with Lisa Cooper Ellison 21:15

15d ago21:15

21:15

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the last episode of Season 2! This second season has been amazing, and I am so grateful for all of the featured guests and all of you listeners. Just as I did last season, I decided to sit behind the microphone and open myself up to answering questions. In this episode, you’ll meet Katie Rouse, a poet, memoirist, …

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How to Return to Your Memoir After Loss and How to Navigate Your Author Platform as a Trauma Survivor 31:42

1d ago31:42

31:42

Send us a Text Message. This week, you’ll hear from Camp Structure alumni Shoshana Koch, a writer and speaker who’s working on a coming-of-age memoir. During this episode, we explore the challenges trauma survivors face when building an author platform, how to deal with rejection, and how to re-engage with a writing project after an extended break.…

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Writing that Gets Noticed with Estelle Erasmus 1:06:22

8d ago1:06:22

1:06:22

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to season three of the Writing Your Resilience podcast! During seasons one and two, I interviewed experts and published authors who generously shared their wisdom on writing and healing. We’ll get back to that in season four. But sometimes it’s nice to know the people walking this journey alongside you. For my season…

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It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People with Dr. Ramani Durvasula 1:10:07

25d ago1:10:07

1:10:07

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Ramani Durvasula, author of It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People, shares her insights into narcissism, how narcissistic abuse survivors can heal and get support, and how to care for yourself when writing and promoting a book on tough topics. Ramani Durvasula, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychol…

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Addiction, Recovery, and Confronting the Good Mother Myth with Ann Batchelder 49:28

1M ago49:28

49:28

Send us a Text Message. Author Ann Batchelder talks about her daughter’s struggle with addiction, their recovery journeys, the myths she had to confront, her struggle with perfectionism, and the writing tips she learned as she was writing her memoir, Craving Spring: A Mother's Quest, a Daughter's Depression, and the Greek Myth that Brought Them Tog…

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Writing about Chronic Illness and Crafting the Hybrid Memoir with Jennifer Lunden 49:49

1M ago49:49

49:49

Send us a Text Message. Author, Jennifer Lunden, shares her struggles with chronic illness, the challenges of writing a hybrid memoir, especially when you’ve not trained in science writing, and the grit all writers, but especially writers with disabilities, need to cultivate. Jennifer Lunden Bio: Jennifer Lunden (she/her) is the author of American …

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How Recovery Supports Memoir Writing and Book Marketing Tips with Laura Cathcart Robbins 58:03

2M ago58:03

58:03

Send us a Text Message. Author Laura Cathcart Robbins shares book marketing tips she learned while promoting her memoir Stash: My Life in Hiding, and how recovery helped her cultivate the honesty needed to write her memoir. Laura’s Bio: Laura Cathcart Robbins is the best-selling author of the Atria/Simon & Schuster memoir, Stash, My Life In Hiding,…

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Crafting the Personal Essay and Resilient Editing Tips with Andrea Firth 47:10

2M ago47:10

47:10

Send us a Text Message. Andrea Firth joins the Writing Your Resilience podcast to talk about what personal essays are, how writers can uncover their essay’s aboutness, and how to develop resilient editing practices. As an added bonus, she also offers writers the inside scoop on how to get published on the Brevity Blog. Andrea’s Bio: Andrea A. Firth…

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Heeding Your Inner Voice and Navigating Your Memoir's Dark Night of the Soul with Suzette Mullen 51:06

2M ago51:06

51:06

Send us a Text Message. Author and writing coach, Suzette Mullen shares tips for structuring your memoir, navigating the dark night of the soul, living with integrity, and learning to listen to your inner voice. Suzette’s Bio: Suzette Mullen (she/her) is a memoir and nonfiction book coach, retreat leader, and the author of the memoir The Only Way T…

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Surviving a Social Media Witch Hunt and Threading a Theme Through Your Memoir with Natalie MacLean 52:29

2M ago52:29

52:29

Send us a Text Message. Natalie MacLean joins the Writing Your Resilience podcast to talk about surviving a social media witch hunt, how it impacted her relationship with alcohol, threading a theme through her memoir and marketing your book like a pro. Natalie’s Bio: Natalie MacLean, named the World's Best Drinks Journalist, has also won four James…

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Making Meaning and Writing Toward Posttraumatic Growth with Lennie Echterling 1:05:03

