For Love of Memoir

For Love of Memoir
Podcast Description
For the Love of Memoir
Calling all memoir junkies! 🎙️ This channel is dedicated to raw, honest conversations with memoir authors and industry insiders. We dig into the stories behind the stories—what it takes to write them, survive them, and share them. Whether you're an aspiring writer or just love a good, real-life narrative, you’re in the right place. New episodes drop regularly. Subscribe and join the journey
🎥 Watch full interviews on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ForLoveOfMemoir
📲 Follow us on Instagram: @ForLoveOfMemoir
💬 Share your favorite memoir with us here: 4theloveofmemoir@gma
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The show focuses on themes surrounding personal storytelling, overcoming adversity, and the craft of writing memoirs with topics such as addiction recovery in memoirs, the emotional challenges of caregiving, and the cultural significance of voice reclamation evident in episodes with guests like Penny Hawkins Smith discussing the realities of death and Jane Wong exploring the struggles of immigration.

For the Love of Memoir
Calling all memoir junkies! 🎙️ This channel is dedicated to raw, honest conversations with memoir authors and industry insiders. We dig into the stories behind the stories—what it takes to write them, survive them, and share them. Whether you’re an aspiring writer or just love a good, real-life narrative, you’re in the right place. New episodes drop regularly. Subscribe and join the journey
🎥 Watch full interviews on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ForLoveOfMemoir
📲 Follow us on Instagram: @ForLoveOfMemoir
💬 Share your favorite memoir with us here: 4theloveofmemoir@gma
Hospice nurse and TikTok storyteller Penny Hawkins Smith joins me to talk about her memoir, Influencing Death: Reframing Dying for Better Living.In this powerful conversation, Penny shares what it’s like to sit at the bedside of the dying—and how witnessing death has helped her live more fully. We talk about her journey from addiction to caregiving, her viral presence on TikTok, and how telling the truth about death can transform how we show up in life.
This episode is raw, hopeful, and filled with hard-won wisdom.
Watch full episode on youtube:
https://youtu.be/Ibul77zMTtk
📚 Learn more about Penny: https://www.hospicenursepenny.com/ @hospicenursepenny
🔗My Linktree:https://linktr.ee/4LoveofMemoir

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