Authoring Life

Grief is a profoundly painful and difficult experience everyone must go through; but how do we transform that feeling into something that can help us grow wiser and more resilient? In this episode, we explore good grief with Holly McIlwain and Amy Hooper Hanna, the co-authors of For She Who Grieves: Practical Wisdom for Living Hope. We dive deep into their book, which explores the effects of grief and the transformative power it holds. Holly and Amy share their personal experiences and how they found resilience in the face of grief. They discuss the inspiration behind writing the book and the process of collecting stories from various individuals who have navigated grief in their own unique ways. Throughout the conversation, Holly and Amy highlight the importance of embracing grief, feeling the emotions associated with it, and finding hope and healing through action. Join us as we explore the depths of grief and discover the wisdom and hope that lies within its embrace.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

Within the Palace of Light, discover the sacred journey of ascension, where the threads of human evolution interweave with cosmic forces. Today, we have a truly remarkable guest joining us: Lisa McCardle. In addition to being a bestselling author worldwide, Lisa is an award-winning speaker, quantum healer, transformational life coach, and spiritual teacher, and also channels guidance from a source of light. In this episode, Lisa dives into her latest masterpiece, Palace of Light. This incredible book serves as an inspirational yet practical guide, leading readers on a transformative journey of ascension. Lisa divulges her creative process behind the book, its five main pillars of light, and her ambition to bestow enlightenment that can guide one's journey toward elevated awareness and spiritual development. Prepare to be captivated by Lisa's enchanting storytelling and the profound impact of her book. Tune in now!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

All of us aspire to manage our financial future, and that means defining our wealth goals. When we become clear on our wealth goals and create a specific plan to achieve them, our likelihood of succeeding will increase. Today, wealth management advisor and entrepreneur Jennifer Wines joins us to talk about her new book, Invisible Wealth: 5 Principles for Redefining Personal Wealth in the New Paradigm, where she takes us on an insightful exploration into reimagining and redefining wealth. Tune in and learn how to use the personal wealth algorithm to identify your values and wealth goals, optimize your most valuable asset, which is your time, and how technology can support your wealth and wellbeing. It’s time to reimagine and redefine what wealth means to you, so don’t miss this episode!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

Is it possible to encode empathy into artificial intelligence? How can we tap that lever of productivity? Minter Dial, the author of Heartificial Empathy, discusses the untapped lever of productivity in business. He suggests practicing being empathetic to yourself before you can encode empathy effectively. One of the key takeaways of this conversation is the awareness of difficulties and limitations to emphasize daily. Dive into this episode and learn more from this special guest.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

When life decides to crash one tragic and heartbreaking event after another on you, it can be so difficult to find light and hope through it all. Life is not okay, and you can crumble under the weight of it all. However, even with these moments, life must continue. And this episode’s guest has written a book that can help you rise up and have hope again. Cyndie Spiegel, the author and Founder of Dear Grown Ass Women, has a new book that details how she found the bits of beauty or humor or unexpected light amidst the darkness. Microjoys: Finding Hope (Especially) When Life Is Not Okay was born in 2020, an awful year for most and that was especially awful for Cyndie. She lost her mother to cancer. Her nephew was murdered. She was diagnosed with breast cancer. With all the loss and grief, she found it nearly impossible to surface except in small moments that she began to call "microjoys." Together with Alicia Dunams, she details her incredible and inspirational journey of getting back up and later on writing the book. Join this great conversation and learn from Cyndie how you can hone the ability to access joy despite it all.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

Desange Kuenihira's life has been all about learning how to dance in the chaos. No matter how many hardships she faced, she remained an undefeated woman. Desange lived in Uganda for twelve years as a refugee before moving to the U.S. to become an American citizen. She then founded Speak Undefeated, a non-profit organization that provides education for underprivileged youth and women.Join Alicia Dunams as she talks to Desange about her book "unDEfeated Woman." Discover why she decided to write such a powerful book and how it can inspire you to move forward no matter the odds. Have faith, keep hope, and be undefeated.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

What does it really take to achieve financial freedom? In this episode, Alicia Dunams is joined by special guest Jacent Wamala, who tells her money journey and shares gold nuggets from her book, the Financial Freedom Formula. She explains why wealth building requires not only strong income revenue but also a resilient self who can properly handle negative emotion and self-doubt. Jacent also discusses what it takes to defeat imposter syndrome to unleash your confident and financially savvy self. Join us in learning how Jacent achieved financial freedom and how you can do it too!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