2M ago1:05:03

1:05:03

Send us a Text Message. Lennie Echterling joins the Writing Your Resilience podcast to talk about the lessons he learned from landmine survivors, the difference between empathy and toxic positivity, the importance of fostering your posttraumatic growth, and how to use writing to build your resilience. Lennie’s Bio: Lennie Echterling, Ph.D., is a Pr…

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Finding Your Voice and Crafting Stories that Ignite the Soul with Sue William Silverman 56:42

3M ago56:42

56:42

Send us a Text Message. Sue William Silverman joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to talk about the power of creative nonfiction, how to use metaphor, masks, and language to harness its power, and how this work can lead to personal growth. As you listen along, here are a few questions to ponder: Which of your stories yearn to be told? How do …

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How to Stop Gaslighting Yourself with Ingrid Clayton 1:20:46

3M ago1:20:46

1:20:46

Send us a Text Message. Ingrid Clayton joins the Writing Your Resilience podcast to talk about Complex PTSD, how narcissistic abuse leads to self-gaslighting, its impact on the writing process, and how Ingrid confronted these experiences while writing her memoir Believing Me. Here’s a list of questions to ponder as you follow along: Have you ever d…

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Healing Through Forgiveness 51:23

3M ago51:23

51:23

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to season two of the Writing Your Resilience Podcast! After celebrating season one’s fantastic interviews, I decided to kick things off right by having a fireside-style chat with you about a topic that keeps coming up: Forgiveness. Whether we’re on a healing journey or writing the tough stuff, forgiveness can be a co…

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Ask Me Anything with Lisa Cooper Ellison 42:28

3M ago42:28

42:28

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the last episode of Season 1! This season has been amazing, and I am so grateful for all the listeners who return week after week to learn from my featured guests. After weeks of asking other writers questions, I decided to invite some of the writers I work with onto the podcast to ask me questions! In this episod…

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Recovering from Cults and Religious Trauma Through Writing with Tia Levings 53:37

4M ago53:37

53:37

Send us a Text Message. Tia Levings joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to discuss her experience as a debut author, writing to heal without retraumatizing yourself, the gaslighting that happens in religion, and getting things off your chest and onto the page to educate others with your writing. As you listen to this episode, consider the fol…

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Leaning into the Mystery of our Stories with Brett Will Taylor 52:03

4M ago52:03

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Send us a Text Message. Brett Will Taylor joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to discuss vulnerability, family stories, shamanism, and the importance of leaning into the mystery. As you listen to this episode, consider the following questions: What are the family stories that you are living from? Who are your people and who or what do you con…

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Understanding Neurodivergence with Katie Rose Guest Pryal 48:56

4M ago48:56

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Send us a Text Message. Katie Rose Guest Pryal joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to take a deep dive into what neurodiversity is and how it impacts writers. Here are a few questions to ponder as you listen to this episode: What do you know about neurodiversity? Do you consider yourself to be neurodivergent? If you are, how does that impact …

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Exploring The Loneliness Epidemic with Athena Dixon 50:25

4M ago50:25

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Send us a Text Message. Athena Dixon joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to discuss the multiple facets of loneliness, how to decide what is for you and what is for the public, and how to create your own definition of success. Here are a few questions to ponder as you listen to this episode: How do you define loneliness? How did the pandemic …

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More than True Crime with Sarah Perry 1:06:14

5M ago1:06:14

1:06:14

Send us a Text Message. Sarah Perry joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to talk about the choices they made while writing their award-winning memoir, After the Eclipse, and how each decision helped them build a book about their mother’s murder that was more than a true crime story. In this conversation, they explore the structure of Sarah’s b…

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Embracing Our Grief with Eileen Vorbach Collins 54:41

5M ago54:41

54:41

Send us a Text Message. TW: Mention of Suicide Eileen Vorbach Collins joins the Writing Your Resilience podcast to talk about living with and writing about grief, breaking free of stigma and shame, how your structure serves your readers, and the importance of humor, even when writing about unimaginable pain. Here are a few questions to ponder as yo…

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Writing About Abandonment without Abandoning Yourself with Ronit Plank 1:03:37

5M ago1:03:37

1:03:37

Send us a Text Message. Let’s Talk Memoir host Ronit Plank joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to discuss writing about abandonment, the importance of understanding the context of your story, the challenges around writing about family, publishing with small presses and much more. Here are a few questions to ponder as you listen to this episod…

