[The Stage is on Fire] is a page-turner in which, much like life, there are no easy answers and yet each step of the journey yields insight and hope. This work of heart must not be missed!
Creative Writing Teacher, Essayist & Poet.
Katie Steedly’s first-person piece [The Unspeakable Gift] is a riveting retelling of her participation in a National Institutes of Health study that aided her quest to come to grips with her life of living with a rare genetic disorder. Her writing is superb.
In recognition of receiving the Dateline Award for the Washingtonian Magazine essay, The Unspeakable Gift.
I thank you … It is the authenticity of your “class notes”; and it is the delicacy and skill with which you present the nuances of classroom life and the actuality of your students’ and fellow teachers’ lives.
Philosopher and Education Scholar
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Clean Program Week 2 Reflections
I felt like a rock star my second week on the Clean Program. My energy level sky rocketed. My attitude was positive. I slept better (even though my dreams are more vivid, which has been kinda great). Cravings? What are those? I have gotten crazy expe...
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Clean Program Week 1 Reflections
The Clean Program Last Friday I started the Clean Program. The Clean Program is a 21 day cleanse designed to build healthy lives through a mindful connection to food. After 5 days of an "elimination diet," I started a shake and supplement ritual. ...
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Non-Profit Knowledge
As someone who has sat on every side of the funding table for the more than 20 years, working with big and small organizations, writing big and small grants and proposals, giving big and small amounts of money and support, I have learned a few lesson...
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From Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.