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As a young woman, Dorit Sasson moved to Israel and served in the Israel Defense Forces as a lone soldier. After 18 years, Dorit returned to the United States, and those decisions, along with the details of her life in both places, inspired two memoirs about straddling cultures, languages, and definitions of home. In the latest episode of the Make Meaning Podcast, Dorit speaks with host Lynne Golodner about her books, Accidental Solider and Sand and Steel, which were driven by her determination for self-exploration, observation and a desire to connect. As someone who identifies as Israeli by culture and language, yet never stepped foot in a synagogue while she lived in the Jewish State, Dorit talks with Lynne about the many identities of Israel - a nation, a religion, and a people. In this episode, Lynne and Dorit discuss: Her journey to Israel and return to the United States Her time serving in the IDF as a lone soldier The close-knit structure of Israeli communities The differences between statehood, identity and culture Israel as the most misunderstood country in the world The beauty of Hebrew Anti-semitism and Anti-Zionism Links and Resources: Kibbutz Nahal Brigade Israeli Economy Today History of Israel Israel Population by Religion Israeli Identities Ashkenazi Judaism Mizrahi Judaism Sephardi Judaism Orthodox Judaism Conservative Judaism Reform Judaism Islam Christianity Druze Bedouin Find Dorit Sasson: Website LinkedIn Facebook Instagram
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Dorit Sasson, the author of two memoirs entitled Accidental soldier, and Sand and Steel, shared her incredible journey as an emigrant who moved to Israel and served in the Israel Defense Forces. Though Dorit's father is an Israeli, Dorit was raised in a hugely different environment from Israel, the US. Dorit's desperation to move out of the US got reinforced by her will to escape from her mom - who, at that time, negatively contributed to Dorit's inner maturity as a teenager.Despite the fears presented upon her by her mom, Dorit was persistent in pursuing a volunteer spot in the Israel Defence Forces. We all might portray living in Israel as scary because of how the media present, but for Dorit, living in Israel and interacting with her fellow Jewish people made her feel alive, passionate, and safe. Everything was a blast compared to her life abroad.While leaving the US was her escape as a teenager, Dorit had to escape again from Israel after eighteen years due to the economic mindset of the country - keep their citizens poor. Now, building a new life was the US is the start of Dorit's reverse culture shock experience. The attachment she created within the eighteen years of living in a country like Israel did not quickly fade and forever lives in her heart.
In 2016, Dorit published the award-winning memoir, Accidental Soldier about her time in service with the Israeli Defense Forces.Here, Dorit talks about how she balances doing something with clear commercial intent with doing something creative, like writing memoirs about her time in active service.If you find time to do both every day, then you will advance your career, you'll get paid, and you'll also improve at your craft. Who doesn't want those things?I kicked off the interview by asking Dorit to describe how her time in active service informed her memoir, Accidental Soldier.In this episode, we discuss:Why Dorit had to do compulsory service in the Israeli Defense ForceHow long it took her to write her bookHow to promote a memoir that's so specific to personal experiencesEstablish who you are writing forWhat is SEO writing?Balancing creativity with SEO copywritingWriting for a consumer audience.How to balance working as a copywriter with writing a personal memoirResources:Dorit SassonAccidental SoldierSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/becomeawritertoday)
Dorit Sasson, author of "Sand and Steel: A Memoir of Finding Home"
Today's smart person is Dorit Sasson from SEO Magic with an overview of Search Engine Optimization (SEO.) During this interview on the Learning from Smart People Podcast, Rob Oliver and Dorit go over the nuts and bolts of optimizing your website for Google. If you have a website, you need to hear what she has to say. Here are some of the topics covered by Rob Oliver and Dorit Sasson on this episode of Learning from Smart People: · What is search engine optimization? (SEO) · The power of content and keywords · The value of connections over keywords · What you need to know about your audience · Avoiding burnout and overwhelm from your website · The SEO learning curve · Things you need to embrace · Common mistakes and how to avoid them · Tools for helping with your search engine optimization · Succeeding when you are not a copywriter · Creating an optimized YouTube video · Competitive research – what are the other people in your niche doing? · Current best practices for search engine optimization · The hidden value of an FAQ · Standing out as unique and different · Putting your expertise into practical use · It's all about creating connections You can learn more about Dorit Sasson and SEO Magic through her website and social media. Check out her webinar as well. It may be what you need to know to optimize your own website. Website: https://www.doritsasson.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoritSassonauthorAccidentalSoldier Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doritsassonwrites/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doritsasson/ Thanks for listening to the Learning from Smart People Podcast! Please Subscribe, leave a comment and follow us on social media: · Twitter: http://twitter.com/LFSPPodcast · Instagram: http://instagram.com/LFSPPodcast · Facebook: http://facebook.com/LFSPPodcast · LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lfsppodcast/ · YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbWV_LuUad7ZWuE9j5D9v-w You can also use the “Contact” page on the “Learning from Smart People” website: https://www.learningfromsmartpeople.com/
People come to Pittsburgh many ways — be they natives, transplants or expats returning to the U.S. Squirrel Hill author Dorit Sasson falls into the latter group, having moved from New York to Israel at 19 and serving in the country's military before coming to Pittsburgh nearly two decades later. She shares her story and the complicated feelings of being part of two worlds in her upcoming book “Sand and Steel: A Memoir of Longing and Finding Home." Learn more about Sasson in this episode. You can preorder "Sand and Steel” here, and she's offering a 2-for-1 special featuring her first book “Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of Service and Sacrifice in the Israel Defense Forces. Email sassondorit@gmail.com for payment instructions, or to find her availability as a speaker for a book club or group. She's also a highly skilled professional SEO speaker and trainer (learn more here).
