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5 Things I Wish People Understood about Reverse Culture Shock

November 9th, 2020|Accidental Soldier, Israel, memoir writing, mindset, new memoir, travel, Uncategorized, writing|

Six years ago, I self-diagnosed myself with Reverse Culture Shock, or RCS, an emotional displacement syndrome.  I know this because, after 7 years of doing reverse immigration to the States in 2007, I stumbled upon the symptoms of Reverse Culture Shock on an archived U.S. State Department's home page. Suddenly, I felt recognized and validated [...]

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How I Can Help Your Business Grow as an SEO Consultant, Writer and Strategist

January 21st, 2020|SEO, SEO content strategy, SEO keyword research, writing|

I may be an SEO consultant in Pittsburgh but I've been helping businesses and companies worldwide grow and get discovered with the right keyphrases and keywords. Content is "KING" in SEO. Here's how my SEO writing brain thinks: I think like a person, not a robot. I write for people - your target audience's pain [...]

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How The Courage to Send My Son to Sleepaway Camp Changed My Life

June 16th, 2016|courage, defining moments, faith, joy, mindset, new memoir, pain stories, reflective thinking, storytelling, success, the heroine's journey, transformation, vulnerability, writing|

They say that you develop courage when you're thrown into new situations and for the parents among us, our resilience is constantly tested. Especially when we're sending our kids off to summer camp. I've always been a worrier. And a catastrophizer. If you've gotten to know me from my memoir Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of [...]

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The Courage to See Myself as a Successful Author

March 17th, 2016|branding, courage, marketing, mindset, writing|

When my writing coach and editor Brooke Warner recently posted about the return of the investment in marketing and publicity, I started getting heart palpitations. It reminded me of a conversation I had with myself. Here's what did me in: "To make money in book publishing, you are best off looking at your first book [...]

Find the Courage to Write My Story – A Guest Post by Destiny Allison

January 12th, 2016|courage, writer's voice, writing|

If you've been following my posts of late, then you know how much courage has become part of my life. And as a writer, I need constant doses of courage. I highly relate to the journey Destiny speaks of - read on to learn a unique and different perspective of courage. The Courage to Write [...]

The Courage to Become an Author

October 12th, 2015|courage, marketing, mindset, vulnerability, writing|

Yesterday, I attended a wonderful writing conference at Chatham University here in Pittsburgh called Connections and Conversations. When I attended the conference last year, I was a writer trying to figure out the gist of my memoir Accidental Soldier. Now that my memoir is scheduled to be published in June 2016, I am now officially, [...]

The Power of One Woman’s Quest: Everything I Ever Learned I Got from Serving in the Israel Defense Forces

November 14th, 2014|authenticity, Classroom, defining moments, faith, memoir writing, new books, new memoir, pain stories, the heroine's journey, transformation, vulnerability, writing|

In 1989, I was a sophomore at Suny at Albany. While my peers were declaring their majors, I felt I was wasting my time, which made me feel there was something wrong with me. One night, I had banged my head against the wall of my room crying. I've got to get out of here. [...]

How I Was Able to Write About a Bullying Experience While Serving in the Israel Defense Forces for My Memoir Accidental Soldier

November 2nd, 2014|new memoir, writing, writing tips|

Chapter 10 of my memoir, Accidental Soldier: What My Service in the Israel Defense Forces Taught Me About Faith, Courage and Love and I'm faced with a daunting task of writing about a bullying scene which is key to solving my problem with a specific garin member, who happens to be British and a new immigrant. [...]

Blogging the Themes of My Memoir: Trying to Find a Home while Serving on a Kibbutz (Israel Defense Forces)

June 3rd, 2014|blogging, defining moments, memoir writing, new memoir, storytelling, writing|

Doritos? Like what the fuck? How did he know to call me that name? He’s a Brit. They don’t have Doritos over there. Or do they? I want to tell him to go to hell. To shut the fuck up. I’ve been traumatized by the name “Doritos” all my public school life and right now, [...]

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How I Got to “BreakthroughLand” with My Memoir, “Silence: What the Israel Defense Forces Taught Me About Faith, Courage and Empowerment

May 22nd, 2014|author platform, defining moments, memoir writing, new memoir, storytelling, transformational author experience, writing, writing as inspiration|

Each day when I go to write at our local library or our neighborhood coffee shop to write my memoir, Silence: What the Israel Defense Forces Taught Me about Faith, Empowerment and Courage, I'm already filled up with nervous anticipation:  will I make progress with this scene?  Can I get into the right mood and [...]