Voices Rising Podcast with Sarah and Shelly

Welcome to our book club where we will be discussing Elizabeth Lesser's book Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow. Together we explore The Call of the Soul and connect with Elizabeths heart stories as well as stories people were open enough to share. One thing we picked up on from the first part of this book is in every experience we can ask ourselves "What does my soul need to learn from this?" and getting quiet enough to listen for the answers. There is so much here when it comes to The Pheonix Process and how if we can be exposed to the pain of life enough that no matter what we can rise from the ashes. Elizabeth is raw and real and shares her infidelities and how her pain helped her grow. As mothers we appreciated the section of the book on children and Elizabeths trials and tribulations with her own children as well as stories from friends and other that impacted her life. There is so much fear when it comes to death and even with birth. Here in this book we learn how to confront our own death, and Elizabeth even walks us through a meditation for dying. This meditation is here to create acceptance and love to help us live a more fulfilled life opposed to living in fear of our last days. Finally, we swim with The River of Change allowing life's lessons and signs to be here as guides in our daily lives.  We are grateful for Elizabeth and her open vulnerable heart and how she has been a beacon of light in the darkest moments of life. Join us at www.voicesrisingpress.com All music included is written and composed by Sarah Caton.

What is open-hearted living? Together join us as we go deep into what it means to live a life from the heart. From presences to self-doubt, to unrealistic expectations, to compassion, to forgiveness. Today we get vulnerable and say the hard things, sharing our childhood wounding and how we are working towards healing our past to show up in the now. Sharing and saying the raw truth is what brings us closer to living an open-hearted life. Inro and outro music a Sarah Caton original. Read our blog's at www.voicesrisingpress.com Follow us on Facebook and Instagram!!!

The Healing Journey and Where to Begin? Healing is such a vast topic. Here on Voices Rising Podcast, we explore healing through different aspects of our lives. From healing through feeling, which can be a difficult thing. But healing our past pains is a segway towards mending the cracks in our hearts. Self-compassion, self-kindness, and softening are ways we can awaken healing in our lives. Speaking our truth can be a possible way to heal the wounds we place around our upper back and chronic neck pain. We have found the truth is an essential way towards healing. And rest and sleep are ways to replenish and allow healing in its deepest form. There are many tools we can access during our healing journey, like meditation, breath, thoughts, and many more self-help tools. With the help of mindfulness and Yoga, we can travel into healing our mind, body, and soul. Healing begins here at this moment wherever you are. We don't have to wait for what we “think” is the right timing to begin our healing journey. It's time to let go of waiting and walk towards healing for the highest good of our lives. We are here on this healing journey and know you are not alone in your pain. We are here with you. Love, Shelly and Sarah Head over to www.voicesrisingpress.com and read our blogs and subscribe on your favorite platform. Please leave us a five-star rating and a review. Come along our journey on Instagram and Facebook! All music composed and performed are Sarah Caton originals.

Since it was so good the first time, this week we are listening to Davina's interview again while we regroup for Season 3.  We welcome the lovely, wise and bright Davina Menduno in this heart-connected virtual meet-up from America to New Zealand where we get real and talk about life, writing, books and so much more!! In this episode, we dive into Davina's story while she hitchhiked the high sea in her mid-thirties and explore the wisdom and life lessons sailing brought into Davina's life. We travel into her writing process and why she choose the self-publishing path. Davina shares how support helped make her dream of writing this book come true, and we learn how she chose the title of her book, her tagline, and when designing the book cover, not settling for less when she held a vision for its final look. Adventures of a Pirate Girl This is a swashbuckling (mostly) true story about a woman who decides to untangle her dual dreams of finding a partner and circumnavigating the globe. After many years of entwined devotion to her boat and her man-well... a string of men-she resolves to pursue one-half of the dream, the sailing one, despite the fact that her hormones are bubbling over with baby fever. Planning to hitchhike around the world, with almost no money she jumps on a yacht from North Carolina heading to the Caribbean. Pirate Girl is the Captain of her own life. She navigates with an internal compass that does not allow conventional fears or boundaries to restrict her movement or her mind. She searches her inner horizon through a feminist, sex positive, spiritual lens, making this deep and playful story a journey that will resonate and inspire all kinds of women-by land or by sea. Having avoided patriarchal indoctrination as best she could, Davina's education has been unconventional. Instead of the prescribed college degree followed by a steady job, she chose psychedelics; hardcore travel with very little money; deep dives into meditation; plenty of connections, relationships and love affairs; and a life on the sea. She got her captain's license and then, when her boat sank, she got a masters in fiberglass, carpentry, electrical and mechanics. Her sailing dreams led her to Waiheke Island, New Zealand where she is attempting to grow a small human into an evolved man. Envisioning the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible is what ignites her spirit, and through extensive reading she is studying up on how to make that future a reality. Together we can change our story! Sign on as crew at DavinaMenduno.com. Follow her at AdventuresofaPirateGirl on Facebook, or Adventures_of_a_Pirate_Girl on Instagram. Music by Sarah Caton