Today's guest, Dorit Sasson is an accomplished author who was, for lack of a better term, thrust into marketing. After writing her book she realized she needed to have a mechanism to get her book out to the right people at the right time. She then got into digital marketing and SEO, but tuned it to help authors like herself get their book out to the public quickly. The goal has been to help authors be the advocate for themselves that they need to be, in order to help readers believe in them. Otherwise... books just won't be flying off the shelves like they expect. She's collected some wisdom on her journey and we had a great time sharing what we've both learned. Dorit can be found at bookmarketingacademy.com where she helps fellow authors think about SEO for their book, and also on her personal website, doritsasson.com, along with all her social media links. Let's see where the talk goes today. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elite-marketing-tips/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elite-marketing-tips/support
Search engine optimization has often been the cause of headaches for many authors. With everything else that you have to do as an author, SEO can seem overly complicated and even a bit scary. Many think that it's too technical or not for them. But it doesn't have to be.In today's episode, my guest Dorit Sasson shares how you can and should change your perspective on this topic. She explains how SEO is really about connecting with people you normally wouldn't have a chance to connect with.Finding the right keywords and phrases will help you connect with the people you want to connect with or your target audience. It can be easy to pick keywords because they sound good or seem right, but Dorit encourages authors to take the time to really understand your audience so that you can craft the best keywords for them. This will take a little extra time, but in the end, it will be worth the effort.Highlights12:44 With search engine optimization, you are trying to convince search engines that your website is useful and should rank higher than other sites.22:02 Keywords are a single word, while key phrases are a cluster of words like "how to improve my SEO."24:02 It's better to place keywords in the first few lines of a blog.29:09 A pain point is something that keeps a person up at night.Search Engine Optimization ResourcesUber SuggestSEM RushWriter's Digest SEO Course Starting November 19, 2020 Get Your Free SEO ChecklistConnect with Doritwww.doritsasson.comFaceBookInstagramLinkedIn
Welcome to the Courageous Entrepreneur Show. This is the show that shares information and inspiration to help you break free from self-doubt, limiting beliefs, and disempowering patterns and break through to create the thriving, successful business you dream of and deserve. I interview entrepreneurs who've overcome amazing challenges to create success on their terms and experts who share insight and practical information that can help you get past your blocks and move forward with courage, confidence, and clarity. The show is available in both video and audio format on a variety of platforms including Apple Podcasts – formerly iTunes – on You Tube, I Heart Radio, in the Google Play store, and on my website Winnie Anderson.com. If you like what you hear I hope you'll share the show with others in your networks and I hope you'll decide to join my community. You can become a fan of the show on my site at Winnie Anderson.com/fans when you do you'll get episodes delivered right to your inbox. You'll also receive information, tips, and resources to help you come out of hiding, position and pre-sell yourself as the unique solution provider you are, and profit from your expertise. When I was in junior high and high school I dreamed of moving to Colorado. I was a huge John Denver fan and listening to that music and learning about him I was drawn to Colorado for its beauty. I also loved the idea of escaping from my mother who abused me emotionally and psychologically. I use to imagine how fabulous it would be to start over in a place where – to play on that line from the TV show Cheers' theme song --- nobody knows your name. So when I met today's guest who didn't just escape the way I dreamed of but she went to another country, I knew I had to learn more about her and have her on the show. Dorit Sasson is an award-winning author, book coach, and motivational speaker whose mission is to inspire and guide entrepreneurs, speakers, leaders, and aspiring authors who have a message and a purpose to share, to find their courage, tell their brand story in writing, and make a positive impact on the world. She is currently working on her second memoir, Sand and Steel: the Spiritual Journey Home. Listen in as Dorit shares: What led her to leave the United States What drove her to join the military force of another country The biggest test of her courage while she was in the service The reverse culture shock she experienced when she returned to the United States The similarities between being a resident in a foreign country trying to fit in and being a creative entrepreneur How she learned to handle rejection as a writer Tips for deciding if writing a memoir is right for you and some ideas on how to get started with elements of your story Listen all the way to the end when I'll share your reflection exercise and action step for this episode Resources Mentioned in This Episode Dorit's book, Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of Service and Sacrifice in the Israel Defense Forces Dorit's upcoming book, Sand and Steel: The spiritual journey home Guest Contact Information Website Facebook Dorit's podcast on Blog Talk Radio Dorit on Twitter Become an Action Taker! If you're ready for support, encouragement, accountability, and coaching to achieve your big professional goals, then consider joining an Action Taker group. These small groups of no more than 10 self-employed professional service experts share all that and more. Enrollment opens monthly. Go here to check out the Action Takers Group and get on the waiting list for notice when the next open-enrollment period is.
