ENCORE - Lisa Tener: Breathing Practices to Spark Your Writing
Release Date: 01/20/2025
Virginia Deluca: Insights on Love & Lost Later In Life
The Patricia Raskin Show
Insights on Love & Lost Later In Life With grey divorces (divorces between adults ages fifty and up) at an all-time high, Virginia DeLuca’s memoir constructs a timely and refreshingly honest guide to finding yourself in the face of loss and adversity. If You Must Go, I Wish You Triplets is an empowering read not just for “silver splitters,” but for anyone who has or is currently facing change and uncertainty in their life. DeLuca will disscuss unflinching exploration of her past, present, and, ultimately, her future, provides readers with a powerful reminder that life has a...
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Sid Stockdale : Lessons Learned From War
The Patricia Raskin Show
Reflections and Lessons Learned from a POW Father For the first time, Sid Stockdale, one of four Stockdale children, tells stories from his 8- year experience (from age 11 to 19) while his father was a POW in the Hanoi Hilton and his mother started The National League of Families of POWs and the Missing in Southeast Asia. Sid will discuss his experiences of these years of trauma in a new memoir, “A World Apart – Growing Up Stockdale During Vietnam.” Major themes include dealing with the loss of Sid's father emotionally and the long term uncertainty with him a POW; coping with his...
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Paula Marshall: Finding the Soul of Big Business
The Patricia Raskin Show
FINDING THE SOUL OF BIG BUSINESS Paula Marshall is the CEO of the Bama Companies, Inc, which manufactures oven-ready products for customers in the quick-service and casual restaurant industry and private label products for retail in more than 17 countries. Paula is the founder of Paula Marshall Foundation, which builds schools in Ghana for children to provides education that offers an opportunity for a new life. in this episode, Paula talks about food safety week that is global, dealing with fear of uncertainty at work and home, the schools her foundation has built in Ghana to...
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Amy Friedman & Leticia Longoria-Navarro
The Patricia Raskin Show
Support for Teens with Incarcerated Family Members For most teens, home is a place where they can be themselves, where they can relax and breathe, and where they feel safe, nourished, and valued. For teens who carry the weight of having a loved one incarcerated or deported, home is also a place where they are not judged, where they are seen, heard, and respected by adults, and where they find unexpected connections with teens in similar situations. In the arts-based support meetings provided by The PATHfinder (Paving a Trail of Hope) and POPS (Pain of the Prison System) Clubs, these...
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Olivia Chadwick & Garnet Morris - In 17 RUNS: The Unbeaten Path to Unlock Life's True Potential
The Patricia Raskin Show
UNLOCKING LIFE'S TRUE POTENTIAL Olivia Chadwick—a personal trainer, young mother, and her family’s primary breadwinner—first met insurance magnate Garnet Morris before dawn on a winter morning in Saskatoon, Canada. Her task was to help prepare her new client for the grueling, 100-mile Kananaskis relay. She knew very little about him going into it, except that he could be unpredictable and they were separated by a generation—at the time, Garnet was just over 50 and Olivia was approaching 30. Yet gradually, their training sessions led to profound conversations and a...
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Bill Hanney : Theatre by the Sea and North Shore Music Theatre
The Patricia Raskin Show
Bill Hanney, is owner and producer of Theatre By The Sea in Wakefield, Rhode Island and North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts. Theatre By The Sea, which is on the National Register of Historic places and is located on the ancestral lands of the Narragansett People, has had many incarnations over the years. Bill Hanney purchased the property and historic theatre in 2007 and the theatre continues to produce a four-musical subscription season along with a children's theatre series. Since 1955, North Shore Music Theatre has become one of the most attended theatres...
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Gary Zelinksi : A Walk Among Heroes
The Patricia Raskin Show
In A WALK AMONG HEROES: Searching for America’s Better Angels Zelinski sheds light on how this hallowed ground and those buried there—privates beside colonels, surgeons and nurses bedside the troops they tried to save, the descendants of slaves beside Confederate soldiers, and wives, sons, and daughters beside loved ones who made the ultimate sacrifice—serves as a lens into what is good in our country. Gary B. Zelinski will share and discuss the inspiring stories behind the headstones. ...
