Heather Doyle Fraser is a publisher and author, as well as the Founder of the Compassionate Mind Collaborative and its parent company, Beyond Challenge, LLC. As a coach and consultant, Heather utilizes compassionate mind skills and strategies to help clients share their voice, whether they are in the boardroom, navigating a career change, launching a business, or developing a book. She is the author of several books, including 40 Weeks, as well as the co-author of Freedom.

Heather joins me today to discuss compassion, truth, joy, writing, and books. She shares her struggles with the writing process and her inner critic. She describes the fierceness and gentleness of compassion and explains why a writer needs to bring them into the process of creating a story. She also highlights why books mean so much to people and offers advice on bringing your voice into your writing.

“Compassion is the ability and the willingness to see the pain and suffering in yourself and others—and is the motivation and courage to alleviate, lessen, or prevent that suffering.” - Heather Doyle Fraser

This week on the Trauma Hiders Club Podcast:

• Heather’s struggles with the writing process and her inner critic
• The fierceness and gentleness of compassion
• What it means to bring compassion into writing
• The fear and doubt we encounter when we try to write and how to disengage from them
• How your voice can make your story unique
• How Heather works with her clients through the writing process
• Why it’s important to bring your values into your writing
• Why books mean so much to people and the first series of books Heather loved
• My self-imposed book ban and the books that Heather has re-read several times
• Overcoming self-doubt in writing and the relationship between reading and writing

Resources Mentioned:

• Book: Narrow Podcasting: Make Profitable Connections and Grow Your Business, Without Paid Ads, Sponsors, or Thousands of Listeners by Toby Goodman
• Book: Blueberry Pie Elf by Jane Thayer
• Book: The Little House by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Book: The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho
• Book: The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide to the Journey to Your True Calling by Stephen Cope
• Book: All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness
• Book: The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
• Book: Another America by Barbara Kingsolver
• Book: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
• Book: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
• Book: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Life and Love by Cheryl Shepherd
• Book: House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Related Content:

• Podcast: Embracing Negative Emotions with Allison Crow

Connect with Heather Doyle Fraser:

• The Compassionate Mind Collaborative
• Book: Freedom: How Teens Can Use Mindful Compassion to Thrive in a Chaotic World and Grow a Purpose-Driven Life
• Book: 40 Weeks: A Daily Journey of Inspiration and Abundance
• Book: Daily Gratitude and Intention Journal
• The Compassionate Mind Collaborative on Facebook
• Heather Doyle Fraser on LinkedIn
• Heather Doyle Fraser on Instagram
• Heather Doyle Fraser on Twitter

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