Speaker and author Dorit Sasson shares her story of growing up in the US, joining the Israeli army and what she learned along the way. Dorit also shares how her desire to be different from her mother led her to join the military and the mindset shifts that she made to survive as a soldier.
In this episode, author and speaker Dorit Sasson shares her story of joining the Israeli Defense Forces and how she stopped out of her comfort zone and into a war zone. Discover how to find the courage to share your story and how to get your message out into the world.
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Listen Here: From serving in the Israel Defense Forces to returning to the States, Dorit Sasson has mustered the courage to translate her experiences into her soon-to-be released memoir Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of Service and Sacrifice in the Israel Defense Forces. Dorit talks about courage on different levels including what courage looks like in […] The post Podcast: Give Life To Your Courage appeared first on JenningsWire.
Dorit Sasson grew up in Greenwich Village, and abandoned her family's expectations for her and moved to Israel, where she volunteered to serve in the Israeli Defense Force. She lived in israel for 18 years. Dorit Sasson, creator of Giving Voice to Your Story,www.GivingaVoicetotheVoicelessBook.com is also a radio show host of “Giving Voice to Your Story” on Blog Talk Radio. She just finished writing a memoir of her years serving in the Israeli Defense Forces titled ACCIDENTAL SOLDIER: WHAT MY SERVICE IN THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES TAUGHT MEABOUT FAITH, COURAGE, AND LOVE. She won first place in the MidlifeCollage.com weekly contest with her winning story, “Life After Birth.” She's a featured author in the bestselling series, Pebbles in the Pond: Transforming the World One Person at a Time alongside New York Times bestselling authors such as Sonia Choquette and Arielle Ford. Dorit Sasson writes for a wide range of print and online publications, including The Huffington Post and The Writer, and speaks at conferences, libraries, and community centers. She is the author of the a featured chapter in Pebbles in the Pond: Transforming the World One Person at a Time, the latest installment of that best-selling series, and. She is the host of the global radio show "Giving Voice to Your Courageous Story." She lives in Pittsburgh, PA with her husband and two children. For more information, please visit www.DoritSasson.com
I'm so excited to interview Linda Gray Sexton, daughter of Pulitizer prize winner and poetess, Anne Sexton. We'll be discussing most recently, Linda's memoir, Half in Love and Searching for Mercy Street. More specifically, we'll look at the process of getting in touch with the memories of her mother, and the process of giving voice to Linda Gray's own story as well as some of the writing techniques Linda Gray used to deepen the emotional experience on such a difficult and sensitive subject. Here's a bit more about Linda Gray Sexton's work:Sexton's most recent memoir, Half in Love: Surviving the Legacy of Suicide, is about her struggle with her own mental illness and the legacy of suicide left to her by her mother and her mother’s family. Through the help of family, therapy and medicine, Linda confronted deep-seated issues, outlived her mother and curbed the haunting cycle of suicide she once seemed destined to inherit.
I'm so excited to interview Linda Gray Sexton, daughter of Pulitizer prize winner and poetess, Anne Sexton. We'll be discussing most recently, Linda's memoir, Half in Love and Searching for Mercy Street. More specifically, we'll look at the process of getting in touch with the memories of her mother, and the process of giving voice to Linda Gray's own story as well as some of the writing techniques Linda Gray used to deepen the emotional experience on such a difficult and sensitive subject. Here's a bit more about Linda Gray Sexton's work:Sexton's most recent memoir, Half in Love: Surviving the Legacy of Suicide, is about her struggle with her own mental illness and the legacy of suicide left to her by her mother and her mother’s family. Through the help of family, therapy and medicine, Linda confronted deep-seated issues, outlived her mother and curbed the haunting cycle of suicide she once seemed destined to inherit.
