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It’s Never Too Late, Joëlle Lydon on Healing, Creativity, and Redefining Love
Let help uncork your memoir through a 12 week memoir mentorship program: https://mikecarlon.com/memoir-cohorts/ “It’s never too late — never too late to heal, to learn, to evolve, or to create a relationship built on something truer than what you grew up with.” —...
Collaboration Is the New Competition: Priscilla McKinney on Creativity, Resilience & Reinventing Work
Let help uncork your memoir through a 12 week memoir mentorship program: https://mikecarlon.com/memoir-cohorts/ “There’s always another way of looking at things. Collaborators win bigger—in business, families, communities, everywhere.” In this episode of Uncorking a...
Why Passion Projects Save Lives, with Jason Reid
Let help uncork your memoir through a 12 week memoir mentorship program: https://mikecarlon.com/memoir-cohorts/ "When your world feels like it’s falling apart, that’s when your story is beginning." – Jason Reid In this episode of Uncorking a Story, I sit down with...
Building Wealth with Purpose and Passion, with Karen Rands
Let help uncork your memoir through a 12 week memoir mentorship program: https://mikecarlon.com/memoir-cohorts/ “People can see themselves in Jane’s journey — that everyday person who realizes they can build wealth by investing in entrepreneurs.” In this episode of...
Turning Pain Into Peace: Carol Kennedy on Faith, Loss, and Her Calling to Write Thank God for God
Let help uncork your memoir through a 12 week memoir mentorship program: https://mikecarlon.com/memoir-cohorts/ In this moving and deeply personal episode of Uncorking a Story, Michael welcomes debut memoirist Carol Kennedy, who shares the extraordinary journey behind...
Creativity, Vulnerability, and Flow: A Conversation with Rabbi Alon Ferency
Let help uncork your memoir through a 12 week memoir mentorship program: https://mikecarlon.com/memoir-cohorts/ “I love having written more than I love writing. The process is work, but the result is joy.” — Rabbi Alon Ferency In this episode of Uncorking a Story,...
Turning Inspiration into a Trilogy, with Laura Buchwald
Let help uncork your memoir through a 12 week memoir mentorship program: https://mikecarlon.com/memoir-cohorts/ "The Book of Reservations is about a woman navigating a dubious gift in a world that doesn’t always believe in it." — Laura Buchwald Author Laura Buchwald...
Helping Writers Find Their Voice: Jen Braaksma on Memoir and Meaning
Let help uncork your memoir through a 12 week memoir mentorship program: https://mikecarlon.com/memoir-cohorts/ "Writing is work. It’s challenging, it’s hard—but it’s a skill, and it takes time. If you have patience with yourself, you’ll get there." — Jen Braaksma In...
Atomic Secrets and Fictional Spies: Leslie Schover on Turning Family History into a Novel
Let help uncork your memoir through a 12 week memoir mentorship program: https://mikecarlon.com/memoir-cohorts/ "I took my parents’ stories from the Manhattan Project and wove them into a fictional spy subplot—because I’ll never know the real truth." — Leslie Schover...








