Write To Rise Collective

Leslie Wall
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A podcast that brings together diverse voices in writing, coaching, and healing, showing how sharing your story can be the medicine for personal and collective transformation. lesliewallwritetorise.substack.com

  1. The Quiet Soaring of Kathleen Ahern

    2d ago

    The Quiet Soaring of Kathleen Ahern

    Here you go — keeping it in the thread as requested: A Write To Rise conversation Kathleen has been in my world for about a year and a half. We talked back then about her wanting a podcast. We talked about her writing. We talked about all the things she was carrying inside her that hadn’t yet found a place to land. Then life did what life does, and the dream went quiet for a while. When she came back to me in April 2026, almost exactly a year to the day from our first conversation, the dream was still there, the writing had gone cold, she’d shelved the ideas like so many of us do and she still didn’t have a home on the internet that felt like her own. So she joined Hoala Studio, the free starter program I built inside of Substack & Skool for women just like her: women who know they have something to say, but who freeze in front of a blank page or a blinking cursor and don’t know where to begin. The studio is for the woman who is tired of social media and performing for algorithms. She is tired of getting blasted by ads and people showing up in her messages asking for her credit card information without ever even introducing themselves. This is the space for the women who are looking for an easier, softer way to express themselves and a cozier home on the internet. Six weeks later, I’m watching a completely different woman. She’s launched a podcast. She’s published essays I can’t stop thinking about. She interviewed a living legend in the Holistic Nursing space the first week of being in the Studio. She has a workshop coming up that she was talking about starting over a year ago. The thing I want to name out loud, because it’s the thing the internet rarely shows you — none of this came from a viral moment or a clever growth hack. It came from one decision, made over and over: do it messy. Do it anyway. This is our conversation, and the lessons I want every woman building her voice on Substack to take from it. The internet she’d been trying to make work Kathleen, like a lot of us, had tried the social media thing. Posting in groups. Trying to “attract” people. The unspoken rule in most of those spaces is no self-promotion, which is a strange instruction to give a small business owner. And the workaround — cold DMs — made her feel icky. They make all of us feel icky but we do it anyway because this is what we are taught to do to have a successful business or to attract the people that are meant to be in our world. “I know what you’re doing,” she said. “I can see where the conversation is going to lead.” Someone messages with friendliness, then steers it toward a summit, a course, a credit card. The transaction was always the punchline. As a neurodivergent person, those interactions quietly cost her energy she didn’t have to spend. This is something I want to keep saying out loud: the load social media puts on neurodivergent women is not the same load it puts on everyone else. The ads, the inputs, the constant performance, the algorithmic comparison — our nervous systems process all of it at full volume. When I pulled myself off social media a year and a half ago, two things happened: my bank account had more money in it at the end of the month (I’d stopped buying random things), and I stopped feeling broken all the time. (There is a laundry list of other amazing things that happened in my life, but these are the ones that came to mind during this convo) I could finally sit with how blessed my actual life was, instead of measuring it against a feed. When I finally convinced her to stop spending time on social media and start spending time on Substack, I watched her unfold into a completely different human in a month’s time. Substack didn’t just give Kathleen a new platform. It gave her a place where her brain could rest and a home for her voice and her perspective. Why “just do it messy” is the whole secret When Kathleen came into Hoala Studio, she didn’t need another online course. She needed a starting point. Her own words: here’s what templates are, here’s how to make them yours, here’s where to begin if you want minimal thinking required. That was intentional. I built it that way because I am also neurodivergent, and I know what happens when a woman with a thousand ideas opens a blank Substack: she opens twelve more tabs and closes the laptop. What you actually need is a structure simple enough to step into, plus permission to do it imperfectly. “It’s never going to be ready. It’s never going to be perfect,” Kathleen told me. “Just do it good enough, and you can go back to it later.” She changed her podcast name three times. She might change her publication name again. None of it has cost her a single reader. The work is on the page. The polish comes later. Her voice is getting stronger by the day. The Dr. Jean Watson email This is the story I want every woman reading this to hold onto. Dr. Jean Watson’s Caring Science has shaped Kathleen since her second semester of nursing school. It’s the framework underneath everything she does — personally, professionally, all of it. For years, she’d carried this quiet dream of connecting with Dr. Watson, but Dr. Watson is a living legend in the holistic nursing world. Busy. Important. Unreachable, presumably. Kathleen finally got an email address. She poured her heart into a message. She assumed she’d hear back in a week or two, if at all. Dr. Watson emailed her back in two hours. I have fifteen minutes tomorrow. Send me your Zoom link. (Kathleen didn’t even have a Zoom account. She set one up in a panic.) The first two minutes, she was tongue-tied. The last two minutes, she was tongue-tied. The ten minutes in between, she said, were one of the best moments of her year — a woman she’d looked up to for over a decade pouring wisdom directly into her. A week later, Kathleen sat down with me and said: what do I do with this? I don’t want to keep it to myself. And we figured out the answer together. Upload the recording to Substack. Don’t worry about editing it or polishing it to perfection, just do the scary thing and hit that publish button. Stop debating the title. Push the button. You can fix everything later. She has a podcast now!!! Ahhh! The girl that was terrified to start a podcast last year has a podcast now and her first interview is with an absolute legend. Rejection sensitivity is not a personality flaw I want to name this because it’s part of why so many neurodivergent women never launch the thing they’re dreaming about. We don’t experience the small risks of putting our work out the way neurotypical people do. A normal nervous system can rationalize a quiet post, an unanswered email, a critical comment — okay, on to the next one. Ours doesn’t. Ours runs a thousand simulations of what we did wrong, what those people thought of us, what we’d have to change about ourselves to be acceptable. So when a neurodivergent woman does launch the thing, what she’s pushed through is not laziness or perfectionism. It’s a real nervous-system response. The confidence Kathleen has now didn’t appear because she suddenly stopped being sensitive. It appeared because she shipped anyway, got real feedback from real humans, and started slowly building evidence that her voice was wanted. The first time she hit fifty subscribers, she said it felt like imagining fifty people in a room who wanted to hear from her. That image is everything. Every subscriber is a tiny affirmation: yes, you. Keep going. What Heart and Hearth is really about Kathleen’s publication, Heart and Hearth, reflects a broader vision that goes far beyond Dr. Jean Watson’s work. She’s writing for the BIPOC community, the Asian community, the Filipino community specifically. She’s writing for the women who walk into wellness retreats and notice they’re the only brown person in the room. She’s writing about the eldest daughter role, the high-achiever-as-the-only-form-of-praise dynamic, the family-needs-over-individual-needs script so many women in her community grew up inside of. She’s writing about boundaries you were never allowed to have as a kid and have to teach yourself as an adult. About cooking and cleaning and doing laundry, you learned alone because you’re a smart kid; you’ll figure it out. And she’s writing about something I love: the search for childlike wonder as an adult, when your childhood was structured by other people’s choices and you never got to find out what actually brought you joy. There is a particular kind of work that can only be done by a woman who has lived inside that exact experience. Another Filipina, another Asian woman, another eldest daughter can read Kathleen and exhale in a way she couldn’t reading me. Representation isn’t a buzzword. It’s whether the woman who needs to see herself in the work can actually see herself. What I learn from creators like Kathleen I grew up in Mississippi inside a specific Southern Baptist doctrine. I’ve spent years deconstructing the religious teachings, the whitewashed history, the cultural assumptions I was handed as fact. My partner is full-blooded Japanese, born in Hawaii. My closest friends are Korean, Chinese, Hawaiian-Filipino-Japanese. I’m the only white person in my circle. And the depth of what I didn’t know — what was stripped from my education on purpose — keeps surprising me to the core of who I am. Substack has been one of the places I’ve done that learning. Creators like Kathleen, writing from inside experiences I will never have, have given me language and context I bring back into my own home. When my partner can’t quite explain something about her culture, sometimes another creator has already explained it for her, and I can meet her with more compassion than I’d have had otherwise. This is why I keep saying it: your quirks, your perspectives, the things you’ve safeguarde

    40 min
  2. From Nurse to Author

    3d ago

    From Nurse to Author

    A Write To Rise conversation with nurse coach and author Darcy Ziel A year and a half ago, Darcie came into my program with a dream. She was already an established nurse coach with more than twenty years of nursing behind her, but she carried a book inside her that had been brewing for years. She was, in fact, one of my very first authors — I had barely built the program out when a mutual friend connected us. Looking back now, it feels like it was always meant to be. Since then, Darcie has published not one but two books, launched an online course, created a thriving book club, and expanded her nurse coaching work into retreats in remote Alaska. This week she joined me live to talk about what the writing journey actually changed in her — and how a single book quietly reshaped her entire business. The book that almost stayed a textbook Darcie spent much of her nursing career in education. She taught at the university level, and teaching is her natural mode. So when she sat down to write Reconnect to the Wild Within: Seasonal Practices to Embody Your Primal Nature, her first instinct was to do what she’d always done: teach. “I’m a natural teacher, and that’s what I wanted to do in the book,” she told me. “And Leslie was like, no — you have to put your story in there. You have to draw people in with your story.” That push changed everything. The finished book weaves together her personal stories, client stories, teaching, and — to my genuine surprise when I first read her drafts — her poetry. Some of the most beautiful moments in the book are those pauses for reflection around poems I didn’t even know she wrote. This is something I tell every author I work with: we live in the age of information. Anyone can Google a topic, and now anyone can ask AI. What readers are hungry for is the humanness in a book — the thing they can’t get anywhere else. Darcie’s book is proof of what happens when an author is brave enough to offer that. Writing with the seasons What makes Reconnect to the Wild Within so distinctive is its structure: the book moves through the seasons of a year, inviting readers to slow down and engage with the land they actually live on. “It’s so easy to go for a walk in the park and, while we’re walking, plan out our day or plan what we’re going to have for dinner — multitasking while we’re engaging with nature,” Darcie said. “I wanted this book to be more of an invitation to go deeper.” That means thinking about the land beneath your feet, your connection to it, your ancestors, the indigenous peoples who lived there before you, and the way light and season actually move through your body. Darcie lives in Alaska, where you can’t help but pay attention to those rhythms — and she pairs that seasonal awareness with the somatic and nervous system work she does with clients, offering practices readers can take into their own bodies and landscapes. The reader responses have been remarkable. People tell her things like I never thought about that or I never knew about this animal on the land where I live. For some, the shift has been genuinely transformational — the realisation that there is a deep, undomesticated part of us that is nature, and that tapping into it can bring both peace and wildness. And here’s the part every aspiring author needs to hear: while she was writing, Darcie often wondered whether any of it would land. Is this going to touch people? Is this going to reach anyone? It did. When we’re brave enough to put our passion into the world, it reaches people — and empowers them — in ways we can’t predict. On being seen Darcie and I have something in common: we both spent most of our lives identifying as introverts, and we’ve both come to suspect that label was partly a self-protection mechanism. Writing cracked that open for both of us. “Tapping into that place where you can be creative in the first place takes a level of safety in the body to even get there,” Darcie explained. “And then the next level is sharing it. That takes a certain level of vulnerability — and knowing that some people are not going to like it. Those aren’t your people, and that’s okay.” When I asked her what the most healing part of publishing was, her answer was simple: learning, at the level of the nervous system, that it’s safe to be seen. First I read her writing. Then her husband. Then an editor. Then the world. Each step stretched that capacity a little further. She was also clear about something I find so important: you don’t have to share everything. “Your book is not you,” she said. “You can share what feels safe to share in that moment.” So many of my authors worry about hurting a loved one or exposing too much. But there’s always a way to write your perspective — what a story taught you, how it shaped the work you do now — without telling every detail. A book is a living, breathing piece of art. You can add to it, revise it, and release new versions. It’s never as final as the fear makes it feel. Creativity, play, and the permission to be silly One thread that runs through Darcie’s coaching is creative practice — journaling, writing exercises, play-based work. “Anyone can be creative. You don’t have to be an artist, so to speak,” she said. “It’s such a powerful healing tool that is often overlooked.” I’ll add my own confession here: my creativity routine includes sliding at the park with my dog, sticker art, and the occasional 90s workout video that leaves me laughing the entire time. So many women have been trained to act right, say the right thing, stay serious. But what births from joy is pure creativity. When we give ourselves permission to play, we reconnect with parts of ourselves that have been buried — and that’s where the magic is. How one book became a whole ecosystem Here’s the thing I tell authors that they rarely believe until they live it: a book will change the way you do business. “I really didn’t see that,” Darcie admitted. “And it’s been interesting to watch how my business has morphed over time.” Today, the book functions as a touchstone across everything she does: Her coaching clients — most of whom she works with over Zoom — receive the book and its companion journal, giving them real-time practices to do on the land where they live, between sessions and long after their work together ends. Her year-long book club, launched last September, meets once a month to go deep on the book’s concepts. The transformation she’s watched in members “just by reading the book and doing a once-a-month book club” has astonished her — and several members are now coming to her July retreat in remote Alaska to meet in person. And the newest layer: a book club facilitator training, so women who loved the experience can lead Reconnect to the Wild Within circles in their own communities, helping people reconnect to their bodies and the nature around them. This is what I mean when I tell authors I don’t chase bestseller badges. A badge is ego — a bragging right you can never trace back to a single changed life. What Darcie has built is the opposite: a book that people don’t just read but practice, in community, season after season. You can watch the transformation unfurl in real time — fitting, since her business logo is a fiddlehead fern, opening from a contracted coil into full expansion. That’s the vision she holds for her clients, and it’s exactly what her book has done for her. Follow the seed If there’s one takeaway from this conversation, it’s Darcie’s reminder: “If you have that seed inside you that wants to create something, follow it and see what unfolds. Maybe it’s just that thing — or maybe it will become something else entirely.” You don’t have to know where it’s going. You just have to begin. Connect with Darcie Find Darcie at DarcieZiel.com, where you’ll find links to: Reconnect to the Wild Within: Seasonal Practices to Embody Your Primal Nature and its companion journal (both available on Amazon) The Book Club — next cohort begins in September Joyful Little Life — a three-month group coaching container starting in September, focused on building a nervous-system baseline of joy One-to-one nurse coaching Alaska retreats — July’s retreat is full, but keep an eye on her site for next year’s dates. (You fly into Juneau, then take a float plane to a remote Southeast Alaska community for full nature immersion. Alaska in July is pure magic.) Write To Rise helps women and underrepresented voices write, publish, and build a life around their books. If you have a book brewing, it’s worth writing — even if the first life it changes is your own. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lesliewallwritetorise.substack.com/subscribe

