Jessi Hartnett spent fifteen years caught in the same cycle. Light up, promise herself it was the last one, and end up right back where she started. She didn't believe she'd make it to thirty. Her confidence was gone. Her health was slipping. And every attempt to quit felt like one more failure to add to the pile.

Then something shifted. Not more willpower, not another patch or program, but a willingness to finally listen to what was underneath the craving. In this episode, Jessi and I talk about the beliefs and emotions that keep so many of us stuck in habits we swear we want to break, and what it actually took for her to stop for good and stay stopped.

Jessi is the author of Honor Your Heart, a book she wrote as a guide for her daughter and for anyone ready to break free from a pattern that no longer serves them. Whether your struggle is smoking, drinking, gambling, or something else entirely, this conversation is a reminder that lasting change starts with the heart, not just the head.

Pour something warm and settle in, tea drinkers. This one is honest, tender, and full of hope.

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What happens when a man who has spent 35 years inside law enforcement, at every rank, in every assignment, finally decides to write the stories only he could tell?

You get Brian Brady.

A native San Franciscan, former Police Chief, and Corporate Security Executive who held leadership roles at NBCUniversal and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Brian brings a level of authenticity to his fiction that no amount of research can replicate. His fourth book, still waters run DEEP, takes readers out of San Francisco and into the rugged, remote terrain of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, where new detectives are up against a violent militia group quietly building something very dangerous in very rural America.

It is timely. It is fast paced. And it is the kind of story that could only come from someone who has spent decades watching how power operates, how people organize around dangerous ideas, and what it actually takes to stop them.

We talk about the leap from San Francisco to Big Sky country, what it means to reinvent your storytelling four books in, and why the stories living inside a career like his demanded to be written down.

Pour something warm and settle in. This one is a good cup.

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Dr. Luissa Kiprono did not just survive trauma. She transformed it into a calling.

Born in Communist Romania, Luissa arrived in America as a refugee with nothing but her resolve. Today she is a high risk pregnancy physician, an Air Force veteran, and the founder of two thriving organizations, TeleMed MFM and the Dr Luissa K Foundation, where she brings equitable maternal healthcare and empowerment to women around the world.

In this episode of The Authors Tea, Luissa opens up about the story behind her new memoir and Amazon bestseller, Push, Then Breathe: Trauma, Triumph, and the Making of an American Doctor. We talk about what it really means to move from surviving to thriving, how to honor your hardest chapters without letting them define you, and what she would tell the young woman who once arrived in this country speaking no English.

This is a conversation about resilience, reinvention, and the quiet strength it takes to rebuild a life on your own terms.

Guest: Dr. Luissa Kiprono, author of Push, Then BreatheHost: Amy Jo, The Authors Tea

If you love stories of women in medicine, trauma recovery, and personal transformation, pour yourself a cup and settle in.

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Darlene Koldenhoven has spent more than 45 years lending her voice to the world, from the joyful choir nun in Sister Act to the soaring soprano solo in Yanni's Live at the Acropolis, watched by more than 1.5 billion people. But her most personal story is the one she just put into words. In her new memoir Put Your Dress Down and Sing, this Grammy winning vocalist and certified sonic therapist traces her path from a shy girl raised in a strict household on Chicago's South Side to a woman who built an entirely independent artistic life. Join me as Darlene shares what it took to step out from the background and into her own spotlight, the small childhood moment that gave her memoir its title, and the courage it takes to keep singing even when the world tells you to stay quiet. Pour your tea and settle in, this is a conversation about resilience, reinvention, and finally finding your voice.

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