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Last week, I received three requests in one day from people asking for help to write their parents' stories. I regularly get these types of unsolicited requests but not usually three in one day, all from people in the Orlando area. I didn't think much more about this pleasant coincidence and reached out to the…

I’ve been immersed in all things nonphysical these last couple of weeks as I prepare for my Spiritual Memoir workshop this Saturday, July 15th. So, anyway, I’m watching a quirky movie the other night, and the main female character says, “I unfriended God a long time ago.” The way she said it struck me as funny…

More than three years ago, a longtime Florida friend called me to ask a favor: “With my new baby at home, would you take on a few work tasks for me? I’m stretched a little thin.” Since that day back in March 2014, she has added two more babies to her now family of six,…

What do a scientist/animal activist, a boxer, and a rock star have in common? They all wrote spiritual memoirs, and if they did it, so can you. As the wide variety of backgrounds of these authors show, anyone can write spiritual memoir, and spiritual memoir is not necessarily about religion. World famous scientist and United Nations.…

I recently read an article by Thomas Larson titled, “Leo Tolstoy and the Origins of Spiritual Memoir.” In the piece, Larson discusses Tolstoy’s A Confession, a book published in 1882 that chronicles Tolstoy’s “retrospective analysis of the previous five years in which his midlife crisis of faith unbalanced his literary and philosophical bearing. It is…

For July's book review, I thought I'd share an older book with you, but one I highly recommend for many reasons. I will use it in my upcoming Spiritual Memoir Workshops this month, so it's the perfect time to introduce you to Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place by naturalist and writer from…

Goddesses in Ancient Greek mythology served as the original muses, divine beings who inspired pursuers of literature, science, and the arts, but even today, we hope for the assistance of muses when we sit down to write. Merriam-Webster defines a muse as a source of inspiration, especially, a guiding genius, and they come in all shapes…

Write Your Life Story Do you have a life-based story you want to share but don't know where to start? Do you desire to preserve your family’s stories for future generations? Do you dream that one day you might take the stories that live in your heart and mind and move them onto the page? If you…

Behind every success stands a number of people, sometimes visible, sometimes not. Writing Your Life is my dream that’s evolved across many years, and now, I’d like to take some time to introduce you to the people who are helping me make the company so successful. They are the people who help write articles for…

This week, I watched a video called Phonetic Punctuation with Victor Borge, renowned comedian, conductor, and pianist. During the video, Borge reads a passage from a novel, adding sounds to every punctuation mark. He gives a hilarious reading, as you might expect. But Borge touches upon something I think we all search for in our…