JOA Publishing Podcast

JOA Publishing

JOA Publishing Podcast — for leaders who don't wait for timing, they make it. You didn't come here to whisper. You came to move people with words. The JOA Publishing Podcast drops you into the real writing room with JOA authors—open laptops, open hearts. You'll hear the spark that started it, the messy middle, the edits that sting, the breakthroughs that change everything, and the exact pages they're brave enough to read out loud. Not theory—real work, in real time. Between those conversations you'll get straight-from-the-couch sessions with Keira Brinton, Founder & CEO of JOA. Think practical craft that actually ships pages, clean structure that holds big vision, and spiritual practices that keep you writing when it would be easier to hide. No formulas. No "someday." Just the mindset, tools, and activations to get the book out of your body and onto the page. If you've felt the 2 a.m. tug, this is your green light. Follow the show, press play, and draft a paragraph before the episode ends. Then keep going—because the cost of waiting is high, and your message is too important to keep inside. When bold voices write, culture moves. Expect Miracles.

  1. FEB 3 · VIDEO

    Episode 13: Snapping Back Into the Light with Camille Nichols

    *]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]" dir="auto" tabindex="-1" data-turn-id= "06a0f1d0-7387-4961-bbc3-280f228661b4" data-testid= "conversation-turn-44" data-scroll-anchor="true" data-turn= "assistant"> Episode 13: Snapping Back Into the Light with Camille Nichols This episode of the JOA Publishing Podcast features JOA author Camille Nichols, whose book Holy Shit, There Is a God was unlocked through prayer, embodied awakening, and a radical reframing of God as the light within every human. In a deeply intimate conversation, Camille and host Keira Brinton explore the exact moment Camille "snapped back into her body," the prayer-led question that cracked her book wide open, and why naming God as light allows her message to transcend religion, belief systems, and spiritual labels. Camille shares how writing from this place of remembrance transformed her book from an idea into a living transmission—one that invites readers to reconnect with their intuition, their divine self, and the universal light that lives inside them all. Host: Keira Brinton Guest: Camille Nichols Websites: keirabrinton.com | joapublishing.com Instagram: @keirabrinton | @joapublishing | @camillelovenichols Best Quotes: "Every human on this earth is made of light." "That one sentence she said to me was worth everything." "The light within crosses all borders." #lightwithin #divineintuition #spiritualawakening #faithbeyondreligion #authorship #joapublishing #calling If you're ready to write the book you're called to write, start now with Keira's free course: The Book Activator — https://go.keirabrinton.com/minibookactivator   When you feel the nudge that it's time to stop circling your book and step fully into authorship, I invite you into The Author Threshold Workshop. This is a live activation for those who know their book isn't just a project—it's a calling. A threshold is a doorway. And when you step through it, everything begins to move. Join me here: https://go.keirabrinton.com/author-threshold-workshop go.keirabrinton.com Write Your Book

    1 min
  2. JAN 27 · VIDEO

    Episode 12: Heal the Body, Hear God with Melissa Methven

    This episode of the JOA Publishing Podcast features JOA author Melissa Methven, whose work was born from profound grief, deep faith, and the decision to share her story so others would not feel alone in their darkest moments. In a raw, grounded conversation, Melissa and host Keira Brinton talk about how writing her book became a lifeline for readers navigating addiction, suicide loss, and overwhelming pain—and how faith, action, and obedience turned personal healing into real-world impact. Melissa shares how treating the body as a sacred temple through gut health, nutrition, breathwork, fasting, and detoxification opened a clearer channel to God, allowing fear to soften and guidance to return. Her story reveals that fulfillment, peace, and divine clarity begin in the body—and that when one person chooses to share their truth, lives can quite literally be saved. Host: Keira Brinton Guest: Melissa Methven Websites: keirabrinton.com | joapublishing.com Instagram: @keirabrinton | @joapublishing Best Quotes: "Even if I just save one life, it would be so worth it to write your book and share your story so somebody doesn't feel alone." "When I was doing fasting, I can hear so clearly." "To live a life of fulfillment, peace, and calm, you have to take care of your body—your temple." #faithandhealing #selflove #griefjourney #healingthebody #divineguidance #authorship #joapublishing #calling If you're ready to write the book you're called to write, start now with Keira's free course: The Book Activator — https://go.keirabrinton.com/minibookactivator When you feel the nudge that it's time to stop circling your book and step fully into authorship, I invite you into The Author Threshold Workshop. This is a live activation for those who know their book isn't just a project—it's a calling. A threshold is a doorway. And when you step through it, everything begins to move. Join me here: 👉 https://go.keirabrinton.com/author-threshold-workshop

