Bound & Determined

Terri Trespicio is an award-winning writer, speaker, and brand advisor, Her TEDx talk, "Stop Searching for Your Passion," has surpassed 7 million views. Today she works with writers, speakers, and professionals to land their critical message and share it across platforms. Her book, Unfollow Your Passion: How to Create a Life that Matters to You, will be published in December 2021. Terri and Richelle have a powerful conversation about understanding our relationship with passion.

Jen Winston is a writer, creative director, and bisexual. Jen runs a monthly newsletter called The Bi Monthly, and their first essay collection — GREEDY: Notes From A Bisexual Who Wants Too Much — was recently released with Atria Books. Jen's work bridges the intersection of sex, politics, and technology, and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and more. Jen is passionate about unlearning and creating work that helps others do the same.

Farnoosh Torabi is one of America's leading personal finance authorities. As Contributing Editor to Oprah Magazine and NextAdvisor, host of a primetime series for CNBC and creator of the Webby-nominated podcast So Money, Farnoosh has become our favorite go-to money expert. Her upcoming book A Healthy State of Panic will be released in 2023. Farnoosh shares her bold story about breaking into the world of publishing and how she made her mark.

Aimee Raupp, is a renowned women's health & wellness expert and the best-selling author of the books Chill Out & Get Healthy, Yes, You Can Get Pregnant, Body Belief and The Egg Quality Diet which was just released. A licensed acupuncturist and herbalist in private practice in New York, Aimee is also the founder of the Aimee Raupp Beauty line of hand-crafted, organic skincare products. Aimee shares with Richelle how to find freedom to make your own choices while publishing your book.

Kyle Gray is an international speaker and bestselling author of 8 books including the much loved 'Angel Prayers' and his most recent release Divine Masters, Ancient Wisdom: Activations to Connect with Universal Spiritual Guides . Kyle's books and cards have been translated into many languages and currently have over 60 international publishing deals allowing this work to reach far and wide across the globe. In this episode Kyle shares his skill of maintaining his drive and passion as an author throughout his impressive career as an author and an intuitive.

Mara Glatzel is an intuitive coach, writer, and host of the Needy podcast who helps perfectionists and people-pleasers stop abandoning themselves and start reclaiming their humanity, through embracing their needs and honoring their natural energy cycles. In this episode Mara shares with Richelle her mastery in self-care skills while learning to live a more authentic life.

Stephanie Tade is the President and Principal Agent at The Stephanie Tade Literary Agency. Motivated by an earnest desire to work with books that will benefit individuals and communities, globally-- She has been fortunate to represent and help to build many NYT bestselling authors, In this impactful episode Stephanie shares with Richelle how she has created a way to find a balance between her professional and personal life during her successful career.

It's never too early to start thinking about how you're going to market your book. You'll need some clarity around it both in your book proposal and when you explore the publishing process. In this episode Richelle shares the essential three distinct phases of marketing and promoting your book. It doesn't matter how big or small your platform is, something can be done in each of these three phases regardless of platform size. This episode will help any author figure out their ideal marketing strategy.

Emily Benson helps entrepreneurs create a business they can't wait to wake up to every morning. Her boutique, The Fashion Truck, disrupted the retail world in 2011. The Ultimate Boutique Handbook, her first self-published book, was an Amazon Bestseller. She's expected to publish her second book, The Retail Mindset, in 2021. Emily details her experience of being a self-published author with Richelle.

Janna Hockenjos is a book editor and writing coach. She's edited multiple NYT bestselling books and continues to work with authors as they bring their words, messages, and stories out into the world. An author herself, Janna has returned to writing this year to support a passion of protecting the planet. She's on a mission to help as many people as she can become more environmentally conscious. Richelle and Janna discuss how to work with an editor to make your book a success.