Join us as we interview Linda Strader, author and powerhouse of Summers of Fire and Uprooted. Linda shares her struggles and gains of being a woman fire fighter in the 70's. We learn how she overcame adversity and persevered in a time when women were not welcome. Connect with this incredible woman and learn her story and what drove her to do what she felt called to do. Bio: Linda M. Strader Originally from Syracuse, New York, Ms. Strader moved to Prescott, Arizona with her family in 1972. In 1976, she became one of the first women hired on a U.S. Forest Service fire crew. Summers of Fire: A Memoir of Adventure, Love and Courage, was released on May 1st, 2018 by Bedazzled Ink Publishing. Her publishing history includes many web articles about writing memoir, her publishing and marketing experiences, and wildland firefighting. She has given talks on these topics to many clubs, including the American Association of University Women. Parade Magazine published an excerpt in 2018, and the PBS show Arizona Illustrated featured her segment “Wildland Firefighter,” in the fall of 2019. The prequel to Summers of Fire, Uprooted: A New Life In The Arizona Sun, was released by Bedazzled Ink Publishing on December 1st, 2021. Ms. Strader holds two degrees: a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, and a Masters in planning, from the University of Arizona. In addition to writing, she is a landscape architect, certified arborist, and watercolor artist. She currently lives in the same area where her Forest Service career began. Lstrader2008@aol.com Blog address: https://summersoffirebook.blogspot.com/ Facebook author page: https://www.facebook.com/LindaStraderauthor Amazon US: Summers of Fire: A Memoir of Adventure, Love, and Courage Uprooted: A New Life in the Arizona Sun Amazon UK: Summers of Fire: A Memoir of Adventure, Love, and Courage Uprooted: A New Life in the Arizona Sun Barnes and Noble: Summers of Fire: A Memoir of Adventure, Love, and Courage Uprooted: A New Life in the Arizona Sun Learn more about Sarah and Shelly at www.voicesrisingpress.com

In this episode we'll explore some of the hurdles that memoir writers face, both internal and external, in getting our books out of our imaginations on into the hands of readers at home. We are going to release our inner lion of bravery, face our inner shame, and fully dive into the nitty gritty details of putting these raw, vulnerable stories out for the whole world to read! What's keeping you from writing and/or publishing your memoir?  Are you worried about blowback from friends and family members? What about legal ramifications? If you've always wanted to write your story but are wondering “What if I get sued?” or, “How can I cover my a$$?” then this podcast is especially for you! In addition to sharing nuggets of publishing wisdom learned along the way, Shelly and Sarah open up to discuss other things that can stand in the way of memoir writing—like fear of being good enough and even the fear of getting everything you've ever wanted. What is standing in your way?

In Awaken You, yogi and storyteller Shelly Bond offers tangible ways of waking up to life. Part guide and part memoir, Shelly shares her journey of self-doubt to self-reflection and finally accepting love. With an authentic voice, she combats the inner critique as a way toward awakening to life flaws and all. Inside this soulful guide, are enlightened echoes of pain, loss, mending a broken marriage, parenting, acceptance, healing, compassion, forgiveness and more. Shelly Bond is a writer, artist, and yoga instructor who teaches weekly classes, workshops and retreats online. She is the founder of Yoga Bliss with Shelly, where she brings yoga, meditation and healing into your home. She is also a Reiki Practitioner and co-founder of Voices Rising Press. She lives in Colorful Colorado with her adventurous husband and three ginger children. Find her on Instagram @shellylovely, Facebook or her podcast, Voices Rising Podcast. Read her blog at voicesrisingpress.com. Being a conscious parent is more than a thought; it is a way of showing up for each and every child as the moment presents itself. The false perception of parenting tells us our children need to be a certain way; they need to look, act, think, behave, and test like everyone else, and if they don't, we have failed in the parenting realm. These lies we have been fooled into believing are only putting more separation between parents and children. We can stop the destruction now. With the help of unconditional love, compassion, and forgiveness, we can carve a new path for how we will parent from this moment moving forward. Showing up and being a conscious parent is being open to what children are teaching us. Be open to how we can grow from them and with them, and work together to understand how each individual works. Today is a beautiful day to be alive. There is no better moment than this one; there is nowhere to go, nothing to do, except this moment here and now. Inhale a deep breath, pause in between the thoughts and thank yourself for showing up, followed by a sigh of relief on the exhale. There is a hero within us all, and dreams do come true when you hold them in your heart with belief, no matter what. I am inspired with love to share with you no matter your circumstances or life experiences. With help, we can change seemingly unchangeable events in our lives. How, you ask? With the power of thought and intention, linked with the power of loving and believing in yourself again. Or for the very first time ever. Speaking used to be my worst enemy. I held fear of failure and purpose may as well have been on another planet beyond our solar system. Yet, my journey and these words are more significant than fear. Allowing myself to be creative is a life with the possibility of purpose. No matter the fear, I still take the step; I still write the words even when it's scary. I write when my heart feels like exploding out of my chest when words become constricting. Fear has never gotten me anywhere but down, yet purpose keeps me afloat.

