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Everyone Is Creative

Isabelle Hardesty has always had a love of magic and nature and weaves this into her books. Hardesty is currently working on Midnight in Belle Fleur, the sequel to The Witch of Belle Fleur.  She lives with her family in the Pacific Northwest.  You can find Isabelle at: Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, PinterestContinue reading “Everyone Is Creative”

I Want to be Like Mr. Rogers

“As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has- or ever will have- something inside that is unique to all time. It’s our job to encourage each other to discover thatContinue reading “I Want to be Like Mr. Rogers”

When Will This Stop?

“Only a man that carries a gun ever needs one.” Territorial Marshal Wistful McClintock from Angel and the Badman (1947) James Edward Grant, writer/director and staring John Wayne I apologize but today I’m going to be preachy. I’m appalled that it is taking us so long to get it that we have to turn awayContinue reading “When Will This Stop?”

Humans Are More Than Their Actions

I’m a forensic psychologist and story-collector, with a history of working in prison, court, locked psychiatric facilities and emergency rooms. The most important certainty I carry, from all my time working with inmates and patients and onlookers, is that the only real difference between “us” and “them” is who carries the key to leave. AndContinue reading “Humans Are More Than Their Actions”

Where is the Love?

“Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist Ever since I started my Story-Power podcast, I’ve been trying to put my finger on the ultimate reason I love stories so much. I’ve talked with several guests about how we humansContinue reading “Where is the Love?”