🎙️ INTERVIEW: Microjoys, Navigating Transitions & Building a Creative Career w/ Cyndie Spiegel
​** This is a LIVE interview with author Cyndie Spiegel about the craft of writing and reality of building a writing career. Attendees will be sent a recording after the interview. **
​How can writers embrace major shifts and transitions in their creative lives and work? How can we infuse the writing process with hope?Â
​During the most challenging year of her life, Cyndie Spiegel began to recognize the incredible power of small moments of beauty. A keynote speaker focused on self-development, her book, Microjoys: Finding Hope (Especially) When Life Is Not Okay, is a collection of essays detailing how taking note of the joys right in front of her helped her to navigate life's most difficult moments.Â
​Join us for a conversation with Cyndie Spiegel as we discuss joy as a practice, the importance of the narratives we tell about ourselves, and how to make space for powerful change.Â
​We'll also explore:Â
​Cyndie's journey as a speaker and authorÂ
​How she navigated significant career transitions to build a more creative lifeÂ
​How she grew her online platform, Dear Grown Ass WomenÂ
​Cyndie's focus on how we experience joy and what that has meant to her as a writerÂ
​About Cyndie Spiegel Â
​Cyndie Spiegel is a born storyteller–turned–writer; she's an aspirational voice and an igniter of powerful conversation. She is a former adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design and Fashion Institute of Technology, and holds a masters of professional studies. She is also a TEDx speaker and a 500-hour trained yoga and meditation teacher. Her honest storytelling, vulnerable self-inquiry, and penchant for swear words have made her a sought-after speaker and facilitator for conferences, brands, and organizations, and she has been featured in publications such as Entrepreneur, Forbes, Glamour, Teen Vogue, and The Huffington Post. She currently lives in New Jersey with her (very handsome) photographer husband, two cats, way too many patterns, and an excessive number of houseplants. She is the founder of Dear Grown Ass Women®, an inclusive and highly relatable social community for women 35+, and she is also the author of A Year of Positive Thinking: Daily Inspiration, Wisdom & Courage.
​Your London Writers' Salon Hosts:
​Parul Bavishi and Matt Trinetti are the co-founders of the London Writers' Salon, creators of the webby-nominated Writers' Hour daily writing sessions, and hosts of the London Writers' Salon podcast.
​Parul Bavishi has been an editor for over a decade. In addition to running LWS she helps thriller, YA and non-fiction writers level up their craft and get published. She writes and edits for the Story Grid. She has worked as an editor and literary scout at Random House, Quercus & Eccles Fisher. She analyses TV hit shows (Killing Eve, Ozark, Game of Thrones) on the Story Grid Showrunners Podcast.
​Matt Trinetti is a writer, publisher, TEDx speaker, and facilitator. In addition to running LWS, Matt designs programs to help unfulfilled professionals pursue creative work, start businesses, and reinvent their careers. Matt's work has appeared in Quartz, Observer, Creative Mornings, and on his blog GiveLiveExplore.
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