Today our author interview features the lively and personable Allison K. Williams. She recounts her fascinating experiences with writing, publication, rejection and everything in between. Her wisdom spans many fields (including circus performing!) and she has a heap of helpful for advice for anyone interested in writing and/or editing their work and getting published. Find her online at : www.sevendrafts.com www.rebirthyourbook.com Instagram and Twitter @guerillamemoir

We all have ups and downs, the biggest thing we can do for ourselves is to show us as we are. When we can take life one step at a time is when we have accomplished more than we know. In this brand new episode Shelly shares from her book Awaken You From Pain to Healing a Woman's Way of Waking Up to Her life and reflects. From the practice of waking up to conscious parenting and waking up to our thoughts. No matter where you are in your life and where you want to go anything is possible. When we tune into what we are thinking and focusing on we can realize where our actions have been taking us. Life is constantly here giving us lessons and leading the way for us, only when we are open to it. Join in and delve heart to heart and perhaps you can tune into what it really is you are needing and wanting in your life. With great gratitude we are here with you, you are not alone. www.voicesrisinpress.com Go to Amazon and browse Awaken You Shelly Bond where you can purchase your personal copy today!!! voicesrisingpress@gmail.com Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @voicesrisingpress

Welcome to a brand-new episode with Shelly! I am inspired to talk about the hard things and also share a reading from my newest publication Awaken You From Pain to Healing a Womans Way of Waking Up to Her Life. Now available in paperback and Kindel on Amazon!!!! It has been a rough week and there are so many things that keep telling me to give up and that its too hard. But here I am showing up and saying the things. Because talking about our problems is what helps us move and grow from them. I hope this short little show will bring you a little hope into your day. And I am here with you saying don't give up on yourself because you are worth the extra time, energy, money and emotional and physical heartache that it takes to keep going.  I am sending love and light to all of our Friends! Love, Shelly Join us at www.voicesrisingpress.com and subscribe to this podcast and please share!!! 

In today's episode we talk about doing the hard things including launching Shelly's new book Awaken You (now available on Amazon)! Self publishing comes along with a whole set of massive hurdles and confusing steps with no clear guidance from anyone on how to do it. On this publishing journey we've had to research and find our own answers to so many questions like: How do you upload your book to all the platforms, and alter it for each different format? What about doing an ebook or audiobook? How can you promote and generate buzz for your newly published book? What comes after you're published? How can you get past the waves of self-doubt and insecurity to feel confident in being an author and sharing your vulnerable truth? Even if you don't plan to self-publish anytime soon here's an inside look at what authors go through to get their books out to the world along with plenty of tips how to keep going when things get rough. (And there's a blanket avalanche, oh my!!)

Welcome to a brand-new episode where we talk about something near and dear to us, dreamwork. Dreaming… We all do it occasionally. Sometimes we remember our dreams and others we dream of nothing. And then there are the unforgettable nightmares. What do they all mean? What if we could utilize our dream time to help us in our daily lives? In this episode we share different ways you can set yourself up for a successful dream practice. From your sleep sanctuary, to the thoughts you think before bed, to what you indulge on before the hours before rest time. We learn how journaling can be a strong practice in helping us remember our dreams. With the help of setting intentions, we can bring a dream practice to life and allow our dreams to be a guiding force in our lives. And this even pertains to those nasty nightmares. What if nightmares are arrive as a sign post to help us wake up to our lives. There are so many yummy details in this weeks episode, and you don't want to miss it! We are grateful you are here showing up with us. Please share this episode and head over to iTunes and leave us a five-star review and leave us a rating. Doing so will help us be heard to a broader audience so we can continue to help share our messages. Voices Rising Press All music is Sarah Caton originals.

