Podcasts about muse

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a podcast with one less host! Oh, and Superman. Jason starts the show with some unfortunate news from #1 friend Nick Hajda. Then he welcomes Taylor Muse from Quiet Company and Alex Diamond for an ultra smart comic book guy review of the new Superman movie.Bonus episodes available at patreon.com/jasondick or https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/jason-dick/subscribe For more from Alex: https://jumpingtheshuttle.com/For more from Taylor Muse and Quiet Company: https://www.quietcompanymusic.com/

Linkin Park - The Emptiness Machine The Warning - Hell You Call A Dream Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby Evanescence - Bring Me To Life Meredith Brooks - Bitch The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe Blondie - Heart Of Glass Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere U2 - You're The Best Thing About Me The Human League - Don't You Want Me Hozier - Too Sweet Muse - Dead Inside Madonna - Don't Tell Me Marshmello Feat. Bastille - Happier Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie To You Alphaville - Big In Japan Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 11ú lá de mí Iúil, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh. I 1986 bhí 50 milliún punt chun a bheith glan as an luach den fhoirgneamh IDA. I 1997 bhí ionadaí Sinn Féin chun a fhiachas a thabhairt ar ais tríd a dtuarastal Dáil. I 2009 bhí Breda Farrell mar dhuine a bhí díograiseach agus proifisiúnta. D'éirigh sí as a bpost mar leas-stiúrthóir de shláinte an phobail sa chontae agus bhí imeacht ann chun í a cheiliúradh in Óstán Minella I gCluain Mheala. I 2012 dúirt Alan Kelly go raibh an fógra ón Aire Tithíochta agus Pleanáil go maith. An fógra a bhí ann ná chun an scéim Morgáiste chuig Cíos a leag amach timpeall an tír agus an chontae. Bhí an scéim ann chun cabhrú le teaghlaigh ar ioncam íseal. Sin Madonna le Papa Don't Preach – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 1986 Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1982 chuaigh Phil Collen ón bhanna ceoil Girl isteach chuig Def Leppard in ionad Pete Willis de bharr go raibh Pete ag ól an iomarca nuair a bhí siad I lár ceolchoirm. I 2004 chan The Darkness in ionad David Bowie ag T In The Park an bhliain sin de bharr go raibh obráid chroí aige. Bhí Muse, Franz Ferdinand, Faithless, Scissor Sisters, Black Eyed Peas agus Pink ag an fhéile chomh maith. Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh amhránaí Alessia Cara I gCeanada I 1996 agus rugadh aisteoir Justin Chambers I Meiriceá ar an lá seo I 1970 agus seo chuid de na rudaí a rinne sé. Beidh mé ar ais libh an tseachtain seo chugainn le heagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo. Welcome back to another edition of Ar An Lá Seo on the 11th of July, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh 1986: £50m was to be wiped off value of IDA buildings. 1997: SF deputy was to repay welfare debt from Dail salary. 2009 - Described as a "dedicated, conscientious professional," Killenaule lady Breda Farrell, recently retired from her position as Assistant Director of Public Health Nursing in South Tipperary, was the recipient of lavish tributes at a function held in her honour in Hotel Minella in Clonmel.  2012 - Minister Alan Kelly welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Housing and Planning, Jan O'Sullivan T.D., that the Mortgage to Rent Scheme is to be rolled out across the country and the County. This scheme is targeted at those low-income families.  That was Madonna with Papa Don't Preach – the biggest song on this day in 1986 Onto music news on this day In 1982 Phil Collen, former guitarist with the glam rock band Girl, replaced Pete Willis in Def Leppard who was fired due to excessive alcohol consumption on the job. 2004 The Darkness replaced David Bowie at this years T In The Park Scottish festival following his heart operation. Other acts appearing included Muse, Franz Ferdinard, Faithless, Scissor Sisters, Black Eyed Peas and Pink. And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – singer Alessia Cara was born in Canada in 1996 and actor Justin Chambers was born in America on this day in 1970 and this is some of the stuff he has done. I'll be back with you next week with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.

¡Sorpresa, chicas! Llegando un poco atrasadas, nosotras felices de contarles que cubriremos el All Stars de Drag Race Francia semana a semana! Esta vez partimos con el primer episodio, donde vimos regresar a 10 reinas de las primeras 3 temporadas: Elips, Kam Hugh, La Big Bertha, Magnetica, Mami Watta, Misty Phoenix, Moon, Piche, Punani y Soa de Muse, quienes nos dieron un show de talentos y una pasarela dorada de la máxima calidad.Chochas también estamos del tremendo trabajo que hace nuestro amado @mtxmaz con estas nuevas gráficas preciosas! ¿Qué opinamos del diseño?¿Cuál reina estás emocionade de volver a ver? ¿Cuál fue tu show de talentos favorito? ¿Quién crees que viene a sorprendernos esta temporada? ¿Cómo quedaste con el lipsync? Déjanos tu comentario por mientras, que nos pondremos al día rapidito!

En este episodio te invito a explorar el tema de la infidelidad desde una perspectiva más amplia y compasiva. Reflexionamos sobre el papel que jugamos como sociedad al juzgar, opinar o distanciarnos del dolor que estos actos generan, olvidando que todos somos parte del mismo tejido emocional. No es un episodio para señalar culpables, sino para abrir preguntas, suavizar juicios y cultivar una mirada más amorosa hacia quienes atraviesan estos procesos, desde cualquier lugar.Amo saber lo que mueven los episodios en ti… mándame un mensaje por IG en @mujerconcalma o déjame tus preguntas o comentarios aquí abajo. Si todo lo que escuchas en este podcast resuena demasiado en tu energía, te recomiendo ampliamente unirte a la Comunidad con calma y vernos en vivo cada semana para elevar tu vibración y tener más claridad sobre tu diseño divino y tu proceso de transformación. Su aún no has leído mi libro ES AHORA, te recomiendo comprarlo en tu librería favorita en México, Amazon.mx o en cualquiera de sus formatos digitales. - Te recomiendo algunos productos que considero muy valiosos con los cuales con tu compra, recibo una comisión, y por supuesto, tu, un descuento especial_ Muse headband: una maravilla para medir las ondas cerebrales y tener un entrenamiento personalizado para aprender a llevar tu mente al estado meditativo.

It's undeniable that the merits of diversity lay at the heart of David Bottrill's vast discography. With artists like Peter Gabriel, Smashing Pumpkins, Tool, Muse, Silverchair, Staind and Rush, David's work spans genres and generations, lending to a sound that is both familiar and progressive. He's cultivated the aggressive hard-rock palette of bands like Stone Sour, Godsmack, and Mastodon, while maintaining a connection to other ends of the spectrum with artists like Afrocelt Sound System, IAMX, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. With three Grammy Awards and the success of millions of copies sold worldwide, David has produced and mixed platinum and gold career-defining albums that have established paradigms and redefined genres. “I prefer to work on music that has a strong identity and shows elements of originality,” David states, “genre isn't really important.” It's this focus on identity and potential that inspires David to push artists to curate the best of themselves and make music that defines who they are in that moment. And yet, even in their individuality, each album that David works on distinctly shows his fingerprint. David spent 20 years living in the UK and has just built a new Atmos mix and overdub studio in the greater Toronto area in his native country of Canada, although he still spends much of his time working with artists in various international locations. David has recently retired from the board of directors for Make Music Matter, but still supports the non-profit that uses the creation of music and socially conscious art to help heal trauma in marginalized communities and individuals. Through Make Music Matter, David found an outlet for his experience, truly helping better the lives of others and bringing awareness to the community at large.IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN:Balancing the artist's vision vs giving people “what they want”Mixing in subgroupsBuilding mix templates to maximize creativity and speedCarving space in the low end to get clarityMixing with a subwooferThe downside of using reverbKnowing when to step away from a mix and restart later To learn more about David, visit: https://www.davidbottrill.com/Looking for 1-on-1 feedback and training to help you create pro-quality mixes?Check out my coaching program Amplitude and apply to join:https://masteryourmix.com/amplitude/ Want additional help with your music productions?For tips on how to improve your mixes, visit: https://masteryourmix.com/ Download your FREE copy of the Ultimate Mixing Blueprint: https://masteryourmix.com/blueprint/ Get your copy of my Amazon #1 bestselling books:The Recording Mindset: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Pro Recordings From Your Home Studio: https://therecordingmindset.com The Mixing Mindset: The Step-By-Step Formula For Creating Professional Rock Mixes From Your Home Studio: https://masteryourmix.com/mixingmindsetbook/ Check out our Sponsors:Download Waves Plugins here: https://waves.alzt.net/EK3G2K Subscribe to the show:Apple Podcasts:

Welcome back to Women and Wealth – in this week's episode, Regina is joined by Janine Mix, business consultant, author and CEO of The Complete Boutique. Janine self-describes as “the opposite of Dave Ramsey for women and money”. This is indicative in her approach to growing income rather than cutting back and going without – hence the name of her book “Buy The Damn Coffee”. Janine shares her mission to financially empower those around her, how she became so involved and passionate about it, as well as unpacking some of these age old tropes around money and the negative feelings it brings. Additionally, she talks about her experiences launching her own business and the challenges she's faced as a professional woman, her book and more!   Episode Highlights:   0:00 - Introduction 0:31 - Episode beginning, intro to Janine 1:16 - Her book and some other work she's doing 9:04 - The negative feelings around money 10:49 - Where can people go to learn more about you 14:28 - Some of the challenges Janine has faced as a professional woman 19:21 - Janine's vision for retirement 24:21 - Action item 25:29 - Episode wrap-up   ABOUT REGINA MCCANN HESS   Regina is the author of Super Woman Wealth: How to Become Your Own Financial Hero.  As an advocate for women's financial freedom, she wrote this book to help empower women to take a bigger role in handling their money.     Regina has appeared on Schwab TV, Yahoo Finance, Forbes.com, NTD Television, CBS 3 Philadelphia, Fox 29 Philadelphia, King 5 Seattle, KTLA 5 Los Angeles and Scripps News.  She has also been quoted in numerous articles in publications such as Forbes, Business Insider, U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo Finance, USA Today, USA Wire, Word in Black, WTOP News, Mind Body Green, Money Digest, New York Post, Defender, Authority Magazine, GoBankingRates.com, Scripps and The Muse.   As Founder of Forge Wealth Management, Regina utilizes her 25+ years of financial services experience to help individuals plan, preserve and diversify their wealth.  She focuses on educating her clients while building long-term relationships with them and their families.  Her experience throughout major shifts in the markets, enables Regina to structure balanced portfolios to address specific financial goals. CONNECT WITH REGINA   Website: https://www.forgewealth.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reginamccannhess/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ForgeWealth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forgewealthmanagement/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ForgeWealth Email: reginahess@forgewealth.com   CONNECT WITH JANINE MIX   Website: https://www.janinemix.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janinemix/ Book Link: https://www.janinemix.com/book Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC www.finra.org, www.sipc.org Third-party posts found on this profile do not reflect the view of LPL Financial and have not been reviewed by LPL Financial as to accuracy or completeness. For a list of states in which I am registered to do business, please visit www.forgewealth.com.   This material was prepared by MFS Investment Management. MFS Investment Management is not affiliated with Forge Wealth Management, Private Advisor Group, or LPL Financial.  

