Podcasts about storm a survival guide

The power of storytelling is in its ability to turn pain into purpose, especially when faced with tragedy. By sharing our stories, we not only process our own emotions but also create a space for others to find connection, guidance, and peace. It is through this exchange of experiences that we find strength, resilience, and the ability to uplift one another.   Alexa Bigwarfe is a remarkable author, publisher, and advocate for women in the publishing industry. As the founder of the Women in Publishing Summit, Alexa has dedicated her career to empowering others to share their stories and navigate the world of publishing with confidence and support, and her journey is one of resilience and transformation.   Listen in today as Alexa and I talk about:   The incredible strength and resilience that can emerge from personal tragedy How writing and storytelling can be powerful tools for processing grief and healing The importance of finding and connecting with a supportive community during difficult times The journey from personal loss to finding purpose and building a mission-driven career The value of helping others share their stories as a way to uplift and empower them. The impact of the Women in Publishing Summit in providing resources and support for aspiring authors Alexa's dedication to guiding women through the process of publishing their work   In this inspiring episode, Alexa Bigwarfe shares her incredible journey of turning grief into a thriving publishing empire, demonstrating the profound impact of storytelling on both personal healing and empowering others. Her story reminds us of the strength that can be found in our darkest moments and the importance of using our voices to uplift and connect with those around us. Whether you're an aspiring author or someone seeking inspiration, this conversation offers valuable insights into the power of resilience, community, and the transformative nature of sharing our stories.     Interview links: Grab a copy of Alexa's book Sunshine After the Storm: A Survival Guide for the Grieving Mother https://www.amazon.com/Sunshine-After-Storm-Survival-Grieving/dp/0989934713 Check out Write, Publish, Sell https://writepublishsell.com/ Connect with Alexa on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/WritePublishSell/ Join the Book Marketing Event hosted by Alexa this coming October 4-6 https://womeninpublishingsummit.com/charlotte/ Check out Alexa's virtual conference happening in 2025 https://womeninpublishingsummit.com/call-for-speakers-2/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Latest Podcast from Spoken Label features the wonderful Laura Formentini. Laura in her own words is "I am an author, photographer, and activist. I share how a stranger has helped me to heal from tragic loss thanks to an act of kindness." She is the author of Twentyone Olive Trees which is "is my personal spiritual pilgrimage from uncontrollable pain to acceptance and healing that I gift to the world to help those going through their own grief and dark moments. I chose the title Twentyone Olive Trees because my son was twenty-one when he passed away and I also intend to plant twenty-one olive trees in his honor at a healing sanctuary that I am currently creating." 1) Intro (Extract) 2) The Weaver by Grant Coldfax 3) Camel and spider (Fable) 4) One thing 5) What difference does it make? More about Laura can be found out at his website: https://lauraformentini.com/ Praise for Laura's book include: Alexa Bigwarfe Author, Sunshine After the Storm: A Survival Guide for the Grieving Mother “Truly, 21 Olive Trees is a beautiful expression of a mother's aching love and will resonate with those who have experienced grief.” Mea Smith Author, Grief Like a River: Poems and Illustrations “Turning the love that grief leaves behind into a piece of beauty that lifts up others, Laura Formeninti shares the life lessons that loving and losing her son has taught her in 21 Olive Trees. These tender and touching fables offer a message of hope to the grieving – that love never dies.” Lindsey M. Henke, MSW, LICSW Founder of Pregnancy After Loss Support “The thread that runs through Twentyone Olive Trees is her eternal love for her son. As a grief counselor to parents who lose babies, I have witnessed countless times how the pain of the loss continues to transform over time and how much solace parents find when they eventually create an “intuitive bridge” between themselves and their child, as the author did. The poignant poems beautifully express the varied experiences of bereaved parents, and the beautifully illustrated fables will teach children and adults alike important lessons in coping with grief and moving toward hope, acceptance and growth. The author's wish to “lift up as many people as possible” will most certainly be realized as they use their own inner wisdom and imagination to connect with their child after death.”

I published my first book, Sunshine After the Storm: A Survival Guide for the Grieving Mother, 8 years ago today, officially launching Kat Biggie Press on October 15, 2013, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day.