It's a brand new year and many of us like to start those out with one or more "resolutions" for changes we hope to make. But so often we only make it a few weeks before dropping out or giving up on them completely. In this episode, Shelly and Sarah discuss how we can start the new year out with passion but also compassion for ourselves. Setting realistic goals that we can actually achieve without feeling defeated and guilty. What if we focused on setting intentions instead of making resolutions? And what is the difference? In this brand new year we hope all of you listeners will be successful in bringing about the changes you would like to make and can live your most beautiful lives. With love, Sarah & Shelly

Welcome to our book club where we will be discussing Elizabeth Lesser's book Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow. Join us at Voices Rising Press - to read our latest blogs and podcasts and more!! Together we explore The Call of the Soul and connect with Elizabeths heart stories as well as stories people were open enough to share. One thing we picked up on from the first part of this book is in every experience we can ask ourselves "What does my soul need to learn from this?" and getting quiet enough to listen for the answers. There is so much here when it comes to The Pheonix Process and how if we can be exposed to the pain of life enough that no matter what we can rise from the ashes. Elizabeth is raw and real and shares her infidelities and how her pain helped her grow. As mothers we appreciated the section of the book on children and Elizabeths trials and tribulations with her own children as well as stories from friends and other that impacted her life. There is so much fear when it comes to death and even with birth. Here in this book we learn how to confront our own death, and Elizabeth even walks us through a meditation for dying. This meditation is here to create acceptance and love to help us live a more fulfilled life opposed to living in fear of our last days. Finally, we swim with The River of Change allowing life's lessons and signs to be here as guides in our daily lives. We are grateful for Elizabeth and her open vulnerable heart and how she has been a beacon of light in the darkest moments of life. Join us at www.voicesrisingpress.com All music included is written and composed by Sarah Caton.

Holidays….or is it holidaze? Do you sometimes get completely overwhelmed and NOT joyful this time of year? Does your to-do list turn into a voracious fun-killing monster full of unrealistic expectations and holiday “magic”? This week, Shelly and Sarah discuss how we can navigate the holidays without losing sight of the good stuff — the connections, the love and the laughter. Here are some ways we can keep things in perspective and take care of ourselves just as much as we do others. It's possible to have an entirely realistic holiday without losing any of that magic.

Welcome to Voices Rising Podcast! Jump into our conversation as we explore the journey of bringing our books to life and our everyday life lessons. Deep inside of the publishing process, there are so many steps, from copy protecting to assigning ISBN's and registering with the library of congress to typesetting. We are in awe of the amount of work we have put in. And add the feelings of accomplishments from the years we have spent bringing our writing with the world. Life teaches us more than we are aware of. When we can tune into the messages life is giving us, we can transmute these lessons into growth. We are grateful for you! Love, Sarah and Shelly All music is Sarah Caton originals.

When you follow your Intuition…is that the same thing as following your heart, or going with your gut instinct? In this week's episode Sarah and Shelly discuss what intuition is and how we can tune into it more. We explore whether it's possible to actively work on living more intuitively and swap stories of times we followed our intuition and made scary leaps of faith. Is your intuition telling you to listen to this episode? If you like this podcast, please visit www.voicesrisingpress.com for our blog and more content.

Ways to Make a Lasting Gratitude Practice With America's holiday Thanksgiving coming up gratitude is everywhere, but how can we make a lasting gratitude practice? There are many different ways to bring gratitude into our lives. By thinking, speaking or writing what we are grateful for can be a jump start to a better day. The way we start our day carries on with us. So why not wake up and make gratitude a new practice? Gratitude can be as simple as speaking I am grateful...I am grateful...I am grateful… and allowing all that you are grateful for to come to you. We have learned gratitude can be a powerful counter to complaining. Join us as we explore how gratitude has made a lasting effect in our lives and we share how it can transform your life too! Love, Sarah and Shelly Follow us on Facebook and Instagram and read our blogs at voicesrisingpress.com Special thanks to Sarah Caton for writing and composing all music.

Writers! We have to deal with so many hurdles, but possibly the most difficult one of all is the one that stops us from writing anything at all. In this week's episode, Shelly and Sarah discuss writer's block and try to get some perspective on why it happens and what we can do to overcome it. Let's dig in find out how to use writer's block as a tool to benefit us instead of letting anything stop us from writing!