Social media is an incredible technology that carries a lot of benefits to mankind. But it also has this dark side where we beings are given the power of anonymity and impunity – this ability to say things to others that we don’t have to be accountable for. Is civility a dying ideal in these crazy times? Civility Rules! couldn’t have been published in a better time. There is probably no milieu in which the book’s message of resonates more with what’s happening in the world than right now. Its author, Shelby Scarbrough started going through the rabbit hole of civility after years of accumulated experience in public service and the private sector. Her unique take on the topic is something that rings very true in our time and age. Tune in as she gives us snippets of what’s there to learn about civility in this episode of Authoring Life with Alicia Dunams.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

The new world of work is upon us because of the pandemic. Things are moving quicker and uncertainty is everywhere. People have to start being more empathetic towards each other in the workplace. When you have a meeting, make sure you are empathetic to those who are attending and who isn’t. If you’re selling, you need to be more empathetic towards your customer. Really get to know and understand their problem. Empathy is something that needs to come front and center in this new world of work. Join Alicia Dunams as she talks to work futurist and author of the book, Empathy Works, Sophie Wade. Learn what empathy means and why it’s so important right now. Listen in for some tips on how you can cultivate an empathetic work culture.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

Are you struggling to hear your voice? If you knew how powerful you are, what would you create? In this episode, Mary Jo Lorei, author of Practical Inspirations: Where the Bumper Sticker Meets the Road, leads you to your access points to listen, learn, and act on your wisdom. She suggests that we should bring joy in this game of life no matter if we get bogged down. All we need is to bring in some effort. This episode allows you to tap into your operating system to gain insight and clarity for maximizing your efforts into results. Don’t miss this opportunity and let your mind open, your heart lead, and your most excellent possibility live by tuning in to this episode of Authoring Life with Mary Jo Lorei!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

Have you ever been stressed waiting in line for something? Did you ever wish you could destress in just a short amount of time? Well, now it’s possible to destress in 60 seconds or less. The 60 Seconds Fix is the newest book by Dr. Regalena Melrose. It is her response to people who want quicker and easier solutions to their stressful lives. When stressed, there might be no time to see your therapist, which is why Dr. Regalena Melrose has the right tools for you. Join Alicia Dunams as she talks to this stress and trauma specialist about her book. Learn how your body works under stress and what you can do to alleviate that. Understand that you can’t fix anything in less than 60 seconds, but all it takes is 60 seconds every day to bring your body back into balance.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

Sexism is real, and it is happening around us every day. When we look at the news, it's there. When we go to work, it's there. It might even be happening in our homes. Women need to speak up right now. Whether they're getting sexually assaulted or being cat-called, women need to speak up. Join Alicia Dunams as she talks to award-winning author, speaker, leadership coach, and women’s rights advocate Lynn Schmidt. Listen in as Lynn talks about her latest book, Antisexist. Learn how she is helping men and women voice their personal experiences with sexism. Find out why people need to be aware and acknowledge that they might be sexist. Join the fight against sexism today!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

They say confidence is key. But how can you harness something you don’t fully understand? Let in-demand speaker, leadership strategist, respected coach, and host of the This Is Woman’s Work Podcast, Nicole Kalil enlighten you as she tells us what confidence is all about and how it hinders us from performing our best and attaining our goals. She shares highlights from her upcoming book Validation Is for Parking and the five key confidence derailers and their antidotes to help us overcome our insecurities and be able to step up, bring ourselves out there, and take on whatever challenges may come. So ask yourself, if you had more confidence, what decisions would you make? What risks would you take? What dreams would you chase? Tune in to find out more about how you can build internal trust, reclaim confidence and live your purpose. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

People should start being more curious about their health and wellness. Living a happy life is more than just having a good diet and exercise. Just What The Doctor Ordered: The Five Pillars of Optimal Health is the culmination of Dr. Lamia Katbi’s personal and professional life. Dr. Katbi details how she discovered the path to lifelong change after her own struggles and what led her to long-term change. Dr. Katbi details what happened when she became a victim of what is now known as “job burnout,” a term now more commonplace since the pandemic. Moreover, this “burnout affects many of us, no matter our professions, pandemic or not.  In Just What The Doctor Ordered: The Five Pillars of Optimal Health, Dr. Katbi details how practicing the five pillars of optimal health reversed the burnout and brought about real change in her and how you, too, can practice the five pillars of optimal health every day. Join Alicia Dunams as she talks to Dr. Lamia Katbi about her book and why emotional health is so important in someone’s every day life. Get her book and start living the five pillars today.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

