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I have been looking forward to speaking with Dr. Joy Arlene Renee Cox for months now. She is such a beautiful soul and I'm so grateful to her for all the work she's doing in the world. In today's conversation we talk about trusting our intuition, the lived experience of individuals with larger bodies, being brave in the healthcare industry, cultural biases, and discrimination against people with different bodies. In light of the current season of anti-racism, she also answers the question of "How can we use our intuition to be better allies and advocates?" Political action as a tool for liberation, especially for people with multiple identities is having an exciting moment in our history. Dr. Joy Cox sees a lot of that happening in the communities. She said in this episode "Liberation is built on the structure of bravery. If we look back generations, we'll see that our parents and our parents' parents' parents' had something to fight for... When you look at activists now, the shoulders they stand on belong to people who were conditioned in bravery, so to speak, they were able to stand up to the things that were impeding against them and say 'we're gonna do this.'" This conversation with Dr. Joy Cox challenged me and inspired me in such good ways and I hope it will do the same for you too! Especially as we dive into a new season of personal and societal bravery for the rest of this year, we need as much of this kind of bravery as we can get! Her book "Fat Girls in Black Bodies: Creating Communities of Our Own" releases September 29th of this year and The School of Bravery cannot wait! Support local bookstores by pre-ordering it here: https://bookshop.org/books/fat-girls-in-black-bodies-creating-communities-of-our-own/9781623174996 More links below! About The School of Bravery The School of Bravery is a learning lab for life, career, and creativity. Through monthly masterclasses, guest experts, weekly office hours and so much more, you'll explore what it really means to "put yourself out there" and how bravery does not have to feel like a panic attack. It can feel easier! Visit http://schoolofbravery.com to learn more and join us today! More About Dr. Joy Cox Joy Arlene Renee Cox is an ordinary person who has been given an ordinary opportunity to share stories about people much more fabulous than herself. She is a Philadelphia native, born on the blessed thirty-first day of December. Joy is a claircognizant Capricorn that thrives through connection and love, rooting for the underdogs in life to take their rightful place as overcomers. She is also a doctor, receiving her PhD from Rutgers University–New Brunswick in 2018. Her field of work is centered on fatness, identity, and social change. Reflective of the name she bears, Joy has the cheeks to out smile her detractors. Reflective of her work in print, she has the research to back up her claims. While the spotlight has never been a position she’d prefer to stand in, Joy does believe in speaking up and advocating for what’s right. She is the author of Fat Girls in Black Bodies: Creating Communities of Our Own, published through North Atlantic Books, and the host of the pro-fat, pro-Black podcast Fresh Out the Cocoon. Joy has been featured in articles by the Huffington Post and SELF magazine. Joy has also been on several podcasts, such as Positive Nutrition with Paige Smathers and Food Psych with Christy Harrison. Dr. Cox is simply a conduit through which love, wisdom, and justice flow. Her pride is in her people and her values. Her strength is in her disposition and her intuition. Website & Podcast: https://freshoutthecocoon.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/freshoutthecocoon Community workout app: Jabbieapp.com Article on "being included without really being included:" https://healthateverysizeblog.org/2018/09/27/elephant-in-the-room/ Join her email list here: https://bit.ly/dr-joy-cox-email Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson Singer-songwriter, teaching artist, and #1 bestselling author of the book "Bare Naked Bravery: How to Be Creatively Courageous," Emily Ann Peterson is best known by her fans, clients, and students for her uncanny ability to melt down difficult, throat-clenching stories and challenges into easy, step-by-step breaths of fresh air. Her clients and students will tell you she’s the best thing that’s ever happened to their life, career, and creativity. http://emilyannpeterson.com http://instagram.com/emilyannpete http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson

Today we get to meet one of our students! Hanakyle Moranz is the founder of The Body Hotline, a New Yorker, a body movement maven, and social justice warrior. She joins us to discuss all of that AND how she's feeling about launching a brand new product in the middle of a pandemic. I think you'll appreciate her approach to compassionate entrepreneurship and her new 5 Minute Movement offering. For listeners and students of The School of Bravery, $10 off the monthly subscription (usually $30) use code BRAVE at checkout!   Links Mentioned in This Episode https://www.jfrej.org/campaigns/let-my-people-go https://www.covidbailout.org/ https://nyimmigrantfreedom.org/let-my-people-go/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/over-70-of-tested-inmates-in-federal-prisons-have-covid-19   About The School of Bravery The School of Bravery is a learning lab for life, career, and creativity. Through monthly masterclasses, guest experts, weekly office hours and so much more, you'll explore what it really means to "put yourself out there" and how bravery does not have to feel like a panic attack. It can feel easier! Visit http://schoolofbravery.com to learn more and join us today!   More About HanaKyle Moranz HanaKyle Moranz is the founder of The Body Hotline, a multidisciplinary bodyworker, and coach. She is a massage therapist, personal trainer, and yoga therapist since 2006, and shares inclusive tools for managing pain, increasing body awareness and maintaining an overall sense of health and wellbeing through mindfulness. She specializes in neurological conditions and knee injury rehabilitation. Recently, she’s become passionate about the value of breathing through the nose and the many uses for a tennis ball in this time when massage therapy is not an option for many. http://thebodyhotline.com/ https://www.hanakyle.com/all/5-minute-movement   Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson Singer-songwriter, teaching artist, and #1 bestselling author of the book "Bare Naked Bravery: How to Be Creatively Courageous," Emily Ann Peterson is best known by her fans, clients, and students for her uncanny ability to melt down difficult, throat-clenching stories and challenges into easy, step-by-step breaths of fresh air. Her clients and students will tell you she’s the best thing that’s ever happened to their life, career, and creativity. http://emilyannpeterson.com http://instagram.com/emilyannpete http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson

In this episode, we have to honor of sitting with Kate Fontana on her deck to enjoy some sunshine and chats about everything we can learn from dandelions about defiance and social justice. Kate Fontana is a queer Catholic yogi, interspiritual midwife, and a sacred activist. She's also on our awesome lineup of guest faculty and provides our students with a monthly meditation. Be sure to catch the bonus training on how to use meditation to tap into your creative courage. https://www.schoolofbravery.com/kate In this episode we discuss: - lessons from dandelions on defiance & social justice - the benefits of meditation & how to do it differently - how to avoid burnout during grad school - why a queer feminist would return to Catholicism apply to join the Roman Catholic Women Priests If you're interested in spirituality, religion, social justice, and defiant expectation then you definitely won't want to miss out on this episode! About The School of Bravery The School of Bravery is a learning lab for life, career, and creativity. Through monthly masterclasses, guest experts, weekly office hours and so much more, you'll explore what it really means to "put yourself out there" and how bravery does not have to feel like a panic attack. It can feel easier! Visit http://schoolofbravery.com to learn more and join us today! More About Kate Fontana Kate Fontana (she/her/hers) is co-founder and steward of The Sanctuary Northwest, which aims to transform the lives of trauma survivors and to nurture strong resilient families, communities, and ecosystems where all life thrives. She is also a third-year seminarian at the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, discerning a call to the priesthood with the Roman Catholic Women Priests. Kate's journey has been a weave of music, yoga, contemplative practice, therapy, friendship, ecology, and profoundly uncomfortable and slow racial awakenings. She has trained and continues to be mentored in the emerging field of Cultural Somatics with Tada Hozumi and dare sohei. Additional teachers, mentors and friends in embodiment, sacred activism, and racial justice include Rev. Dr. Angela Parker, Yvette Murrell, Dr. Caprice Hollins, Nancy Rebecca, Denise Benitez, Najeea Leslie, Erin Joosse, and Will and Cynthia Keepin, Dr. Kj Swanson, Dr. Jennifer Fernandez, Dr. Beth Kraig, and the Spiritual Care Interns of Harborview Medical Center. Kate draws on a theological blend of Harry Potter, the Bhagavad Gita, the genius of mycelium, quantum physics, Battlestar Galactica, Queer Theory, adrienne maree brown’s "Emergent Strategy" and "Pleasure Activism," deep ecology, and the Gospels. She thrives on ambiguity, kareoke, wild herbs, being an auntie, and the worlds of youth fantasy fiction. She struggles with single-use plastics, small-talk, and to get anywhere on time. Kate lives on the Kitsap Peninsula and her patronus is a peregrine falcon. www.katefontana.com www.thesanctuarynorthwest.com Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson Singer-songwriter, teaching artist, and #1 bestselling author of the book "Bare Naked Bravery: How to Be Creatively Courageous," Emily Ann Peterson is best known by her fans, clients, and students for her uncanny ability to melt down difficult, throat-clenching stories and challenges into easy, step-by-step breaths of fresh air. Her clients and students will tell you she’s the best thing that’s ever happened to their life, career, and creativity. http://emilyannpeterson.com http://instagram.com/emilyannpete http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson

The most underrated and overused word last month was "unprecedented." This month in The School of Bravery we're focusing on the bravery ingredient of DEFIANT EXPECTATION. Take a listen to Emily Ann Peterson share some updates on the latest news and announcements from our community and give you some insights, new perspectives, and resources for finding your defiant expectation during quarantine and this season of bravery that is COVID-19. About The School of Bravery --- The School of Bravery is a learning lab for life, career, and creativity. Through monthly masterclasses, guest experts, weekly office hours and so much more, you'll explore what it really means to "put yourself out there" and how bravery does not have to feel like a panic attack. It can feel easier! Visit http://schoolofbravery.com to learn more and join us today! Take a Class with Emily Ann Peterson --- http://www.schoolofbravery.com/emilyann

Today we get to discuss something we haven't really talked much about on this show! It's kind of shocking really when you think about it. But Leah Carey is the perfect guest to pop this bravery cherry of ours because she is a Sexual Communication Coach! In this episode, you'll hear Leah Carey and our founder, Emily Ann Peterson, discuss the importance of context to your sexual life, how Leah's context defined her brave sexual journey and blossoming, and other lovely tidbits that you will really appreciate. We have a feeling you'll be hearing more from Leah in the future! There's so much to learn from the bravery of intimacy! About Leah Carey Leah Carey is a Sex Educator and Sexual Communication Coach who helps people learn to communicate about sex so they can get what they really want in the bedroom - rather than just tolerating what they’re getting. She is the host of the podcast “Good Girls Talk About Sex.” Sexual freedom is a subject that is deeply personal to Leah because she spent most of her life being a VERY good girl. Most of the sex she had was either boring or painful, but she endured it because she didn’t know she was allowed to ask for anything different. Having taken her own journey to sexual freedom, she is now passionate about breaking the silence, fear, and shame around women’s sexuality and pleasure, and redefining what it means to be a “good girl.” www.leahcarey.com www.instagram.com/goodgirlstalk www.facebook.com/goodgirlstalk About The School of Bravery The School of Bravery is a learning lab for life, career, and creativity. Through monthly masterclasses, group coaching, guest faculty, weekly office hours and so much more, you'll explore what it really means to "put yourself out there" and how bravery does not have to feel like a panic attack. It can feel easier! Visit http://schoolofbravery.com to learn more and join us today! Take a Class with Emily Ann Peterson http://www.schoolofbravery.com/emilyann

