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The Writer"s Journey with Laura Davis Podcast

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The Hippie Dad Who Never Stopped Writing

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2026/01/10

Episode Title:The Hippie Dad Who Never Stopped Writing: How Letters Can Keep Love Alive After AbandonmentEpisode Description:In this deeply personal episode of The Writer's Journey, acclaimed memoirist Laura Davis shares a moving story from her own life about her father—the free-spirited man who left when she was 13 and never came back, but whose handwritten letters sustained their connection across decades and distance. Laura opens her heart to share how her father's quirky, artistic correspondence

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2:44

Pause for Peace: The Most Important Thing

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2026/01/07

Episode Title:Pause for Peace: Julia Fehrenbacher's "The Most Important Thing" – Making a Home Inside YourselfEpisode DescriptionIn this Midweek Pause for Peace episode, host Laura Davis shares poet Julia Fehrenbacher's deeply moving poem "The Most Important Thing," an invitation to create a shelter of kindness within ourselves, where everything is forgiven and allowed. Laura pairs this nurturing poem with peaceful imagery to offer listeners a moment of self-compassion and gentle acceptance.What

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11:33

The Portal in the Wound

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2026/01/03

Episode Title:The Portal in the Wound: Finding Spaciousness When My Body Narrows the PathEpisode Description:In this deeply personal episode, acclaimed memoirist and writing teacher Laura Davis shares a profound exploration of living and writing through her second breast cancer diagnosis, eighteen years after her first. Laura unpacks a single intuitive sentence that arrived unbidden—"My life feels rich and expansive in its diminishment"—revealing how physical limitations can open unexpected doors

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3:13

Pause for Peace: Reasons to Live Through the Apocalypse

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2025/12/31

Episode Title:Pause for Peace: Nikita Gill's "Reasons to Live Through the Apocalypse" – Celebrating What We Love and CherishEpisode Description:In this Midweek Pause for Peace episode, host Laura Davis shares British-Indian poet Nikita Gill's heartfelt poem "Reasons to Live Through the Apocalypse," a beautiful invitation to name the things we still love, savor, and cherish in this world. Laura pairs this uplifting poem with peaceful imagery to offer listeners a moment of gratitude and grounding amid

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15:24

Things I Didn't Know I Loved

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2025/12/27

COMPLETE PODCAST SHOW NOTESEpisode Title: Things I Didn't Know I Loved: How Focusing on Small Pleasures Helps Writers Navigate Challenging TimesEpisode Description: In this episode of The Writer's Journey, acclaimed author and writing teacher Laura Davis explores a transformative writing prompt that helps writers find grounding during times of fear and uncertainty. Drawing from master teacher Deena Metzger's book Writing for Your Life, Laura shares how the deceptively simple exercise "Things I

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2:36

Pause for Peace: I Will Not Die an Unlived Life

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2025/12/24

Episode TitlePause for Peace: Dawna Markova's "I Will Not Die an Unlived Life" – A Declaration of Living FullyEpisode DescriptionIn this Midweek Pause for Peace episode, host Laura Davis shares author and psychotherapist Dawna Markova's transformative poem "I Will Not Die an Unlived Life," a powerful declaration about choosing to inhabit our days fully and risk our significance. Laura pairs this inspiring poem with peaceful imagery to offer listeners a moment of courage and reflection on what it

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15:41

Crossing the Border into Aging

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2025/12/20

EPISODE TITLE: Crossing the Border into Aging: When Identity Unravels and the Body Speaks UpEPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this episode, Laura Davis explores the transformative passage into aging as a border crossing—a threshold where long-held identities begin to unravel and the body demands attention in new ways. Inspired by a writing prompt from Pádraig Ó Tuama, Laura shares her own experience of watching familiar roles and definitions fall away like an old sweater that no longer fits. She examines how

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2:02

Pause for Peace: Aftermath

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2025/12/17

Episode TitlePause for Peace: Aftermath - A Poem of Hope and Collective HealingEpisode DescriptionIn this Midweek Pause for Peace episode, Laura Davis shares "Aftermath" by Charleston poet Paula Gordon Lepp. This powerful poem invites listeners to imagine what comes after the crumbling of empires.What Laura Covers in This EpisodeHow shifting focus beyond daily crises can help us envision possibilities for renewal and restoration in difficult timesThe choice to respond to societal collapse through

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6:33

The Sanctuary of Three Empty Weeks

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2025/12/13

Episode Title: The Sanctuary of Three Empty Weeks: Facing Cancer, Solstice, and the Unfamiliar Territory of Doing NothingEpisode Description: In this deeply personal episode, acclaimed memoirist and writing teacher Laura Davis shares a vulnerable winter solstice meditation written just days before her cancer surgery. Drawing from a writing prompt by her teacher Carolyn Brigit Flynn, Laura explores what it means to surrender all identities, face medical uncertainty, and discover the unexpected gift

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3:15

Pause for Peace: Embracing Our Imperfections

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2025/12/10

Episode TitlePause for Peace: Elizabeth Carlson's "Imperfection" – A Love Song to Our Messy, Beautiful SelvesEpisode DescriptionIn this Midweek Pause for Peace episode, host Laura Davis shares poet Elizabeth Carlson's joyful poem "Imperfection," a celebration of all the ways we fall delightfully short of perfect—and why that's exactly as it should be. Laura pairs this lighthearted poem with peaceful imagery to offer listeners permission to embrace their beautifully imperfect selves.What Laura Covers