The Art of Memoir Book Club by Mary Karr Join Sarah and Shelly in another book club episode!  Join us at www.voicesrisingpress.com and follow us on Facebook and Instagram @voicesrisingpress!!! Have you ever thought to yourself… I want to write my story? If the answer is yes—even if there is fear—here is another stepping stone in your journey. We explore if we are a good candidate to write a memoir. There are many questions to mull over before embarking on the arduous and at times painful and even liberating quest of memoir writing. What makes a good memoir? What makes a bad memoir? What would you write if you weren't scared or let go of your fear? If you are someone who doesn't have a good memory maybe a switch to fiction, picture books or writing for young adults would be a better fit. Making a good memoir begins with honesty and being able to delve into the murky waters of the past. Being a memoirist is someone who will be brave enough to write the ugly and dirty truth of the past without trying to make ourselves be the good guy, when maybe we really weren't. There is so many yummy conversations inside of todays episode, please join us and get ready to dig into truth. Since memoir is a sweet spot for both of these lovely ladies, this book The Art of Memoir is a MUST read! All music are Sarah Caton originals.

What if you didn't have to depend on others for love? What if you start a practice right now of giving yourself all the love and approval your heart desires? Listen in while Sarah reads her blog article on 6 practical ways to start loving and accepting yourself right now. There's no need to change anything, we can love ourselves just exactly as we are. And it turns out there are some pretty cool side benefits to this practice!

Most of us are trapped living a life where we feel like we don't measure up. In this episode join us as we explore what it means to live a life where we embrace our imperfections instead of repelling them. Part of being perfectly imperfect is allowing ourselves permission to show our humanness. Owning our most authentic aspects of ourselves is a part of the process of healing the wounds of not feeling good enough, to knowing without a doubt we are good enough. There is so much good stuff we have to share, please tune in! And please share, comment and rate this podcast to help get our voices into the world! We are grateful for all of you listeners! Love, Shelly, and Sarah FOLLOW OUR JOURNEY!! at voicesrisingpress.com All music is Sarah Caton originals

In this episode Sarah and Shelly dive even deeper into the topic of healing and have the hard conversations about things that damage us and what steps we can take to start healing from them. Sometimes we may need to take a giant leap, make a massive change in our lives or speak up about something. Perhaps we need to leave an abusive situation before being able to start healing. It might mean letting someone down, or facing a hard truth. Scary stuff! But no matter what—even when it's scary and hard—healing is possible and so, so worth it. And the most beautiful thing is, there's nothing to wait for. Anyone and everyone can begin on the healing path, right now, right here, today. *Trigger warning: Discussions of mental, physical, and sexual abuse

The Healing Journey and Where to Begin? Healing is such a vast topic. Here on Voices Rising Podcast, we explore healing through different aspects of our lives. From healing through feeling, which can be a difficult thing. But healing our past pains is a segway towards mending the cracks in our hearts. Self-compassion, self-kindness, and softening are ways we can awaken healing in our lives. Speaking our truth can be a possible way to heal the wounds we place around our upper back and chronic neck pain. We have found the truth is an essential way towards healing. And rest and sleep are ways to replenish and allow healing in its deepest form. There are many tools we can access during our healing journey, like meditation, breath, thoughts, and many more self-help tools. With the help of mindfulness and Yoga, we can travel into healing our mind, body, and soul. Healing begins here at this moment wherever you are. We don't have to wait for what we “think” is the right timing to begin our healing journey. It's time to let go of waiting and walk towards healing for the highest good of our lives. We are here on this healing journey and know you are not alone in your pain. We are here with you. Love, Shelly and Sarah Head over to www.voicesrisingpress.com and read our blogs and subscribe on your favorite platform. Please leave us a five-star rating and a review. Come along our journey on Instagram and Facebook! All music composed and performed are Sarah Caton originals.

Fall is the season of transition and letting go. In this episode Shelly and Sarah discuss living in the mountains, parenting, pets, wildlife, elk mating, yoga... We also dig into the question:

Come along with Sarah and Shelly, as they dive deep into the editing and publishing process of both of their books. Years stacked upon years' worth of work is finally coming to fruition! These ladies share the nitty-gritty details of what it takes to birth a book. Learn what it takes to be a writer with an inspired mind and soul. Get inspired to write and when you aren't inspired look for inspiration inside of literature. Have you dabbled in blogging? Or ever wanted to write a blog but weren't sure how to or not sure you have enough confidence? We are so excited to offer guest blog appearances! Whether you would like to write under a pen name or anonymous or write for you we would love to read what you have to say. Please e-mail us at voicesrisingpress@gmail.com for more information. All music Sarah Caton originals.