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Herb Weiss: Aging Boldly
The Patricia Raskin Show
Herb Weiss has had a distinguished journalism career, gaining national and state recognition as an expert on aging, healthcare, and medical issues. Throughout his 45-year writing career, Herb has authored or co-authored over 1,100 articles in national and Rhode Island newspapers and trade publications.The James P. Adams Library at Rhode Island College (RIC) will house digital copies of all his published articles, along with copies of reports written, newsletters and newspapers that he has edited. This collection, titled, “Herb Weiss papers,” covers 45 years of reporting on...
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Gail Lukaisk : What They Never Told Us
The Patricia Raskin Show
Gail Lukaisk is freelance writer, editor, college lecturer, and author. She will discuss her new book "What They Never Told Us", which us tells the stories of ordinary people who made extraordinary, life-changing discoveries. These discoveries are about their parentage and/or race and ethnicity that fractured their identities and prompted two fundamental questions: Who are we? And what exactly is family? Gail will also the devastating psychological trauma of uncovering a hidden family secret with all the twists and turns of a mystery novel, starting with how the discovery...
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Dr Will Aguila: Weight Loss and Obesity
The Patricia Raskin Show
Wilfred Aguila, "Dr. A" M.D. Bariatric Surgeon, author and radio show host, has dedicated his career to helping people live healthier lives. Dr. Aguila has served as a health and wellness advocate and has been in practice since 1996, specializing in bariatric medicine. He founded Weight Success Centers™, LLC to help patients suffering with weight problems conquer their struggle and live healthy. Dr. A will discuss how stress affect diet, and the components of the right exercise and nutrition, the science behind GLP-1 drugs and when to consider using them. ...
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Lisa Tener is a book coach, author and creativity catalyst, known for helping writers easily access creative flow, free their voice, and write life-changing—and award-winning—books. Her newest book, Breathe. Write. Breathe shares the powerful, ancient practices that have opened her, her clients and students to instant creative flow and inspiration to produce their best writing. Most people experience some struggle with writing—whether they get stuck, or can’t summon the muse at will, or inspiration seems to dry up at times. Lisa has spent over two decades helping writers and anyone who wants to write—professionals, beginners and dabblers alike—to access their creative potential. Lia's breakthrough in Qigong class—when she discovered that the mindful movement practices and deep breathing relaxed her mind and body, initiating a state of creative flow. She often found herself pausing the practice to jot down new ideas that flowed effortlessly. Lisa began deeper study of qigong under Qigong Master Robert Peng, earning teacher certification to teach RP QIgong’s Empowerments and Happiness Qigong. She brought these practices to her writing with students and private clients, She will discuss how using breath an ancient practices can help writing become easier, more inspired and add to your creative life!
ABOUT LISA
Lisa Tener is an award winning author, book writing and publishing coach, and speaker. Lisa is known for helping writers easily access creative flow, free their voice, and bring forth their best work. She is the author of Breathe. Write. Breathe.: 18 Energizing Practices to Spark Your Writing and Free Your Voice.which has won 9 book awards and most recently received the Bronze Stevie Award for “Book of the Year” from the Stevie Awards for Women in Business. Lisa served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School’s CME publishing course for over a dozen years. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in management from MIT and is certified by RP Qigong to teach Empowerments and Happiness Qigong. Her book The Joy of Writing Journal won five book awards, including the Nautilus, IPPY and Ben Franklin book awards.
Lisa received the Stevie Award for Coach/Mentor and has helped thousands of writers tap into their creativity and publish. Her clients have signed 5- and 6-figure book deals with Hachette, Random House and other top publishers. Lisa is quoted in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Vice, and appeared on national and local TV, including PBS. More at LisaTener.comIn our interview, we discuss:
- Common writing struggles, such as writer’s block, lack of inspiration, and difficulty summoning creativity.
- Breathing techniques from several practices drawing upon different traditions.
- Techniques for tapping into the part of you that ignites the creative process.
- Tips for freeing your voice.
- The meaning of "Meet Your Muse" and how to best use the guide.
- How to use these ancient techniques in the workplace for writing or problem-solving.
- How these techniques helped me in my life and career.
Connect with Lisa at https://www.lisatener.com/ or on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram or Facebook