What happens when a life spent in international development turns into fiction? In this episode, debut novelist Johanna Kirwan joins me to talk about her stunning book Seven Lives — seven interconnected stories of women navigating love, loss, and purpose across the globe. We dive into: How Johanna transformed decades of field experience into layered, human storiesThe line between autofiction and memoir — and why she chose fictionThe creative freedom that comes with writing later in lifeHer ch...
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What happens when a life spent in international development turns into fiction? In this episode, debut novelist Johanna Kirwan joins me to talk about her stunning book Seven Lives — seven interconnected stories of women navigating love, loss, and purpose across the globe. We dive into: How Johanna transformed decades of field experience into layered, human storiesThe line between autofiction and memoir — and why she chose fictionThe creative freedom that comes with writing later in lifeHer ch...
Can a Critical Thinker Use Automatic Writing? Interview with Academic Hilary Wason
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Can a Critical Thinker Use Automatic Writing? Interview with Academic Hilary Wason
Can a sharp, critical mind really embrace automatic writing? In this episode, I speak with Associate Professor Hilary Wason, who proves the answer is yes. A teacher of critical thinking for future leaders, Hilary shares how she balances rigorous logic with the practice of channeling words—and how it’s transformed both her writing and her life. We talk about: Her take on AI in higher education and critical thinkingWhy she doesn’t see automatic writing as spiritualHow she wrote a...
The Write Habit
What happens when a life spent in international development turns into fiction? In this episode, debut novelist Johanna Kirwan joins me to talk about her stunning book Seven Lives — seven interconnected stories of women navigating love, loss, and purpose across the globe. We dive into: How Johanna transformed decades of field experience into layered, human storiesThe line between autofiction and memoir — and why she chose fictionThe creative freedom that comes with writing later in lifeHer ch...