    1 min
  3. JAN 5 · VIDEO

    Episode 11 Stop Outsourcing Your Worth: Learn Self-Love with Nicholas Howland

    This episode of the JOA Publishing Podcast features JOA author and Writer's Island Season 1 cast member Nicholas Howland, a plastic surgeon whose memoir The Atheist's Prayer: A Memoir of Gratitude was born from religious rupture, two excommunications from the LDS church, and a hard-won return to self-worth. In a raw, unfiltered conversation, Nicholas and host Keira Brinton talk about what happens when religion becomes the wound, when abandonment turns into atheism, and how healing begins the moment you stop outsourcing your love—to God, to community, to approval—and start reclaiming it within. Nicholas shares the tools that helped him dig self-love back out from under the "shoveled-on" layers of shame, including therapy, breathwork, journaling, and daily "me time," leaving listeners with a grounded reminder: you are never alone, and the way home starts inside you. Host: Keira Brinton Guest: Nicholas Howland Websites: keirabrinton.com | joapublishing.com | drnicholashowland.com Instagram: @keirabrinton | @joapublishing | @drnicholashowland Best Quotes: "At the end of the day, they're missing the whole point. It's self-love. It comes from nowhere else." "You are never alone, ever." "People just shovel shit on top of us and we lose what it was." #selflove #religioustrauma #healingjourney #memoir #faithandhealing #writersisland #joapublishing #calling If you're ready to write the book you're called to write, start now with Keira's free course: The Book Activator — https://go.keirabrinton.com/minibookactivator   When you feel the nudge that it's time to stop circling your book and step fully into authorship, I invite you into The Author Threshold Workshop. This is a live activation for those who know their book isn't just a project—it's a calling. A threshold is a doorway. And when you step through it, everything begins to move. Join me here: 👉 https://go.keirabrinton.com/author-threshold-workshop

    1 min
  4. 12/30/2025

    Episode 10: Inside the Battle with Suicide and Hope with Lindsay Taylor

    This episode of the JOA Publishing Podcast features therapist, author, and "soul soldier" Lindsay Taylor, whose work sits at the intersection of suicide prevention, addiction recovery, and radical hope. In a deeply vulnerable conversation, Lindsay and host Keira Brinton talk about what it really means to battle suicidal ideation and addiction, why those who stay are warriors on the front lines, and how grief, loss, and faith have shaped Lindsay into a relentless advocate for the hurting. From losing her brother and clients to overdose and suicide, to creating her brand Ascender Collective and the "Brighten the World" line in honor of Brighton Hatch, Lindsay shares a message for anyone in the dark: you are not a mistake, you are a miracle—and every day you choose to live is an act of staggering strength. Host: Keira Brinton Guest: Lindsay Taylor Websites: keirabrinton.com | joapublishing.com Instagram: @keirabrinton | @joapublishing | @_soul_soldier Best Quotes: "It takes an insurmountable amount of strength to live and fight through another day when everything inside you is fighting against life." "It is my hope that you can tap into the miracle that you are." "The odds of you being born, your unique DNA, your essence, your story is one in 400 trillion. That quite literally means that you're a living, breathing miracle." #soulsoldier #suicideprevention #addictionrecovery #mentalhealth #choosetolive #faith #joapublishing #calling If you're ready to write the book you're called to write, start now with Keira's free course: The Book Activator — https://go.keirabrinton.com/minibookactivator When you feel the nudge that it's time to stop circling your book and step fully into authorship, I invite you into The Author Threshold Workshop. This is a live activation for those who know their book isn't just a project—it's a calling. A threshold is a doorway. And when you step through it, everything begins to move. Join me here: 👉 https://go.keirabrinton.com/author-threshold-workshop

