Get Lit(erate): Read. Write. Feel Better.

Mar 04 2025 171 ep. 33 mins 6

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I'm a a book-loving, notebook-hoarding reader and writer on a mission to change lives one book and one notebook at a time. On this podcast, we talk all things books and reading AND notebooks and writing mixed in with mindful practices, movement and creativity to make life better. From book-themed episodes to coaching sessions and author conversations, we explore how to grow a restorative reading and writing practice as a tool for personal development, creativity and wellness. This podcast is for you if you believe a life well-read and well-written is a life well-lived.

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E168: Mandalas for Mental Health

Mar 04 2025 25 mins

I’ve been researching the role of writing in my own wellness journey and have reignited my love for a practice that I did so often and so thoroughly so long ago, but didn’t have a name for. Now I do: It’s creating mandalas.Mandalas are circular, intricate and symmetrical designs that have been used for centuries across cultures. It’s actually a form of meditation and mindfu

E167: Exploring the Power of Graphic Medicine

Feb 25 2025 18 mins

Today, I’m sharing a new-to-me genre that might be a new-to-you genre, too. I stumbled upon it in a moment of food poisoning and now, I at least have something good that came out of that experience. =)In this episode, I’m exploring the genre of graphic medicine: what it is, why it’s important, how it can help us heal, titles worth exploring and more. Come listen and add a new

E166: A Notebook Idea to Get Clarity, Move On & Spark Creativity

Feb 18 2025 26 mins

Today, I’m sharing a therapeutic technique for your notebook: one that can be done at any time, anywhere and to anyone, to help you feel better, get more clarity and spark your creativity, too.What’s the technique? Writing hand-written letters that you’ll never send. Come listen as I explore the research behind this practice and offer many different ways you could bring this

E165: Aromatherapy for Readers & Writers

Feb 11 2025 28 mins

I love exploring ways to make our reading and writing habits more restorative. Small changes can make a big impact in our enjoyment of reading and writing AND in our productivity too.Aromatherapy uses essential oils to improve our health and well-being and can elevate any experience we choose to engage in…especially reading and writing. In today’s episode, I’m exploring how a

E164: Encore: The Write Habit with Dr. Nicole Janz

Feb 04 2025 53 mins

Today, I'm playing an encore of my most downloaded podcast episode of all time as I recover from the flu. If this episode is new to you, then enjoy! If you've already listened once, I bet you'll enjoy a second listen to inspire your writing in the new year! I love books. I love reading. I love notebooks. I love writing. But life is busy and sometimes, it can be hard to

E163: New Tips to Build a Notebook Habit

Jan 28 2025 26 mins

Do you wish you had more time to spend in your notebook or journal? Do you want to grow a more consistent writing practice? Are you working to put pen to paper in the coming year to gain all of the physical, cognitive and emotional benefits? This episode is for you. Today, I’m sharing five new tips to grow a joyful, consistent notebook practice. Whether you call it notebooking,

E162: When Our Reading Gaps Point to Life Gaps

Jan 21 2025 30 mins

I adore tracking my reading life and geek out with my bookish spreadsheet where I track important metrics around the books I read. I browse these statistics each month and use them to inform my next month’s reading choices. Plus, I do a deep dive into these stats at the start of every year as I plan the kind of reading life I’d like to have in the coming seasons. But there’

E161: How to Winterize Your Reading Life

Jan 14 2025 23 mins

Have you winterized your reading life yet? In today's episode, I’m sharing concrete ways to winterize your reading life: to protect and prepare it for the winter season of reading. We’ll chat about how to winterize your reading habits, your TBR stack and the ways you connect with other readers over this season, too. You’ll find the show notes for the episode with links to al

E160: An Unlikely Way to Set Intentions (and change a bad mood!)

Jan 07 2025 27 mins

We are at the time of the year where we are setting intentions, making goals and looking forward to a new year ahead. This year, I abandoned my usual way of creating goals and it wasn’t on purpose. A dumpster fire of a day turned into a therapeutic journaling session that naturally chose my intentions for me. It was unlikely and unexpected, yet quite effective and exactly what m

E159: My 2025 Notebook Stack!

Dec 31 2024 45 mins

It’s time for my annual notebook stack reveal! Today, I’m sharing my 2025 notebook stack: all the notebooks I’m using and loving and why. Right now, I’ve got a stack of 7 notebooks I’ll use across the coming weeks and months…and maybe one or two more up my sleeve, too. I’ll begin by answering the top 3 questions I receive every time I release my annual notebook stack