Daring to Tell

Maine writer Elizabeth Garber releases Sailing at the Edge of Disaster: The Memoir of a Young Woman's Daring Year later this month, September of 2022. Check out one of her many book launch events through September and October also at ElizabethGarber.com . Sign up for Michelle's newsletter, Hit Pause, at michelleredo.com . Make Me Brave is written by Phil Redo , hear more of his music on Spotify or...

For the August episode host Michelle Redo talks with doctor, mother and writer Tonya Coats , whose essay To Do No Harm deals with themes of parenting, discrimination, and acceptance. You can find more of Tonya's writing at River Teeth , on the Heart of the Story podcast with Nadine Kenney Johnstone, or on her own website Tonyacoatswrites.com The other Tanya (with an a) Tanya Whiton is the writing...

BONUS! Michelle Redo talks with Jody Sperling, another writer/podcaster about podcasting and marketing ourselves as writers. Find Jody on Twitter @jodyjsperling and listen to his newly rebranded podcast The Reluctant Book Marketer Follow Michelle on Twitter @michelleredo Sign up for the Daring to Tell Newsletter, Hit Pause , at michelleredo.com Curious about Jody Sperling's manuscript? THE NINE LI...

My essay that won #19 in the 2021 Writers Digest Personal Essay Competition ! Today's guest host is Melanie Brook s... author of Writing Hard Stories . This month's spotlight bookstore is Twice Told Tales on Maine St. in Brunswick. Quality used books run by the Friends of Curtis Memorial Library . If you're curious about the Bugzooka, heard about in today's episode, here's what it looks like . I r...

Go to Michelle Redo to sign up for the monthly Daring to Tell newsletter, Hit Pause. Or follow on Twitter @michelleredo Learn more about Laura Davis , her retreats and writing classes, and her The Burning Light of Two Stars at her website . Listen to #amwriting , another great podcast talking about all types of writing and the writing process. Be the first person to visit Royal River Books on Main...

To read more of Betsy's work, including her award-winning essay The Alchemy of Apple Pie , check out her website, Betsyarmstrong.com I hope you will also sign-up for the Daring to Tell newsletter called Hit Pause , where I share some of my other thoughts and musings as I consider the conversations we have with writers here each month, sign up for that at my website, Michelleredo.com Looking for an...

Melanie Brooks, author of Writing Hard Stories, reads from her memoir manuscript, A Hard Silence , which shares her perspective on what it was like to grow up living with the deep secret that her father contracted AIDS in 1985 from a tainted blood transfusion. Order a copy of Melanie's book, Writing Hard Stories online at Bookshop.org OR... For listeners in the vicinity of midcoast Maine, Daring t...

An up-close and very personal look at what pregnancy was like, both physically and emotionally, for Alena Dillon author of the new memoir My Body is a Big Fat Temple - Real life is seldom for the squeamish... and her book is a very real look at what to expect if and when you are expecting. Follow me on Twitter @michelleredo Email at my website michelleredo.com If you want to check out another podc...

A discussion of tattoos, the Western Canon, alienation and never staying in the same lane, plus Phuc Tran reads two extremely intense stories for completely different reasons. Follow Michelle on Twitter @michelleredo or connect through my website, michelleredo.com

Clinical Hypnotherapist Caroline Fitzgerald reads from her yet-to-be published memoir- I Think I Might Die Without You. Sign up for Hit Pause , the newsletter of the Daring to Tell podcast at michelleredo.com Follow me on Twitter @michelleredo

Holiday time magnifies both joy and grief... Yet, the power of story helps Jeannine Burgdorf contemplate being motherless while coming to terms with infertility in this intensely vulnerable and deeply personal essay. To read more from Jeannine visit her Substack page or follower her on Twitter and Instagram @havingfunwrong. Follow me on Twitter @michelleredo Sign up for Hit Pause the newsletter of...

The creative and business mind behind the ever-growing Mom's Don't Have Time To empire- Zibby Owens talks with Michelle Redo for this special bonus episode conversation about podcasting, writing and her newest business-story venture- Zibby Books .

