Karin Jones believes sex and intimacy are a big part of our lives, and she challenges personal historians to gently explore this topic with their storytelling clients. Links & Stuff Karin's controversial article appeared in New York Times' "Modern Love" column. <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/style/modern-love-sleeping-with-married-men-infidelity.html">"What Sleeping About Married Men Taught Me About Infidelity"</a> Find Karin Jones' bimonthly column, "Savvy Love," at the <a href= "http://eroticreviewmagazine.com/authors/karin-jones/">Erotic Review Magazine</a>, or on her Savvy Love blog at <a href= "https://www.savvy-love.com/blog">https://www.savvy-love.com/blog</a>. Follow Karin on Twitter: @mskarinjones Curious about Esther Perel? Read about <a href= "https://www.estherperel.com/my-story">her fascinating story</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Karin Jones believes sex and intimacy are a big part of our lives, and she challenges personal historians to gently explore this topic with their storytelling clients.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Links &amp; Stuff&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Karin's controversial article appeared in New York Times' "Modern Love" column. &lt;a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/style/modern-love-sleeping-with-married-men-infidelity.html"&gt;"What Sleeping About Married Men Taught Me About Infidelity"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Find Karin Jones' bimonthly column, "Savvy Love," at the &lt;a href= "http://eroticreviewmagazine.com/authors/karin-jones/"&gt;Erotic Review Magazine&lt;/a&gt;, or on her Savvy Love blog at &lt;a href= "https://www.savvy-love.com/blog"&gt;https://www.savvy-love.com/blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Follow Karin on Twitter: @mskarinjones&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Curious about Esther Perel? Read about &lt;a href= "https://www.estherperel.com/my-story"&gt;her fascinating story&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Should we ask our life story clients about their sex life? If yes, how?

69: Sex, Intimacy, and Life Story Books

Gloria's website: <a href= "https://www.real-to-reel.org/">https://www.real-to-reel.org/</a> <a href= "https://thelifestorycoach.com/landingpage/gloria-nussbaum-audio-recording-equipment-list/"> Gloria's Equipment List</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Gloria's website: &lt;a href= "https://www.real-to-reel.org/"&gt;https://www.real-to-reel.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://thelifestorycoach.com/landingpage/gloria-nussbaum-audio-recording-equipment-list/"&gt; Gloria's Equipment List&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Gloria Nussbaum of Real to Real, a personal history company that produces audio projects, talks equipment, prices, and more.

68: Audio Life Stories with Gloria Nussbaum of Real to Real, Part 2

Gloria's website:<a href= "https://www.real-to-reel.org/">https://www.real-to-reel.org/</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Gloria's website:&lt;a href= "https://www.real-to-reel.org/"&gt;https://www.real-to-reel.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Personal historian Gloria Nussbaum captures clients' voices and stories on audio recordings. She tells us why it's important and how she does it.

67: Audio Life Stories with Gloria Nussbaum of Real to Real, Part 1

Illustrated Heirloom Books, and What Goes into Creating Them In this episode, we're going back to the first part of our conversation with Lisa Kagan. As an artist and writer, Lisa is fascinated by the intersection of visual art and storytelling. She brings all her gifts to bear on the illustrated heirloom books her company produces, allowing the clients a chance to become intimately involved in the creation of the words and images of their life story book. She also talks about: <ul> <li>connecting to her community as an artist and creative, and how that has helped her organically grow her business</li> <li>contracting other personal history professionals for editing, book design, production, and more</li> <li>the elements of her initial sales conversations</li> </ul> If you missed the first part of our conversation, where Lisa talks about her workshops and retreats, you can find that <a href= "http://thelifestorycoach.com/65-workshops-with-lisa-kagan-of-family-heirloom-arts/">here</a>. Links & Stuff <a href="https://familyheirloomarts.com/">Family Heirloom Arts Website</a>   <a href="http://www.cathemeralpress.com/">Book Designer Emily Garcia</a>   <a href= "https://familyheirloomarts.com/workshops/offerings/">Workshop Offerings</a>   Upcoming September Retreat: <a href= "https://familyheirloomarts.com/event/self-portrait-of-the-inner-landscape-exploring-personal-mythology-through-writing-and-mask-making/">Self Portrait of the Inner Landscape, Exploring Personal Mythology Through Writing and Mask Making</a>