Muse - Starlight Rag'N'Bone Man Feat. Calvin Harris - Giant (Purple Disco Machine remix) Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers (The Magician remix) Ed Sheeran - Celestial The Bangles - Manic Monday The La's - There She Goes Queen - Radio Ga Ga Sabrina Carpenter - Taste Gnarls Barkley - Crazy Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls Moby - We Are All Made Of Stars Lola Young - Messy U2 - Beautiful Day Elton John - I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That The Thrills - One Horse Town Beck - Sexx Laws Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Et nous voilà à la partie 3 de notre report 2025. Cette fois, c'est, une journée, complet avec celle du Vendredi ou dès 10h30 on part à l'aventure. Bref, on vous dit tout de cette journée à l'ancienne.Au programme : Nous allons parler de Wormsand, Béton Armé, Castle Rat, Belote, The Night Eternal, Amira Elfeky Sandrider, Lion's Law, Arabrot, Trollfest, Pentagram, Muse, Hermano, Heilung, Sex Pistols & Frank Carter et sûrement d'autres trucs que j'ai oublié.En joie

In this episode of "More Than a Muse," hosts Sadie and Stauney dive into the intriguing world of the "tradwife" movement. They explore the romanticization of traditional gender roles and the impact of social media influencers on this trend. From discussing the allure of domesticity to critiquing the notion of choice feminism, they unravel the complexities and contradictions within the tradwife lifestyle. Join us as we navigate the pipelines leading women into this movement and question the authenticity of the online portrayals. Tune in for a thought-provoking conversation on feminism, societal expectations, and the pursuit of genuine fulfillment. The Rise and Fall of the Trad Wife | The New Yorker Tradwife Aesthetic: When Being the Beauvoirian Other Reemerges as a Social Media Trend | Blog of the APA No, You Are Not a Tradwife Just Because You Like to Cook or Crochet | by Charlie Brown | Bitchy | Medium Tradwives, stay-at-home girlfriends, and the dream of feminine leisure Trad Wives, MAHA, and the Women's Wellness Pipeline Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sappho wurde als die zehnte Muse bezeichnet. Bereits zu Lebzeiten als Poetin über die Küsten von Lesbos bekannt, berührte sie die Menschen mit ihren Worten über Sehnsucht & Liebe bis in die Spätantike. Sie war für die Lyrik das, was Homer für die Epik war. Aber wer war die Frau hinter der Legende? Begnadete Dichterin & Lehrerin? Eine tragische Figur? Eine lesbische Ikone? Lasst es uns herausfinden.Erhältliche Gedichte von Sappho:Sappho: Lieder von Anton Bierl (2021)Sappho. Und ich schlafe allein. Gedichte. von Albert von Schnirnding (2013)Sappho. Scherben – Skizzen. von Dirk Uwe Hansen (2012)Sappho. Liebesgedichte. von Marion Giebel (2007)Quellen & Literatur:AelianAntipatros von SidonAthenaiosCatull, CarmenChamaileon von Herakleia, FragmenteHerodot, HistorienHorazMartial, EpigrameMenander, FragmenteOvid, EpistulePindarPlaton, PhaidrosSappho: Das Arignotalied / Atthis Gedicht, Kölner Neufund, Ode der Aphrodite etc. (online)-----Aly, Sappho, RE, 1920Bierl / Lardinois, Introduction, 2016Bolling, Textual Notes on the Lesbian Poets, 1961Campbell, Greek Lyric 1 (…), 1982Clayman, The New Sappho in a Hellenistic Poetry Book, 2011Dörrie, P.Ovidius Naso (…), 1975DeJean, Fictions of Sappho: 1546–1937, 1989de Kreij, Transmissions and Textual Variants (…), 2015duBois, Sappho (…), 2015Ferrari, Sappho's Gift (…), 2010Finglass, Sappho on the Papyri, 2021Gordon, Introduction: Sappho: Poems and Fragments, 2002Gronewald / Daniel, Ein neuer Sappho Papyrus, in ZPE, 2004Hallett, Beloved Cleis, 1982Ebd., Sappho and her Social Context (…), 1979Hartmann, Frauen der Antike, 2007Hutchinson, Greek Lyric Poetry (…), 2001Jacoby, Das Marmor Parium, 1904 (online)Lardinois / Rayor, Sappho (…), 2014Lardinois. Sappho's Personal Poetry, 2021Ebd., Someone, I Say, Will Remeber Us (…), 2008Lefkowitz, The Lives of Greek Poets, 2012Lidov, Sappho, Herodotus & the Hetaira, 2002Kivilo, Sappho's Lives, 2021Ebd., Early Greek Poets' Lives (…), 2010Mendelsohn, Girl, Interrupted (…), 2015 (Online Artikel)Page, Sappho & Alcaeus, 1955Parker, Sappho Schoolmisstress (…), 1993Reynolds, The Sappho Companion, 2001Voigt, Fragmente von Sappho & Alkaios, 1971Walen, Sappho in the Closet, 1999Weissweiler, Musikalisch-schöpferische Frauen von der Antike bis zum Mittelalter (…), 1999Williamson, Sappho's Immortal Daughters, 1995Winkler, The Contraints of Desire (…), 1990Yatromanolakis, Sappho in the Making (…), 2008Ebd., Alexandrian Sappho Revisited, 1999Zazzorini im Lexikon Musik und Gender (2010) über Sapphischen VersSuda Lexikon onlineParische Chronik“Lost Poems of Greek Poetess Sappho Found” (thearchaeologynewsnetwork)

Visionary director Joseph Kahn (DETENTION, BODIED, TORQUE) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to discuss his incredible career journey and the making of his new film ICK (in theaters now). From learning how to speak the language of cinema in the 80's thanks to Spielberg films and MTV… to how a fake company name and a briefcase led to him becoming one of the greatest music video directors in history working with artists like TAYLOR SWIFT, KORN, MUSE, BRITNEY SPEARS, PUBLIC ENEMY, ROB ZOMBIE, and more… to the trials of making his first feature TORQUE and his creative redemption with DETENTION and BODIED… to how he's broken down filmmaking into “science” and “language” and his theory of “5th Dimensional edits”… to the making of his new movie ICK and why it's all still “a struggle”, whether its a Taylor Swift video or his latest feature film… this amazing, no f's given conversation with one of the signature visual voices in pop-culture has been a long time coming! Don't miss a minute of YORKIETHON 9 happening THIS coming weekend (July 25th - 27th)! THE MOVIE CRYPT's 9th annual live marathon to benefit Save A Yorkie Rescue can be watched FREE on www.ariescope.com or www.bloody-disgusting.com!

Damiano David - Born With A Broken Heart a-ha - Take On Me Harry Styles - As It Was The Cure - Boys Don't Cry The Streets - Fit But You Known It Genesis - That's All Muse - Time Is Running Out Charlie XCX - 360 Madonna - Music Queen - I Want To Break Free (Ivan Santana remix) Anastacia - I'm Outta Love Garbage - Stupid Girl Imagine Dragons - Nice To Meet You Coldplay & BTS - My Universe Billie Eilish - Birds Of A Feather Purple Disco Machine - Hypnotized Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

The Revolution Will Be Spotified: Music As a Rhetorical Mode of Resistance (Lexington Books, 2024) investigates the rhetorical strategies present in mainstream popular music and how those strategies are implemented to empower resistance. Case studies across the genres of popular music in the West are surveyed throughout the book to consider the power of music as a rhetorical tool during cultural flashpoints and times of crisis. Carey analyzes songs such as “This is America” by Childish Gambino, “Alien Superstar” by Beyoncé, “Thought Contagion” by Muse, and more to consider the impact of contemporary music on culture and social justice movements. Scholars of rhetoric and composition, communication, cultural studies, and ethnomusicology will find this book particularly interesting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

The Revolution Will Be Spotified: Music As a Rhetorical Mode of Resistance (Lexington Books, 2024) investigates the rhetorical strategies present in mainstream popular music and how those strategies are implemented to empower resistance. Case studies across the genres of popular music in the West are surveyed throughout the book to consider the power of music as a rhetorical tool during cultural flashpoints and times of crisis. Carey analyzes songs such as “This is America” by Childish Gambino, “Alien Superstar” by Beyoncé, “Thought Contagion” by Muse, and more to consider the impact of contemporary music on culture and social justice movements. Scholars of rhetoric and composition, communication, cultural studies, and ethnomusicology will find this book particularly interesting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture

The Revolution Will Be Spotified: Music As a Rhetorical Mode of Resistance (Lexington Books, 2024) investigates the rhetorical strategies present in mainstream popular music and how those strategies are implemented to empower resistance. Case studies across the genres of popular music in the West are surveyed throughout the book to consider the power of music as a rhetorical tool during cultural flashpoints and times of crisis. Carey analyzes songs such as “This is America” by Childish Gambino, “Alien Superstar” by Beyoncé, “Thought Contagion” by Muse, and more to consider the impact of contemporary music on culture and social justice movements. Scholars of rhetoric and composition, communication, cultural studies, and ethnomusicology will find this book particularly interesting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The Revolution Will Be Spotified: Music As a Rhetorical Mode of Resistance (Lexington Books, 2024) investigates the rhetorical strategies present in mainstream popular music and how those strategies are implemented to empower resistance. Case studies across the genres of popular music in the West are surveyed throughout the book to consider the power of music as a rhetorical tool during cultural flashpoints and times of crisis. Carey analyzes songs such as “This is America” by Childish Gambino, “Alien Superstar” by Beyoncé, “Thought Contagion” by Muse, and more to consider the impact of contemporary music on culture and social justice movements. Scholars of rhetoric and composition, communication, cultural studies, and ethnomusicology will find this book particularly interesting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

The Revolution Will Be Spotified: Music As a Rhetorical Mode of Resistance (Lexington Books, 2024) investigates the rhetorical strategies present in mainstream popular music and how those strategies are implemented to empower resistance. Case studies across the genres of popular music in the West are surveyed throughout the book to consider the power of music as a rhetorical tool during cultural flashpoints and times of crisis. Carey analyzes songs such as “This is America” by Childish Gambino, “Alien Superstar” by Beyoncé, “Thought Contagion” by Muse, and more to consider the impact of contemporary music on culture and social justice movements. Scholars of rhetoric and composition, communication, cultural studies, and ethnomusicology will find this book particularly interesting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

The Revolution Will Be Spotified: Music As a Rhetorical Mode of Resistance (Lexington Books, 2024) investigates the rhetorical strategies present in mainstream popular music and how those strategies are implemented to empower resistance. Case studies across the genres of popular music in the West are surveyed throughout the book to consider the power of music as a rhetorical tool during cultural flashpoints and times of crisis. Carey analyzes songs such as “This is America” by Childish Gambino, “Alien Superstar” by Beyoncé, “Thought Contagion” by Muse, and more to consider the impact of contemporary music on culture and social justice movements. Scholars of rhetoric and composition, communication, cultural studies, and ethnomusicology will find this book particularly interesting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/music