Peg Conway shares two chapters from her new memoir called The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief Sign up for the Daring to Tell newsletter, Hit Pause, at Michelleredo.com Or email me Michelle@MichelleRedo.com

It's the season two debut! Author Chris Woolf reads from his newly released memoir, Bumbling Through the Hindu Kush: A Memoir of Fear and Kindness in Afghanistan . Life contains expletives, and so does this episode. Sign up for Hit Pause , the Daring to Tell Newsletter at michelleredo.com

A journey from Kabul, Afghanistan to the city of Taloqan in 1991 as told by Chris Woolf, former BBC journalist. This special bonus episode previews his conversation with Michelle Redo in advance of the release of his forthcoming memoir, Bumbling Through the Hindu Kush: A Memoir of Fear and Kindness in Afghanistan . Stay tuned for a section from his book for the season two launch of Daring to Tell...

Three essays to get you thinking about ways to prepare for Mother's Day...especially if it's a difficult holiday for you, including a virtual workshop/event featuring these three writers. It's Mother (Yourself) Day . Whether or not you still have your mother, and whether or not you are a mother, mothering ourselves isn't necessarily obvious or intuitive or demonstrated... that's why we've put toge...

In this season one finale, Nadine Kenney Johnstone steps in as guest host as Michelle reads her essay on moving to Maine, the discovery of an ancestral autobiography. Music credits for the series are the songs Make Me Brave and Nothing Like written, performed and produced by Phil Redo. Check out more of his music at Band Camp .

Fearless Writing author William Kenower talks about writing music as well as prose in this contemplation of some of the big topics and fears that face writers, creative types, and human beings. He's also host of the Author2Author podcast- great conversations with writers from all genres. His new book, Everyone Has What It Takes comes out in June of 2021. Questions or comments about Daring to Tell?...

Sarah Malone reads a chapter from her memoir depicting a single night from early on in a thirteen year abusive relationship. Sarah talks candidly about the tenacity to get through day to day, as well as the lifelines she received by the way of positive feedback, kind words and success in the workplace when away from her home. Sarah is on the Board of the YWCA Evanston-North Shore as well as a memb...

Peg Conway's memoir The Art of Reassembly will come out later this year. And this is the link to her book group for adults bereaved in childhood . Would you want an ebook of the essays you've heard in Daring to Tell? Would you want to read other essays or stories inspired by the series? Email me, Michelle@MichelleRedo.com.

Writer Frank Huyer is also an ER physician and reads a piece from his most recent book White Hot Light: Twenty Five Years in Emergency Medicine . It is a meditation on loneliness and a candid look both the coldness and kindness of humanity, not just in others but also within ourselves. This is an interview he did with Pen America where he discusses the role of censorship in medicine during the Cov...

Boston radio morning guy David O'Leary also is a passionate suicide prevention activist with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention , and joins writer Betsy Armstrong and Michelle Redo for a follow-up discussion about her essay and suicide prevention.

A mother's story of her teenage daughter's struggle with depression and suicide attempts early in the Covid 19 pandemic. Writer Betsy Armstrong reads her essay about her daughter's suicide attempts, with her daughter's permission. In spite of having a background in crisis counseling a mom discusses the difficulties of treating depression when its in our own homes.

Dermatology Physician's Assistant Hope Cook digs deep to beat back burnout on the job, every time it creeps back. Hope also shares all her optimism, and ideas to stay motivation and inspired at her website And talks with other women who are transforming their own lives on her podcast, Recharting Your Life with Hope

Caring for a spouse in the late stages of Lewy Body Dementia. Robyn Fisher's blog and podcast are at her website , as is a resource page for Lewy Body Dementia. She also has a YouTube channel that features Bill's music and the trio they had. A Long Walk is her podcast . The Forgetting is a podcast that features writer and journalist Greg O'Brien, in conversation with his friend and interviewer Dav...