Many of us try to contain certain parts of ourselves to become likable to others. We try to compartmentalize each of our identities, thinking they can never coexist with the rest. Our guest in this episode learned how doing this is costing her more than she thought it would. So she began unleashing all of who she is, connecting to her authentic self, and reaping the freedoms and success in her business and life. Alicia Dunams interviews Amber Swenor, the founder and brand strategist of Soul Seed Strategy, about her book, Unleashed: A Been-There, Rocked-That Guide to Radical Authenticity in Life and Business, and her book writing process. Sharing the lessons within, Amber highlights the importance of being who you are and how this will attract the right people who can help you achieve your goals. If you are a heart-centered, rebel spirit and visionary leader, then you might not want to miss out on this conversation!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

It’s easy to point a finger when something goes wrong. It’s easy to pin the blame on someone else, especially when we give directions, but the outcome is not what we expected. But was it really because they just can’t follow instructions? In this episode, Stephen McGarvey, best-selling author and Founder & President of Solutions in Mind, discusses the importance of effective communication and how thinking impacts emotions and drives behavior. He also gives a sneak peek into his book, Ignite a Shift: Engaging Minds, Guiding Emotions and Driving Behavior, which reveals the proven techniques that the world’s most effective leaders are using to motivate themselves and others to excel professionally and personally. So tune in and learn more about communication, positive persuasion, and influencing with integrity.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

What habits do leaders need to build during turbulent times? Ali Grovue takes a deep look at this on her new book, Rise Up: Leadership Habits for Turbulent Times, which she co-authored with Mike Watson. The book reveals digestible and comprehensive methods for managers detailing how to be an influential force – navigating chaos and crisis in the workplace. With extensive experience in organizational development, coupled with academic and psychological research and personal narratives, Rise Up is an essential guide for any aspiring and current leader. In an engaging interview, Ali discusses:Resilient leadership: What it is and how to unlock it to find fulfillment.Leading in the 21st century: Six insightful and actionable habits to implement from humility to optimism.Leadership development is a disciplined and strategic journey: Why you need to approach it with intention and where to start.The disconnect between managers and employees, and how to change it to bring out the best in your teams.Understanding that leadership drives culture and culture enables strategy and how this mindset can transform your organization.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

Learn how to embrace your work and love your career even in the rough times. Look back at your career and find the parts that you enjoy. Relive those moments and ask what was it that made you enjoy that event? Make your work, work for you. Join Alicia Dunams as she talks to her guest Fran Hauser about her new book, Embrace the Work, Love Your Career. Fran came up with the idea for this guided workbook when she realized that women all around her were feeling stuck, and there wasn’t a practical yet inspiring resource to help them find clarity and achieve their career goals. The pandemic has driven so many women out of the workforce and left others questioning their paths. Her hope is that her book will help women of all ages to get inspired and become unstuck so that they can thrive in their careers and ultimately live the lives they want and deserve. Each chapter starts with practical advice and includes prompts and exercises to help readers create their own personal career action plans. Palate-cleansing meditations and coloring breaks conclude each chapter, offering chances for calming reflection. Through simple, inspiring, and actionable tools, this one-of-a-kind workbook empowers women to focus on the things that truly matter, set boundaries, and, ultimately, realize their full potential.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

Some authors are called to use their passion for writing to address a huge problem and invite other people to take action. Marisol Rodriguez is one such writer, and she self-published Life After Yes: A Christian Approach to Choosing Life, Navigating Parenthood and Overcoming Poverty. Joining Alicia Dunams, she shares how she raises awareness on supporting under-resourced women going through pregnancy. Marisol talks about how he inspired a reader to help her publish through a publisher and how she walks the talk by co-founding RENEW Life Center.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/

Faulty and toxic communication are some of the biggest reasons for employees to leave a company. Leaders need to straight talk while being respectful. These communication and listening skills will truly help your business in the long run. Learn more about interpersonal communication with Alicia Dunams and her guest Rick Brandon Ph.D. Rick is the founder and President of the internationally respected training firm, Brandon Partners. He is also the author of Straight Talk: Influence Skills for Collaboration and Commitment. Learn more about his book and why communication is the most important thing in business. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://aliciadunams.com/