If you can make it as a professional musician in Austin, that is saying something. And if you can make it in Nashville, New Orleans, and also New York, that is saying something in all caps. Seth Walker has made it in all of the above locales. Making it as a professional musician in all of those iconic music scenes is not only impressive, but it also requires playing a variety of styles that sync with each city's musical tastes. With his 12th album, Why the Worry, Seth Walker shows off what he has learned (and unlearned) from all of those years gigging and recording with a who's who of roots music luminaries.In recent years, he has called western North Carolina home, which is not terribly far from his childhood home in a Quaker commune, a couple hundred miles to the east in Burlington. That is where his music journey began, and is the place which serves as the backdrop to his forthcoming novella, about a young girl on a tobacco farm. I imagine Seth Walker may even make some paintings to go along with that story, as he is also an accomplished visual artist.Seth is as laid back as he is intriguing, and we enjoyed a relaxed conversation at his home in Fairview, NC, nestled in the Appalachian mountains. Joining us was WNCW intern Elena Dickson, who hosted our recent episode on fellow western NC artist Sally Anne Morgan. We spoke about Seth's musical past and present, ranging from his love of jump blues to how an inspired take of Al Green's “Take Me to the River” set the wheels in motion for his latest album, to how Hurricane Helene very nearly left it in a ditch. All that and more, including music from Why the Worry, awaits you in this podcast. Seth Walker with his Waterloo acoustic guitar Songs heard in this episode:“Why the Worry” by Seth Walker, from Why the Worry“Magnolia” by Seth Walker, from Why the Worry, excerpt“Take Me to the River” by Seth Walker, from Why the Worry, excerpt“Strollin' With Bones” by T-Bone Walker, excerpt“Up on the Mountain” by Seth Walker, from Why the WorryThank you for dropping by! We hope you can help spread awareness of what we are doing. It is as easy as telling a friend and following this podcast on your platform of choice. You can find us on Apple here, Spotify here and YouTube here — hundreds more episodes await, filled with artists you may know by name, or musicians and bands that are ready to become your next favorites.This series is a part of the lineup of both public radio WNCW and Osiris Media, with all of the Osiris shows available here. You can also hear new episodes on Bluegrass Planet Radio here. You can follow us on social media: @southstories on Instagram, at Southern Songs and Stories on Facebook, and now on Substack here, where you can read the scripts of these podcasts, and get updates on what we are doing and planning in our quest to explore and celebrate the unfolding history and culture of music rooted in the American South, and going beyond to the styles and artists that it inspired and informed. Thanks to Jaclyn Anthony for producing the radio adaptations of this series on WNCW, where we worked with Joshua Meng, who wrote and performed our theme songs. This episode features WNCW intern Elena Dickson, who co-produced the episode, and took part in Seth's interview. - Joe Kendrick

En este episodio te platico sobre una perspectiva espiritual y corporal del proceso de expansión. Hablamos del papel fundamental que juega tu sistema nervioso al acompañarte (o frenarte) cuando das pasos hacia lo desconocido.Entender sus límites, reconocer el rol protector (y a veces saboteador) de la mente, y activar la brújula de tu espíritu aventurero es clave para cruzar umbrales de transformación con presencia y gozo.Si estás en un momento de cambio, este episodio es para ti, pero sobre todo si tu vida lleva sin cambios mucho tiempo, ya que esto es un gran síntoma de que estás frenando tu proceso de expansión.Prepárate para soltar el control, salir de tu zona de confort y sostenerte desde un nuevo lugar: más profundo, más sabio, más tú.Amo saber lo que mueven los episodios en ti… mándame un mensaje por IG en @mujerconcalma o déjame tus preguntas o comentarios aquí abajo. Si todo lo que escuchas en este podcast resuena demasiado en tu energía, te recomiendo ampliamente unirte a la Comunidad con calma y vernos en vivo cada semana para elevar tu vibración y tener más claridad sobre tu diseño divino y tu proceso de transformación. Su aún no has leído mi libro ES AHORA, te recomiendo comprarlo en tu librería favorita en México, Amazon.mx o en cualquiera de sus formatos digitales. - Te recomiendo algunos productos que considero muy valiosos con los cuales con tu compra, recibo una comisión, y por supuesto, tu, un descuento especial_ Muse headband: una maravilla para medir las ondas cerebrales y tener un entrenamiento personalizado para aprender a llevar tu mente al estado meditativo.

Getting laid off is stressful, but having a clear financial game plan can make all the difference. In this week's episode of Women and Wealth, Regina breaks down exactly what to do when your paycheck stops. From emergency funds to unemployment, budgeting to retirement accounts, Regina walks you through step-by-step how to steady your finances and prepare for what's next. If you or someone you know is facing a layoff, this episode is your financial survival guide.   Episode Highlights:   0:00 - Introduction 1:24 - Do I have enough emergency funds? 2:34 - File for unemployment 3:29 - Creating a budget 6:34 - Finding health insurance 8:06 - Contact your creditors 10:11 - Manage your retirement assets 12:54 - Prepare for the job hunt 15:14 - Some resources 15:54 - Today's key points 17:51 - Action item ABOUT REGINA MCCANN HESS   Regina is the author of Super Woman Wealth: How to Become Your Own Financial Hero.  As an advocate for women's financial freedom, she wrote this book to help empower women to take a bigger role in handling their money.     Regina has appeared on Schwab TV, Yahoo Finance, Forbes.com, NTD Television, CBS 3 Philadelphia, Fox 29 Philadelphia, King 5 Seattle, KTLA 5 Los Angeles and Scripps News.  She has also been quoted in numerous articles in publications such as Forbes, Business Insider, U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo Finance, USA Today, USA Wire, Word in Black, WTOP News, Mind Body Green, Money Digest, New York Post, Defender, Authority Magazine, GoBankingRates.com, Scripps and The Muse.   As Founder of Forge Wealth Management, Regina utilizes her 25+ years of financial services experience to help individuals plan, preserve and diversify their wealth.  She focuses on educating her clients while building long-term relationships with them and their families.  Her experience throughout major shifts in the markets, enables Regina to structure balanced portfolios to address specific financial goals. CONNECT WITH REGINA   Website: https://www.forgewealth.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reginamccannhess/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ForgeWealth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forgewealthmanagement/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ForgeWealth Email: reginahess@forgewealth.com   Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC www.finra.org, www.sipc.org Third-party posts found on this profile do not reflect the view of LPL Financial and have not been reviewed by LPL Financial as to accuracy or completeness. For a list of states in which I am registered to do business, please visit www.forgewealth.com.   This material was prepared by MFS Investment Management. MFS Investment Management is not affiliated with Forge Wealth Management, Private Advisor Group, or LPL Financial.  

If you can make it as a professional musician in Austin, that is saying something. And if you can make it in Nashville, New Orleans, and also New York, that is saying something in all caps. Seth Walker has made it in all of the above locales. Making it as a professional musician in all of those iconic music scenes is not only impressive, but it also requires playing a variety of styles that sync with each city's musical tastes. With his 12th album, Why the Worry, Seth Walker shows off what he has learned (and unlearned) from all of those years gigging and recording with a who's who of roots music luminaries. In recent years, he has called western North Carolina home, which is not terribly far from his childhood home in a Quaker commune, a couple hundred miles to the east in Burlington. That is where his music journey began, and is the place which serves as the backdrop to his forthcoming novella, about a young girl on a tobacco farm. I imagine Seth Walker may even make some paintings to go along with that story, as he is also an accomplished visual artist. Seth is as laid back as he is intriguing, and we enjoyed a relaxed conversation at his home in Fairview, NC, nestled in the Appalachian mountains. Joining us was WNCW intern Elena Dickson, who hosted our recent episode on fellow western NC artist Sally Anne Morgan. We spoke about Seth's musical past and present, ranging from his love of jump blues to how an inspired take of Al Green's “Take Me to the River” set the wheels in motion for his latest album, to how Hurricane Helene very nearly left it in a ditch. All that and more, including music from Why the Worry, awaits you in this podcast. Seth Walker Songs heard in this episode:“Why the Worry” by Seth Walker, from Why the Worry “Magnolia” by Seth Walker, from Why the Worry, excerpt“Take Me to the River” by Seth Walker, from Why the Worry, excerpt“Strollin' With Bones” by T-Bone Walker, excerpt“Up on the Mountain” by Seth Walker, from Why the WorryThank you for dropping by! We hope you can help spread awareness of what we are doing. It is as easy as telling a friend and following this podcast on your platform of choice. You can find us on Apple here, Spotify here and YouTube here — hundreds more episodes await, filled with artists you may know by name, or musicians and bands that are ready to become your next favorites. This series is a part of the lineup of both public radio WNCW and Osiris Media, with all of the Osiris shows available here. You can also hear new episodes on Bluegrass Planet Radio here. You can follow us on social media: @southstories on Instagram, at Southern Songs and Stories on Facebook, and now on Substack here, where you can read the scripts of these podcasts, and get updates on what we are doing and planning in our quest to explore and celebrate the unfolding history and culture of music rooted in the American South, and going beyond to the styles and artists that it inspired and informed. Thanks to Jaclyn Anthony for producing the radio adaptations of this series on WNCW, where we worked with Joshua Meng, who wrote and performed our theme songs. This episode features WNCW intern Elena Dickson, who co-produced the episode, and took part in Seth's interview. - Joe Kendrick

“My first day with the Muse was in 2018 and it changed my life, awakened something in me that has brought so much color, solace, movement and pleasure to my soul, and it continues. “ R.A.Dear Ones,I would love to have you join us on Friday for Muse of Magics.This is my only day long class until the late Fall. It will be broadcast live from MUSEA Center in Sonoma with people painting in person. The images above share the evolution of the process we call Intentional Creativity.Painting isn't about painting. Painting is about discovery.Painting good is not the point, at least when you paint with our community. We are in it for the revelation. We are here for the ride. Those who want to learn to paint 'good art' can find lots of teachers to show them how to improve. We aren't here to improve our painting, not at first. We are here to break free.We are here to reveal locked rooms. We are showing up with brush in hand to set caged birds free. We are braving the unknown by diving into the dark recesses of our psyche without a flashlight. Cuz we can. Cuz there is magic in those hidden places. Cuz something has been asking us to wake up even more.Once we get access, there is magic waiting for us.Yes...waiting...as if it was there all the time anticipating our arrival. This process of Intentional Creativity cannot be spoken in words, you have to expeirence it for yourself.You don't need any actual painting experience. You won't need a flashight since what we are looking for isn't something outside, it's something inside. Stop saying you don't have a creative bone in your body, every bone is creative. It may not be 'talented' at painting, but it IS creative. You are creative, we can prove it.The Muse she waits for you. She flirts with you. She scares you into waking up already! She is the part of you that you are often afraid to reveal because she might disrupt your current paradigm. Yet she stirs you through play, through color, through adventure. She isn't gentle though - so be warned she will request your full attention and a day of your life, focused on her medicine. It is always worth it.The Muse, she cracks the critic code just long enough to bypass that part of the brain that keeps you stuck in those loops. So if you are open to something new and you are ready for change that challenges you in fresh new ways. Come on thenDo I think one day can do all that? I don't think so. I know so.But it is for you to find out.Muse of Magics is happening Friday. Make a date with the Muse if you dare. See you in class!It isn't a zoom it is a high quality livestream - wear your pajamas and sunglasses and bring a cuppa tea and chocolate for the Muse!This image shows the evolution of a painting in less then 5 hours. This isn't about good art, this is about feeling GOOD about your self expression and getting messages that are trapped inside, revealed.Shiloh Sophia Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

“I'm Stupid — I Don't Understand / They're Stupid — They Don't Understand Me” Another Five-Minute Quickie for those deeper musings… Ever thought “they just don't get me” or “I must be thick because I don't get them”? Here's a fresh lens: The meaning of your communication is the response you get — a golden presupposition of NLP. In this episode, we dive into: Why it's your responsibility to be understood How feeling misunderstood (or stupid) is a communication challenge, not a personal flaw Simple ways to change the way you speak so your message lands A mindset shift to stop blaming others (or yourself) when communication fails The power of reflection and “musing over a G&T” to grow your emotional intelligence If you've ever felt unheard or misjudged, this episode is your 10-minute reframe. Press play. Muse. Learn. Share. Subscribe, follow, and most of all — share this with someone who needs it. Let's spread better communication, understanding, and kindness, one listen at a time. Shine Brightly

This week marked 50 years since Fleetwood Mac's 1975 self-titled album, often ranking as one of the best rock albums of all time in various music lists. We celebrate by turning back the pages, and also look to the future with new releases and emerging artists! Dublin punks DC Dolls' guitarist Abi joins us to talk about the band's year and new single Blame Me, and we hear music fromFleetwood Mac, Muse, Olivia Dean, The DSM IV, Wunderhorse, Gulp, Pompadour, Highway 56, Sprints, Car Boot Sale, Ms Mohammed, Africa Express, Kneecap, Kokoroko, DC Dolls.Find this week's playlist here. Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows!Touch that dial and tune in live! We're on at CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston, or on⁠ cfrc.ca⁠, Sundays 8 to 9:30 PM! Listen back to full shows in the linked CFRC archive for 3 months from broadcast.Like what we do? ⁠Donate⁠ to help keep our 102-year old radio station going!Get in touch with the show for requests, submissions, giving feedback or anything else: email ⁠yellowbritroad@gmail.com⁠, Twitter @⁠YellowBritCFRC⁠, IG @⁠⁠yellowbritroad⁠⁠.PS: submissions, cc ⁠music@cfrc.ca⁠ if you'd like other CFRC DJs to spin your music on their shows as well.