    42 min
  3. The Book You're Afraid to Write Is Probably the One You're Supposed to Write

    Jun 4

    The Book You're Afraid to Write Is Probably the One You're Supposed to Write

    A Write To Rise reflection There’s a particular kind of full-circle moment that happens when one of the women you’ve been guiding through her book sits you down on her own platform and starts asking you the questions. That’s what happened this week. Magali Mathieu — a brilliant business coach who’s been working with me for the past year on her book — invited me on for a live conversation on her Substack. Magali helps women build companies without burning down their nervous systems in the process, which is fitting, because that’s exactly what brought her to me in the first place. She had a book in her body. She just couldn’t see the shape of it yet. We talked about a lot — voice, publishing, the somatic side of writing, Substack as a testing ground — and I wanted to share the parts I keep coming back to. If you’ve been carrying a book around, some of this is for you. How we found each other Magali found me the way most of my authors do: through another woman. Her friend Lauren had just birthed her book into the world, and when Magali messaged her on Instagram saying she’d always dreamed of writing one, Lauren told her I have the perfect person for you. This is how Write To Rise has grown. Not through funnels. Not through ads. Through women telling other women. Magali came in already journaling, already on Substack, already writing weekly. What she needed wasn’t permission to write — it was help finding the shape of the book inside her. She had too many stories. The arc wasn’t visible to her yet. That’s exactly the kind of work my early sessions are built for: I ask questions until the framework emerges. Then the stories start to flood in faster than she can catch them — which, if you’ve ever written through this process, you know is the exact thing that happens. “Just start” is not advice — it’s the whole secret Magali asked me what I would tell women who want to write a book. My honest answer: just start. I see so much online content about the five tricks for finding your voice. Your voice unlocks when you start using it. That’s it. That’s the secret. You don’t need the special journal. You don’t need a new app. You don’t need to wait for the certification or the perfect pen. You need to sit down before you consume anything else in the morning and put words on the page — even if it’s two sentences. Some days, two sentences become the spark for an entire offering. There’s real research behind pen to paper. It activates parts of the brain that typing doesn’t. You don’t have to write your whole book by hand — I’ll come back to this — but the morning pages, the channeled-message moments, the times something is trying to come through from underneath, those want to be written longhand. Why women’s writing is different (the hill I die on) This is the conversation I have over and over, and I’ll keep having: the writing process is not the same for women as it is for men. I can hand a man an outline, and he’ll hand the book back. There are entire programs built around Write Your Book in 90 Days, and some people can do that. But women carry an ancestral lineage of being silenced for speaking. Women writers whose books were burned. Voices buried by force, not by choice. That history lives in our bodies, and it shows up as procrastination, throat tightness, the urge to soften every sentence until it disappears. A lot of what I do isn’t strategy. It’s holding the space — being the permission slip a woman didn’t know she needed. The other pattern I see constantly is a woman starting a book as one person and finishing it as someone else. The writing itself heals her. Mid-draft she’ll say I think this book is something different now — I think I need to write a new one. And my job is to gently rein her in. Finish this one. The next one is coming. But the woman who needs this book is the version of you from three years ago — and she’s still waiting. The publishing conversation I refuse to sugarcoat Magali asked me about traditional vs. self vs. hybrid publishing, and I didn’t soften it. My first book — The Perfectly Imperfect Pumpkins, a children’s book — came out of me during the worst of my burnout. I was working 80-hour weeks as a cardiac nurse, sick enough that I could barely move between shifts, and that book poured through me. I didn’t know what I was doing. I had acceptance letters from a few traditional publishers, but the timeline was three years, and I needed it to be real sooner than that, so I went hybrid. Fifteen thousand dollars. No marketing. Something that should have felt sacred ended up feeling stripped of its meaning. The book did well anyway — because I have a strong network and because I showed up at pumpkin patches and libraries and schools and read it to kids — but the magic was in those rooms with