Deserts to Mountaintops Podcast

Interview with anthology author Bre Cain contributing the chapter titled "Coming Home" to Volume II Deserts to Mountaintops: Choosing Our Healing Through Radical Self-Acceptance . Since being diagnosed in early 2022 with untreated Lyme disease, Bre has had to reevaluate and evolve the relationship she has with her body in order to advocate for her own healing. She is passionate about ope...

Interview with anthology author Michelle Ihry contributing the chapter titled "One Complicated Lady" to Volume II Deserts to Mountaintops: Choosing Our Healing Through Radical Self-Acceptance . Michelle Ihry grew up on a small grains farm in central North Dakota,  raising wheat, barley, durum, oats and flax.  Her brother carries on that tradition of continuing the farming operation. She...

Interview with anthology author Emily Cartwright contributing the chapter titled "Run" to Volume II Deserts to Mountaintops: Choosing Our Healing Through Radical Self-Acceptance . Emily has decided that pursuing life as a whole person is worth it. She spent years battling with the do’s and do not’s of how to show up in the world and finally made the decision to intentionally live an hone...

Interview with anthology author Julie Larkins contributing the chapter titled "Julie, I Love You" to Volume II Deserts to Mountaintops: Choosing Our Healing Through Radical Self-Acceptance . Julie Larkins is known for her ever-changing hair color, genuine spirit, and exuberance for life. She’s unapologetically authentic and embraces the shadowy pieces of herself that she no longer hides...

Interview with anthology author Delia Sullivan contributing the chapter titled "The Story I Told Myself" to Volume II Deserts to Mountaintops: Choosing Our Healing Through Radical Self-Acceptance . Delia’s entrepreneurial journey began in her early twenties when she helped expand her family’s Gourmet-to-Go and Catering business in Alexandria, Virginia. Her creativity, zeal for personal g...

Interview with Author Ellen Busch hosted by Jessica Buchanan from Soul Speak Press and Deserts to Mountaintops Podcast Ellen's Memoir "(dis)Empowered: How I Turned an Academic Death Sentence Into My Life’s Greatest Adventure" is available now anywhere you purchase books online.  About "(dis)Empowered" Despite being raised in a loving family, life had left Ellen Busch traum...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Ilsa Manning, author of the anthology chapter titled "(re)Birth,"   where she details her desert to mountaintop experience becoming a business owner and mother. Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwell, she lifts the author off the page as she holds conversati...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Alice Meehan, author of the anthology chapter titled "Embracing the Feminine,"  where she details her desert to mountaintop experience navigating a toxic work culture and finding her voice in the Divine Feminine. Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwell, she l...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Ally Behnke, author of the anthology chapter titled "Painless Cycles,"  where she details her desert to mountaintop experience  to finding harmony in life by embracing her feminine nature, somatic awareness, and thoughtful self-care practices. Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podca...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Gabriela Bell, author of the anthology chapter titled "Finding My Voice," where she details her desert to mountaintop experience from an abusive marriage to thriving business owner. Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwell, she lifts the author off the page as...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Jamie Sabat, author of the anthology chapter titled "Command to Create," where she details her desert to mountaintop experience. Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwell, she lifts the author off the page as she holds conversations with co-authors of this inau...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Rachel Fesko, author of the anthology chapter titled "Failure Isn't Final," where she details her desert to mountaintop experience. Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwell, she lifts the author off the page as she holds conversations with co-authors of t...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Cameron Curtis, author of the anthology chapter titled "The Sound of Resilience,"  where she details her desert to mountaintop experience. Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwell, she lifts the author off the page as she holds conversations with co-authors of...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Olivia Ash, author of the anthology chapter titled "Adverse Possession," where she details her desert to mountaintop experience with her chronic illness. Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwell, she lifts the author off the page as she holds conversations wit...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Sue Muraida, author of the anthology chapter titled "Becoming Me," where she details her desert to mountaintop experience. Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwell, she lifts the author off the page as she holds conversations with co-authors of this inaugural...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews The Mystic Chics (Wendy, Mary, Audrey), authors of the anthology chapter titled "Harmony in Healing."  where they detail her desert to mountaintop experience. Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwell, she lifts the author off the page as she holds conversation...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Shaina Philpot, author of the anthology chapter titled "Where Do I Belong?,"  where she details her desert to mountaintop experience of losing herself in an abusive relationship and the journey to finding her voice again. Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwe...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Cathy Gabrielsen, author of the anthology chapter titled "A Lifetime of Dying," where she details her desert to mountaintop experience through life-changing near death experiences. Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwell, she lifts the author off the page as...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Gentry Jones, author of the anthology chapter titled "Overgrown Ivy," where she details her desert to mountaintop experience from contemplating suicide to thriving sober, single mom. Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwell, she lifts the author off the page a...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Ruth Hetland, author of the anthology chapter titled "Nothing Really Happened," where she details her desert to mountaintop experience. Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwell, she lifts the author off the page as she holds conversations with co-authors of th...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Nathalie Cholette, author of the anthology chapter titled "My Journey Home," where she details her desert to mountaintop experience. Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwell, she lifts the author off the page as she holds conversations with co-authors of this...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Janice Fearon, author of the anthology chapter titled "The Flight of Survival," where she details her desert to mountaintop experience. Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwell, she lifts the author off the page as she holds conversations with co-authors of th...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Gia Mariam Hasan, author of the anthology chapter titled "The Original Wounds,"  where she details her desert to mountaintop experience. Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwell, she lifts the author off the page as she holds conversations with co-authors of t...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Lonna Whiting, author of the anthology chapter titled "Dining at the Dementia Cafe,"  where she details her desert to mountaintop experience of both losing herself and finding herself in caring for her mother who suffers from dementia Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host,...

In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Rula Abirafeh, author of the anthology chapter titled "Hyphenated,"   where she details her desert to mountaintop experience growing up as an immigrant, and now as a mother with a Middle Eastern-American child. Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwell, she lif...