Ariel Garten is a neuroscientist, former psychotherapist, and co-founder of Muse, the brain-sensing EEG headband trusted by over half a million users. She's passionate about revolutionizing brain health through technology, and her work has helped improve meditation, sleep, and stress management. Ariel is a sought-after speaker and has been featured in top media outlets like CNN, Forbes, and The New York Times. Today on the show we discuss: why your anxiety is a symptom and not a flaw, how to reduce anxiety in the short term and long term, simple ways to calm your regulate your nervous system, why understanding the mind-body connection is so important for your mental health, how to protect yourself from unnecessary anxiety, what must happen in order to master anxiety for good and much more. Give Muse a try and get 15% off your device: https://choosemuse.com/doug ⚠ WELLNESS DISCLAIMER ⚠ Please be advised; the topics related to mental health in my content are for informational, discussion, and entertainment purposes only. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your current condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard from your favorite creator, on social media, or shared within content you've consumed. Doug Bopst and The Adversity Advantage podcast does not endorse or support the claims of any guests and strongly encourages all viewers and listeners to do their own due diligence before buying products or supporting brands discussed by guests on the show. If you are in crisis or you think you may have an emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately. If you do not have a health professional who is able to assist you, use these resources to find help: Emergency Medical Services—911 If the situation is potentially life-threatening, get immediate emergency assistance by calling 911, available 24 hours a day. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. SAMHSA addiction and mental health treatment Referral Helpline, 1-877-SAMHSA7 (1-877-726-4727) and https://www.samhsa.gov Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is such a great conversation with Max Shapiro, co-host of the Air Jordan podcast and a guy who knows what he likes. We've enjoyed Max's very active, and sometimes blessedly candid, Instagram reviews of restaurants around the world. While he's based in Los Angeles, his recent trip to Spain, particularly a dozen stops at legendary restaurants and new places around San Sebastián, got us interested. Max shares an action-packed road trip around the Basque region, including stops at Gresca, Casa Julián, Asador Etxebarri, and Kaia Kaipe. And why you should most certainly not book at Arzak. He also tells what is good in his hometown of Los Angeles including Dunsmoor, Budonoki, Horses, Shunji, and Muse. Read more about Air Jordan and the Los Angeles podcast scene. It's interesting.Get your tickets to our live event on July 23 at the Bell House in Brooklyn. Featuring conversations with Padma Lakshmi, Hailee Catalano & Chuck Cruz, and a live taping of Bon Appétit Bake Club with Jesse Szewczyk and Shilpa Uskokovic. Ticket sales benefit One Love Community Fridge.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of Recording Studio Rockstars, I sat down with the legendary David Botrill—Grammy-winning producer and engineer behind iconic albums by Tool, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Muse, and more. David's journey began in a small Canadian studio run by Bob Lanois, where he learned to be indispensable in the room. From there, he went on to work with Daniel Lanois, Peter Gabriel, and Real World Studios before stepping out on his own. We talk about: The evolution of his ambient and world music influences Building a custom studio for Atmos mixing Embracing imperfection in music Band dynamics, remote collaboration, and pre-production tips His hands-on carpentry work and how it shapes his approach to sound This episode is packed with wisdom for producers, engineers, and anyone passionate about capturing real emotion in the studio. Don't miss this conversation with one of the greats! Get access to FREE mixing mini-course: https://MixMasterBundle.com My guest today is David Bottrill, a three time Grammy Award winning Producer/Engineer/Mixer and has had over 15 million copies of his work sold worldwide. He has worked with a diverse spectrum of prolific artists, such as Peter Gabriel, Smashing Pumpkins, Tool, Muse, Silverchair, King Crimson, Godsmack. and Rush. David has also worked with some of the most influential world musicians, noteably Youssou N'dour and Baaba Maal of Senegal, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan of Pakistan. David spent 20 years living in the UK, followed by a term in New York, but has settled back in Canada, where he has a mixing studio. Even still, David still spends much of his time working in the US and abroad. Thanks to Brian Murphree at SoundPorter Mastering for making this happen! THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS! http://UltimateMixingMasterclass.com https://usa.sae.edu/ https://www.izotope.com Use code ROCK10 to get 10% off! https://www.native-instruments.com Use code ROCK10 to get 10% off! https://www.adam-audio.com/ https://www.makebelievestudio.com/mbsi Get your MBSI plugin here! https://RecordingStudioRockstars.com/Academy  https://www.thetoyboxstudio.com/ Listen to the podcast theme song “Skadoosh!” https://solo.to/lijshawmusic Listen to this guest's discography on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rABNr5EoaZ8S7hJSMCXMm?si=017e4b84ae674701 If you love the podcast, then please leave a review: https://RSRockstars.com/Review CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE SHOW NOTES AT: https://RSRockstars.com/514