    43 min
  5. 12/25/2025

    Episode 9: Prescribed Life vs. Light Life with Camille Nichols

    This episode of the JOA Publishing Podcast features JOA author Camille Nichols, whose book Holy Shit, There Is a God was born from years of numbing, a near-death wake-up moment, and a fierce return to the Light within. In a raw, unfiltered conversation, Camille and host Keira Brinton talk about living a "prescribed life" versus a "light life," the pandemic of numbing happening in our culture, and how meeting God—in the most unexpected way—snapped her back into her body, her family, and her purpose. Camille shares how reconnecting with the divine, her ancestors, and her own heart has turned her story of quiet survival into a movement of awakening for anyone who feels like a dead soul walking. Host: Keira Brinton Guest: Camille Nichols Websites: keirabrinton.com | joapublishing.com Instagram: @keirabrinton | @joapublishing | @camillelovenichols Best Quotes: "I was numbing out because I was living a prescribed life. I wasn't living a light life." "I became an expert at existing without really living." "You are light. It just takes slowing down, closing your eyes, and connecting with it to find it." #lightwithin #faithjourney #healingfromnumbing #spiritualawakening #authorship #joapublishing #calling If you're ready to write the book you're called to write, start now with Keira's free course: The Book Activator — https://go.keirabrinton.com/minibookactivator When you feel the nudge that it's time to stop circling your book and step fully into authorship, I invite you into The Author Threshold Workshop. This is a live activation for those who know their book isn't just a project—it's a calling. A threshold is a doorway. And when you step through it, everything begins to move. Join me here: 👉 https://go.keirabrinton.com/author-threshold-workshop

    34 min
  6. 12/18/2025

    Episode 8: The Atheist's Prayer: Healing Religious Trauma with Nicholas Howland

    This episode of the JOA Publishing Podcast features JOA author and plastic surgeon Dr. Nicholas Howland, whose book The Atheist's Prayer: A Memoir of Gratitude traces his journey from twice being excommunicated from the LDS church and walking away from God, to rebuilding his life through radical self-honesty, healing, and self-love. In a vulnerable, truth-telling conversation, Nicholas and host Keira Brinton talk about religious trauma, the way excommunication shatters your sense of worth, and how years of numbing, overworking, and self-abandonment can finally give way to inner freedom. Nicholas shares how therapy, breathwork, plant medicine, and daily "me time" helped him uncover the self-love that was always there—and how his story is a lifeline for anyone who feels abandoned by God, community, or themselves and needs to know they are never truly alone. Host: Keira Brinton Guest: Dr. Nicholas Howland Websites: keirabrinton.com | joapublishing.com | drnicholashowland.com Instagram: @keirabrinton | @joapublishing | @drnicholashowland Best Quotes: "At the end of the day, they're missing the whole point. It's self-love. It comes from nowhere else." "You are never alone, ever." "I don't think that self-love is this thing that we create. I think it's there. It is innate and it's been there from the day you were born." #selflove #religiondetox #healingreligionstrauma #faithjourney #authorship #joapublishing #calling If you're ready to write the book you're called to write, start now with Keira's free course: The Book Activator — https://go.keirabrinton.com/minibookactivator When you feel the nudge that it's time to stop circling your book and step fully into authorship, I invite you into The Author Threshold Workshop. This is a live activation for those who know their book isn't just a project—it's a calling. A threshold is a doorway. And when you step through it, everything begins to move. Join me here: 👉 https://go.keirabrinton.com/author-threshold-workshop

