Fearless Memoir
How to overcome fear, unworthiness, and self-doubt and finally write a memoir. By Brad Wetzler, award-winning author, editor, and book writing coach.
Short Memoir: How Bhakti Yoga Brings Us Back to Our Hearts
Spiritual practices are an important way I stay connected to my deepest self. Yoga and meditation are my go-to practices. When I practice consistently, I do better at staying grounded in the present moment. And when I stay grounded in the NOW, I am slower to react to difficult situations and people, and I'm better able to respond to life's myriad challenges with patience and compassion to others and myself. Spiritual practices are one way that I show up for myself with self-love.
Like yoga and journaling, I think of chanting as a loving knife, a knife that is able to cut through habit and resistance to the soft, beating heart within all our chests.
On a recent summer night, my friend and I drove to a retirement home to attend a kirtan led by Benjy and Heather Wertheimer. Kirtan means “to chant together,” and kirtans are a common practice in Bhakti yoga, the yoga of love and devotion. No matter what you believe, chanting with other humans feels good in the...
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Brad Wetzler
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Brad Wetzler, the founder and lead writing coach at Memoir Academy, is an award-winning author, editor, and book-writing coach. In addition to teaching memoir and nonfiction writing, Brad writes for publication about travel, wellness, psychology, spirituality, and yoga. He lives in Boulder, Colorado. He is an avid yogi, meditator, hiker, dog-lover, world-traveler, and a certified yoga instructor.
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