Adventures of a Pirate Girl with Davina Menduno Welcome to a fresh new episode, we are so excited to be here and jump into season 2! Together Sarah and Shelly welcome the lovely, wise and bright Davina Menduno! In this heart-connected virtual meet-up from America to New Zealand, we get real, talk about life, writing, books and so much more!! In this episode, we dive into Davina's story while she hitchhiked the high sea in her mid-thirties. With heart, we explore the wisdom and life lessons sailing brought into Davina's life. We travel into her writing process and why she choose the self-publishing path. Divina shares how support helped make her dream of writing this book come true. Going deeper we learn how she titled her book, to her tag line, to the book cover, and edits and not settling for less when she held a vision of the book cover. Adventures of a Pirate Girl This is a swashbuckling (mostly) true story about a woman who decides to untangle her dual dreams of finding a partner and circumnavigating the globe. After many years of entwined devotion to her boat and her man-well... a string of men-she resolves to pursue one-half of the dream, the sailing one, despite the fact that her hormones are bubbling over with baby fever. Planning to hitchhike around the world, with almost no money she jumps on a yacht from North Carolina heading to the Caribbean. Pirate Girl is the Captain of her own life. She navigates with an internal compass that does not allow conventional fears or boundaries to restrict her movement or her mind. She searches her inner horizon through a feminist, sex positive, spiritual lens, making this deep and playful story a journey that will resonate and inspire all kinds of women-by land or by sea. Having avoided patriarchal indoctrination as best she could, Davina's education has been unconventional. Instead of the prescribed college degree followed by a steady job, she chose psychedelics; hardcore travel with very little money; deep dives into meditation; plenty of connections, relationships and love affairs; and a life on the sea. She got her captain's license and then, when her boat sank, she got a masters in fiberglass, carpentry, electrical and mechanics. Her sailing dreams led her to Waiheke Island, New Zealand where she is attempting to grow a small human into an evolved man. Envisioning the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible is what ignites her spirit, and through extensive reading she is studying up on how to make that future a reality. Together we can change our story! Sign on as crew at DavinaMenduno.com. Follow her at AdventuresofaPirateGirl on Facebook, or Adventures_of_a_Pirate_Girl on Instagram. All episode music are Sarah Caton origninal

What an incredible last five months this has been! Can you believe it's already the end of Voices Rising Press Podcast season one? Blink...that just happened! Together we (Sarah and Shelly) talk about our editing and publication process with our books Preachers Daughter and Awaken You!! Be on the lookout, and get excited because coming fall 2021 both of these books will be released into the world! We share our favorite takeaways and what you have to look forward to next season. And have an intuitive talk on the healing power of singing. Plus stick around at the end for our favorite season bloopers! We give you gratitude for following us along this incredible journey, we couldn't do this without you. Thank you, thank you! We love you all! Intro and outro music: Sarah Caton original

“WE CAN DO HARD THINGS.” ― Glennon Doyle, Untamed What does living an untamed life mean? Being true to our vulnerable, authentic, soul state of ourselves. This means even being vulnerable enough to embrace pain and anger and be bold enough to live a life by our own parameters. “Be careful with the stories you tell about yourself.” ― Glennon Doyle, Untamed Women are taught to be small, kind, reserved, quiet and we put ourselves into cages. Glennon helps us discover how we can free ourselves from our metaphorical cages and step into who we are. Living an untamed life is walking into our inner selves and being brave enough to sit with ourselves. The inward journey brings us from being caged to exploring freedom. “Being human is not hard because you're doing it wrong, it's hard because you're doing it right. You will never change the fact that being human is hard, so you must change your idea that it was ever supposed to be easy.” ― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

Welcome back to Voices Rising Press Podcast!! Today we are showing up and dropping into our authentic experiences as we talk about creating healthy boundaries. Which even means making boundaries with toxic relationships in our lives. From our innate storyteller selves, together we share our real experiences with our parents and children. Creating boundaries will have natural consequences and the way we choose to react and respond is up to us. Knowing this can be life-changing. We believe life is one of our greatest teachers and life's lessons can be here as a way of healing and growth. Setting boundaries can be difficult, but an essential way to live a healthier and more fulfilling life. Also in this episode, Sarah goes into The Three Question, based on her blogging series as well as a way to help us move through and process life and its challenges from a healthier more grounded perspective. Thank you for tuning in, please head over to iTunes and leave us a five-star rating and a review and please share with your family and friends. This message is so important!!! We love you all! Intro and outro music: Sarah Caton original