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Writing to Heal with Laura Davis 55:43

5M ago55:43

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Send us a Text Message. Laura Davis joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to discuss the healing power of writing, the difference between writing to heal and writing for a public audience, and the challenges she faced while writing her memoir, The Burning Light of Two Stars. Here are a few questions to ponder as you listen to this episode: What…

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Practicing Radical Acceptance in Your Writing Practice with Zebib Abraham 53:32

6M ago53:32

53:32

Send us a Text Message. Zebib Abraham joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to discuss why she writes fiction, the relationship between writing and mental health, and tools writers can use to cultivate resilience, self-compassion, and radical acceptance of themselves and their work. Here are a few questions to ponder as you listen to this episo…

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Breaking the Silence with Melanie Brooks 48:55

6M ago48:55

48:55

Send us a Text Message. Melanie Brooks joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to speak about her book, A Hard Silence: One Daughter Remaps Family, Grief, and Faith When HIV/AIDS Changes It All. This is the book she once struggled to write about her father's death. In today's episode, we'll explore the powerful impact silence has on you and how t…

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Get to Know Your Host, Lisa Cooper Ellison 27:23

6M ago27:23

27:23

Send us a Text Message. TW: Mention of Suicide Get to know your host Lisa Cooper Ellison. Whether she was working to stay safe in an abusive home, running away from it, or navigating her brother’s suicide, Lisa has always turned to the page. She had no idea that losing everything while Battling Lyme disease would transform a hobby into an essential…

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Trailer: Writing Your Resilience 3:46

6M ago3:46

3:46

Send us a Text Message. The Writing Your Resilience Podcast is for anyone who wants to use the writing process to flip the script on the stories they’ve been telling themselves, because when we tell better stories about ourselves, we live better lives. Every Thursday, host Lisa Cooper Ellison, an author, speaker, trauma-informed writing coach, and …

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Lisa Cooper Ellison Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Writing Your Resilience: Building Resilience, Embracing Trauma and Healing Through Writing

Lisa Cooper Ellison

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"How Do You Know When Your Story Is “Finished?” Ask Me Anything with Lisa Cooper Ellison 21:15

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How to Return to Your Memoir After Loss and How to Navigate Your Author Platform as a Trauma Survivor 31:42

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Writing that Gets Noticed with Estelle Erasmus 1:06:22

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It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People with Dr. Ramani Durvasula 1:10:07

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Addiction, Recovery, and Confronting the Good Mother Myth with Ann Batchelder 49:28

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Writing about Chronic Illness and Crafting the Hybrid Memoir with Jennifer Lunden 49:49

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How Recovery Supports Memoir Writing and Book Marketing Tips with Laura Cathcart Robbins 58:03

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Crafting the Personal Essay and Resilient Editing Tips with Andrea Firth 47:10

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Heeding Your Inner Voice and Navigating Your Memoir's Dark Night of the Soul with Suzette Mullen 51:06

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Surviving a Social Media Witch Hunt and Threading a Theme Through Your Memoir with Natalie MacLean 52:29

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Making Meaning and Writing Toward Posttraumatic Growth with Lennie Echterling 1:05:03

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Finding Your Voice and Crafting Stories that Ignite the Soul with Sue William Silverman 56:42

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How to Stop Gaslighting Yourself with Ingrid Clayton 1:20:46

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Healing Through Forgiveness 51:23

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Ask Me Anything with Lisa Cooper Ellison 42:28

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Recovering from Cults and Religious Trauma Through Writing with Tia Levings 53:37

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Leaning into the Mystery of our Stories with Brett Will Taylor 52:03

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Understanding Neurodivergence with Katie Rose Guest Pryal 48:56

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Exploring The Loneliness Epidemic with Athena Dixon 50:25

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More than True Crime with Sarah Perry 1:06:14

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Embracing Our Grief with Eileen Vorbach Collins 54:41

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Writing About Abandonment without Abandoning Yourself with Ronit Plank 1:03:37

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Writing to Heal with Laura Davis 55:43

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Practicing Radical Acceptance in Your Writing Practice with Zebib Abraham 53:32

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Breaking the Silence with Melanie Brooks 48:55

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Get to Know Your Host, Lisa Cooper Ellison 27:23

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Trailer: Writing Your Resilience 3:46

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