One of the writing skills I am asked about the most is, “How do I get emotion on the page?” People ask this no matter what genre they are writing, because no one wants to produce a manuscript that is flat and unengaging. Emotion is the key, but figuring out how to inspire your reader to feel something is a tricky thing to learn and an even trickier thing to master.In her debut novel, Slanting Towards the Sea (Simon & Schuster, July 2025), Lidija Hilje has mastered it. The story feels so raw and so real—and English is not even Lidija's first language! It's a remarkable achievement. I'm excited to speak with Lidija about her path to publication and how she figured out how to get the emotion of her characters onto the page.Links from the Pod:Article from Jane FriedmanGuide on Literary Fiction from LidijaLidija's website: www.lidijahilje.comAuthor Accelerator book coaches Barbara Boyd and Nita CollinsHey everyone, it's Jenny Nash. This episode happens to feature an Author Accelerator book coach. Author Accelerator is the company I founded more than 10 years ago to lead the emerging book coaching industry. If you've been curious about what it takes to become a successful book coach, which is to say, someone who makes money, meaning, and joy out of serving writers, I've just created a bunch of great content to help you learn more. You can access it all by going to bookcoaches.com/waitlist. We'll be enrolling a new cohort of students in our certification program in October, so now's a perfect time to learn more and start making plans for a whole new career.Transcript below!EPISODE 456 - TRANSCRIPTJennie NashHey everyone, it's Jennie Nash. This episode happens to feature an Author Accelerator book coach. Author Accelerator is the company I founded more than 10 years ago to lead the emerging book coaching industry. If you've been curious about what it takes to become a successful book coach—which is to say, someone who makes money, meaning, and joy out of serving writers—I've just created a bunch of great content to help you learn more. You can access it all by going to bookcoaches.com/waitlist. That's bookcoaches.com/waitlist. We'll be enrolling a new cohort of students in our certification program in October, so now's a perfect time to learn more and start making plans for a whole new career.Multiple Speakers:Is it recording? Now it's recording, yay. Go ahead. This is the part where I stare blankly at the microphone. I don't remember what I'm supposed to be doing. Alright, let's start over. Awkward pause. I'm going to rustle some papers. Okay, now one, two, three.Jennie NashHey writers, I'm Jennie Nash, and this is the Hashtag AmWriting podcast, the place where we talk about writing all the things; short things, long things, fiction, nonfiction, pitches, and proposals. Today I'm talking with Lidija Hilje, the author of the novel Slanting Towards the Sea. And what we're talking about is how to capture emotion on the page—the most elusive thing in the entire writing universe. Lidija lives in Croatia. She's a former lawyer who I know because she became a book coach through Author Accelerator. This is her first novel, and it's something else. As a longtime book coach, it's really hard for me to read for pleasure anymore, because it's so hard not to see the writer at work and the seams of the creation. But Slanting Towards the Sea—I saw none of that. I fell wholly into the story and became lost in it; the olive trees and the sea, the pain of these people and this love triangle, and also just the love that they had for life and each other. It's almost unbearably raw—the way life itself can feel sometimes. And yet, since I know Lidija and her story to becoming a writer, I also know how much work it took to create this feeling and emotion. I'm so excited to speak with Lidija today, and so excited for people to hear about her and her story. So welcome, Lidija. Thanks for coming onto the podcast.Lidija HiljeThank you so much for having me and for this incredible introduction. I'm so honored.Jennie NashWell, before we get started, I want to read the jacket copy for Slanting Towards the Sea, so that our listeners can hear the bones of the story that you wrote. Is that okay if I read it for our listeners?Lidija HiljeAbsolutely. Thank you so much.Jennie NashOkay.Ivona divorced the love of her life, Vlaho, a decade ago. They met as students at the turn of the millennium, when newly democratic Croatia was alive with hope and promise. But the challenges of living in a burgeoning country extinguished Ivona's dreams one after another—and a devastating secret forced her to set him free. Now Vlaho is remarried and a proud father of two, while Ivona's life has taken a downward turn. In her thirties, she has returned to her childhood home to care for her ailing father. Bewildered by life's disappointments, she finds solace in reconnecting with Vlaho and is welcomed into his family by his spirited wife, Marina. But when a new man enters Ivona's life, the carefully cultivated dynamic between the three is disrupted, forcing a reckoning for all involved. Set against the mesmerizing Croatian coastline, Slanting Towards the Sea is a cinematic, emotionally searing debut about the fragile nature of potential and the transcendence of love.That's it! What a—what a—what a summary, right? So I want to start by talking about the genre of this book, Lidija. As a book coach, you specialize in helping people write literary fiction. And you're extremely articulate about defining exactly what it is. And I'd like to just start there, by talking about how you see this novel, where it's positioned and, um, and your sense of it in, as a—in the genre, um, categories, if you will. Um, and I'll share with our listeners before you answer that English is not your first language—which is something we're going to talk about from a writing perspective, but just from a listening perspective, to give people some context for that. So let's talk about—let's talk about genre.Lidija HiljeYeah, well, genre is one of my favorite topics as a book coach, and so naturally it is something I love talking about. So the first book I ever wrote, which is now safely shelved in a drawer at the bottom of a drawer, was women's fiction. And the reason why it was women's fiction was that because I was learning how to write, I was learning how to weave a story together. And in doing so, I was trying to find some commonalities in stories—like how stories work, how you develop them, how you develop a character arc, how you wrap it up towards the end. And—but my intention always was to write literary. I was just not very good at doing it. And so I kind of—like all the feedback that I got throughout my—from developmental editors—it was like geared towards kind of channeling the book towards women's fiction. And this is something that really still strikes me as a book coach: how different it is to coach literary fiction as opposed to genre fiction, which is more formulaic. So basically, that first book is safely shelved. And when I started writing this book, I was working really hard at trying to make it not be formulaic. And actually, one of the book coaches from our community helped me. I had a conversation with Barbara Boyd where I outlined my story for her, and she said there was this moment where I kind of did something in my outline…what could basically be called a cop-out—so that… I killed a character, basically, so that the…you know, that the book would close neatly, right? And so she called me out on it and said—because I talked to her specifically because she coaches literary fiction but didn't like or coach women's fiction—and I thought that perspective was something I needed. And so she said, "Why are you killing that character?” And that was the wake-up moment for me, because that was the moment when I realized that in doing so, that was the typical moment where a writer kind of goes toward the genre. And where the interesting thing in the literary fiction genre lies is exploring, you know, what happens when you don't kill the character—when you don't take the easy way out. And so, genre-wise, what I, you know—I run a book club for writers, and we read a lot of literary fiction. And so, I was constantly trying to figure out, like, what is it about these books that, you know, define genre? And in studying these books, there are several things, and I could talk about this, I guess, for centuries, but I'll try to...Jennie NashI—I love it. Let's do it.Lidija HiljeSo basically, in literary fiction, there are many things that genre fiction also has. There are themes, there are character arcs—you know, a character might grow, though not necessarily. But basically, it's much less clear than in genre fiction. In genre fiction, for instance, you have—especially in women's fiction—you will have a woman who is shy and then she becomes confident toward the end. Or you have a horrible, you know, self-obsessed character who learns their lesson toward the end of the book. It's really clear-cut. The reader can latch on to what the problem is without thinking too much about it. And literary fiction does the opposite. It fans out a little bit. It touches on many different things that kind of seem unrelated, but they are related. And this is a problem in writing it, as well as coaching it, because as a coach or as a writer, you have to be aware of all these things. You have to beware of how these things tie together so that you have the idea of this through line that goes throughout the story, whereas the reader might not be catching on as fast but does have the confidence that you, as the writer, are going to get them there, if that makes sense.Jennie NashOh, it makes so much sense. So when you were working on—I actually remember reading some opening, maybe the opening chapters of the novel that has been shelved. When I read those pages, they struck me as if they had that feeling of literary fiction. Was that your intention with that novel as well?Lidija HiljeYes, it was. It was just that I was unable to... I came to writing late. I mean, I was always a writer in the sense that I was always writing something, but I came to writing fiction and specifically books very late. It was 2017 when I started writing that book in Croatian. And the first, you know, contact with any craft or writing happened in 2019 when I finished the draft and I translated that book into English, and I started looking for ways of pub... you know, publishing that book and realized that the first draft is not the last draft. Like that was the—like it was—sometimes it's so funny to think like how recently I didn't know anything about publishing or writing at all. So basically, I did want that book to be literary fiction. I always wanted to do, you know, to write the type of fiction that I wrote in Slanting [Slanting Towards the Sea], and obviously I hope to, you know, hone my craft in the future, but it wasn't—it wasn't on that level. And the first developmental editor that I worked with in 2019, she was giving me all the logical advice that you can give someone, which is... hone the character arc you are telling here, show, you know, all those things that we tell our clients when we work with them as book coaches. But what it did is it completely stripped the literary part from it, and it made me write in scene, which is not how literary fiction is written. You know, like, one of the differences between commercial fiction and literary fiction is that you don't necessarily write in scenes. You write in summaries, and you write in postcards, which is the type of a scene that goes deeper instead of forward, if that makes sense. So you're not kind of—nothing changes for the protagonist, the protagonist doesn't realize anything, they don't decide on a new course of action, nothing new happens, but the reader's understanding of the character happens. And this is also true when you're looking at the character arc on the, you know, scope of the whole novel. Like in literary fiction, it will often be that, you know, that the character doesn't change much in terms of, like what I said before—she was shy and she stopped being shy, right? It will just be that the reader's understanding of the character deepens. And so my first book was an attempt at literary fiction, but it was not an execution. You know, the execution didn't really match that, and I feel like the advice that I got from my early developmental editor was just kind of trying to put me in the confines of commercial fiction. Which is... you know... understandable. You know, and I'm great— I'm even, like, today—I'm grateful for it because you first have to learn how to walk and then you can run, right? So I did have to go through the process of learning how to write a good scene, of learning how not to tell, of learning how to hide the seams that you—that you were talking about—you need to hide your fingerprints as a writer. And that was my learning book. I learned a lot from writing it, but by the time I was done with it, it was not—it didn't—it was not a bad book, and I got a lot of full requests for it, but it was not—it did not end up being what I had hoped for it.Jennie NashSo, in 2017, when you started that book, you said you came to writing late. Do you mind sharing where you were in your life, if you want to share your age or what you were doing in your life, just to give us some context for what you mean by that—by coming to it late?Lidija HiljeSo yeah, so 2017 was one of the hardest years in my life, I think. I think it's just the moment where I was around 35, I think. I would have to do the math, but mid-30s. And I had just been fired for the second time after my second maternity leave. And, you know jobs in my profession, which is—I was an attorney—were scarce, and I opened my own law firm. And I sat there in my law office, you know, a woman working as an attorney in Zadar, Croatia. It was not, you know, I was not having like flocks of clients, you know, going through the door. And you had to sit there from 8am to 4pm, which is our work time. And I had, um, ii had um... I started writing basically to pass the time. And I was writing just the scenes that I was interested in that, you know, brought me joy and then I, you know, wrote the intermittent scene, and the book grew and grew. And by the time I had finished it, which was a year and a half later, you know, it became... It just became a thing that I was—it took over it took over my whole life. I could not, you know and financially it was a difficult time for us as well. We had reached—my husband and I, like I said mid 30's—and we had kind of peaked career wise here in Croatia. So basically, what people don't understand about Croatia is that even if you're a brain surgeon, or if you're a lawyer, or if you're a programmer—like my husband—the money you make is not much more than the average wage. And so, you know, we were at the top of our game professionally, but not earning enough to make ends meet. And so we had started thinking about moving to Ireland basically, which is the, you know, IT hub for the... in Europe. And in thinking about it, I was sitting in my law office and I was basically crying my eyes out thinking if I go there, I'm going to be stripped of my identity as an attorney. I had been working toward that for basically 15, 20 years. And in trying to get over that pain of working towards something that in Ireland, it's not going to mean anything because, you know, the legal system is so very different and my use of language was not, you know, it's still not really good. Like professional English is not the same as this spoken English, you know, everyday English. And so, in kind of trying to accept that we are going to move and I'm going to be stripped of that identity as a lawyer, I was, in a way, you know, to make it easier for myself, I started accepting all the things that I didn't want to look at, which is I hated my job.Jennie NashRight, right.Lidija HiljeI loved being in a courtroom, like that was a good part of it. But everything else, you know, the intellectual part of it, like thinking about law, applying law to a certain case was interesting to me. But everything else was horrible. And so, once I accepted that, and my husband got a job, you know, like working for... as a freelancer for an outside company, and we could stay in Croatia, I was like, "And what am I going to do now? I can't go back to being a lawyer." And so, because his wage was a little bit more than, you know, for the first time, he could afford for me to go, you know, to take a year off and to see what I could do. And so, for a while, I interned at a foreign literary agency—that didn't go anywhere. Then I wrote, you know, a copy for a startup that didn't end up, you know, paying me. So that was kind of like—I was at the end of my rope by the, you know, toward the end of that year. And then I encountered the Author Accelerator program for book coaches, and I had during that year I had connected with writers and I have realized that basically the legal knowledge really translates beautifully into book coaching. So it was kind of like, you know, working on a story, or if you're working on a case, or working on a book, it's kind of a similar thing, similar logic applies. And so it was a… you—you know, it was, I know I'm mixing a little bit the books coaching and legal and, you know, writing careers...Jennie NashNo, it's fascinating.Lidija HiljeBut they are so intertwined in my life, yeah.Jennie NashI mean, it's fascinating the way that you trained yourself on story, basically. And I remember the conversation when you approached Author Accelerator, because you were nervous about being able to meet the requirements of our program because of your language—that English is not your first language. But I, I mean, we have a system whereby it's you try it, you know, if—if you'd meet the requirements, you meet them and if you don't, you don't. And it struck me that your grasp of story was so profound. That I didn't know... you know, it was one conversation about your grasp of the written language. But, um, you were... you were very nervous about your ability to do the work of book coaching in another language. And it's just interesting from where we sit now, so I want to circle back to the book itself and the novel and what you accomplished in it, because it really does have the thing that so many writers are always trying to do, and they talk about it—it is so elusive. Which is this capturing this feeling, emotion, letting the reader sit in the mirror of what those characters are feeling, and you feel it your own self, and that it, you know, when it, when it works, it's, it's like a magic trick. And it strikes me that you came at that very deliberately. It was not accidental. Is that fair to say? Would you believe that?Lidija HiljeI think I always wanted to write about... I always wanted to write quiet stories. And for quiet stories to work, you have to make the quiet things loud in a way. And the loud things are the emotions. And so yes, yes, it was always my goal. I was not always good at it... in writing emotion. But yeah, like during that process of writing that first book, I struggled with it a lot. I struggled with what I guess happens a lot of the time when we are writing is that we're trying very hard for the reader to see things the way we are seeing them. And this counter-intuitively causes the very reverse effect. You know the reader—is the more you're trying to make them listen to you, the more you're trying to, you know, impose your view of things on them, the more they resist. So the trick is basically, and I'll make it sound very easy, it's not easy at all to execute, but the trick is to kind of, you know, to try to find a way and to deliver that emotion without judgment. Like, this is what I'm feeling, or this is what my character is feeling. And not trying to explain it, not trying to get compassion, not trying to get the reader to feel anything. Like, you're just putting things out in the ether, and you're allowing the reader to do their own math. And this is something you can do in literary fiction, which is more open-ended, right? And the readers of genre fiction, I do need more hand-holding in that sense that they will not maybe work as hard as the literary reader. So yeah, I did work very hard. And, you know, the first book, the “shelved” book, really got to a point where I couldn't do that work anymore. But when I started Slanting [Slanting Towards the Sea]… the literally... the first scene in Slanting [Slanting Towards the Sea], came out the way it did. Like that's…Jennie NashOh wow!Lidija HiljeIt didn't change. We had this meeting of writing friends and one of them said, let's exchange, like, let's read 500 new words and I was not working on anything. I had been focusing on book coaching at that moment—that was 2021. And I went to the moment in that room when she is thinking about her ex-husband, you know, when the protagonist is thinking about her ex-husband, and it just came out the way it is. I don't think I changed basically more than three words since that scene came out the way it is. And so...Jennie NashOh, that's amazing. I want to... I want to read some of the lines from that opening scene, if I can, to give the readers... I mean the listeners a sense of what we're talking about. So here's how Slanting Towards the Sea begins.I open his socials and sift through his photos. I know their sequence like I know the palm of my hand. Better even, because I can never memorize what my palm looks like, how the life line twirls into the love line, how it begins tight and uniform, but then turns ropey. It scares me to look at it, to trace the lines, to see where they might lead me in years to come. But I know Vlaho's photos by heart.And it goes on from there. It's, it's just, it's so haunting. And, and the whole, the whole novel is, is that, has that feel to it. So when did you, when did you know that with this story you had it? You knew with the other one that you couldn't get it back, or that it wasn't going to happen. When did you begin? Was it after the sharing of that scene where you thought, oh, I've got this?Lidija HiljeI knew that I could write a scene, but there's a difference, you know, a postcard. I would call this a postcard. This is the typical example of a postcard, a scene where nothing changes for the protagonist and she doesn't understand anything new, but it kind of deepens the reader's understanding of, you know, her situation. So I knew I could write it, which is something I struggled with, with the first book, but I—there's a long road from doing one good postcard and then, you know, writing an entire book, which in literary fiction you have this additional, you know, challenge. You do a ratio basically of normal scenes and summaries, and postcards, and you have to maintain that ratio throughout the book. So, um, yeah for the... relatively early in the book I had submitted that first scene for some competitions. And I got great feedback. It won a critique match, writing a competition in the literary fiction category. And it was long listed in the BPA Pitch Prize in the UK. So I knew that... you know... you know... that the opening of the book was working. So that was good. But from then on, it was such a struggle, because you read the book, and so you know, it has dual timelines; it spans 20 years. I was struggling so bad trying to figure out whether I should do, you know, the past in flashbacks? Whether I should alternate timelines? How do I set this massive story up, which has, you know, the past, and, you know, the present, which happens over a span of... I don't know... five or six months in the present timeline. So I struggled with it a lot. But the thing that I struggled with the most was accountability. So basically, for the first year and a half—for the first year—I wrote, I think, maybe 150 pages. They were not very well set up. I was unsure of them, and I would always push the book backwards to work on client stories. And so what really changed the game for me was when I—I have this program that I run in summertime and one of our book coaches was in that program, Nita Collins. And after the program ended, we partnered up. And so she was my accountability—you know partner, as well as…you know, feedback giver and cheerleader and all the things. And so, you know, I still struggled with how to set up all the things and how to build up the narrative, which I think is really hard for people to coach literary fiction, because you can basically only offer solutions that are kind of geared towards tropey, right? So the author really does have to do all the work, in that sense, but she was absolutely instrumental in terms of me getting the pages down and just seeing if the pages hit the mark or didn't, why they didn't, you know, talking to her, just voicing, talking about the book. And so this went on for a year and within one year I had a full first draft and from then on it was a quick revising process and within three months I had three agent offers. So it was a fast process from then on, from having the first draft, to getting an agent.Jennie NashWell, big shout out to Nita Collins and the Author Accelerator community. I love that a connection happened for you guys. It's really beautiful the way you describe it. So can you explain why you decided it was time to go out to agents? With the first book you decided... this is not going to go anywhere. I'm putting it aside. And with this one, very soon after you finished the first draft, you decided to pitch. What was that decision-making process like for you?Lidija HiljeSo I want to be completely honest. I didn't shelve the first project because I thought it was not, I could not get it to a level. I was convinced that it was on a level, and I had pitched it, but I had been rejected over 100 times. So basically the industry decided for me that it wasn't going to happen. And one of the things that was really hard for me in that first book is that I set it in the US, which I've never been to the US. So it made it very difficult, but I felt like if I set the book in Croatia, I would, like the cultural perspective would overpower the quiet narrative. And I thought that I couldn't do it. And so I, you know, in Slanting [Slanting Towards the Sea], this is the base of the book. Like, it's, you know, I've found a way to weave the cultural perspective as seamlessly as I could. But the pitching process—I basically... I had the first draft done when I had decided to pitch the book. It was a little bit—to be honest, I was a little bit hasty. I had applied for The Muse & the Marketplace conversation with agents. You could...Jennie NashLike the speed dating.Lidija HiljeYeah, like the speed dating. And so I purchased a few tickets for that. And this was done for two reasons. The first one was to, you know; give myself a goal to work towards—to kind of make it all go faster. And the second goal was to see how the industry looks at this. And if there are any issues that they have with the, you know, with the book or with how it's set up, I would rather know sooner than later. And so, because they were reading not just the pages—they were reading, like, 10 pages, a synopsis, and a query letter—which I would also wholeheartedly recommend writing during the writing phase. Preferably, you know, toward the end of the first draft, you would have to do the pitching materials, because they inform so much of... they make you really focus on what the book is about and kind of drawing out the themes and the plot and kind of parsing all those things out. So I told myself: if I go there, and if I get some, you know the best thing that could happen is I could get some full requests. The worst thing that could happen was they will tell me that I'm not there, that my writing is not there, and that the and/or that the book doesn't hold together. And so what happened is, I was... I had just finished my first draft, but I knew that the ending wasn't right. I had the wrong ending. So I knew I had to rewrite the last third of the book, at least. And I went on to that conference, and out of five agents I had talked to, four had requested a full manuscript—toward, like, when I had it. So it was a huge, you know, confidence builder, and that summer I really, really—I can't, it's really amazing what happened—I just, I was so energized, and I just, you know, I don't know, it's like a visit from the muse, even though it's just work. But it felt—I felt very inspired, and I completely rewrote the book, basically, and that gave it the ending that it needed to have, which was also one of the fights against the genre confinements which I had kind of put on myself. So yeah, so that was the decision that I should be doing that, and at the same time, I wanted to be, like, 100% sure that when I sent the manuscript out, it would be finished—that it would be the best that I can make it by myself, you know, and, you know, for Nita to read it, for a couple of beta readers that I've really trusted—and they have the same taste in books that I do—to read it. And only with that feedback was I really ready to send it out to agents.Jennie NashSo—the—we'll get to what happened with the agents in a minute. But I want to return to something that you said about the culture of Croatia and the role that it has in the story, and you called it foundational. And it really feels both the setting of the country, meaning the land, there's... there's a lot you write about, um, the sea, and the food that comes from the sea, and the winds that travel, um, both on the sea and on the land, and there's olive trees that play a large part in this story. So there is a lot about the country itself, and then there's, there is a lot about the, the culture and the, the changing bureaucracies and politics and things that are going on. And it's interesting that you spoke in your own life about contemplating leaving the country, because your characters at some key points, contemplate leaving as well. So there's—there was very much about the constraints of the world of this place, and that's part of what the, you know, it's interesting that you talk about it as your concern was that it would overwhelm the story, but it's part of, for me, what the container in which that emotion happened. It felt not separate from the story, but a really critical component of it. The way these characters lived on the land, and in this place, and what that allowed them to do,—or to be—or not be and how they bumped up against it. It was... It's really like you have a historian's grasp of that, your world, was that something you were conscious of while you were writing as well?Lidija HiljeYes. I was always worried about writing, you know, a Croatian perspective. Like that was always a big concern for me because I, you know, when you're looking at literature and what interests readers, it's either, you know, the book set in the UK and US, which is kind of the clear narrative, it doesn't, it's, it's a pervasive culture that we all understand when it kind of becomes invisible, or, you know, a background noise, it doesn't really affect the narrative. Whereas the other interesting things that readers, when they want to travel somewhere, they will want to go somewhere exotic, you know, whether it's Nigeria or, you know, Eastern Asia, Japan, China, you know? So it felt like Croatia is different, but not different enough, you know? And so it's, it's kind of like almost like it makes the reader constantly forget that they're in Croatia, while at the same time kind of jarring them when you remind them of the differences, and this was one of the, one of the, you know, key points of my work with Nita, was when she would just notice things like, what is, you know, what is the, why are there, there are no dividers in the hospital between the beds? And it's just like... and now I realize that I have to explain how our hospitals look like, and it's not like yours. Or the difference in the tides, which in America are, you know, over, over, I don't know how many feet, and in Croatia they're just, um, and we talked about it when you were here in Zadar as well. So it's just like, it's very similar to America, but not quite. And that was very frustrating at times to try to depict. But on the other hand, in writing Ivona, I wanted to, I feel, I have felt and still feel a lot of frustration with my country. I love it, but I have been planning, like there have been multiple, you know, periods in my life when I had hoped to leave, just because how frustrating it is to live here sometimes with the bureaucracy and just the way the mentality is here and everything. So basically in writing her story, I wanted to air out those grievances in a way. To give them voice, to examine them, to see what they are, and like everything, you know, it's not black or white, it's the way we are here, and it's also the way I am, you know. I notice this when I interact with people from other areas, and they say that us Croats and, you know, Balkan people are very, you know, always like, always complaining about something, which is true, we are. And so, yeah, so it's difficult. It's difficult because I wanted that to be a part of the story. And at the same time, you know, there, you know, there is the possibility of the American reader who doesn't see that it's a part of the culture here, basically. That they could look at Ivona, and say, you know, why does she just not snap out of it?Jennie NashHmm…Lidija HiljeAnd, you know, it's almost like saying to me to snap out of the issues that I had as I was like, trying, you know, like banging my head against the wall, trying to get my career going, and t's not working. Like whatever you're, you're trying—like it's easier for me to make it in the US, never having set a foot there, than in Croatia.Jennie NashRight.Lidija HiljeI mean, my book is being published in the US; it's still not being published in Croatia, just for the record. So it's really hard, and it's really hard to make that a part of the book, but not have it, like, weigh the book all the way down. So it was a process. It's like all the things you try and miss and, you know, sometimes you go overboard, and then you have to pull back, and you have to be careful not to go too deeply into your own experience and just feel that the character is separate from you, and obviously she has some different issues than I had and a different occupation, but a lot of her grievances are mine as well.Jennie NashWell, that yearning and, can… I guess confusion really does come across. The how will I, how will I live? How will I love? How will I spend my days? I mean, these are the questions of our life, and they're the questions of this character in—as she goes through what she's experiencing. That they're, they're both mundane questions and, and, you know, the most profound. And, and the way you capture it... I mean, that was just to circle back to my initial idea of talking about how to capture emotion on the page, you know, which is the work of a novel. That's what it's for. That's its point. And it's just so hard to do. And you just did it on so many levels in a language that's not your first. And it really is just extraordinary and moving. And in preparing to talk to you today, I read a lot of the early reviews—people who got advanced readers copies, 'cause the book comes out in July, 2025, and we're speaking a few months before that time. So it's not fully out in the world, but it's enough that, um, I can see that reaction rippling through the readers and, and certainly through the, um, professional, um, colleagues and, you know, who've blurbed the book. But this idea of it being—the word people kept using was “moving.” And there was a lot of words like “tender” and “haunting,” you know, people really felt what it sounds like you intended them to feel. So how, from where you sit now, how does that—how does it feel to have gotten that feedback from some of the writers you admire? And to know that it did… it works doing what you want it to do? How does that feel?Lidija HiljeOh, it's, it's impossible to talk about that because I guess I'm typically Croatian in the way that it's easier for me to sit in my failures than to sit in my successes. So it's absolutely incredible. I mean, when you get a blurb from Claire Lombardo, who is, you know, I absolutely adore her books and I think she's insanely talented, you know, and for her, you know, she used the words “humane,” and that really—I was so moved by that. So my… kind of my goal is for, for people to see the humanity in these, these characters. And so it's really, it's really amazing. It's, it's beyond, you know, some of the, you know, I got really great blurbs from authors I really, really deeply admire: Thao Thai, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Amy Lin, and Madeline Lucas, and as well, you know, Claire Lombardo, whom I mentioned. It's really incredible. It's so life affirming for me, you know, to be able to do that. But like I said, it's always, you know, when I'm reading the reviews, which I probably shouldn't be doing, I'm always focusing on the few that are not—just not feeling it. And then I have to remind myself it's not—this is not a book for anyone, for just everyone. And it's, you know, it's a journey. It's still, like you said, early days. I'm learning to be an author, to grow an even thicker skin in that sense. But yeah, it did feel great to get those beautiful reviews. And I'm so grateful to them for reading and donating their time to me.Jennie NashI mean, it's so not fair what I want to say. It's so not fair. But I want to ask anyway. Quite a few of the reviews said they can't wait for your next book, which, you know, it's like you're not a machine. You've just done this one. But are you thinking about that? Are you… do you have thoughts about that?Lidija HiljeYeah, I am trying to work on my new book. But, you know, I'm admiring the writers who put out a book a year. That's definitely not going to be me. There's an insane amount of work in putting the book out. You know, there's invisible work that goes behind the screen, you know, that people don't see, but it's happening and it takes up a lot of time. And there's also this emotional, you know, it's, it's—it's difficult sitting in, like… you're trying to make this your career. You wrote your heart on the paper and you're offering it to the world. And now you're suspended in this period when you put it out and you're waiting to see how it's received, whether someone tramples on it or whether it's upheld. And so it's a difficult, emotionally difficult place to be in, and I'm one of those writers who struggle to create when I'm not, you know, when I'm feeling… when I'm feeling stressed. So work on my second novel is going slowly. I've gotten to page 100, but then I realized it needed, you know, I needed to make some changes, so I'm back to page 30. So it's a, you know, it's a—it's a process. I think, you know, writing literary fiction takes time. It takes self-examination; it takes a lot of reading of other people who have done it successfully—the type of novel that you're trying to execute. So, so yeah, I'm trying to work on it, but, um, but it may, it may be a while.Jennie NashAll right. I know—that's why it wasn't fair to even ask. Um, so back to… I just want to pick up the story back to—you got the three or the four, um, agent requests, and you, you finished the novel, and, um, and you pitched to them. Can you just share what all unfolded? Because… it was pretty extraordinary.Lidija HiljeSo, basically, what happened was I didn't pitch all the four agents that had requested the pages. I had the first querying experience, which is what I said—you know 100 rejections. I took a long, hard look at it and realized that many of the time I was querying the wrong agents, genre-wise, which, you know, I was not aware of at the time. So a lot of those rejections were basically because I was querying a women's fiction book to literary agents. And that was one thing. And the other thing is… I was pretty, you know, unselective with whom I was querying the first time around. And the second time around, I was really intentional with the type of agent and their reputation and the connections within the industry—you know, just much more aware, approaching it much more professionally in terms of, you know, just wanting a good fit that would actually be able to do something for me, you know, to sell the book. And so a friend who had, you know, she had given me a referral to her agent—that didn't pan out. I gave that agent a month, an exclusive. And when that didn't pan out, I basically sent the query to my now agent, Abby Walters, at CAA. And, you know, it was a form on the website. I didn't even write her an email. It was just a form. So I didn't think that anyone would read it, basically. And I got—quickly I got like five or six requests, right out of the gate, those maybe first 10 days. And by the end of the second week I had gotten an offer of representation from Abby. And I followed up with the rest of the agents. The total, uh, the total number of, uh, full requests ended up being, I think, maybe nine out of 20, 25 queries. And, uh, I got three offers of representation, um, from fantastic agents. And, uh, deciding was hell. I was—I was—it was horrible to be in a position where you had to say no to an agent that you admire and that you would genuinely love to work with, but you know, for some reasons I chose Abby and I'm really happy with working with her. She's fantastic. I—I, you know, love her to death. And yeah, so that was the story of getting an agent. It was—it was—it was pretty quick and painless, I have to say, the second time around.Jennie NashRight, from 100 rejections with the first one to—to nine full requests and three offers on—on this one, that's an extraordinary swing, for sure. And I love the—the way that you approached it the second time with that intention. It just says everything about the kind of person and writer you are, and the book landed with Simon & Schuster and will be coming out soon, and I can't wait to share it with our listeners. It's a beautiful, beautiful novel. I just—I cherished reading every page, and we had the really great good fortune of my taking a vacation to Croatia and coming to your town and meeting you and walking through the town with you, and I treasure that for so many reasons. But having read the book, I felt like I could taste it and see it in a really special way, having had a tour of your city with you. So that, for me, was just a special—a special part of it too.Lidija HiljeThank you so much, Jennie. But actually, you kind of were a part of that, because when I thought about the places where Ivona would take a seer to, you know, to see, I had our tour in my—you know, on my mind, because I was thinking, like, what would she show someone who's from another place? Like, where would she take him? And it wouldn't be the things I showed you. I mean, I showed you some of the big things that you have to see when you're here. But I took you to the places that are more intimate to me, like more personally important to me.Jennie NashYeah.Lidija HiljeAnd so this is—this is what's behind the scene where she shows him her school. And, you know, so, yeah… you know, real life.Jennie NashOh, that's amazing. That's amazing. Well, yeah, I did get to see where you went to school and where the law office was. And—and one of the things that's really stayed with me was we went to a bookstore and it… Um, and it—just knowing what your life in books has been, Lidija, and how you've studied them and how you've worked to become a writer of the caliber that you are. And that bookstore was so small, and it had mostly books in Croatian, and it was not anything like the kind of bookstore that one would think would spark a major literary career. And it… that just has stuck with me, because you—you made your own bookstore, right? You found your own literary community. You found your own career and way, and it's just been a joy to watch and to cheer you on. And thank you for coming and talking with us today.Lidija HiljeThank you so much for having me, and all the encouragement over the years. I'm really grateful for that as well.Jennie NashAll right, well, until next time, for our listeners—keep your butt in the chair and your head in the game. 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If you've ever felt like you're the one holding the relationship together…If you catch yourself reminding him, managing the emotions, planning all the things—and wondering why he doesn't just lead…This episode is your loving truth serum.

Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 11ú lá de mí Iúil, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh. I 1986 bhí 50 milliún punt chun a bheith glan as an luach den fhoirgneamh IDA. I 1997 bhí ionadaí Sinn Féin chun a fhiachas a thabhairt ar ais tríd a dtuarastal Dáil. I 1986 bhí 1,557 daoine óga ón chontae de bhuntáiste ó chúrsaí gníomhaireacht. I 1997 bhí an cathaoirleach nua ag iarradh comhairle cairdiúil do chustaiméirí. Sin Madonna le Papa Don't Preach – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 1986 Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1982 chuaigh Phil Collen ón bhanna ceoil Girl isteach chuig Def Leppard in ionad Pete Willis de bharr go raibh Pete ag ól an iomarca nuair a bhí siad I lár ceolchoirm. I 2004 chan The Darkness in ionad David Bowie ag T In The Park an bhliain sin de bharr go raibh obráid chroí aige. Bhí Muse, Franz Ferdinand, Faithless, Scissor Sisters, Black Eyed Peas agus Pink ag an fhéile chomh maith. Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh amhránaí Alessia Cara I gCeanada I 1996 agus rugadh aisteoir Justin Chambers I Meiriceá ar an lá seo I 1970 agus seo chuid de na rudaí a rinne sé. Beidh mé ar ais libh an tseachtain seo chugainn le heagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo. Welcome back to another edition of Ar An Lá Seo on the 11th of July, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh 1986: £50m was to be wiped off value of IDA buildings. 1997: SF deputy was to repay welfare debt from Dail salary. 1986: 1,557 young clare people benefited from agency courses. 1997: The new chairman wanted a customer friendly council. That was Madonna with Papa Don't Preach – the biggest song on this day in 1986 Onto music news on this day In 1982 Phil Collen, former guitarist with the glam rock band Girl, replaced Pete Willis in Def Leppard who was fired due to excessive alcohol consumption on the job. 2004 The Darkness replaced David Bowie at this years T In The Park Scottish festival following his heart operation. Other acts appearing included Muse, Franz Ferdinard, Faithless, Scissor Sisters, Black Eyed Peas and Pink. And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – singer Alessia Cara was born in Canada in 1996 and actor Justin Chambers was born in America on this day in 1970 and this is some of the stuff he has done. I'll be back with you next week with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.

