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About this episode: What does it actually cost you to keep going when your body has been quietly saying stop for months? In this honest, unfiltered episode, I'm sharing why Writing Your Resilience is taking a break through the end of 2026 even as the podcast has surpassed 52,000 listens and landed in the top 100 for writers and artists on Feedspot. This isn't a burnout story. It's a story about what happens when you ignore your sacral knowing, suppress your inner voice, and unintentionally censor not just your podcast, but your entire creative voice. I talk about grief, mold, exhaustion, shadow work, and the paradigm shift I'm calling leading from being and I invite you to ask yourself what signal you've been filing under someday. If you're a creative person who is tired, flat, or quietly out of alignment with what your soul is actually calling for, this one is for you.

Episode Highlights

• 00:00 Soul Deep Exhaustion
• 04:44 Announcing The Hiatus
• 05:38 Hard Summer Events
• 16:53 Retreat Shadow Realization
• 22:11 Reclaiming Your Voice
• 27:16 Staying Connected During Break

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Lisa’s Bio: Lisa Cooper Ellison is an award-winning writer, speaker, trauma-informed creativity and empowerment coach, and host of the Writing Your Resilience podcast. Working at the intersection of storytelling, healing, and human design, she blends two decades of clinical expertise, soul-centered practices, including Akashic Records work, guided imagery, and meditation, with deep creative mentorship to help people reauthor their lives from the inside out. Her work as a story alchemist helps people transform the heaviest, most resistant chapters of their lives into clarity, creative power, and sovereign self-expression. Her essays on sibling loss, grief, trauma healing, and the craft of writing have appeared in The New York Times, HuffPost, and The Loss of a Lifetime, among others. Her podcast, Writing Your Resilience, ranks in the top 100 on FeedSpot and has been described by listeners as “smart, rich, inspiring, and chicken soup for the tender soul.”

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About this episode: In this final summer rewind episode, I revisit my highly popular episode with writer, writing instructor, and publisher Jennifer Selig. In it, we discussed how memoir writing can be a powerful tool for healing and self-discovery. Learn how Jennifer’s unique blend of depth psychology and storytelling offers a fresh perspective on the writing process, and find out how her alchemical stages of change and equations for transformation can help you navigate the emotional terrain of your memoir.

Episode Highlights

• 4:30: Depth Psychology and the Writing Cure
• 12:15: Understanding Archetypes
• 17:28: The Three Stages of Transformation
• 25:30 The Four Equations of Transformation
• 29:00 The Issue of Catharsis
• 34:00 The Power of Attention

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• ”Nobody Sees a Flower, Really, It Is So Small”: Extolling the Ethic of Attention” by Jennifer Leigh Selig
• “A Question of Catharsis” by Debra Gwartney

Jennifer’s Bio: Jennifer Leigh Selig is an LBGTQ+ teacher, international speaker, book publisher, and author whose writing and teaching career spans four decades. She’s the author of dozens of newspaper articles, book reviews, essays, journal articles, short stories, screenplays, and books, including the Nautilus Gold award-winning book Deep Creativity: Seven Ways to Spark Your Creative Spirit, and her latest book, Deep Memoir: An Archetypal Approach to Deepen Your Story and Broaden Its Appeal.

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• Website: www.jenniferleighselig.com
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.selig.1
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferselig/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferleighselig/

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About this episode: In this summer rewind episode, I revisit my conversation with yoga therapist and certified death doula Natalie Buster as we grapple with this question: How do you write about really tough, or even traumatic, life events in a way that connects with your audience and the truth, without losing yourself? It’s a question so many writers ask me. Natalie's answers are ones every writer and creative needs to remain open hearted and true to their art and who they are.

Episode Highlights

• 2:28 What Is a Trauma-Informed Yoga Instructor?
• 7:18 Opening the Shop Step One: Grounding
• 12:07 Opening the Shop Step Two: Breathwork
• 16:27 Opening the Shop Step Three: Moving Your Body
• 21:43 The Importance of Play
• 25:42 Opening the Shop Step Four: The Power of Affirmations
• 29:11 What Death Teaches Us About Storytelling
• 35:42 Natalie’s Best Writing Advice
• 37:10 Closing the Shop

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• Our Year at ABODE
• Before You Go Bonus Episode: Opening and Closing the Shop
• Natalie’s Costume
• How to Locate, Reclaim and Strengthen Your Writing Voice
• Donate to Abode

Natalie’s Bio: Natalie is a yoga therapist, an end-of-life navigator, a certified death doula, a grief reliever, an actor, a podcaster, a writer, and a mentor with a deep desire to help people. As a professional actor in New York City, Natalie first discovered yoga as a way to practice self-care in an incredibly demanding profession. After dealing with personal loss, Natalie found comfort in the world of yoga therapy and has since made it her life's mission to help people find relief and love. Natalie specializes in working with people at the end of life, people experiencing grief, and loss, and performers looking to practice self-care. She is currently serving as the executive director of Abode, an end-of-life home that offers contemplative care for the dying.

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• Websites:
  • https://nataliebuster.wixsite.com/groundedactor
  • https://www.nataliebuster.com/yogaforendoflife
  • https://www.nataliebuster.com/
  • https://abodehome.org/
• Instagram:
  • https://www.instagram.com/nataliebusteryoga/
  • https://www.instagram.com/groundedactorproject/

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