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Local Podcast Focuses on the Healing Journey

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A local podcast is gaining traction with their fully funded Kickstarter campaign and their first season nearing 1000 downloads. Tears, Tides, and Transformation: A Podcast About Healing is hosted by KeAnna Daniels and Bridget Flaherty, women brought together by friendship and a shared passion for real conversations and personal growth. Focusing on the healing journey with tools, tips, and triumph, Ke and Bridget are spreading hope through vulnerability.

Their diverse backgrounds and mutual respect has created a safe place for dialogue about the elephant in the room. Tears, Tides, and Transformation has already distinguished itself as a safe place for women to talk about and listen to stories about overcoming abuse, generational trauma, addiction, mental illness, and life challenges.

Bridget and KeAnna

KeAnna and Bridget interview women who are willing to vulnerably share their experiences with healing and mental health. The hosts then reflect on what they learned from the interview. Each episode provides tips and best practices for tackling the real challenges that are a part of all of our lives.

Here is what people are saying:

“I listened and I cried happy tears because I have a beautiful soul sister who has given me space to be my true self, and continues to love me in spite of my short-comings and flaws. I also recognized my growth and its beautiful to look back and see where I’ve come from” – NaAsiaha Simon, podcast guest

“Just listened to the latest episode of your podcast and I literally felt like I could just sit in Vicki’s lap and cry for an hour. I felt so seen and understood. Thank you for doing this work. I pray its reach is expansive and that it will touch many more lives.” – Nicole McKoy, podcast guest and listener

The podcast is just the beginning. KeAnna and Bridget have a vision of a thriving community of women supporting women on the healing journey including community events, online forum conversations, videos, and written publications.  Their first season can be heard on Apple, Google, Spotify, and Audible.

For more information about hosts, to join the online community, or to sponsor the podcast, head to their website: www.tearstidesandtransformation.com

The Art of Storytelling- Alive and Well in Dayton

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In 1997 poet and novelist George Dawes Green,  wanted to recreate the feeling of sultry summer evenings in his native Georgia, when moths were attracted to the light on the porch, where he and his friends would gather to spin spellbinding tales. That was the beginning of the New York City based storytelling art that is known as The Moth.  It became a weekly podcast and in 2009 launched a national public radio show, The Moth Radio Hour.  You can hear this show  on WYSO Saturday’s at 2pm and Wednesday at 11pm.

Inspired by  The Moth,  Daytonian Shelly Hulce launched a story slam about a dozen years ago.  The premise was simple. People sharing true stories, in person, unscripted and live. For more than a decade a small group of storytellers have been meeting in coffee shops, libraries and bars in and around Dayton. In time the events faded away.  In 2016 Kettering storyteller Bryan Suddith went to Louisville to tell his story and and was selected that nights Story Slam winner.  He knew he needed to re-launch story slam in Dayton.  So in the fall of 2016 Shelly and Brian teamed up and began hosting a local storytelling open mic night at Wiley’s Comedy Club on the third Tuesday of each month.

Now getting ready to kick off their 3rd season, they hosted a workshop last month to encourage new story tellers and over 25 people showed up eager to get tips to become better storytellers.  The biggest pointers included making sure the story has a beginning, middle and an ending and crafting a hook to grab the audiences attention. The first Dayton Story Slam of the season begins Tues, Sept 18th at 7pm and admission is just $5. Interested story tellers can throw their name in the hat and 10 lucky tellers will be drawn to share their starting over/second chances themed tale and one will be voted the winner, leaving with a $50 cash prize.

Bryan Suddith and Bridget Flaherty

For those that want a more structured learning environment, Bridget Flaherty, a multiple Story Slam Winner here in Dayton, with a few Moth wins under her belt as well, is launching a 4 week storytelling class.

LORE , beginning Monday, Sept 10th.  will help you learn the fundamentals of storytelling and craft a short story of your own. The $149 ticket price includes four classes, each class will be 90 minutes and on Oct 3rd there will be a graduation show (which is optional for participants) at The Brightside Music & Event venue.

If you prefer one on one coaching, LORE offers that as well.  Whether you are seeking to drive your company’s culture, enhance a marketing campaign, or craft a personal story presentation, Bridget can help you craft your story.