Super stoked to interview a prolific and inspiring writer C. Hope Clark who I've admired for years. During our time together, I'll be interviewing her about The Carolina Slade Mystery Series and most recently, Palmetto Poison, the third book to the series, which was just released in February 2014Here's a bit about C. Hope Clark. I hope you can join us for what will be an informative and interesting interview. C. Hope Clark was born and reared in the South, from Mississippi to South Carolina with a few stints in Alabama and Georgia. The granddaughter of a Mississippi cotton farmer, Hope holds a B.S. in Agriculture with honors from Clemson University and 25 years’ experience with the U. S. Department of Agriculture to include awards for her management, all of which enable her to talk the talk of Carolina Slade, the protagonist in most of her novels. Her love of writing, however, carried her up the ranks to the ability to retire young, and she left USDA to pen her stories and freelance.Hope is married to a 30-year veteran of federal law enforcement, a Senior Special Agent, now a contract investigator. They met on a bribery investigation within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the basis for the opening scene to Lowcountry Bribe. Hope and her special agent live on the rural banks of Lake Murray outside of Chapin, South Carolina, forever spinning tales on their back porch, bourbon and coke in hand.She also currently manages FundsforWriters.com, a weekly newsletter service she founded that reaches 45,000+ writers to include university professors, professional journalists and published mystery authors. Writer’s Digest has recognized the site in its annual 101 Best Web Sites for Writers for thirteen years.
Super stoked to interview a prolific and inspiring writer C. Hope Clark who I've admired for years. During our time together, I'll be interviewing her about The Carolina Slade Mystery Series and most recently, Palmetto Poison, the third book to the series, which was just released in February 2014Here's a bit about C. Hope Clark. I hope you can join us for what will be an informative and interesting interview. C. Hope Clark was born and reared in the South, from Mississippi to South Carolina with a few stints in Alabama and Georgia. The granddaughter of a Mississippi cotton farmer, Hope holds a B.S. in Agriculture with honors from Clemson University and 25 years’ experience with the U. S. Department of Agriculture to include awards for her management, all of which enable her to talk the talk of Carolina Slade, the protagonist in most of her novels. Her love of writing, however, carried her up the ranks to the ability to retire young, and she left USDA to pen her stories and freelance.Hope is married to a 30-year veteran of federal law enforcement, a Senior Special Agent, now a contract investigator. They met on a bribery investigation within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the basis for the opening scene to Lowcountry Bribe. Hope and her special agent live on the rural banks of Lake Murray outside of Chapin, South Carolina, forever spinning tales on their back porch, bourbon and coke in hand.She also currently manages FundsforWriters.com, a weekly newsletter service she founded that reaches 45,000+ writers to include university professors, professional journalists and published mystery authors. Writer’s Digest has recognized the site in its annual 101 Best Web Sites for Writers for thirteen years.
Are you writing a memoir and trying to build a platform at the same time? Tune into this episode of "Giving Voice to Your Story" where I'll be sharing some strategies on how to blog your memoir.There are so many memoirs being written right now, but very few aspiring memoir writers are discovering the power in blogging about their memoirs. Did you realize that you have the power to reach so many people just by one short blog post relating to your memoir?There are numerous benefits to blogging, by popular author and blogging expert Nina Amir, who discussed everything there is to know about blogging on a previous radio show.This episode will be different in that we'll be focusing on blogging techniques specific to the genre of memoir writing. I'll also be sharing with you some examples based on my own memoir in progress, Silence: What Serving in the Israel Defense Forces Taught Me About Power, Courage and Faith
Are you writing a memoir and trying to build a platform at the same time? Tune into this episode of "Giving Voice to Your Story" where I'll be sharing some strategies on how to blog your memoir.There are so many memoirs being written right now, but very few aspiring memoir writers are discovering the power in blogging about their memoirs. Did you realize that you have the power to reach so many people just by one short blog post relating to your memoir?There are numerous benefits to blogging, by popular author and blogging expert Nina Amir, who discussed everything there is to know about blogging on a previous radio show.This episode will be different in that we'll be focusing on blogging techniques specific to the genre of memoir writing. I'll also be sharing with you some examples based on my own memoir in progress, Silence: What Serving in the Israel Defense Forces Taught Me About Power, Courage and Faith
Host Suzanne Lieurance talks with Dorit Sasson about her new book, "Pebbles in the Pond."