We have such an exciting episode for you today! To coincide with last month's bravery ingredient of Vision of Possibility, I wanted to introduce you to someone very special: Danielle Hope Diamond Danielle reached out to me to potentially become a guest expert of The School of Bravery and get interviewed on the podcast. However, after getting to know her very briefly, it became clear that she should be much more than just a one-time guest on our little podcast. Danielle is our new podcast co-host for The School of Bravery! Hooray! At the moment, she and I are hoping to release one joint episode like this one each month and one solo episode each. When we have appropriate guests to interview, we'll also release those as they arise too. I'm so excited for you to get to know Danielle more as the year unfolds for us! I think you'll catch her unique Vision of Possibility like I have over the last month that she and I have worked together on all this for you! Enjoy! About The School of Bravery The School of Bravery is a learning lab for life, career, and creativity. Through monthly masterclasses, guest experts, weekly office hours and so much more, you'll explore what it really means to "put yourself out there" and how bravery does not have to feel like a panic attack. It can feel easier! Visit http://schoolofbravery.com to learn more and join us today! Take a Class with Emily Ann Peterson http://www.schoolofbravery.com/emilyann Take a Class with Danielle Hope Diamond http://www.schoolofbravery.com/danielle

This month in The School of Bravery we've been focusing on the bravery ingredient of FRICTION. It's been a really good month. We've highlighted the things that keep us from making the steady progress we're hoping and aiming for.  When today's guest experts reached out to me I knew it was a match made in heaven for this month in particular! CrisMarie Campbell & Susan Clarke are the authors of a new book titled, The Beauty of Conflict for Couples and today's episode is chock-full of excellent advice for ALL of us who do life with other people -- that's everyone, by the way. It doesn't matter what your home, work, or creative life looks like, this episode will have some excellent pieces for you to digest and apply immediately to your life. I'm really excited to introduce these two to you! PS - CrisMarie and Susan also joined me for an exclusive bonus interview to discuss how these concepts apply to politics, advocacy work, and social justice.  As always, students can access our exclusive bonus interview and the rest of our guest expert trainings in the library at http://schoolofbravery.com   About The School of Bravery The School of Bravery is a learning lab for life, career, and creativity. Through monthly masterclasses, guest experts, weekly office hours and so much more, you'll explore what it really means to "put yourself out there" and how bravery does not have to feel like a panic attack. It can feel easier! Visit http://schoolofbravery.com for more info! More About CrisMarie Campbell & Susan Clarke CrisMarie Campbell, an Olympic rower, Boeing flight test engineer has her MBA, and Susan Clarke, a former marriage therapist and Equus coach, are the authors of The Beauty of Conflict: Harnessing Your Team’s Competitive Advantage and their new book The Beauty of Conflict for Couples. They also have a podcast with the same name: The Beauty of Conflict for dealing with conflict at work and at home. As partners in work and life for over two decades, they’ve adapted their proven step-by-step process honed working with Fortune 100 Companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, AT&T and San Francisco Giants to help long-term couples use conflict as a catalyst to greater intimacy, passion, and fulfillment. http://www.thriveinc.com/ http://beautyofconflict.com https://www.instagram.com/thriveinc/ https://www.facebook.com/thriveincmt LinkedIn (CrisMarie Campbell) LinkedIn (Susan Clarke) Apple Podcasts Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson http://emilyannpeterson.com http://instagram.com/emilyannpete https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyannpeterson/ http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson

This month we celebrated the beginning of our 2nd year! We're kicking things off with some brand new events on our monthly calendar, including a monthly WORK PARTY! Erin Mae Lewis has been a student of The School of Bravery for the last year and I'm so excited to have her join the faculty to help us host these awesome monthly events.  In today's episode, we talk all about why you need to get yourself to a Work Party, and STAT! I think you'll enjoy hearing from her what this last year has been like, how important accountability is, and how much fun these work parties can be! As always, you can access all of this and more by enrolling at http://schoolofbravery.com ______________ About The School of Bravery The School of Bravery is a learning lab for life, career, and creativity. Through monthly masterclasses, guest experts, weekly office hours and so much more, you'll explore what it really means to "put yourself out there" and how bravery does not have to feel like a panic attack. Visit http://schoolofbravery.com for more info! ______________ Keep in Touch with Erin Mae Lewis https://www.erinmaemusic.com/ https://www.facebook.com/erinmaemusic   ______________ Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson http://emilyannpeterson.com http://instagram.com/emilyannpete http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson

Because this month we're focusing on the bravery ingredient of Risk, it's the perfect time to talk with my business colleague, Fabienne Raphaël! In today's episode, she and I discuss things like why risks are so important to feats of bravery, how your life can change for the better because of risks, and what it can look like to make risky decisions. As a guest expert, Fabienne Raphaël and I also spent some time with students of the School of Bravery in a students-only guest expert training. In that training, she dives a little deeper into risky decisions by outlining the very first thing she recommends doing before taking a big risk. I highly recommend listening to that. As always, students can access Fabienne's exclusive interview and the rest of our guest expert trainings in the library at http://schoolofbravery.com ______________ About The School of Bravery The School of Bravery is a learning lab for life, career, and creativity. Through monthly masterclasses, guest experts, weekly coaching office hours and so much more, you'll explore what it really means to "put yourself out there" and how bravery does not have to feel like a panic attack. Visit http://schoolofbravery.com for more info! ______________ Keep in Touch with Fabienne Raphaël http://www.fabienneraphael.com/ http://www.facebook.com/FabiennRaphael Fabienne Raphaël is a business building coach, speaker, and podcaster. She helps aspiring and underpaid coaches become highly paid experts by building their coaching business. Her background in radio and television hosting allows her to conduct unique interviews on her top-ranked Marketing to Crush your Competitors podcast, where she has broadcasted over 295 episodes. Through the course of her career, she has even hosted her own TV show. Fabienne has also shared the stage with John Lee Dumas, Chris Brogan and Sue Zimmerman, and spoke at the last New Media Europe conference in London. She has been featured in Forbes, Inc., ABC, NBC, Thrive Global and Huffington Post, just to name a few, and has appeared on over 25 podcasts, such as CopyChief Radio and Entrepreneur on Fire. Fabienne will be going to the next Pan-American Games in Lima as an athletes’ mentor with the Canadian delegation of 500 athletes. She will also be a judge at the next Changemakers Global Unite Awards in the category “Podcasters” in Sweden. As a former elite athlete and physical therapist, Fabienne brings a high level of energy, radiance, and authenticity to lead her clients to live their true purpose and get paid for it! ______________ Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson http://emilyannpeterson.com http://instagram.com/emilyannpete http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson

Because this month we're focusing on the bravery ingredient of Vision of Possibility, I thought it'd be the perfect time to invite Dr. Michelle Mazur, author of the brand new book 3 Word Rebellion to be a School of Bravery guest expert! In today's episode, she and I discuss things like why you need a 3 Word Rebellion, how you know you need a 3 Word Rebellion, and what the heck a 3 Word Rebellion even is! It was such an honor to have her on the show and speak with us! As a guest expert, Michelle Mazur also generously spent some time with students of the School of Bravery in a students-only guest expert training. She dives a little deeper than the basics and walks us through exactly how you can find your own 3 Word Rebellion. So cool! As always, students can access Michelle's exclusive training and the rest of the guest expert trainings in the library at http://schoolofbravery.com About The School of Bravery The School of Bravery is a business learning lab for creative visionaries. Through monthly masterclasses, guest experts, weekly coaching office hours and so much more, you'll explore what it really means to "put yourself out there" and how bravery does not have to feel like a panic attack. Visit http://schoolofbravery.com for more info! (Also super huge shout outs to Monicka Clio Sakki for recommending Michelle to the show! If you have a guest expert suggestion, give us a shout!) Keep in Touch with Michelle Mazur Michelle Mazur, Ph.D. founded Communication Rebel® on the belief that communication changes the world, so that’s what she helps business owners and speakers do: rebel against the status quo to make a difference, one compelling message at a time. She is the author of 3 books including the newly released "3 Word Rebellion: Create a One-of-a-kind Message that Grows Your Business into a Movement" and the host of the Rebel Rising podcast. She lives in Seattle, Washington, with her adoring husband, three obsessive felines, and a huge collection of Duran Duran memorabilia. http://www.drmichellemazur.com http://instagram.com/drmichellemazur http://www.faceboook.com/drmichellemazur http://www.twitter.com/drmichellemazur Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson http://emilyannpeterson.com http://instagram.com/emilyannpete http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson

This month in The School of Bravery, we're focusing on the bravery ingredient of Honesty. Of course, my Australian friend, Amber Hawken, is the perfect fit for this month's guest expert. Bold, audacious, and vulnerably strong are my go-to words to describe her. She's the author of The Unf*ckwithable Life and founder of the Calm Mind Project. She fits right in as a creative visionary. I admire her so much and am so glad she's here today! In this podcast episode, Amber and I discuss, how we find our sense of honesty by removing all the filters we've acquired over the course of our life. We discuss the benefits of being angry and how we can use the friction we experience. If you're someone who's asked "Who am I without _____ in my life?" then this is the podcast episode for you. In Amber's guest expert training, available to ALL students of The School of Bravery, she walks us through a super applicable method for deciphering between fear and intuition. If you're someone who's asked "Am I afraid of making this decision or is this my intuition telling me to make this decision?" then you'll want to check out that training with her. About The School of Bravery --- The School of Bravery is a business learning lab for creative visionaries. Through monthly masterclasses, guest experts, weekly coaching office hours and so much more, you'll explore what it *really* means to "put yourself out there" and how bravery does not have to feel like a panic attack. Visit http://schoolofbravery.com for more info! About Amber Hawken ---- Amber Hawken is the head of a small, multi-faceted Australian company serving multiple audiences within the business dynamic, as well as private and government institutions such as The Australian Defence Force and education systems within high schools and primary schools across Australia through Calm Mind Project. Calm Mind Project is an initiative based on building awareness, emotional resilience and empowerment within individuals through mindfulness and conscious purpose. The program focuses on building a deep sense of self-awareness and flow in their everyday life, teaching universal principles, practical cognitive behavior and emotional repatterning tools combined with spiritual philosophy through the attendance of retreats, online programs, her best-selling book The Unfu*kwithable Life and even one on one work with Amber herself. Amber is an Australian country gal with a big, bold and audacious heart. A Diploma of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, a qualified Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner, and a Deep State Re-Patterning Therapist are some of the professional qualifications and tools that Amber brings to her work around emotional, mental, and spiritual self-mastery, and she is the author of The Unfuckwithable Life and the host of the Podcast and YouTube series, Just Be You. Keep in Touch with Amber Hawken ----- www.amberhawken.com www.instagram.com/amber_hawken www.facebook.com/hawkenamber Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson ---- http://emilyannpeterson.com http://instagram.com/emilyannpete http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson

I first heard about Ellis, because one of her patrons suggested that I would REALLY love her songwriting. I immediately became a patron myself. Then later met Ellis Delaney in person at the Rocky Mountain Song School & Folk Festival. She taught a really excellent workshop on planning, project management, and undefended living as an artist. In that workshop, she briefly mentioned her ADHD and I just *knew* she would be a perfect guest expert for The School of Bravery. This month in the School of Bravery, we're focusing on the bravery ingredient of "Constraints." As an artist with ADHD, I knew she'd be a perfect guest expert to speak on this ingredient because she has so masterfully adapted to her constraint without letting go of the standards and expectations she has for her career. In this episode, we talk about racism, pain, struggle, community, creativity, and a LOT more, specifically the topic of "Inherent Worth." This is definitely a conversation you'll want to continue with your friends and family, both online or in person. As a guest expert in the School of Bravery, Ellis Delaney shared a mini-training on her 6 Crucial Tools to Creating with ADHD! So if you get easily overwhelmed by your dreams and goals, then you'll love what she has to share in that. You can enroll as a student for as little as $25/month and access her training along with all the other guest expert trainings in your student portal at http://schoolofbravery.com I know you'll love Ellis and her work as much as I do because she is so thoughtful, intentional, and compassionate. Yay Ellis! BONUS RESOURCES -- Book: "My Grandmother's Hands" by Resma Meakem: https://amzn.to/2KzZHci -- Keynote Talk on "Speaking Truth to Power" by Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin: https://youtu.be/EtUzscHFxOw -- Ellis Delaney's Weekly Hotline: Call 612-998-2355 and you will hear a weekly encouraging message from her!   ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF BRAVERY --- The School of Bravery is a business learning lab for creative visionaries. Through monthly masterclasses, guest experts, weekly coaching office hours and so much more, you'll explore what it *really* means to "put yourself out there" and how bravery does not have to feel like a panic attack. Visit http://schoolofbravery.com for more info! LEARN MORE ABOUT ELLIS DELANEY ----- A gifted songwriter and performer, Ellis is known for her stirring lyrics, open-hearted performances and contagious laughter. She got her start at coffee shops and now tours the folk circuit with nine albums to her credit. She has been a four-time guest on A Prairie Home Companion, and Ellis has won more than a dozen songwriting and live performance awards. Ellis says, "My goal is to make music that helps people find a sense of belonging, connection, and hope. The highest accolades come from everyday folks through meaningful emails, cards, and in person saying my music has made a difference in their life in some way." Yes! KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ELLIS DELANEY ----- http://www.ellis-music.com/news/ http://www.instagram.com/ellismusic/ http://www.facebook.com/ellis.delaney http://twitter.com/ellismusic Call 612-998-2355 for her weekly hotline! KEEP IN TOUCH WITH EMILY ANN PETERSON ---- http://emilyannpeterson.com http://instagram.com/emilyannpete http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson

As a creative visionary, a mom AND an attorney, Erika Amy joins us to discuss this month's theme in the School of Bravery! We're talking about BOUNDARIES!! How to enforce them. How to know when to enforce boundaries, and how to reinforce them! I met Erika at a songwriting retreat she and I both attended last month and fell in love with her spirit and general attitude about life and creativity. I know y'all will love her as much as I do. Erika Olson is teaching students of The School of Bravery a mini-session on the basics of agreements and contracts! Bravery students can access the exclusive bonus training with Erika in their student portal at http://schoolofbravery.com   About The School of Bravery --- The School of Bravery is a business learning lab for creative visionaries. Through monthly masterclasses, guest experts, weekly coaching office hours and so much more, you'll explore what it *really* means to "put yourself out there" and how bravery does not have to feel like a panic attack. Visit http://schoolofbravery.com for more info! Keep in Touch with Erika Olson ----- She currently lives in London with her husband and 3 children. They moved to London from Charlotte, North Carolina. She is a mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister, an auntie, a friend, a rebel, a seeker, a light chaser, a book reader, an activist, a philanthropist, an attorney, a dancer, a baker, a music lover, a nature girl, a truth sayer and among many other things a singer and a songwriter. She writes songs about life - they may be folksy, bluesy, country, poppy - who knows. But they are songs about life as she has lived it, seen it, heard it, and felt it. www.erikaamyolson.com https://www.facebook.com/erika.olson.9237     Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson ---- http://emilyannpeterson.com http://instagram.com/emilyannpete http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson

Keeping the Folk Alive with Erin Mae Lewis === As this month's featured School of Bravery student, Erin MaeLewis is with us this week! We talk about folk music -- mountain dulcimer, specifically -- and some of her previous "Seasons of Bravery." (i.e. surviving cancer at 20 years old and being a full-time modern folk musician! She also tells us about her current season of bravery and what she's got her sights set on these days! If you like folk music and finding common ground with people (Lord, knows we need it today!), then you'll enjoy this convo with Erin Mae Lewis, my friend, student and fellow musician! [Insert Audio Block Here] About The School of Bravery --- The School of Bravery is a business learning lab for creative visionaries. Through monthly masterclasses, guest experts, weekly coaching office hours and so much more, you'll explore what it *really* means to "put yourself out there" and how bravery does not have to feel like a panic attack. Visit http://schoolofbravery.com for more info! Keep in Touch with Erin Mae Lewis ----- Erin Mae Lewis is a mountain dulcimer virtuosa who has taken an obscure American folk instrument, and with it has developed a high level of technical proficiency and musical expression. Erin has been playing for over twenty years and in that time has developed a unique and progressive style. Erin Mae received her first mountain dulcimer at the age of seven. Ten years later, in 2004, she won the prestigious National Mountain Dulcimer Championship; making her youngest winner of the award at the time. Erin went on to study classical piano at Sterling College in Sterling, KS before pursuing a degree in Commercial Music, with an emphasis in bluegrass and acoustic jazz, through South Plains College in Levelland, TX. She graduated in 2010, becoming the first mountain dulcimer player to complete the program; and began touring full-time as part of the duo Scenic Roots. Erin has participated as an instructor at children’s music camps; as well as various festivals, and providing private lessons. Erin Mae is a cancer survivor -- and played her mountain dulcimer through every chemotherapy treatment. She firmly believes that her music and faith were paramount to her healing. Erin strives to let her music and story act as a beacon of light for those going through difficult times. You can hear that passion as Erin Mae culls from her instrument music which lifts the spirit and heals the soul. https://www.erinmaemusic.com/ https://www.instagram.com/erinmaemusic/ https://www.facebook.com/erinmaemusic https://twitter.com/ErinMaeMusic Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson ---- Emily Ann Peterson is a singer/songwriter and bestselling author of "Bare Naked Bravery: How to Be Creatively Courageous." She also founded The School of Bravery where she teaches bravery skills to creative visionaries. Her audience is found in Fortune500 companies, concert venues, bookstores, and living rooms around the world. http://emilyannpeterson.com http://instagram.com/emilyannpete http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson

This week we get to welcome Kristen Kalp (of the podcast That's What She Said) to the School of Bravery! Because this month's theme is Imagination & Reading Shadows, she and I talk about playing whack-a-mole, unexpected successes & failures, going into "bunker mode," what it's like to lose your marriage AND lose $43k to incorrectly reading shadows! We also cover 5 red flags to watch out for when you're making plans for big things! As a guest expert, Kristen is teaching students of the school of bravery her breathwork framework! I am so excited about this! Students can access her bonus interview and training in their student portal at http://schoolofbravery.com    Keep in Touch with Kristen Kalp Kristen Kalp is a healer, writer, and business coach. She creates books, breathwork, and retreats that help peeps get in touch with and stay true to their deepest selves -- not their popular-on-Instagram selves or 'professional' selves or 'what would be most profitable' selves, but their *soul* selves. http://kristenkalp.com http://instagram.com/kkalp   Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson Emily Ann Peterson is a singer/songwriter, bestselling author, teacher, speaker, and consultant. http://emilyannpeterson.com  http://instagram.com/emilyannpete  http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson  http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson  http://youtube.com/emilyannpeterson    About The School of Bravery The School of Bravery is a business learning lab for creative visionaries. Through monthly masterclasses, guest experts, weekly coaching office hours and so much more, you'll explore what it *really* means to "put yourself out there" and how bravery does not have to feel like a panic attack. Visit http://schoolofbravery.com  for more info!

Sara Avant Stover is with us today! This month in the School of Bravery and on the podcast we're focusing on the bravery ingredient of Context, specifically as it pertains to being vulnerable. When I gave Sara a couple topics to choose from, she actually picked this topic, so get ready for some powerful and introspective looks at how context plays a role in our bravery and ability to be honest and vulnerable with others and within ourselves. Sara Avant Stover is a teacher of feminine spirituality and empowerment, bestselling author, and founder of The Way of the Happy Woman. She mentions this a briefly in our conversation today, but after a cancer scare in her early twenties, Sara moved to Thailand, embarked on a decade-long healing and spiritual odyssey throughout Asia. She has gone on to uplift tens of thousands of women worldwide. Sara has also been featured in Yoga Journal, the Huffington Post, Newsweek, Natural Health, and on ABC, NBC, and CBS. I'm really excited to have her here with us today. I know you'll appreciate her calm and grounded presence throughout the whole conversation, which is completely appropriate (context, yes?) because what we later land on is the importance of silence and listening in the midst of Seasons of Bravery. I'm so pleased to present Sara Avant Stover... Brave Takeaway Beyond your free Bravery Bundle (which is always available at barenakedbravery.com) your Brave Take-Away from today's show is to take an extra moment before responding to the next thing (email, phone call, text, etc.) Breathe deeply and ask yourself how context will play a role in your reaction to that next thing. Did you notice that mindfulness change anything for you? If so, we want to hear about it in the Bare Naked Bravery Community Facebook Group! As always, we'd love to hear all about your favorite parts of today's Bare Naked Bravery. You can find Sara Stover and myself on facebook, twitter, instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to. Keep in Touch with Sara Stover http://www.thewayofthehappywoman.com https://www.instagram.com/thewayofthehappywoman/ https://www.facebook.com/wayofhappywoman/ https://twitter.com/wayofhappywoman Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson http://emilyannpeterson.comhttp://instagram.com/emilyannpete http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson Credits To find out more about all the artists, musicians, and other sponsors of the show, please visit barenakedbravery.com/sponsors

