Courageous Wordsmith

By Amy Hallberg

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Episodes: 122

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Author, editor & writing mentor Amy Hallberg presents conversations with real-life creatives on how we find and embody our voices. Because if you want to be a real-life creative, it helps to know what that looks like for you. Welcome to Courageous Wordsmith.

Episode Date
Habits of Heart
Mar 17, 2026
Loving Our Neighbors
Feb 14, 2026
Writing for Good
Jan 19, 2026
Women Seeing Our Gifts for the First Time
Dec 12, 2025
How We Are Connected
Nov 10, 2025
Becoming a Courageous Change Leader
Oct 20, 2025
What Comes After a Ted Talk?
Sep 15, 2025
Preparing for a TED Talk
Aug 11, 2025
Life as a Songwriter
Jul 14, 2025
My Greatest Fear Became Freedom
Jun 23, 2025
Permission to Upspiral
Jun 09, 2025
Writing for Our Lives
May 27, 2025
Tiny but Powerful Art
May 05, 2025
Salvaged by Writing Memoir
Apr 21, 2025
How to Build a Healing Writing Practice
Apr 08, 2025
Revisiting Our Town
Mar 24, 2025
I Believe
Mar 17, 2025
Art is Not a Luxury
Feb 24, 2025
Boundaries Make Love Possible
Feb 10, 2025
What's in the Cards?
Jan 28, 2025
Writing is Scary. Write Anyway.
Jan 14, 2025
Living in a Liminal Space
Dec 31, 2024
Storycraft: Under Construction
Dec 21, 2024
Storycraft: Resistance
Dec 21, 2024
Storycraft: Writing in Layers
Dec 21, 2024
Make Space for Your Art
Dec 16, 2024
About the Audiobook
Dec 12, 2024
The Origin of My Second Book
Dec 02, 2024
What Tiny Altars Helped Me See
Nov 20, 2024
Poetry to Heal Us
Oct 29, 2024
Voice First: A Writer's Manifesto
Oct 23, 2024
Returning the Bones
Oct 16, 2024
Troublesome Themes Close to Home
Sep 26, 2024
Writing About People You Know
Sep 20, 2024
Dangerfield's Promise
Sep 12, 2024
The Veil Grows Thin
Aug 21, 2024
Embodied Writing is Healing
Aug 14, 2024
A Look Backstage at Courageous Wordsmith
Jul 17, 2024
An Exercise from Amy's Archives
Jul 03, 2024
Stories We Tell around Dying
May 27, 2024
Patterns Revealed in a Memoir
Oct 31, 2023
Season Five Trailer
Oct 31, 2023
Why We Show Up for Our Writing
Jun 08, 2023
Show Up for Your Writing
May 26, 2023
Train Your Body & Mind to Write
May 11, 2023
Tiny Altars Backstory
Apr 27, 2023
Tiny Altars Launch Jitters
Apr 11, 2023
What Stories Can Teach Us
Mar 17, 2023
Befriending ADHD as a Creative
Feb 12, 2023
Moving Past Barriers to Healing
Jan 12, 2023
Preparing to Share Your Great Big Story
Dec 18, 2022
Telling Ghost Stories
Dec 13, 2022
How to Talk About Tender Topics (or not)
Dec 02, 2022
Reclaiming our Gifts
Nov 13, 2022
Welcome the Wild Woman
Oct 31, 2022
We Need to Rest
Oct 15, 2022
Writing a Taboo Memoir
Sep 11, 2022
Facing Past Trauma
Mar 06, 2022
Recovery from Addiction
Feb 23, 2022
Progressive Christianity
Jan 25, 2022
Seed Moments
Jan 13, 2022
Where the Deer Dream
Dec 15, 2021
Creativity and Mourning
Dec 09, 2021
It's Time to Do Better
Nov 09, 2021
Tell a Different Story
Oct 13, 2021
Season 3 Trailer
Oct 11, 2021
When Writing Challenges Us
Sep 28, 2021
Reconnecting to Nature
Sep 14, 2021
A Return to Live Theater
Jun 09, 2021
Author Myths
May 12, 2021
Gifts from the Other Side
May 04, 2021
Thoughts about Thoughtwork
Apr 07, 2021
A Journalist's Healing Story
Mar 25, 2021
Letting Creative Plans Change
Mar 04, 2021
Black and White Translation
Feb 17, 2021
Pandemic Humor
Jan 13, 2021
Truth hurts. So now what?
Dec 30, 2020
Writing as a Path to Healing, Part Two
Dec 24, 2020
Writing as a Path to Healing, Part One
Dec 16, 2020
Staging Studio Space
Dec 09, 2020
Opening MinnyRow Market
Nov 18, 2020
Systems Support for Creatives
Oct 06, 2020
Perfectly Imperfect Paradigm Shifts
Sep 10, 2020
Welcoming Black Voices in the Suburbs
Sep 02, 2020
Self Care in Unprecedented Times
Aug 23, 2020
Holding Space to Talk about Race
Aug 09, 2020
Living Your Super Secret Vision
Jul 26, 2020
Creativity Heals the Heart
Jul 14, 2020
Recovering from a Dream Job
Mar 11, 2020
Life as Human Embodying Soul
Feb 19, 2020
A Beautiful Distillation
Feb 04, 2020
Homebound Avian Artist
Jan 22, 2020
Will Ray Decide to Write a Book?
Dec 19, 2019
Teacher to Author
Dec 10, 2019
Bridging Academia with Shamanism
Oct 29, 2019
How Teachers Grow from Allies to Advocates
Oct 15, 2019
How an Artist Claims Her Resilience
Oct 01, 2019
When an Athlete Has to Rethink Her Plans
Sep 24, 2019
Courageous Wordsmith Podcast Preview
Aug 24, 2019
Healing (with) Your Lineage, Part Two
Jul 29, 2019
Healing (with) Your Lineage, Part One
Jul 22, 2019
Life-Inspired Mysteries
Jun 24, 2019
How Long Does Healing Take?
Jun 18, 2019
I Can't Be the One You Want Me to Be
May 28, 2019
When Your Mom Writes a Book About You
May 20, 2019
KQ Releases Her Book
May 14, 2019
Tapping into Core Gifts
May 08, 2019
The Paths that Lead Us Home
May 01, 2019
Say Yes & Be Brave
Apr 24, 2019
Staying True to Our Stories
Apr 15, 2019
KQ Interviews Amy
Apr 09, 2019
Wrestling with Life's Questions
Apr 02, 2019
OK with Not Being OK
Mar 19, 2019
Locate Yourself in the Landscape
Mar 19, 2019
Turtles & Other Tales
Mar 19, 2019
My Friend, the Millennial Rockstar
Feb 26, 2019
Sharing Origin Stories
Feb 19, 2019
When ADHD in Theory becomes Real Life
Jan 28, 2019
On Werewolves, Healthcare & Being Creative
Jan 22, 2019
Amy on Puzzles & Walls
Jan 15, 2019
An MD finds her Magic
Jan 08, 2019
A Preview of Frau Amy's World
Dec 29, 2018