微信公众号：「听潮馆」（chaoyudushu)。主播：潮羽，365天每天更新一期。 文字版已在微信公众号【听潮馆】发布 。QQ：647519872 背景音乐：1.岸部眞明 - 绊 - Ties of mind；2.巨勢典子 - この思い叶うまで；3.山下宏明 - Muse；4.岩崎琢 - Quiet Life。

This week in the guest chair we have ​Kimberly Waters, founder of Modern Urban Sensory Experiences, or MUSE​, a luxury boutique fragrance house based in Harlem, NY. When Kimberly realized her role in corporate America was not providing her room to grow into her potential, she launched MUSE out of the parlor floor of a friend's brownstone on Convent Ave in Harlem and has been growing ever since.​In this episode Kimberly shares:Why tapping into her community of mentors and entrepreneurs was the right direction How she has self-funded her business since 2017 with no outside capital How she has partnered with hard-to-find global brands, become a sought-after destination for emerging brandsHighlights Include: 00:00 Intro05:50 Challenges in corporate America9:00 Small-scale beginnings22:46 Self-financing her side hustle 28:03 The unique customer experience 35:26 Revenue streams39:18 Target audience and marketing 51:13 Tips for entrepreneurs Check out episode 470 of Side Hustle Pro podcast out now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTubeLinks mentioned in this episodeKimberly's Website: https://www.museexperiences.com/ Kimberly's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/muse_experiences/ By Killian: https://www.bykilian.com/ Myleik Teele's SHP Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtJgMJXpUPY Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): http://sidehustlepro.libsyn.com/rssAnnouncementsJoin our Facebook CommunityIf you're looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here: http://sidehustlepro.co/facebookGuest Social Media InfoKimberly's Website: https://www.museexperiences.com/ Kimberly's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/muse_experiences/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben is a plant nerd, a people nerd, and the founder of D.W. Alchemists — a zero-proof apothecary lounge devoted to the ancient art of gathering well. He used to build things in the world of corporate tech; now he builds spaces for connection, curiosity, and botanical wonder. Somewhere along the way, a runaway lavender bush and a few wise plants changed his life. These days, he's on a mission to help people remember the magic of being alive, one elixir at a time.Connect with Ben and learn all about the magic of DW Alchemists in Wilmington, NC. Intro/Outro Song: Rose Colored Glasses (check out Elixir episode from 8/8/23 for a little backstory on the song)Support the showThanks for listening and for your friendship. Interested in taking a yoga teacher training, working with me as your Ayurveda Health Counselor, or going on an upcoming retreat? Check out the Madre & The Muse website for details.www.madreandthemuse.com

Hello Everyone,The greatest human power begins here, with step one. Step one is a choice for consciousness and for navigating your own narrative. Around here we often call it,Tea with the Muse. A time to listen for your own voice above all the others. Join us for On Uncommon Grounds this weekend, it's a gift hereJoin us to paint the Muse of MagicsShiloh Sophia Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

In this week's episode of Women and Wealth, Regina is joined by a very special guest that has a business that we can all aspire to have one day.. Her very own chocolate shop. That's right! Estelle Tracy IS living the dream – as founder of 37 Chocolates and a chocolate sommelier herself, Estelle brings a unique (and tasty) view of business ownership that we haven't seen on Women and Wealth before! From her journey to founding 37 Chocolates and what pushed her to make the leap in the first place, to the personal challenges she faced, her delicious events and much more – Estelle shares what it's like to achieve the perfect mixture of passion, purpose and your career!   Episode Highlights:  0:00 - Introduction 0:40 - Intro to Estelle Tracy  7:07 - More about Estelle's events 11:03 - “How did you transition to the chocolate business?” 17:45 - Where you can learn more about Estelle 18:04 - Challenges Estelle has faced as a professional woman    ABOUT REGINA MCCANN HESS Regina McCann Hess, CFP®, CDFA®, is the Founder and President of Forge Wealth Management, with more than 25 years of experience guiding clients through wealth-building and life transitions—including divorce. She is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® and has completed the Amicable Divorce Professional Training and Collaborative Divorce Training, allowing her to support clients as they navigate the divorce process. Regina is the author of Super Woman Wealth: How to Become Your Own Financial Hero and host of the Women & Wealth podcast. Her insights have been featured across national platforms including Schwab TV, Yahoo Finance, CBS Philadelphia, KTLA Los Angeles, FOX 29 Philadelphia, King 5 Seattle, and NTD Television. She's also been quoted in top publications such as Forbes, Business Insider, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, The Muse, and more. A sought-after speaker, Regina regularly presents at women's networks, divorce and financial wellness events, and has been a podcast guest on Financially Intentional, Average Joe Finances, Money & Mortgages, and more.   CONNECT WITH REGINA Website: https://www.forgewealth.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reginamccannhess/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ForgeWealth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forgewealthmanagement/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ForgeWealth Email: reginahess@forgewealth.com   CONNECT WITH ESTELLE TRACY Website: https://37chocolates.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/estelletracy/   Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC www.finra.org, www.sipc.org Third-party posts found on this profile do not reflect the view of LPL Financial and have not been reviewed by LPL Financial as to accuracy or completeness. For a list of states in which I am registered to do business, please visit www.forgewealth.com. This material was prepared by MFS Investment Management. MFS Investment Management is not affiliated with Forge Wealth Management, Private Advisor Group, or LPL Financial.