Welcome to the Soul Centered CEO Show featuring special guest Alexa Bigwarfe! Alexa Bigwarfe is an advocate, mother, proud veteran, USA Today Best-Selling author, and podcaster. Her writing career began after her infant daughter passed away at 2-days-old and she turned to writing for healing. She gathered together other parents to write and publish Sunshine After the Storm: A Survival Guide for the Grieving Mother, her first of many books. Now she guides other authors through the process of writing to heal and publishing your words to help and impact the world. Alexa is the founder and owner of Write|Publish|Sell, the publishing houses Kat Biggie Press, Purple Butterfly Press, and Chrysalis Press, and the Women in Publishing Summit. In her own healing journey, she founded a nonprofit, Sunshine After the Storm, to help other grieving mothers through free care packages, support activities, and healing retreats. A spirited activist, Alexa enjoys bringing light to topics surrounding marginalized voices, particularly as they pertain to women and children. She lives in Columbia, SC with her three living children and her dog. Learn more at alexabigwarfe.com

How to Get Started Writing Your Book with Special Guest Alexa Bigwarfe>>> Join us as we talk about all of the different ways to begin to write a book, the variety of books to write and where to find the inspiration (and the time).***About Alexa:Alexa Bigwarfe is a wife, mother to 3 wildlings, devoted advocate, blogger, author, and publisher. Her writing career began after her infant daughter passed away at 2 days old. She has written and/or edited and published eight books, including Sunshine After the Storm: A Survival Guide for the Grieving Mother and Ditch the Fear and Just Write It!Alexa also owns a small hybrid-publishing company Kat Biggie Press, dedicated to sharing women's works of inspiration and self-help. She enjoys drinking wine, spending time with her husband and friends, traveling, and just because life isn't full enough, hosting the "Lose the Cape!" podcast featuring inspirational mothers and women making a difference in the world.She uses that hard-earned publishing knowledge to support other writers and entrepreneurs at https://writepublishsell.com/***About Renee:Renee Hribar has been a sales professional since 1994 in New York. Making her first million before she was 25 years old, she has gone on to sell millions of dollars in products and services and train thousands to sell for the first time. She is known in her industry as a fun, energetic sales coach who leads with heart. A TEDx speaker who offers training sessions at global conferences, on-demand courses and virtual workshops, she skillfully breaks down her decades of sales expertise. With her one-of-a-kind "laugh & learn" teaching style, you will certainly gain a new view of the "softer side of sales".Get Your FREE Training on How to Connect with New Clients Every 7 Days here: https://reneehribar.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we talked about:  Alexa's surprise of being pregnant with twin girls, who they would later find out suffer from a common disease, Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS), which ultimately led to the loss of one twin baby girl.  The loss of Alexa’s baby affecting her relationship and faith in God. Alexa: “All I could think about was, “Why do you hate me?” ... and I just ended my relationship with God.”  The struggles Alexa had with herself in who she was and how she fell into a dark place in her life.  How the relationship with her husband fell apart and how they would continue with their lives going on their own paths while still being parents to their kids.  The events that led to Alexa’s faith in God being fully restored and the newest commitments her husband started to make for their relationship and family to be stronger than ever.  Alexa’s inspiration to share her story, write her books, and build her business and community towards helping families that can relate to her difficult life experiences.    Here’s a few quotes that we thought were awesome:   [10:20] “God never promises that it’s going to be kittens and rainbows…he never promises it’s going to be easy.”  [11:11] “He’s [God] sending us to walk through this hard trial and to learn and to grow and to gain the knowledge so that we can help other people along their journey.”  [26:16] “…I try really hard to drop my own pride and to say, “You’re not doing things right all the time either.” and “How is this impacting him [Alexa’s husband]? How does this make him feel?”, and most importantly, “What are you doing to make him feel loved?” When you start loving on someone like that, the response is incredible.”  [29:11] “It’s really not only trying to think through things from the other person’s perspective before you get so angry at them that you’re at a darker place, [but] along with learning to communicate and actually communicating.”  [34:19] “If you’re marriage is riding the struggle train, I think that if you can find ways to go back to the very things that you did when you first were dating and were first falling in love, that that just brings a level of lightness and joy back into it.”  Links Mentioned On Our Show:   The Question Behind The Question podcast episode by Stacy Tuschl  The Popcast Podcast with Knox and Jamie  Kat Biggie  Lose The Cape Book   Lost The Cape Podcast  Moms Lose the Cape: The Mom's Guide to Becoming Socially & Politically Engaged (& How to Raise Tiny Activists)  Princess Monroe  Write Publish Sell  Alexa Bigwarfe  Daily Bumps    About our guest: Alexa Bigwarfe is a wife, mother to 3 wildlings, devoted advocate, blogger, author, and publisher. Her writing career began after her infant daughter passed away at 2 days old. She has written and/or edited and published eight books, including Sunshine After the Storm: A Survival Guide for the Grieving Mother and Ditch the Fear and Just Write It! She uses that hard-earned publishing knowledge to support other writers and entrepreneurs at writepublishsell.co. She also owns the small hybrid-publishing company Kat Biggie Press (katbiggiepress.com), dedicated to sharing women’s works of inspiration and self-help. Alexa is passionate about women's, infant, and children's health topics and has had more than 50 articles published in regional parenting magazines around the U.S. and Canada. She enjoys drinking wine, spending time with her husband and friends, traveling, and just because life isn’t full enough, hosting the “Lose the Cape!” podcast featuring inspirational mothers and women making a difference in the world. Join the Lose the Cape movement at losethecape.com.   