    33 min
  7. 12/16/2025

    Episode 7: How to Reconnect With Your Children Through Presence with Julie Lam

    This episode of the JOA Publishing Podcast features author and grandmother, Julie Lam, whose work centers on the sacred heart of childhood and the presence we bring to our children. Through her book From the Heart of Childhood and her Connected Presence Pathway, she guides parents out of overwhelm and information overload and back into the simple, powerful medicine of being fully here—now. Drawing on years of supporting schools, teachers, and families, Julie shows how retracing our own childhood and slowing down enough to truly notice our children becomes a pathway to healing, connection, and a future shaped by love. Host: Keira Brinton Guest: Julie Lam Book: From the Heart of Childhood Websites: joapublishing.com Instagram: @keirabrinton | @joapublishing | @thejulielam Best Quotes: "You are love and light—and nothing you can do will change that." "The future of our world depends on the presence that we bring our children today." #parenting #presence #childhood #authorship #consciousparenting #womenwhorise If you're ready to write the book you're called to write, start now with Keira's free course: The Book Activator — https://go.keirabrinton.com/minibookactivator When you feel the nudge that it's time to stop circling your book and step fully into authorship, I invite you into The Author Threshold Workshop. This is a live activation for those who know their book isn't just a project—it's a calling. A threshold is a doorway. And when you step through it, everything begins to move. Join me here: 👉 https://go.keirabrinton.com/author-threshold-workshop

    33 min
  8. 12/09/2025

    Episode 6: How to Find Yourself Again in Motherhood with Jen Banks

    This episode of the JOA Publishing Podcast features author and mother, Jen Banks, whose book Let Yourself Bloom guides women to rediscover their identity within motherhood. In conversation with host Keira Brinton, Jen shares how writing her book helped her reclaim fulfillment, set core values, and create her dream of The Bloom Haven—a village for women to connect, learn, and grow while raising their children. Her message is clear: when mothers nurture their dreams, their children flourish too. Host: Keira Brinton Guest: Jen Banks Book: Let Yourself Bloom Websites: joapublishing.com | letyourselfbloom.com (if available) Instagram: @keirabrinton | @joapublishing | @letyourselfbloom_underscore_withjenbanks Best Quotes: "Only you can give your child a happy and fulfilled mother." "Drink as you pour—keep filling yourself as you nurture everyone else." "When you nurture your dreams, you nurture your children." #motherhood #authorship #fulfillment #identity #selfgrowth #womenwhorise If you're ready to write the book you're called to write, start now with Keira's free course: The Book Activator — https://go.keirabrinton.com/minibookactivator *]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]" dir="auto" tabindex="-1" data-turn-id= "69f18b9d-1d96-411c-9ddf-88955462ae7a" data-testid= "conversation-turn-2" data-scroll-anchor="true" data-turn= "assistant"> When you feel the nudge that it's time to stop circling your book and step fully into authorship, I invite you into The Author Threshold Workshop. This is a live activation for those who know their book isn't just a project—it's a calling. A threshold is a doorway. And when you step through it, everything begins to move. Join me here: https://go.keirabrinton.com/author-threshold-workshop

    31 min

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JOA Publishing Podcast — for leaders who don't wait for timing, they make it. You didn't come here to whisper. You came to move people with words. The JOA Publishing Podcast drops you into the real writing room with JOA authors—open laptops, open hearts. You'll hear the spark that started it, the messy middle, the edits that sting, the breakthroughs that change everything, and the exact pages they're brave enough to read out loud. Not theory—real work, in real time. Between those conversations you'll get straight-from-the-couch sessions with Keira Brinton, Founder & CEO of JOA. Think practical craft that actually ships pages, clean structure that holds big vision, and spiritual practices that keep you writing when it would be easier to hide. No formulas. No "someday." Just the mindset, tools, and activations to get the book out of your body and onto the page. If you've felt the 2 a.m. tug, this is your green light. Follow the show, press play, and draft a paragraph before the episode ends. Then keep going—because the cost of waiting is high, and your message is too important to keep inside. When bold voices write, culture moves. Expect Miracles.