those children, not in anything the publisher did. So here’s where I land now: self-publishing has come a long way. Dave Ramsey — Financial Peace was a self-published book that became an empire. When you self-publish, you keep 100% of the say over what your book becomes. And the Amazon bestseller badge so many people chase? What does it actually give you? You can’t reach those readers. You can’t thank them. Maybe it’s an ego boost. It’s not a connection. If you go traditional, know what you’re signing up for: a multi-year timeline and a publisher with a say in what version of your story sells. Most people don’t realize traditional publishing means you pitch a proposal — your book gets shaped by the publisher’s marketing plan before it’s even written. If you go self or hybrid, do real research. None of these is wrong. They’re just different agreements about who gets to hold the pen. Substack is your testing ground This is the part I tell every author in week one: get on Substack and start sharing the journey. Not the polished final book. The journey. The half-formed thoughts. The excerpts. The behind-the-scenes. If you really want a book that impacts other women, you can’t write it in isolation and hope. You need data. You need feedback. You need to know — before you’ve spent two years of your life on a manuscript — which stories make people lean in. Amy Porterfield’s first book came from her highest-performing newsletter. She knew people wanted it because they’d already told her, week after week, what landed. That’s not luck. That’s listening. In Magali’s world, they’d call this an MVP — minimum viable product. Test before you invest everything. So many of the women I work with sit on an idea, polish it in private for months, finally release it, and then discover it didn’t quite land. The fix is almost embarrassingly simple: share earlier, share rougher, let your future readers tell you what they actually need. Magali is launching her first paid Substack excerpt the day after we recorded. She’s starting with the hardest story. She told me she’s already dreamt about people reading it, already wanted to unschedule it, already manufactured a whole drama in her head. She’s going to hit publish anyway. That’s how this works. Picking which book One of the women in the chat asked the question I get constantly: I have so many ideas — a biography of my dad, a fiction book, others. How do I know which one is the book? Morning pages. Stillness. Whichever story is closest to your heart and ties back to a message someone else — just one person — needs to hear right now. Magali added something I loved: when you keep flipping back and forth between options, that’s the mind talking. The heart tends to know. And — this is the harder truth — the story you’re a little afraid to tell is usually the one with the medicine in it. The somatic side of writing The thing that makes my program different from most is that I don’t treat writing as a head practice. I treat it as a body practice. My walk-with-intention method is exactly what it sounds like: I outline a chapter, put the questions I want to explore in the notes section of my phone, and go for a hike. I let my body answer. Clarity, for me, comes through movement. This isn’t something I invented. Yoga classes have been doing it forever — movement first, journaling second. Eastern medicine has known this since time began. We just forgot. For Magali, it looked different. She’d come to our sessions and just talk — like therapy — and we’d transcribe everything. Then she’d read it back and notice where her voice changed, where she got emotional, where the truth was. That’s where the chapter lived. If you’re stuck in writing, try moving. A walk. A shower. A real conversation with a friend. The clarity is rarely going to come from staring harder at the screen. The body’s resistance is information Magali told me about her Hashimoto’s — about her conviction that years of not speaking her truth is part of what made her thyroid sick. I didn’t flinch because I see this constantly. The body protects you from what it perceives as a threat. Don’t speak. Remember what happened last time. The throat locks up. The queasiness comes. Some of my clients realize, mid-program, that the thyroid issues they’re carrying are entangled with a voice they’ve never let themselves use. The intervention is not to push through harder. It’s to give yourself a contract: I will show up at this time, in this space, even if I have nothing to say today. That’s how trust gets rebuilt with your own body. Most of the problems in our lives come from the moment we stopped trusting ourselves. Writing — done as a practice rather than a task — is one way back. Story medicine The phrase I left Magali with is the one I want to leave you with. Picture two women walking into a room. One looks perfect, presents only the polished surface, tells you her life is great. The other says I’m having a hard day, I’m