Alexa Bigwarfe is the founder of WritePublishSell.co, Kat Biggie Press, a book publishing imprint, and creator of the "Women in Publishing Summit." Alexa began her professional career in counter terrorism and Homeland Security, but due to the demanding nature of the job, she decided to stay at home with her two children. Shortly thereafter, she found out she was pregnant with two twins, who were diagnosed with a rare disease. She lost one of her children shortly after birth, which prompted her to write and share her experience to help other grieving mothers who suffered from the loss of loved ones. Through her blogging, she connected with a community of other writers, and she published her first book "Sunshine After the Storm: A Survival Guide for the Grieving Mother." From this collaborative effort, she received many inquiries from aspiring authors who wanted to publish a book. So Alexa started a book publishing company, Kat Biggie Press, and began to offer book production and marketing services. As things picked up, Alexa decided to run a virtual summit to generate new business. Unfortunately, it flopped financially, only making back 10% of her investment in the entire campaign. So she tried again, with her second summit. This was, in her words, another disaster. But Alexa didn't quit - she knew there was great upside potential if she could get a virtual summit off the ground the right way. So she started to prepare for a third and final shot at growing her business, and that's when we connected. In Alexa's own words: "And then Tom came into my life right as I was getting ready to do number 3 and the results were quite different..." In fact, not only was this summit profitable, unlike the first two campaigns she ran, but she generated 207 sales (and counting, as sales are still rolling in) of her All Access Pass, and launched a group coaching program, all of which led to just shy of $20,000 (which doesn't include additional client work she's received as a direct result of her successful summit). In today's discussion, we dig into her story and go behind-the-scenes of her campaign, including what worked and what didn't... In this broadcast, Alexa Bigwarfe and I talk about: How Alexa got her start in publishing Why Alexa decided to run her first virtual summit How her first two virtual summits were "disasters"...and what she did different for her third summit that changed everything for her business How to get people to buy an "All Access Pass" to your virtual summit (hint: it doesn't happy naturally) One tip I gave Alexa that helped her generate over 200 sales from her summit Why a "content / partnership" strategy is so important (and how this strategy helped her make just shy of $20,000 from her most recent virtual summit) How to deal with trolls and haters (and why they are inevitable when you start reaching any level of success) And much more. How to connect with Alexa Bigwarfe online: www.writepublishsell.co @katbiggie Great quote from ALEXA BIGWARFE: “I have big goals and hopes for the Women in Publishing Summit...it's really sparked something bigger for me...and it's because of an intense strategy.”  - Alexa Bigwarfe Get the Latest Broadcasts of In The Trenches Subscribe to In The Trenches on iTunes How You Can Support In The Trenches Did you enjoy today's broadcast of In The Trenches? Please click here to leave an honest rating and review on iTunes. Your review helps me spread the word of this podcast, which allows me to line up amazing guests and continue to produce this podcast ad-free. Thanks so much in advance for your support.

