Ask the Author: Alicia M. Rodriguez

“I'd be happy to answer any questions about my memoir, The Shaman's Wife. ” Alicia M. Rodriguez

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Alicia M. Rodriguez I write myself a letter. Dear Alicia, .... And somehow out of that blank page something emerges. I always say, who but a writer meets a blank page with the radical faith that magic will occur? But we do.
Alicia M. Rodriguez Everything is fodder for an article, a book, or a blog post. Inspiration is everywhere if you stay alert to it. So life then is always full of wonder, passion, joy, sorrow, everything is there.
Alicia M. Rodriguez Don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't write. A second grade teacher told me that. I had been writing since I could hold a pencil. I came home crying and my mother asked me this very important question: "Do you believe her?" And I answered, "No.". She wisely continued, "Then what's the problem? Keep writing." And I have, regardless of if anyone reads it.
Alicia M. Rodriguez I'm currently working on a memoir about my travels to Ecuador and the work I do on my own spiritual development with ancestral wisdom keepers there. It has transformed my life and my work.
Alicia M. Rodriguez I pay attention. I'm inspired by so many things that some people find ordinary. Sometimes it's a twist of a phrase, sometimes it's an event or often it is a client conversation that sparks something for me.
Alicia M. Rodriguez My clients asked me to put these practices into one place and so the idea for the book was born!

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