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  4. Escaping the Digital Noise

    Mar 27

    Escaping the Digital Noise

    We are living in a zero trust market — everyone’s selling something, and buyers are exhausted. From self‑help “gurus” with no credentials to the endless scroll of AI‑generated fluff, people are craving something very few businesses offer anymore: connection. In this episode of Write to Rise Collective, I’m getting real about what’s actually happening online right now — the trust collapse, digital burnout, and why people are walking away from social media in search of something slower, quieter, and more human. I’ll share how the industry is shifting toward regulation, what that means for nurse coaches, healers, and professionals with real‑world credentials — and how to stand out in the noise by getting back to the basics: writing, storytelling, community, and meaningful conversation. We’ll talk about: * Why most buyers don’t trust anyone online anymore * The rise of “analog living” and how it ties into your brand * Substack and the new era of client‑first marketing * Turning your story, book, or content into an anchor product * How to market quietly and build a business that actually feels good If you’ve been feeling pulled to slow down, simplify, and build something real again — this one’s for you. Join the conversation inside the Write to Rise Collective On Substack. Learn more about Ho‘ala Studio and upcoming workshops at Ho'ala Studio Subscribe to my Substack and start creating from a place of purpose: Stay blessed, never stressed. 🌿 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lesliewallwritetorise.substack.com/subscribe

    37 min
  5. The Key Is Aloha: A Wake-Up Call for a Divided America

    07/24/2025

    The Key Is Aloha: A Wake-Up Call for a Divided America

    In this heart-opening solo episode, Leslie shares a powerful personal reflection on the state of America — and a timeless Hawaiian truth that may hold the key to healing our divided nation. Drawing on the wisdom of Aunty Pilahi Paki and Hawaiʻi's legal definition of the "Aloha Spirit," Leslie explores what it means to live with kindness, unity, humility, and perseverance in a time of fear, misinformation, and disconnection. With real stories from her neighborhood in Hawaiʻi, including the immigrant families who shaped her understanding of humanity, Leslie invites listeners to reclaim their compassion, see beyond political narratives, and rise in community. This isn’t just a political commentary — it’s a call to remember who we are, to love harder, and to lead with Aloha wherever you are in the world. A beautiful listen for anyone feeling overwhelmed, disillusioned, or hungry for hope and action. In this episode, you'll hear: * The deeper meaning of Aloha and its roots in Hawaiian law * A true immigrant story of resilience, generosity, and survival * Why cultural diversity is the heart of America * A gentle call to action for living with Aloha — wherever you are * A personal letter of remembrance, resistance, and reverence “The world will turn to Hawaiʻi as they search for world peace, because Hawaiʻi is the key — and that key is Aloha.” — Aunty Pilahi Paki This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lesliewallwritetorise.substack.com/subscribe

    17 min
  6. Write It Into Being: A Summer Solstice Ritual for Reclaiming Your Light

