60 Seconds for Wednesdays on Whidbey: Tell Your Own Story or One Will Be Told for You

<p>Hello to you listening in <a href="https://whidbeycamanoislands.com/coupeville-whidbey-islands-historic-town/" target="_blank">Coupeville, Washington</a>!</p><p>Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is 60 Seconds for Wednesdays on Whidbey with your host Diane Wyzga.  </p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/09/15/760632698/a-portrait-of-molly-ivins-maverick-texas-journalist-in-raise-hell" target="_blank">Molly Ivins</a> was six feet of Texas trouble who took on the Good Old Boy corruption wherever she found it before she lost her battle with breast cancer in 2007 and died far too early depriving us of a brilliant mind, a razor sharp wit, and a woman not afraid to call it like it was. Decades before the current chicanery that passes for politics Ivins said, "<i>Polarizing people is a good way to win an election and a good way to wreck a country</i>."</p><p>Here’s something else Molly Ivins said: “<i>It is the stories we don’t get, the ones we miss, pass over, fail to recognize, don’t pick up on, that will send us to hell</i>.” [line in the novel <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-Woof-Chet-Bernie-Mystery/dp/1250770327" target="_blank">It’s a Wonderful Woof</a>, the Chet & Bernie Mystery Series books written by Spencer Quin pen name for Peter Abrahams who, like Ivins wrote for the NYTimes].</p><p>Which stories are those? The ones that don’t get told or heard. Here’s the thing: either you tell your own story in your own words and voice or one will be told for you. I can coach you to your true authentic story voice.  </p><p><strong>Question</strong>: What are you waiting for? When will you discover your voice? How about now! Contact information is in the Episode Notes. </p><p>Email: diane@quartermoonstoryarts.net</p><p>LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/diane-f-wyzga-QMSA</p><p><i>60 Seconds is your daily dose of hope, imagination, wisdom, stories, practical tips, and general riffing on this and that. This is the place to thrive together. Come for the stories - stay for the magic. <strong>S