Empowered Cricket, Memoir Writing, and Healing Advocacy with Lily Stephenson | Roundy’s Rants, Raves & Reviews

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Host Tanya Roundy interviews Lily Stephenson about her projects and experiences, including winning an LDSPMA Spark award for her memoir What I Would Have Told You, which begins with letters to the son she placed for adoption and is being expanded with a second half focused on her family’s cricket journey. Lily explains how her son’s introduction to cricket in the U.S. led their family to England and Australia and inspired Empowered Cricket, a kinetic curriculum using cricket’s boundaries to teach personal voice, boundaries, and decision-making. They discuss challenges in modern scripted education, the importance of owning choices, and how trauma affects autonomy. Lily also shares advocacy for her daughter’s rare IDH1-related disorder, pursuing FDA-regulated RSM supplements and building social media outreach ahead of a June follow-up, ending with advice to listen for what God wants you to do and follow opportunities.

00:00 Meet the Host and Guest
00:43 Lily’s Many Projects
02:45 Empowered Cricket Origins
07:21 Cricket as Boundaries
11:05 Voice Responsibility and Trauma
15:18 Teaching Rants and Scripted Curricula
17:58 Writing the Adoption Memoir
23:15 Winning the Spark Award
27:40 Meeting Her In Line
29:07 Choosing Connection Over Awards
30:23 Seeing People Like She Did
31:25 Daughter’s Rare Diagnosis
33:11 RSMs And Healing Signals
35:47 Food Medicine And Frustrations
39:05 Getting Doctors To Say Yes
42:30 FDA Limits And Sharing Data
46:33 Spiritual Healing And Agency
51:04 Where To Follow Lily
53:10 Final Message And Farewell

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This is a video about True Crime, Poetry and Romance with Author Waterfall Adams
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Host Tanya Roundy interviews poet and self-published author Waterfall Adams about her two poetry books (paperbacks available on Amazon and other outlets), plans for translations and an audiobook, and the challenges of platforms like IngramSpark, KDP, and Kobo. Waterfall shares her background in art history with a dramatic arts minor from the University of South Alabama, her long-term writing process, and works in progress including a nonfiction guide titled “Make Money While You’re Sitting On Your Ass,” fiction projects like “Poetry Para” and “Noel Nuptials,” and a true crime book “Clout Killer” about the case of Kwame Wilson and Yolanda Holmes. They discuss research, genre differences, inspirations such as Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise,” changing job markets, technology across generations, and promoting her work globally via podcasts and a Linktree.

00:00 Meet Waterfall Adams
00:32 Publishing Poetry Books
01:18 Writing Origins and Research
02:45 New Projects Beyond Poetry
05:58 Adapting Poems for Stage
06:41 True Crime Deep Dive
08:41 Poetry vs Prose Craft
10:20 Influences and Reading
12:47 Themes and Modern Work Life
16:42 Nickel and a Pig Foot
18:46 Themes In Poetry
19:37 Planning No Nunuptials
20:57 Finishing Books Matters
21:36 Global Promotion Strategy
23:04 Business Versus Jobs
24:46 College Costs Reality
25:55 Campus Safety Stories
27:59 Teacher Shortage Talk
29:39 Tech Of Youth Poem
32:26 Sci Fi Predicting Tech
33:53 Racism Then And Now
36:20 Where To Follow
37:21 Final Message And Farewell

In a world full of uncertainty, how does one cope with unbearable loss and pain? A Christmas tragedy finds Steve and Maria struggling to find hope. With the love and support of family and friends, will they find peace as they walk through the fire of Uncertainty?

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Not Alone: Healing Trauma Through Faith, Therapy & Compassionate Support | Anne Marie Richardson
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Host Tanya Roundy interviews author and spiritual director Anne Marie Richardson about her Christ-centered trauma recovery work and “Not Alone” groups for women. Richardson shares her spiritual background, a midlife crisis that surfaced unresolved wounds, and how therapy, spiritual practices, grief, and forgiveness helped her heal childhood sexual abuse and family anger dynamics. She explains that trauma is caused by people, not God, and describes learning healthy anger, self-compassion, and self-care. Richardson discusses sharing survivor stories, creating a “Not Alone” workbook, and leading small groups covering shame, trust, grief, fear, control, addictions, and relationships. She offers guidance for survivors on safely telling their story, seeking therapy and support groups, and understanding body-based trauma responses. She also outlines how to accompany survivors through compassionate listening, avoiding platitudes, knowing when to refer, and offers trainings and books via annmarierichardson.com and Amazon.

00:00 Welcome and Introductions
00:58 Faith Journey and Midlife Crisis
03:26 Childhood Trauma Revealed
04:07 Shame and Trust Struggles
05:12 Learning Healthy Anger
08:07 Grief Forgiveness and Letters
11:09 Desert Season Reflections
13:03 Sharing Story and Not Alone
16:19 Group Format and Topics
19:10 Practical Steps for Survivors
23:01 Gods Love and Self Compassion
24:54 Self Care and Healing
26:04 Paris Art and Fatherly Love
27:18 Rejection to Published Author
32:39 Accompanying Survivors Basics
34:39 Compassionate Listening Skills
38:40 When to Refer Out
43:36 Training for Clergy
46:56 Books Links and Final Hope

In a world full of uncertainty, how does one cope with unbearable loss and pain? A Christmas tragedy finds Steve and Maria struggling to find hope. With the love and support of family and friends, will they find peace as they walk through the fire of Uncertainty?

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