    06/21/2025

    Write It Into Being: A Summer Solstice Ritual for Reclaiming Your Light

    In this sacred solstice episode, Leslie A. Wall guides you through a powerful reflection on the light within — and how writing by hand can become a ritual of remembrance, healing, and rebirth. Rooted in both spiritual wisdom and scientific research, this episode explores the somatic, emotional, and neurological power of handwriting — and why it creates deeper transformation than typing ever could. Leslie shares personal reflections, key studies that support the brain-body connection through writing, and leads you through a guided somatic writing ritual to help you reconnect with your truth, your rhythm, and your light. This isn’t just journaling.This is a soul contract.This is how we write ourselves into a new way of being. And — the Write to Rise Collective Membership is now open.Inside, Leslie teaches somatic writing practices to a sacred circle of women who are ready to rise from the old narratives and write the next chapter of their lives — from the inside out. 🎧 Tune in now to reconnect with your creative fire, your emotional clarity, and your sacred commitment to rise. 🔗 Join the Write to Rise Collective Membership📖 Learn more about somatic writing + rituals: Write To Rise Collective on Substack💌 Let Leslie know what came through for you: Lesliewall_writetorise This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lesliewallwritetorise.substack.com/subscribe

    13 min
  7. Embracing The Power Of the Pivot

    06/13/2025

    Embracing The Power Of the Pivot

    In this inspiring episode of the Write To Rise Podcast, I sit down with the incredible Michelle RosaBarz—mom, medical professional turned entrepreneur, and now, aspiring author. Michelle opens up about her journey of resilience and reinvention, sharing the powerful story behind her upcoming book, Uprooted and Unstoppable: Embracing the Power of the Pivot. We dive into what it really means to pivot in life—whether it's shifting careers, navigating motherhood, or stepping into entrepreneurship. As the first in her family to graduate from high school, college, and graduate school, Michelle’s path has been anything but linear. From working in radiology and intensive care to launching Mami Works Design Studio, a creative agency serving women in healthcare, Michelle has turned every twist into a new beginning. Now a member of the Inspired Author Program, Michelle is writing a book for every woman who's ever had to make a bold change and wondered if she was alone. Spoiler: you’re not—and Michelle’s story is proof. Tune in to hear: How Michelle found clarity after a life-changing moment Why pivoting isn’t failure—it’s freedom What it looks like to build a purpose-driven business while raising a family Her vision for her book and the women it’s meant to serve This episode is a celebration of courage, creativity, and the unstoppable power of change. Let Michelle’s journey remind you that your pivot might just be the path to your purpose. Get ready to be moved, motivated, and reminded of your own power to rise . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lesliewallwritetorise.substack.com/subscribe

    58 min
  8. Sales With Soul: Reclaiming Worth, Voice & Visibility with Elizabeth Muñoz

    06/06/2025

    Sales With Soul: Reclaiming Worth, Voice & Visibility with Elizabeth Muñoz

    In this powerful and heart-opening episode of the Write to Rise Collective, Leslie sits down with soul-led business mentor Elizabeth Muñoz, the creator of Sales With Soul™. Together, they dive deep into what it really means to stop hustling for your worth—and start receiving from your sacred truth. Elizabeth shares her journey of rising from burnout and invisibility into bold self-expression and prosperity. You’ll hear how trauma, nervous system regulation, and inner voice work are all part of the receiving equation—and why heart-centered women often struggle to own their value in business. We also explore her upcoming Sales With Soul™: Value & Receiving in-person event in Scottsdale, AZ—a sacred experience designed to help women reconnect with their value, release guilt around being seen, and call in abundance through ritual, embodiment, and community. This episode is filled with wisdom, soul, and a little bit of sparkle—from pricing your services with confidence to creating rituals that shift your money story forever. Attend the Event: Sales With Soul™: Value & Receiving June 5 | 7–9 PM | Abundant Space, Scottsdale, AZ Reserve your seat by contacting Elizabeth here Thanks for reading Write To Rise Collective! This post is public so feel free to share it. Write To Rise Collective is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lesliewallwritetorise.substack.com/subscribe

    56 min
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A podcast that brings together diverse voices in writing, coaching, and healing, showing how sharing your story can be the medicine for personal and collective transformation. lesliewallwritetorise.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Leslie Wall
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    47
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Leslie Wall
  • Show Website
    Write To Rise Collective