Innovation Women Library discussion

Hi everyone!

I’m back with another discussion.

This week, we want to explore the origins of your writing. Our question for you: What inspired you to become an author?

Whether it was a personal experience, a story that wouldn’t leave your mind, or encouragement from others, we want to hear about the inspiration that started it all

Funny, I never aspired to be an author. I always enjoyed writing in school. During the pandemic I started blogging and attracted a good following. I happened to attract quite a few individuals in the publishing space. As I was having virtual 1:1's with these individuals, I kept hearing, "You have a lot of great content. Have you ever considered writing a book?" The first few times I heard this I had to laugh. The more I heard this I started considering the possibility. After hearing it enough times, I felt it was a sign and I took the plunge and wrote my first book.

I became an author because I like to identify the root cause of problems. And in the world of food and health we are dancing around the root cause and not discussing the core of the problem. So I wrote a book around the root cause with stories and research.

Conversation Secrets for Tomorrow's Leaders: 21 Obvious Secrets Leaders Do Not Use Enough

I was inspired to coauthor Conversation Secrets for Tomorrow’s Leaders in a zoom chat with my then colleagues just certified in Conversational Intelligence®. We had started developing a workshop for our clients, and decided to write a book together in 2019. Our desire to publish intensified when COVID hit the planet a few months into our writing project, and we knew we had something to help leaders have and lead the many difficult conversations that were needed more than ever to manage healthy workplaces.

We designed this book with 21 bite-sized conversation secrets that are timeless and powerful, and collected under three themes: The Languages of Trust, Connection and Collaboration.