Uncorking a Story

Hosted ByMike Carlon

Stories influence, teach and inspire us, but what about the storytellers who create them? Uncorking a Story profiles storytellers to uncover how their background and life experiences influence the stories they create. We learn what motivates them, their path to success, and what fuels them to keep creating. It all starts by asking one simple question, where does your story begin? Welcome to uncorking a story. All of the books promoted on Uncorking a Story can be viewed and purchased here: https://bookshop.org/shop/UncorkingaStory

You are Braver than you Think, with Suzette Mullen

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Suzette Mullen is a memoir and nonfiction book coach and retreat leader. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times and Today.com, among other outlets. As a book coach, Suzette focuses on amplifying the voices of LGBTQ+ writers as she guides them to find their deeper stories and define their big ideas. She joined me on Uncorking a Story to talk about her writing career as well as her memoir, The Only Way Through is Out. 

Key Topics

  1. The big change Suzette made later in life that reshaped her entire world and put her on the path to living more authentically.
  2. Suzette’s work as a book coach helping LGBTQ+ memoir writers raise their voices, write their stories, and becoming published authors.
  3. How living authentically in your personal life positively impacts your professional life
  4. Tips for starting your memoir and why it is so critical to embrace vulnerability during the process.
  5. Starting over at midlife in your career, personal life, and sexuality.

Buy The Only Way Through Is Out

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3wetByA

Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/54587/9780299345501

Connect with Suzette

Website: https://www.yourstoryfinder.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urstoryfinder/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourstoryfinder

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/people/Suzette-Mullen-Author/100063523689955/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzette-mullen-lgbtq-book-coach/

Connect with Mike

Website: https://uncorkingastory.com/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@uncorkingastory

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TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@uncorkingastory

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