By Firelight

Paul Katoe is the curator and creator of a gorgeous body of work on Instagram, in addition to many other places he's been able to leave a mark on the world in the form of murals, drawings, paintings, photography and writing. In this conversation with Betsy Delzer, he bravely dives into a life-altering pivot he experienced through the form of a medical condition diagnosis and the rebirth he has been encountering since.Host: Betsy DelzerProducers: Jamie Gale and Betsy DelzerMusic: LagitoMusic and Pond5Contact Betsy Delzer:Instagram @byfirelightContact Paul Katoe:Website: www.paulkatoe.comInstagram: @paulkatoeBy Firelight is a Lit Path Studios Production.⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ | IG: ⁠@litpathstudios⁠

Kaitlin Walsh of Lyon Road Art is an artist specializing in abstract anatomical watercolor and oil paintings. She recently self-published a beautiful compilation of poems and paintings, Anatomy is Beautiful. She joins Betsy to dive into her experience and education in medical illustration, what brought her back to fine art, and the evolution of her life as a studio artist, mother, and poet.Host: Betsy DelzerProducers: Jamie Gale and Betsy DelzerMusic: LagitoMusic and Pond5Contact Betsy Delzer:Instagram @byfirelightContact Kaitlin Walsh:WebsiteInstagram: @lyonroadartBy Firelight is a Lit Path Studios Production.⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ | IG: ⁠@litpathstudios⁠

Betsy is joined by Rachel Rodgers for this beautiful conversation about life, death, healing and writing. Rachel is a longtime member of the writing group from which this podcast was born. Working as a bodyworker, educator, and volunteer, she dedicates her life to the felt sense of pain and recovery around her. Having spent the better part of the past two decades writing in community, Rachel shares both her insights from her work with hospice and dying with dignity as well as living with awareness, hope, and the help of others.Host: Betsy DelzerProducers: Jamie Gale and Betsy DelzerMusic: LagitoMusic and Pond5Contact Betsy Delzer:Instagram @byfirelightBy Firelight is a Lit Path Studios Production.⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ | IG: ⁠@litpathstudios⁠

Kristin Keir joins Betsy for this moving conversation. Kristin is a lifelong writer and part of the original writing group that this podcast was born from. Her life work is in hospice care as a nurse, but in her own life she encountered a devastating loss when the love of her life passed while competing in an Iron Man race. She has written her way through her grief and shares her tender-hearted journey of surviving loss and finding hope in the day to day gift of being present, aware, and able to live.Host: Betsy DelzerProducers: Jamie Gale and Betsy DelzerMusic: LagitoMusic and Pond5Contact Betsy Delzer:Instagram @byfirelightBy Firelight is a Lit Path Studios Production.⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ | IG: ⁠@litpathstudios⁠

Betsy is joined by mindfulness colleague and author, Alicia Larsson, to discuss her recent e-book publication of Let That Sh*t Go. Alicia is a college professor and new to writing, in fact, it was By Firelight that inspired her to begin her journey in writing and publishing. Betsy and Alicia explore all things mindfulness, beginning writing as a practice, and self-publishing on Amazon. Alicia has endured many life challenges and decided to pen this book with the Buddhist-inspired principles that pulled her through the thick of it.Host: Betsy DelzerProducers: Jamie Gale and Betsy DelzerMusic: LagitoMusic and Pond5Contact Betsy Delzer:Instagram @byfirelightAlicia Larson’s Book LINKBy Firelight is a Lit Path Studios Production.⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ | IG: ⁠@litpathstudios⁠