<description>&lt;h2&gt;Illustrated Heirloom Books, and What Goes into Creating Them&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;In this episode, we're going back to the first part of our conversation with Lisa Kagan.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;As an artist and writer, Lisa is fascinated by the intersection of visual art and storytelling. She brings all her gifts to bear on the illustrated heirloom books her company produces, allowing the clients a chance to become intimately involved in the creation of the words and images of their life story book.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;She also talks about:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;connecting to her community as an artist and creative, and how that has helped her organically grow her business&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;contracting other personal history professionals for editing, book design, production, and more&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;the elements of her initial sales conversations&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;If you missed the first part of our conversation, where Lisa talks about her workshops and retreats, you can find that &lt;a href= "http://thelifestorycoach.com/65-workshops-with-lisa-kagan-of-family-heirloom-arts/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Links &amp; Stuff&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="https://familyheirloomarts.com/"&gt;Family Heirloom Arts Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cathemeralpress.com/"&gt;Book Designer Emily Garcia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href= "https://familyheirloomarts.com/workshops/offerings/"&gt;Workshop Offerings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Upcoming September Retreat: &lt;a href= "https://familyheirloomarts.com/event/self-portrait-of-the-inner-landscape-exploring-personal-mythology-through-writing-and-mask-making/"&gt;Self Portrait of the Inner Landscape, Exploring Personal Mythology Through Writing and Mask Making&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>

Lisa Kagan talks about creating illustrated heirloom books for clients, and how other personal historians help her produce her books

66: Lisa Kagan of Family Heirloom Arts, Part 2

Workshops serve clients and creatives, and help to build a personal history business Family Heirloom Arts offers the usual range of services to its personal history clients: interviewing, writing, editing, photo management. But its founder and owner, Lisa Kagan, takes things a step further by inviting clients to create their own personalized artwork to illustrate their books. That's just one of the things that makes Family Heirloom Arts unique. In this interview, we talk about: <ul> <li>Lisa's roster of workshops and retreats, and how she leverages established organizations such as the library to market them</li> </ul> <ul> <li>the difference between outcome-based and process-based workshops and retreats</li> </ul> <ul> <li>how fans of her workshops sometimes turn into personal history clients</li> <li>a good place to start if you're just getting going with workshops</li> </ul> We also talked about Family Heirloom Art's upcoming weekend retreat, <a href= "https://familyheirloomarts.com/self-portrait-of-the-inner-landscape-exploring-personal-mythology-through-writing-and-mask-making-2/">Self Portrait of the Inner Landscape: Exploring Personal Mythology Through Writing and Mask Making</a> Links & Stuff <a href="https://familyheirloomarts.com/">Family Heirloom Arts Website</a>   <a href= "https://familyheirloomarts.com/workshops/offerings/">Workshop Offerings</a>   Upcoming September Retreat: <a href= "https://familyheirloomarts.com/event/self-portrait-of-the-inner-landscape-exploring-personal-mythology-through-writing-and-mask-making/">Self Portrait of the Inner Landscape, Exploring Personal Mythology Through Writing and Mask Making</a>

<description>&lt;h2&gt;Workshops serve clients and creatives, and help to build a personal history business&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Family Heirloom Arts offers the usual range of services to its personal history clients: interviewing, writing, editing, photo management. But its founder and owner, Lisa Kagan, takes things a step further by inviting clients to create their own personalized artwork to illustrate their books.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;That's just one of the things that makes Family Heirloom Arts unique. In this interview, we talk about:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Lisa's roster of workshops and retreats, and how she leverages established organizations such as the library to market them&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;the difference between outcome-based and process-based workshops and retreats&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;how fans of her workshops sometimes turn into personal history clients&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;a good place to start if you're just getting going with workshops&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;We also talked about Family Heirloom Art's upcoming weekend retreat, &lt;a href= "https://familyheirloomarts.com/self-portrait-of-the-inner-landscape-exploring-personal-mythology-through-writing-and-mask-making-2/"&gt;Self Portrait of the Inner Landscape: Exploring Personal Mythology Through Writing and Mask Making&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Links &amp; Stuff&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="https://familyheirloomarts.com/"&gt;Family Heirloom Arts Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href= "https://familyheirloomarts.com/workshops/offerings/"&gt;Workshop Offerings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Upcoming September Retreat: &lt;a href= "https://familyheirloomarts.com/event/self-portrait-of-the-inner-landscape-exploring-personal-mythology-through-writing-and-mask-making/"&gt;Self Portrait of the Inner Landscape, Exploring Personal Mythology Through Writing and Mask Making&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>

Lisa Kagan's workshops and retreats help people find their creativity, and help them find her personal history services. 

65: Workshops with Lisa Kagan of Family Heirloom Arts

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