Alexa is a freelance writer, wife, and mother of three children and a dog. In addition to raising her children, managing her home, and writing, Alexa’s heart is in advocacy and raising funds to support nonprofit organizations involved with infant, children and women’s issues. Alexa launched her writing with her personal blog No Holding Back. Here she chronicles topics including health and wellness, living with autoimmune diseases, and most importantly, her grief after the loss of one of her twin daughters to complications from Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS). Alexa took the experience from that painful life event and channeled it into a compilation book for grieving mothers entitled Sunshine After the Storm: A Survival Guide for the Grieving Mother. She has also been published in two anthologies, The Mother of All Meltdowns and The HerStories Project. Alexa enjoys writing articles about parenting and children’s health and wellness topics for regional parenting publications and online magazines. In her “spare” time, you can find Alexa enjoying time with her girlfriends or hiding in her closet for some “alone” time.   Katbiggie.com - Blog http://writepublishsell.co/ - Writing support   StoryHinge http://storyhinge.com Where we dig deeper into story and story creation.  We amplify personal stories to consider more possibility and realize more potential and happiness in life.

Today I am thankful to have Alexa Bigwarfe on the show. Alexa is incredibly open about a topic that people don't usually want to discuss, the loss of a child. Alexa Bigwarfe is a freelance writer, author, and publisher. Her writing career began as a therapeutic journey after her infant daughter passed away at 2-days old. She has written and/or edited and published eight books, including Sunshine After the Storm: A Survival Guide for the Grieving Mother and Ditch the Fear and Just Write It! She uses that hard-earned publishing knowledge to support other writers and entrepreneurs at writepublishsell.co. She also owns the small hybrid-publishing company Kat Biggie Press (katbiggiepress.com), dedicated to sharing women's works of inspiration and self-help. Alexa is passionate about women's, infant, and children's health topics and has had more than 50 articles published in regional parenting magazines around the U.S. and Canada. She enjoys drinking wine, spending time with her husband and friends, traveling, playing with her 3 kids, and just because life isn't full enough, hosting the "Lose the Cape!" podcast featuring inspirational mothers and women making a difference in the world. Check out Alexa's book called “Sunshine after the Storm,” and the service of the same name that sends free gift baskets to grieving moms Alexa's advice to grieving moms: Give yourself grace Give yourself time to grieve Even though it seems impossible, you will smile one day You will find a new normal Throw yourself into doing things for people. If you look at some of the most amazing things that have been done in our country and in our world, there are grieveing moms behind them. What TO do for someone who's lost a child: Say you love them and you won't forget there baby Honor the baby by talking about them/letting the mom talk about them Say, “I'm sorry” Tell them you love them & you're here to listen Send gift cards for things like meals and housecleaning What NOT to do to someone who has lost a child: Do NOT ignore them Say, “Just get over it” Say, “You can have another one” Ask them what they want you to do and expect them to be able to tell you. It's hard for them to think about how to help you help them. Know that the average grieving time is 18-24 months If they are still struggling after 2 years, it's time to get professional help Alexa's Superpower is also her kryptonite: Her empathy for people and willingness & desire to help them in their time of need. You can Find Alexa: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WritePublishSellLLC/ Twitter https://twitter.com/katbiggie Instagram https://www.instagram.com/writepublishsell/ Host, The Women in Publishing Summit Author Support Services, WritePublishSell.co Independent Publisher, Kat Biggie Press Start your writing journey with her free 30-days of simple strategies to start writing at http://bit.ly/write30days. I'd love to hear what you think about this episode! Leave a comment below or share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Pinterest. Thank you for joining me today!  Want more? Go to HardyMom.com and you'll find ways to live well, grow, and enjoy your life again -with any health challenges. I'd love to hear what you think about this episode! Send me a message at HardyMom.com/contact Have a blessed week, Jen Special thanks to Alexa for joining me this week Our music is "A New Day," by Scott Holmes