The RAD Podcast Rachel A. Dawson

I’m back with a new episode— my first ever unscripted one! — and sharing all about my recent solo getaway, what I read (and reread),  what questions I’m asking, and the recent spiritual breakthrough that’s changing everything.
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SHOW NOTES:
East of Eden by John Steinbeck // amazon / bookshopBandersnatch: An Invitation to Explore Your Unconventional Soul // amazon / bookshopGetaway HouseEmily Roig -- website / spotify /  "You Are Loved"  (LIVE)Hope MusicMusic + mix by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + InstagramRachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram

It’s a new year and The RAD Podcast is back with a new season and a slightly new format! We’re kicking things off with some reflections on the book I’m reading by Martin Luther King, Jr, the question I’m asking myself lately about what it might mean to love my inner child, and talking about all the bullet journaling I’ve been doing lately.
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SHOW NOTES:
Strength to Love by Martin Luther King, JrMusic by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + InstagramRachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram

This is episode 24 and I’m recapping some of my favorite reads from 2020, some of the most meaningful action steps I took this year, and discussing what this year has held and what I hope for in 2021.
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My favorite fiction read for this year: The Scent Keeper by Erica BauermeisterMy favorite debut novel this year: The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi DaréMy favorite non-fiction read: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan StevensonMy favorite romance read: The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez, and the sequel The Happy Ever After PlaylistMy favorite self-help read: Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode— and into a Life of Connection and Joy by Aundi KolberMy favorite memoir: Good Enough: Learning to Let Go of Perfect for the Sake of Holy by my friend Wendi NunneryMy favorite Christian read: Leaving Egypt: Finding God in the Wilderness Places by Chuck deGroat and Defiant: What the Women of Exodus Teach Us about Freedom by Kelley NikondehaMy favorite young adult read: The Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoMy favorite poetry read: What Kind of Woman by Kate BaerMy favorite thriller: The Guest List by Lucy FoleyMy favorite fantasy read: A Court of Thorns of Roses, or the whole trilogy reallyThe rings I get engraved with my word of the year Music by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + InstagramRachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram

This is episode 23 and I’m sharing all about my article published in the New York Times on my collage project!

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Make a Collage with Your NewspaperMusic by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + InstagramRachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram

This is episode 22 and I’m sharing 5 books that feel like fall, talking about experiencing art, and sharing pockets of peace that I’ve found inspiring.
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SHOW NOTES:
Chief Inspector Gamache novels by Louise PennyDevotions: The Selected Poems of Mary OliverThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Guest List by Lucy FoleyEpisode 1Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsEpisode 20Nabela Noor on TikTokMusic by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + InstagramRachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram

This is episode 21 and I’m talking about a book on birth order that was incredibly helpful, celebrating your people and how my friends celebrated an important milestone in my life, and living in the tension between two things at once.
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SHOW NOTES:
The Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You Are  On Being podcast episode hosted by Krista Tippett with Brene Brownemail from Girls Night InMinaa B posttweet from Iris McAlpinMusic by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + InstagramRachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram