The Say The Word Podcast

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a passage from David James Duncan’s novel, The Brothers K,discussing how some issues in our lives can be subtle or invisible (until they’re not), recognizing them, and how curiosity can be a valuable tool in finding our way home to ourselves when that happens. Get more info and the complete show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a passage from Elisabeth Tova Bailey’s memoir, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, looking at what it means to have a chronic illness, our relationship to time, and how curiosity can be a valuable tool in unwelcome circumstances. Get more info and the complete show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a passage from Ta-Nehisi Coates’s novel, The Water Dancer, looking at what it means to be encouraged, to recognize our own genius, and how curiosity can help us honor that genius in ourselves and others. Get more info and the complete show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re talking about humility and forgiveness and love as we dive into an excerpt from Brian Doyle’s essay collection One Long River of Song, and examining how curiosity can serve us in this work. Get the complete show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a passage from Joan He’s young adult sci-fi novel, The Ones We’re Meant To Find, examining the difference between aloneness and loneliness, how to tear down walls, and how to use curiosity to connect more deeply. Get the complete show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a poem from Joy Harjo’s collection, An American Sunrise, examining how to find ourselves when we feel lost, get up when we stumble, and how to be right where we are. Get the complete show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a passage from Sue Monk Kidd’s novel, The Book of Longings, looking at how that it means to bless the largeness within us, to be a voice, and how curiosity can help us move forward through fear. Get the complete show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a passage from Ellen Meloy’s essay collection Seasons: Desert Sketches, and talking about place and bearing witness and what it means to be a guest. Get the complete show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at a passage from Leah Johnson’s YA novel You Should See Me In A Crown, looking at how curiosity is the key to trustworthiness and why visibility matters. Get the complete show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re looking at an essay from Ross Gay’s collection The Book of Delights, looking at how curiosity equips up to be delighted even in moments of learning, and why it matters to lead with our hearts. Get the complete show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re digging into an excerpt from Matt Haig’s intriguing novel The Midnight Library, examining the fallacy of regret as well as why and how we all have futures of "multifarious possibility." Get the complete show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re talking about the teachers who surround us every day and digging into an excerpt from Brian Doyle’s essay collection One Long River of Song, examining how the mundane can offer us deep lessons and what it looks like to pause and to truly see what is right before us. Get the complete show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re talking about an excerpt from Renee Watson’s Love Is A Revolution, examining what it means to love in all its forms and how to get there through curiosity, and how story gives us a window to truth. Get the complete show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re talking about the importance of language and words and digging into an excerpt from Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass, examining what it means to have and use language, why it matters, and how to get there through curiosity. Get the complete show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast

In this episode of The Say The Word Podcast, we’re talking about enthusiasm and why being “cool” might not be worth the cost, and we’re digging into an excerpt from Kate Morton’s novel, The Secret Keeper, examining cycles, times of strife, finding happiness in small things, and letting ourselves laugh. Get the complete show notes at www.cindygiovagnoli.com/podcast