Today we have Janelle Jones joining us and I can't wait to share this with y'all. Janelle is a fellow business strategist friend of mine specifically helps mothers smash major goals. She is from Queens, New York, she is based in Atlanta, and is a single mom who travels the world with her toddler. Today she and I are chatting about the MANY different layers of her life that would make her a hero in someone else's life. We also chat about some of the must-have tools she would suggest to any business owner undergoing major (or minor) life transitions. Oh! and we timed the airing of this episode to align with the online summit she's hosting, so if you'd like to hear more from Janelle about time management and running a business efficiently, then I encourage you to visit her site at hustlinghotties.com to register yourself for the event. Also, if you'd like some really magical next steps or if you'd like me to walk you through setting some goals for the next season, I recommend that you check out my Seasons of Bravery Ritual. It's a 6-step process that I go through every quarter or so, to ensure that I'm celebrating my past victories and leaning into the next season with the right goals in mind! You can check that out by visiting http://emilyannpeterson.com/shop Okay! Let's get on with the bravery! I give you Janelle Jones...! Brave Takeaway Beyond your free Bravery Bundle (which is always available at barenakedbravery.com) your Brave Take-Away from today's show is to get started with your own SOP's (standard operating procedure.) Even if you just record yourself doing one recurring task this week, you'll be well on your way to reaching a level of organization that will empower your bravery in life and business and creativity. I highly recommend it! We'd love to hear all about your favorite parts of today's Bare Naked Bravery. You can find Janelle Jones and myself on facebook, twitter, instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to. Keep in Touch with Janelle Jones www.hustlinghotties.comwww.instagram.com/hustlinghotties https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehustlinghottiessociety/ www.twitter.com/missjsworld Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson http://emilyannpeterson.comhttp://instagram.com/emilyannpete http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson Credits If you're diggin' the music in today's episode, that's because it's brought to you by my friends at Music Box Licensing, a premier creative music agency dedicated to finding and crafting unique soundtracks. To find out more about all the artists, musicians, and other sponsors of the show, please visit barenakedbravery.com/sponsors 3 Ways You Can Support the Bravery! Leave a review on iTunes We would LOVE it if you’d leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes.   Simply click here to get started >>> http://bit.ly/bnbrr Share this episode with a friend If you have a friend who might really love/need to hear this episode, what are you waiting for?! Email, text, fb message, snail mail - all great options! Become a Patron of Bare Naked Bravery Every patron gets awesome goodies, super early advance links to Emily Ann's new songs & releases, and so much more! $1 Monthly$3 Monthly$5 Monthly$10 Monthly$15 Monthly$25 Monthly$100 Monthly I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you! Until then I have one message for you. It's this: Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

Today we have Martin Stellar with us! Martin is a former monk who is currently using those skills and experiences to assist ambitious creative entrepreneurs to really make a difference. He himself is a brave creative all around: Writer. Illustrator. Marketing Educator. Teacher of sales magic. Singer. and Psychology fanatic. I was particularly excited to discuss this month's School of Bravery theme of the Timing with him and how that element improves your improvisational skills and practice of building bravery. We discuss meditation. We talk about the struggle between process vs. progress and then take a deep dive into the subject of unattachment, judgment, and how to "Kill Your Darlings." Martin also mentions a really practical suggestion for knowing when to act on a new idea: put it "on the shelf" at least three times or until you find a "Hell Yes!" Brave Takeaway Beyond your free Bravery Bundle (which is always available at barenakedbravery.com) your Brave Take-Away from today's show is to try out Martin's suggestion of putting a new idea "on the shelf" this week. We'd love to hear all about your favorite parts of today's Bare Naked Bravery. You can find Martin Stellar and myself on facebook, twitter, instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to. Keep in Touch with Martin Stellar martinstellar.com twitter.com/martinstellar Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson http://emilyannpeterson.comhttp://instagram.com/emilyannpete http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson Credits If you're diggin' the music in today's episode, that's because it's brought to you by my friends at Music Box Licensing, a premier creative music agency dedicated to finding and crafting unique soundtracks. To find out more about all the artists, musicians, and other sponsors of the show, please visit barenakedbravery.com/sponsors 3 Ways You Can Support the Bravery! Leave a review on iTunes We would LOVE it if you’d leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes.   Simply click here to get started >>> http://bit.ly/bnbrr Share this episode with a friend If you have a friend who might really love/need to hear this episode, what are you waiting for?! Email, text, fb message, snail mail - all great options! Become a Patron of Bare Naked Bravery Every patron gets awesome goodies, super early advance links to Emily Ann's new songs & releases, and so much more! $1 Monthly$3 Monthly$5 Monthly$10 Monthly$15 Monthly$25 Monthly$100 Monthly I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you! Until then I have one message for you. It's this: Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