Welcome back to Voices Rising Press Podcast!! Summer is flying and we are still here showing up talking about life. We open to nature and learn so much from the elk in our small mountain town. **Plus we have a special mini author interview with Cedar Tibbets (Sarah's daughter) sharing about her book Love and Peace.** In this episode, we dive into where we are in our publishing process. From talking about edits, formatting, copy protection, and even liability insurance. These are the parts we dread, but when we make a to-do list we find everything is simply a step we can follow. True to our mission of keeping authentic and saying the hard things together we connect and share our frustrations and problem solve how we like to do. We love sharing and connecting through Voices Rising Press Podcast!!! Thank you for listening, we are so grateful for you!! Please leave us a five star rating and a review!! Intro and outro music: Sarah Caton original

Join us as we explore, Brene Brown's book, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think Your Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are. Together we go in deep into courage, compassion, and connection. By tapping into our courage and doing even the scary and hard things we are embracing our imperfections. With the help of compassion, we explore self-compassion and with Brene's deep work and research, we learn how we can move into connection. This piece comes not only from having courage and allowing ourselves permission to have compassion not only for others but ourselves. Brene's work with shame and guilt transforms from book to book. Here inside of The Gifts of Imperfection, we learn how guilt can be helpful. Guilt is found in action from mistakes we make, whereas shame is deep-seated into who we think and believe we are. This book helps us better explore the possibilities of owning our imperfections and stepping into them with vulnerability. Short Bio: Brene Brown is a storyteller, writer, American professor, lecturer, mother, wife, and podcast host. Her work with shame and guilt has allowed vulnerability at new levels and believes we all are capable of shame resilience. Thank you Brene for the deep work you put into the world! Intro and outro muisc Sarah Caton originals

Join us this morning as we go deep into the three M's. ***BONUS*** Built-in mindfulness practice!!! Starting with mindfulness and how we can bring it into our everyday lives and then bringing it into how we mother. We break down mindfulness and then dive into the many roles we play as mothers. The third M is the unrealistic expectation of multitasking and the toles it takes on our lives. We recreate what multitasking is and come up with tangible ways we can be more productive with our time. This is a great episode for parents and especially mamas who want to bring more mindfulness into how they mother and help heal the multitasking wounds. Intro and outro music Sarah Caton originals Mindfulness practice music credit: Yoga Meditation Tribe: Break of Day

Vulnerability is something most of us shy away from. Yet we have found the healing power of writing the unedited parts of life. Yes it is hard to say the things, yes it hurts to write the things but there is also this freedom. When we write from our heart and even from the wounded parts of ourselves there is a resonate healing that lives here. Together with Sarah and Shelly go deep into the writing process, and pain and growth, and the healing power writing has brought into our lives. Intro and outro music: Sarah Caton original

Get to know Sarah Caton, writer, mama of three, musician, avid reader, and the co-founder of Voices Rising Press. Connect with Sarah's story and learn how she overcame her childhood and the inspiration of her Memoir The Preachers Daughter. The past holds deep treasures, memories, and pain. Just past the pain, Sarah's healing journey has unraveled through music, writing, art, and a willingness to grow. Sarah would escape to the library and crawl into stories rescuing her as a girl, which lead Sarah into finding her authentic voice. Sarah shows us no matter how painful or challenging our past was with personal will and standing up for what we believe in we can conquer the obstacles of life even when it's hard.

Join Sarah and Shelly for the monthly book club Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert. Together we learn how creativity is for everyone. Ideas are things from the Universe waiting for the right person and moment to make an agreement. Creativity and fear are synonymous. Creativity is Big Magic. Intro and outro music Sarah Caton original.

Today we interview Sarah Monares, an incredible woman and soul who lives a vulnerable authentic life. Sarah passionately believes in the healing power of vulnerability. That by learning to speak our truth and to fully embrace who we are, we become free. She loves helping women shine light in the places they hide and learn to walk in the full power of all they were created to be. Sarah has a devastating story that she vulnerable shares in order to help others learn to own their whole story. Even the hard and messy parts. Sarah is a licensed counselor and private practice owner since 2009. She is the founder of CEO Collective LLC and The We Spot LLC. She is a writer, blogger, counselor, coach, speaker, and host of The We Podcast. Follow her journey on Facebook and Instagram The We Spot and The We Podcast and follow and connect with an incredible community of women at thewespot.com

Join Sarah and Shelly for Writers Cafe where we talk about life, writing, what we are reading, and more. Here we find a space to share the struggles and gains of the writing journey and hope to inspire writers to work beyond self-limiting beliefs. Learn more and read our blogs at www.voicesrisingpress.com Intro and outro music are Sarah Caton originals.