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9:06

The Crawl Space Under the Stairs

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2025/12/06

Episode TitleThe Crawl Space Under the Stairs: A Multi-Generational Search for AnswersEpisode DescriptionIn this engaging episode, Laura Davis shares a story that begins with a simple need—tracking down old medical records—and transforms into a multi-generational detective story. Laura takes listeners on an adventure into the cramped crawl space beneath her home office stairs, where decades of correspondence, books, and professional materials are stored. What starts as a practical search becomes a

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5:45

Pause for Peace: V'ahavta

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2025/12/03

Episode DescriptionIn this moving Midweek Pause for Peace, Laura Davis shares "V'ahavta," a stunning poem by author and activist Aurora Levins Morales that reimagines an ancient Jewish prayer for our current moment. Aurora's work reminds us that resistance isn't only about opposing what we hate—it's also about knowing and proclaiming what we love.The "V'ahavta" is a Jewish prayer that means "and you shall love," commanding believers to love God with all their heart, soul, and might. Aurora's

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9:42

What I'm Waiting For

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2025/11/29

PODCAST SHOW NOTESEpisode TitleWaiting with Grace: Living Fully Through Cancer, Uncertainty & Life's UnknownsEpisode DescriptionIn this deeply personal episode of The Writer's Journey, Laura Davis shares a raw and beautifully crafted essay about waiting—for medical results, surgery dates, genetic testing outcomes, and answers that may never come. With her signature honesty and literary precision, Laura explores how she navigates a second breast cancer diagnosis alongside diverticulitis while

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2:57

Pause for Peace: Nothing More, Nothing Less

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2025/11/26

PODCAST SHOW NOTESEpisode Title: How to Be a Good Citizen: Practicing Magnetic Peace in Troubled TimesEpisode Description:In this midweek episode of The Writer's Journey, acclaimed author and writing teacher Laura Davis shares a poem that inspired her: "Nothing More, Nothing Less" by Kim Stafford, Oregon's ninth Poet Laureate and son of legendary poet William Stafford.Part of Laura's weekly Midweek Pause for Peace series, this episode offers a roadmap for citizenship in divided times.What Laura

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7:29

Dear Cancer,

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2025/11/22

Episode Title: Dear Cancer: A Letter of Appreciation - Finding Gratitude 19 Years LaterEpisode Description: In this deeply moving episode, Laura Davis shares a letter she wrote to cancer—not a letter of anger or defeat, but one of unexpected appreciation. Nineteen years after her initial diagnosis, Laura reflects on how cancer transformed her life and her understanding of what truly matters. Laura was 50 years old when her doctor first felt a lump during a routine exam, setting in motion a year that

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4:38

Pause for Peace: I Can't Help But Love This World as...

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2025/11/19

Episode Title: Poetry for Peace: I Can't Help But Love This World as I Know It Is DyingEpisode Description: Each week, in her midweek Pause for Peace, acclaimed writing teacher Laura Davis pairs beautiful imagery with meaningful poetry, offering listeners a respite for both heart and nervous system. These midweek pauses provide essential moments of reflection, healing, and inspiration in our dangerous, uncertain world.In this episode, Laura shares a deeply moving poem by her own writing teacher,

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10:48

What's On My Bedside Table?

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2025/11/15

Episode Title: What's On Your Bedside Table? Using Objects to Reveal Character and Truth in MemoirEpisode Description: In this candid and insightful episode, acclaimed memoirist Laura Davis shares a deeply personal meditation on aging while demonstrating one of the most powerful tools in a writer's toolkit: using objects to reveal character. Laura explores how the items on her bedside table—from CPAP machines to vaginal suppositories—tell the story of a changing body and a life fully lived. She then

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2:08

Pause for Peace: Perhaps, this world is broken

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2025/11/12

Midweek Pause for Peace: Finding Hope in Brokenness Through Donna Ashworth's Powerful VerseEpisode Description: In this Midweek Pause for Peace, acclaimed author and writing teacher Laura Davis shares "Perhaps, this world is broken," a deeply moving poem by Sunday Times bestselling Scottish poet Donna Ashworth. Laura explores how human connection becomes our most essential resource during challenging times, offering listeners a brief but profound respite that nourishes both heart and nervous system

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2:28

Pause for Peace: Listen to the Birds, Not the News

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2025/11/05

PODCAST SHOW NOTESEpisode Title: News Anxiety Relief: Stop Doomscrolling and Listen to the BirdsEpisode Description: In this essential midweek episode of The Writer's Journey, acclaimed memoirist and writing teacher Laura Davis addresses one of the most pressing challenges writers face today: news anxiety and information overload. Media fatigue and information overload have become widespread problems, causing psychological exhaustion, decision paralysis, and creative burnout.Part of Laura's weekly

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7:56

When Your Body Speaks and You Have to Listen

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2025/11/01

Episode Title: When Your Body Speaks and You Have to Listen: Navigating Aging, Illness, and Uncertain FuturesEpisode Description: In this deeply personal and reflective episode, acclaimed memoirist and writing teacher Laura Davis shares her meditation on aging, physical limitations, and the courage required to face an uncertain future. While recovering from diverticulitis, Laura examines what it means when a lifetime of manifesting, creating, and teaching collides with a body that insists on rest

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