CONVERSATIONS with Steph
In the midst of my journeys, as well as in the digestion of them, stories form and words pour forth.
These words often take the shape of recorded conversations on some of the most delicious podcasts around. Check out the below conversations with some of the best in the biz.
READER’S GUIDES
I have a little secret to share…these ARE NOT your average reader’s guides.
These guides are designed to be tools that lead you deeper into the exploration of self through the lens of each book. They include curated prompts, reflections, and marinations from a collection of some of our favorite books.
Everything Left to Remember: My Mother, Our Memories and a Journey Through the Rocky Mountains*
Written by Steph Jagger
Unbound: A Story of Snow and Self-Discovery*
Written by: Steph Jagger
Women Who Run With
the Wolves*
Written by: Clarissa Pinkola Estés.
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter*
Written by: Sue Monk Kidd
Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home*
Written by: Toko-pa Turner
The Alchemist*
Written by: Paulo Coelho
When Women Were Birds
Written by: Terry Tempest Williams
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Building a Swing: Moving From Fear to Love
Writing my second memoir, Everything Left To Remember, expanded my heart in a thousand ways. The process was not unlike trespassing through my own self, to spaces of expansiveness that felt new and scary and wonderful at once. I found love tucked inside grief, and anger tucked inside love, and, as the poet Hafiz says, “all the ingredients to turn my existence into joy.”
When Alzheimer’s is involved, it’s not always easy to find the ingredients required for joy. But writing this book helped me find them. And that got me thinking…
Is it possible for us all to find such ingredients?
I decided the answer was yes.
Enter the Building a Swing: Moving from Fear to Love workshop - a gift designed to expand your heart in a thousand ways.
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FREE MONTHLY RESOURCES:
Once a month (sometimes twice), I pen an essay to my community as a way to both share and digest the journeys I’m on.
They are my lived examples, my active demonstrations of how we can search for, find, and step into our aliveness; how we wade into the slipstream of our own belonging.
I also add a whole host of resources— think prompts, places, and pages, think pods, people and curated paths. I do hope you’ll join me.
Examples of past editions and the sign up (it’s FREE) are below.
Twenty Free Gifts . . .
THE MOST IMPORTANT SKILL IN MY LINE OF WORK IS THE ABILITY TO ASK BEAUTIFUL QUESTIONS.
BEING ABLE TO FIND THEM, ASK THEM, AND HOLD THE EXPANSE OF SPACE THAT COMES JUST AFTER THE QUESTION MARK HAS BEEN THE KEY TO SUCCESS FOR ME AS A WRITER AND A COACH.
My desire for certainty (the kind we’ve been taught that having all the right answers will bring) has been surpassed by my desire to live a contempletive life, to get more and more comfortable within magic and mystery, to search for beauty and wonder within a curious unknown.
“Why?” you ask.
Because doing so has helped me craft a life I never thought possible— not because I actually thought it was impossible but because I lacked the imagination to even think it in the first place.
As such, I’ve created a holiday gift for you—a list of my favorite questions. Take one, take them all. My wish is that they are small enough for you to tuck into your back pocket and large enough for you to sit within for some time.
Oct 2022 Everything Left
Why I Read My Two Star Reviews
SEPT 2022 EVERYTHING LEFT
Letting Myself Break
Feb 2021 Everything Left
My Relationship with Alcohol. And Anger.
A collection of MY favorite BOOKS
Below is a sampling of work that has moved me deeper into myself, the expanse of my humanity, and the exploration of my creativity.
Memoir & PERSONAL NARRATIVE
Everything Left To Remember*, Steph Jagger
The Magical Language of Others, E.J. Koh
Refuge, Terry Tempest Williams
Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
Crazy Brave, Joy Harjo
Untamed*, Glennon Doyle
The Abundance, Annie Dillard
Inheritance, Dani Shapiro
Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
LIFE & LOSS, GrOWTH & GRIEF
A Healing Space*, Matt Licata
The Heroine’s Journey*, Maureen Murdock
The Re-enchantment of Everyday Life, Thomas Moore
Learning to Walk in the Dark, Barbara Brown Taylor
The Smell of Rain on Dust, Martín Prechtel
Discovering the Mother Wound*, Bethany Webster
Modern Loss, Rebecca Soffer and Gabrielle Birkner
Anam Cara, John O’Donohue
WRITING & CREATIVITY
The Writing Life, Annie Dillard
The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron
Bird by Bird, Anne Lammott
Still Writing, Dani Shapiro
Home Ground, Barry Lopez and Debra Gwartney
Bryson’s Dictionary for Writer’s and Editors, Bill Bryson
*I don’t have “required reading” for my private practice work or any of the programs I run. That said, books titles with an asterisk next to them (in the above list as, well as in the Free Reader’s Guide section at the top of this page) have deeply informed my work . . . so much so that I wanted to flag them for you. A.K.A. they are a great place to start a self-guided journey and/or to get the flavor of the work I do.
To note: I’ve linked resources to purchase where possible. While I always recommend shopping local, I also know local is different for each of you. As such, and for ease, I’ve used amazon.com by way of an affiliate account.