I'm so honored to introduce you today's guest! Jonathan DeWaal is with us today to discuss the timing of improvisation, especially as it pertains to seasons of bravery and transition! Jon is the executive director of Liminal Space, a nonprofit organization based out of Seattle, WA which is dedicated to helping others find the courage and means to navigate major life transition. One nugget of a quote he laid down in today's conversation is this: "The gold we're often looking for is found in the place where you find the most discomfort." So true. We're not just talking about the discomfort of transition, but also two really powerful questions to ask when we find ourselves smack in the center of a liminal space or transition: - How did I get here? - Who do I want to become now? He also gave us a wealth of resources towards the end of our conversation, which I'll be sure to pop the links to all of it in the show notes for this episode. Thank you so much Jon for stepping into today's conversation with your whole presence. All of us going through transitions thank you immensely. Before we pop into the conversation, let me just say this. You probably know of someone going through a season of bravery and transition. If you do, share this episode with them. Another resource I'll just put out here because it's thematically resonant: The Seasons of Bravery Ritual Workshop is waiting for you on emilyannpeterson.com/workshops - it's a series of videos, guidebook, and 6 steps to help you make some plans and attain some goals. So if you find yourself in a season where you might need to take a step back and acknowledge the sacredness of discomfort and growth, go for it! Additional options for taking next steps are to go listen to Jon's new podcast called, "Life Through Transitions." (https://inaliminalspace.org) He and I took a deeper dive into my own stories of transition to unpack that liminal space for his audience. We got to talk about elements of my story that I don't often discuss, so if you're curious, that link is also in the show notes. With allll that, I am delighted to introduce Jon DeWaal... Brave Takeaway Beyond your free Bravery Bundle (which is always available at barenakedbravery.com) your Brave Take-Away from today's show is to ask those two questions to a friend going through transition. Bonus points go to those who actually sit down and listen to your friends answers. Having a witness for your own transitions is immensely healing and helpful, but being a witness to someone else's metamorphosis is equally so. We'd love to hear all about your favorite parts of today's Bare Naked Bravery. You can find Jonathan DeWaal and myself on facebook, twitter, instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to. More Resources Book: "Transitions" by William Bridges Book: "Crossing the Unknown Sea" by David Whyte Book: "To Be Told" by Dan Allender More About Jon DeWaal Jon came to Seattle in 2003 from Grand Rapids, MI, to attend The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology receiving his Masters of Divinity in 2007.  Since then, he taught at The Seattle School as an adjunct professor on calling and career. Jon served for two years as a fellow and teacher at The Allender Center for Trauma & Abuse.  Through his education, mentoring and the struggles and discoveries of his transitions, Jon found a more natural fit for his career – creating Liminal Space, an organization that combines the often segregated disciplines of counseling, life coaching, career counseling and spiritual direction.  Over the last 10 years his work and research has shown that major transitions are places where people can find their desired path and become stronger, or where they can get stuck – sometimes for years. Having a plan, helpful guidance, and a clear focus can make all the difference in the world. Keep in Touch with Jonathan DeWaal Inaliminalspace.orghttps://www.instagram.com/inaliminalspace/ https://www.facebook.com/inaliminalspace/ https://twitter.com/inaliminalspace Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson http://emilyannpeterson.comhttp://instagram.com/emilyannpete http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson Credits If you're diggin' the music in today's episode, that's because it's brought to you by my friends at Music Box Licensing, a premier creative music agency dedicated to finding and crafting unique soundtracks. To find out more about all the artists, musicians, and other sponsors of the show, please visit barenakedbravery.com/sponsors 3 Ways You Can Support the Bravery! Leave a review on iTunes We would LOVE it if you’d leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes.   Simply click here to get started >>> http://bit.ly/bnbrr Share this episode with a friend If you have a friend who might really love/need to hear this episode, what are you waiting for?! Email, text, fb message, snail mail - all great options! Become a Patron of Bare Naked Bravery Every patron gets awesome goodies, super early advance links to Emily Ann's new songs & releases, and so much more! $1 Monthly$3 Monthly$5 Monthly$10 Monthly$15 Monthly$25 Monthly$100 Monthly I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you! Until then I have one message for you. It's this: Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

Anybody who has ever done something new for the first time will tell you it's a bit stressful. Ask any entrepreneur how their stress-life is and they'll most likely tell you they're hanging by a thread or really overwhelmed orin some cases they'll look like the stress gives them a high that only illegal substances could explain. ha! I say that from experience, because I've been all versions of stress management as an entrepreneur. I've poorly handled my stress and especially after the diagnosis of my hand tremor, I've learned how crucial it is to manage this stress wisely. But where does this stress come from? Well, Benjamin Dell, founder and CEO at Missinglettr.com (a social marketing automation company that automatically creates 12 months worth of social content for each blog post you publish) is here with us today to chat briefly about just that. Part of that stress comes from sustaining high levels of defiant expectation for seemingly impossible things. Since this month's theme in The School of Bravery and on our podcast Defiant Expectation, I'm so pumped to discuss this subject with someone who so blatantly possesses it. Ben previously owned a web agency in the UK for over 10 years. During this time he also launched a number of SaaS tech startups (two of which were acquired). It's clear to me, especially from our conversation with him today, that Benjamin is passionate about empowering businesses and brands with tools that help them succeed. Defiant expectation is one of those tools, so without further ado, I give you Benjamin Dell! Brave Takeaway Beyond your free Bravery Bundle (which is always available at barenakedbravery.com) your Brave Take-Away from today's show is to pop into the Bare Naked Bravery facebook community to share the latest time you executed your defiant expectation skills. How have you managed your stress? How are your coping with the sustainability of living as a creative misfit? We'd love to hear all about your favorite parts of today's Bare Naked Bravery. You can find Benjamin Dell and myself on facebook, twitter, instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to. Keep in Touch with Benjamin Dell https://missinglettr.com https://facebook.com/missinglettr https://twitter.com/missinglettr Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson http://emilyannpeterson.comhttp://instagram.com/emilyannpete http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson Credits If you're diggin' the music in today's episode, that's because it's brought to you by my friends at Music Box Licensing, a premier creative music agency dedicated to finding and crafting unique soundtracks. To find out more about all the artists, musicians, and other sponsors of the show, please visit barenakedbravery.com/sponsors 3 Ways You Can Support the Bravery! Leave a review on iTunes We would LOVE it if you’d leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes.   Simply click here to get started >>> http://bit.ly/bnbrr Share this episode with a friend If you have a friend who might really love/need to hear this episode, what are you waiting for?! Email, text, fb message, snail mail - all great options! Become a Patron of Bare Naked Bravery Every patron gets awesome goodies, super early advance links to Emily Ann's new songs & releases, and so much more! $1 Monthly$3 Monthly$5 Monthly$10 Monthly$15 Monthly$25 Monthly$100 Monthly I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you! Until then I have one message for you. It's this: Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.