Whether you have read or not join Sarah and Shelly with this month's book club, The Second Mountain by David Brooks. Often it can be time-consuming to read entire books that is why we are here sharing our book club edition, so you can gain the insight in a much shorter time. Please head over to Itunes and leave us a 5-star rating and please leave us a review! Learn the metaphor of the first mountain and how we can climb our way up the second mountain. Going from the ego to the soul or from the head to the heart. Explore the difference between happiness and joy. Moving along to relationships and marriage. Individualism versus community. There are many great takeaways from this book we want to share it all with you! Learn more about us and read our blog at https://voicesrisingpress.com/ Intro and Outro Music Sarah Caton original.

Dorje Dolma is a visual artist, an inspirational speaker, and the author of Yak Girl: Growing Up in the Remote Dolpo Region of Nepal. She has been touring the world with her uplifting story and artwork and has given over hundred presentations for all ages in Europe, Nepal, Canada and the United States. She speaks about the centuries-old way of life in her isolated homeland, how it's being changed by the slow trickle of modernity now reaching it, and the most effective ways for first world citizens to help those in the third world. Her mission is to inspire others through writing, art and speaking to help spread kindness to others and the need for medical and educational resources in remote parts of the world, such as Dolpo. Dorje was born in Dolpo, Nepal, one of the most inaccessible places on earth, 4,000 meters high in the Himalayas. She was the oldest of eleven children, only six of whom survived the harsh conditions of their lives. She began herding the family's goats and sheep at age five and by seven she was defending them from attacks by wolves and snow leopards. At ten, Dorje's parents took her on a month-long trek to Kathmandu to find help for a serious health condition. There they encountered Westerners who arranged to bring Dorje to the United States and get her the surgery she needed to save her life. She eventually graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in Fine Arts. She is the first female writer from Dolpo. Follow Dorje Dolma's Journey Website: https://www.dorjearts.com/ Store : https://www.etsy.com/shop/DorjeArtsCollection Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/dorjeartsyakgirl/ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dorjeartsyakgirl/ Yak Girl: Growing Up in the Remote Dolpo Region of Nepal

Join the First Edition of Writers Cafe, listen in while Sarah and Shelly connect on a heart level. Learn what books the authors are reading, how writing is going, and explore the stories of the evacuation of their small mountain town, mama talk, and much more.

Get to know Sarah Caton, writer, mama of three, musician, avid reader, and the co-founder of Voices Rising Press. Connect with Sarah's story and learn how she overcame her childhood and the inspiration of her Memoir The Preachers Daughter. The past holds deep treasures, memories, and pain. Just past the pain, Sarah's healing journey has unraveled through music, writing, art, and a willingness to grow. Sarah would escape to the library and crawl into stories rescuing her as a girl, which lead Sarah into finding her authentic voice. Sarah shows us no matter how painful or challenging our past was with personal will and standing up for what we believe in we can conquer the obstacles of life even when it's hard. Intro and outro Sarah Caton original.

Welcome to our Book Club, this month we read Tara Westover's memoir Educated. Together with Sarah and Shelly, we will dig into Tara's life and experiences and share how they impacted us. Tara grew up in a fundamentalist Mormon family, living in the Idaho mountains. Her parents were survivalists who didn't believe in using medical interventions or traditional education. She decided to go to college and educate herself. Tara went on to get her doctorate degree and live a "normal" life despite her parent's beliefs. This is the story of a girl who found the courage to rise above her traumatic childhood. We are grateful for Tara being vulnerable and standing up to share her story, we rise with you and hold space for you. Intro and outro music: Sarah Caton original

Join your host Sarah as she interviews sister founder of Voices Rising Press. Together let us learn about Shelly Bond, writer, artist, yoga teacher, Reiki Master, and mama of three and hear how and why she started writing and her journey along the way. Dive deeper into the future of VRP and learn answers to many questions Sarah has in store.

Join Sarah and Shelly in Episode one, where you will hear how Voice Rising Press was created and what it is doing. We are here for listeners of all genres and ages. This platform is here to help inspire, motivate, uplift, and hold spaces for writers and people the same. We are not only a publishing company but a collective of heart-centered mamas bringing truth, acceptance, and authenticity to the world! Intro music is a Sarah Caton original, creation, and production.