Your Book Your Story with Dr Barker: Recent Episodes
Megel Barker
This is..YOUR BOOK YOUR STORY… the podcast dedicated to helping young authors promote their books and grow their audience rapidly! Join your host, Dr Barker, along with special guests, as they share their personal stories on how they learned their craft and how they got to where they are today. Now, let’s get into today’s episode…
Today's episode introduces Dr Greg Pursely. Greg is an accomplished speaker and a master motivator. Join me on a conversational journey where I learn more about myself and about Greg. His book is about the role of Belief Systems in the outcomes we achieve and the importance of doing the things we need to do in order to have the things we desire. This is not about material things but about the habits that breed success.
You will enjoy this episode.
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Listen to this engaging discussion with Kate Hudson Hall, a psychotherapist who bares her soul and share her experiences of childhood trauma. Her enthralling story is capped with her surviving abuse to help others.
You can learn about Kate and her work by visiting her website: https://www.katehudson-hall.com/
Purchase her books which are published on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ANXIETY-HACKS-PROVEN-TECHNIQUES-CALMNESS-ebook/dp/B0BLVPSV67
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08RCPGNQW?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_0&storeType=ebooks
Listen to her Bulimia Sucks podcast on Amazon.
You will enjoy this episode as I also get to share my challenges as a writer and how I am fighting negative thoughts that impact my writing.
Enjoy!
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In this episode, you will meet Mary Held from Lansing Michigan. Mary is a retired school teacher who had a life changing experience through therapy. I fully enjoyed this conversation and you will too!
For 11 years, Mary suffered from debilitating seizures that left her spending most of her time at home. She was unable to find the cause, despite consulting with physicians, neurologists, and psychiatrists. Finally, a friend recommended Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. She found an EMDR therapist and started work. Through EMDR she discovered that her seizures were caused by PTSD. Four months later, she was almost totally free from seizures and living a life she describes as “full of joy.”
Mary wrote about each session and what happened to her between sessions. Her journal, supplemented by her therapist’s comments on each session, became a book, “Unfreezing Trauma: My Personal Journal of EMDR Recovery.” Now Mary is dedicated to talking about her story, the book, and EMDR in general. Her goal is to make sure everyone who suffers from PTSD knows about EMDR.
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The Bella Lucia Series is composed of 15 children's books where Bella Elephant learns skills and goes through transitions that cause her to feel feelings of frustration. With the help of her parents and special adults in her life she is able to express her feelings and work through her frustrations. With practice and patience she is able to overcome her fears and accomplish her goals. The beauty is that she is then able to share this wisdom with her friends.
Each book features a readers guide. A coordinating coloring book is available for separate purchase as well!
The first books of this series are coming in Spring 2023.
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Conni Ponturo is a leading authority in pain-free living, which includes the power of creating a harmonious connection of mindset, emotions, and body. Respected for her unique approach to Transformational Movement that merges Pilates, Meditation, and Mindset, Conni Ponturo teaches her clients how to flourish at every stage and age of their life.
Her latest book, "Listen, watch what you say, your body is listening," is a bestseller on Amazon; she travels the world teaching and speaking about easy-to-do techniques that allow you to connect with your body in a deep and lasting way.
Her expertise in rehabilitative training makes her highly sought after by the medical community for her ability to create a safe environment for recovery from hip replacements, spinal fusions, knee replacements, and other serious injuries. Conni holds multiple certifications from Pilates Method Alliance, Balanced Body, and Physical Mind Institute. She is a certified Breast Cancer Exercise Specialist with The Pink Ribbon Program.
Conni Ponturo knows that the answer to a pain-free living is within us.
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Mick Smith, PhD is a digital marketer, executive, podcaster, voice actor, and recovering academic. Mick currently resides far from the madding crowd in sunny California enjoying his parent's first new car, a 1957 Buick Special, hiking, music, reading, and writing. Contact him at mick.smith@wsiworld.com for all your internet, voice, and social media needs.
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Dr Rohan Jowallah is a Jamaican born educator who currently works at the University of Central Florida as a senior Instructional Designer. His wide-ranging educational experiences encompasses working in Jamaica, USA and UK.
His Book, Organisational Inclusivity invites a critical reflection on the role of leaders to create institutions that places inclusion at the centre. He has written numerous published articles. He currently resides in Florida.
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Dr. Richard A. Cross is committed to helping the students he serves to realize they have what it takes to achieve academic success. A Thought-Leader in Unlocking the Genius in Black male students, Empowerment and Transformational Speaker, Author, and Educator. Cross colleagues in higher education describe him as insightful, purpose-driven, and a change agent.
Richard A. Cross is an empowerment and transformational educator and researcher in emotional intelligence, achievement, and motivation. Cross encourages his students to realize they are not bound to their circumstances but for them to understand and know they have what it takes to achieve whatever goals they set their minds to accomplish.
Cross received his Teacher Certification in Physical Education and Science from G.C.
Foster College, and B.S and M.A. degrees from Lincoln University-MO, in both Criminal Justice and Sociology. Cross earned his Doctoral degree from Clark Atlanta University in higher education with a focus on Educational Leadership. His recent research focuses on Emotional Intelligence and how it impacts academic performance. the prolonged and intensive questioning of changing the narrative of low performing students that leads to this question: Does an increase in emotional intelligence help low performing students break preconceived barriers to achieve academic success?
Cross is the author of 20 books, including Going Beyond Limitations and The Student
Oracle.
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Shannon is a personal narrative writer who uses the writing process to digest, discover, and uncover the world around her. She is an American born in the state of Indiana, who grew up mostly in North Carolina, moved to California for college, and raised her family in Oregon. She has worked as an elementary teacher, middle school art teacher, high school drama teacher, principal, or school director in Oregon, Zambia, Hungary, Morocco, Turkey, Kosovo, and The Netherlands. Her first book is titled, “Breaking Free in Zambia—Tales of a Western Woman” is self-published on kindle with Amazon.com. After 30 years in education, she has taken her first sabbatical and is living and writing from the Azores, Portugal. In the last year she has published two professional writings for educational leadership and two opinion articles for the local newspaper in Angra do Heroismo. She is working on her first professional book titled: “ Opening Doors to Professional Collaboration” and is looking for an interested publisher. She is currently working part time as an online writing coach for elementary students and publishes a monthly blog called, “Shannon’sGlobalTales”. She is the founder and CEO of the synchronized global education team, VisionaryEd, LLC.
Breaking Free is a personal memoir that was written during my first teaching position abroad in Zambia. I found the experience so profound that I needed to write; firstly for myself, and then for the loved ones who were curious about my adventure.
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Taneisha is a Jamaican-born thought leader in the field of SEND education. She is a mother of two children diagnosed with autism, and a school leader still pursuing further education, yet for her there is more to do. During the pandemic, she made the decision to venture into the world of writing and successfully published her first book. This book tells the story of her son Jadon who was non-verbal up to age 8. The Big Surprise is a feel good story about how one day her son spoke while playing with his trains.
Despite not being an accomplished writer or illustrator, Taneisha harnessed the power of the internet and her friends editing prowess to produce her book. Through her success, we learn that a vision is the only thing needed in order to make a your book a reality. .
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Meet Dr Marck Abraham.
Dr Abraham is a successful High School Principal from Buffalo New York. As an educator, he built a track record of turning underperforming schools around by improving "the graduation rates of Black and Brown children". His book: What Success Looks Like, connects Dr Abraham's research with his lived experience, where he successfully implemented the strategies in order to raise attainment. In this episode, you will hear about the "NOs" he received from publishers and the incredible work needed to market his "secret sauce". This interview is full of energy and you will leave this episode fired up to make a difference. What Success Looks Like is available in all major publishing platforms and as Marck says, "holler at him" if you need more details.
Today we meet Dr Dyce.
Dr Dwayne Dyce shares his personal story as an educator and his journey to become a published author. His book: To Sing Again: Journey to Become, tells the story of a boy coming of age. Our talk today explores the development process, the challenges and his choice of genre to tell his story, and explores how he overcame a negative conversation to write his semi-autobiography on his 4th attempt to write a book.