Join us for an intimate conversation with Felicity, the soulful singer-songwriter whose music has captivated audiences worldwide. In this episode, we dive deep into her creative journey, exploring the inspiration behind her latest single, her unique songwriting process, and the magic that happens in the studio. Whether you're a fan or an aspiring artist, this episode is packed with inspiration, practical tips, and much more. Tune in for a front-row seat to the art of music-making!

On this cosmic Fourth of July, we salute an Emperor—not of fireworks and flags, but of feelings and frequency. Today's collective pulls the Emperor card, and baby, he's deep in his spirit bag. This isn't just a man in love—it's a man on a mission. He's spiritually strapped and ready to protect the one he adores. But here's the kicker: her energy? Silent. Absent. Not even a ping from the ethers. Is she unaware, emotionally distant, or just… hiding in plain sight? This reading is about divine masculine love that doesn't just watch over you—it watches over your soul. Tune in if you've ever felt like someone's got your back on a realm you can't even see. #DailyCollectiveReading #EmperorEnergy #DivineMasculine #SpiritualProtector #ClairLovevoyance #TarotDownload #EnergyUpdate #SpiritLove #SeerineTarotFM #SeerineTarot #HeFeelSheSilent #InvisibleConnection #SpiritualLoveStoryBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/seerine-tarot--5349584/support.

In this deeply personal and inspiring episode, host Andrew Bartolotta sits down with Zack Orsborn, founder of Like Really Creative, to explore the intersection of mental health, creativity, and community. Zack opens up about growing up in a small Mississippi town where creativity was stifled, navigating mental illness, and the long road to rediscovering his artistic identity.He shares the powerful story behind his framework—The Four Codes of Creative Energy—and how it's helping creatives overcome fear, reconnect with their passion, and build intentional, expressive lives. From Collage Parties to MUSE gatherings, Like Really Creative is more than a business—it's a movement for every artist who's ever felt like they didn't belong.Whether you're an artist, entrepreneur, or simply someone who feels stuck, this conversation will leave you feeling seen, encouraged, and inspired to create from a place of authenticity and courage.Learn more: https://likereallycreative.com/

Dear Ones, I just spent three days with 125 women virtually and 25 women in Sonoma. Sharing my heart, the teachings of the muse, and the integration of the critic. This is where my painting is at and where the poem emerged this morning. Dedicated to color of women 2025!!! I love co-leading with two of my best friends, Lavender and Amber. Powerful women that light up my heart.

¿Y si el propósito no fuera eso que te estresa, exige y pesa?En este episodio te invito a cuestionar las ideas que tenemos sobre el “propósito de vida”, especialmente cuando se vuelve una fuente de angustia en lugar de guía. Hablamos de cómo evitar confundirlo con el deber ser, el ego o la ambición de hacerlo más grande y perfecto.Redefinirlo puede devolverte la paz… y el gozo de vivir.Te dejo el quiz para encontrar el momento en el que estás de tu camino espiritual. Accede a el aqui y cuando termines ven a descargar este documento donde puedes ver una guía de contenidos que apoyan ese camino. Amo saber lo que mueven los episodios en ti… mándame un mensaje por IG en @mujerconcalma o déjame tus preguntas o comentarios aquí abajo. Si todo lo que escuchas en este podcast resuena demasiado en tu energía, te recomiendo ampliamente unirte a la Comunidad con calma y vernos en vivo cada semana para elevar tu vibración y tener más claridad sobre tu diseño divino y tu proceso de transformación. Su aún no has leído mi libro ES AHORA, te recomiendo comprarlo en tu librería favorita en México, Amazon.mx o en cualquiera de sus formatos digitales. - Te recomiendo algunos productos que considero muy valiosos con los cuales con tu compra, recibo una comisión, y por supuesto, tu, un descuento especial_ Muse headband: una maravilla para medir las ondas cerebrales y tener un entrenamiento personalizado para aprender a llevar tu mente al estado meditativo.

Dr. Amanda Hanson is a clinical psychologist, author of Muse, and founder of The Midlife Muse. She's spent over 25 years helping women around the world ‘mother' themselves and unlock real safety, love, and confidence from within. Today, Amanda joins me for a deep conversation about healing, motherhood, and what it really means to age as a woman. Amanda shares the moment that made her start questioning what she'd been taught about women's bodies, and how she realized just how much of psychology and medicine was built by and for men. We dive deep into emotional trauma from childhood, growing up feeling abandoned, and what it's like to carry those wounds into adulthood. Amanda also explains the transformative power of somatic healing, and the cultural silence around women's sensuality, self-pleasure, and aging. We also tackle the pressure on women to hide the signs of aging and Amanda's method to 'mother yourself,' so you can fill that deep ache for guidance and safety in your own life. You'll walk away with a fresh view of beauty and concrete steps to embrace your changing body as an act of self‑love. Join us today if you've ever wondered how to heal your old wounds, reclaim your body, or face the future with more courage and grace.Dr. Amanda Hanson's Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/midlife.muse/https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/Connect with Hilary:Website: https://therelaunchco.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hilarydecesare/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReLaunchCoInterested in being a guest on the ReLaunch Podcast or booking Hilary as a guest? Email us at hello@therelaunchco.comFind Us on Your Favorite Podcast App – https://the-silver-lined-relaunch.captivate.fm/listen

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Apologies about our slow pace, work and life priorities have distanced us from our cause, which we are now here to reclaim once more. Beginning with this conversation with UK writer and musician Kieran Saint Leonard centered around Kieran's new novel Muse, a semi-autobiographical glimpse into the dangers of alluring women and Los Angeles occultism. LINKS:Buy Kieran's book at Hyperidean Press ⁠https://www.hyperideanpress.com/books⁠

Myrna Young welcomes holistic psychotherapist Esin Pinarli to discuss the profound impact of attachment wounds on mental health. They delve into how these wounds from childhood and adult relationships shape attachment styles and influence anxiety, depression, and addiction. Esin introduces therapies like IMAGO and brain spotting, which promote healing beyond traditional talk therapy. Learn about the different attachment styles and how they affect relationships and mental health, offering paths to healing and secure attachments. Tune in for insights on nurturing a healthier self.Key Takeaways:Understanding Attachment: Attachment wounds can occur at any life stage, affecting mental health. They often originate from relationships with caregivers or significant others.Therapeutic Approaches: Esin explores the effectiveness of imago therapy, which uncovers subconscious patterns of love, and brain spotting, which allows for deep emotional healing through subcortical processing.Attachment Styles Identified: Esin identifies four attachment styles—secure, anxious, avoidant, and fearful avoidant—each shaping how individuals relate to others.Impact on Mental Health: Attachment styles significantly impact conditions such as anxiety and depression, showing how unresolved emotional issues can influence mental health.Neuroplasticity in Healing: Esin emphasizes the possibility of healing attachment wounds through neuroplasticity, enabling individuals to rewire their emotional responses and improve relationships.Resources:Esin Pinarli's Website: Eternal Wellness Counseling, where she provides therapy and resources.Social media: Follow Esin Pinarli on Instagram at @esinpinarly_lcsw for further insights and free resources.MUSEGrab a Muse today and see how much you can achieve when you're living a more focused and present life. ·        Head over to Muse and enjoy 15% off your order with discount code "TRANSFORM" That's choosemuse.com/transformTo advertise on our podcast, visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/TransformyourMindor email kriti@youngandprofiting.com See this video on The Transform Your Mind YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@MyhelpsUs/videosTo see a transcripts of this audio as well as links to all the advertisers on the show page https://myhelps.us/Follow Transform Your Mind on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/myrnamyoung/Follow Transform Your mind on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063738390977Please leave a rating and review on iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/transform-your-mind/id1144973094 https://podcast.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/

Ariel Garten is a neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and the visionary co-founder of Muse—the brain-sensing headband that's helped over half a million people improve their mental health, reduce stress, and sleep better. With no prior business experience, Ariel personally raised $18 million from Silicon Valley investors, bringing cutting-edge neurotechnology to the masses. Muse is now trusted by NASA, medical professionals, and featured in over 200 studies. Ariel's journey blends science, art, and entrepreneurship, making her a true pioneer in the world of brain-sensing tech. On this episode we talk about: Ariel's entrepreneurial roots—from lemonade stands and fashion design to neuroscience and tech startups How her family's real estate business and creative upbringing shaped her confidence and risk-taking The story behind Muse: transforming brain-computer interface technology into a practical meditation tool The importance of product-market fit, customer feedback, and learning from failed ventures Practical advice for inventors: why you don't need to patent your idea first, and how to validate a physical product before manufacturing How 3D printing and modern prototyping have made it easier than ever to bring hardware ideas to life The power of resilience, optimism, and naivety in overcoming entrepreneurial challenges Muse's impact on meditation, mental health, and the future of neurofeedback technology Top 3 Takeaways Talk Before You Build: Don't keep your idea secret—talk to potential customers, validate demand, and get real feedback before investing in manufacturing or patents. Prototype Fast and Cheap: Use 3D printing, off-the-shelf parts, and even student designers to create quick prototypes and test your concept before scaling up. Resilience and Optimism Win: Entrepreneurship is tough, but staying optimistic, learning from setbacks, and believing in your mission are key to long-term success. Notable Quotes “Making stuff is really hard. If you're struggling to figure out how to do it, someone you tell isn't likely to go do it first—it's all about execution.” “The first thing you want to do is talk to lots of people about your idea. Figure out if they want it, what they like, and what problem it really solves.” “You don't need a patent first. Your first call should be to your market, not your lawyer.” Special Offer for Listeners: Get 15% off your Muse Headband!Go to choosemuse.com/travis and use discount code TRAVIS at checkout to save 15% on your order.

You can track your HRV, optimize your light exposure, and microdose for clarity… But if your nervous system's still running survival patterns from the past, none of it sticks. In this episode, we review one of the most overlooked — and powerful — upgrades in human performance: deep trauma work. Forget quick fixes. We're talking about the protocols that regulate your baseline, shift your stress response, and unlock lasting change. Today I'm joined by Ariel Garten again — neuroscientist, psychotherapist, and founder of Muse. Check out https://choosemuse.com/tony the amazing Muse headband and get 10% off!     THIS REVIEW SHOW IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY: BiOptimizers Sleep Breakthrough and Magnesium Breakthrough These are BIOptimizers sleep and magnesium supplements which I take every night.  I have also been using the new Magnesium Breakthrough drink - delicious way to get magnesium. I have been putting a scoop in my protein shake after a workout.  Just go to BIOptimizers.com/tony and use code TONY10 for at least 10% off (often more). Code works worldwide, and on all their products. Follow Ariel Garten on Instagram.

Rehab, arrests, fights, hitting on Prince Harry, dramatic stage breakdowns, slagging off the press, Amy Winehouse was a rockstar's rockstar and she was also one of the greatest musical talents of the past 20 years. Her voice was unlike any other. She modernized jazz. She gave weight to pop. When she was inspired, she was untouchable. Driven by her muse, haunted by her addictions, and harassed endlessly by the paparazzi, Amy Winehouse's story is tragic and all too familiar, but her music and the way she expressed herself was entirely unique. To see the complete list of contributors, visit ⁠disgracelandpod.com⁠ This episode was originally published on May 15, 2019. To listen to Disgraceland ad free and get access to a monthly exclusive episode, weekly bonus content and more, become a Disgraceland All Access member at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠disgracelandpod.com/membership⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GET THE NEWSLETTER⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (formerly Twitter)  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook Fan Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices