Martha Alderson is the author of the best-selling “The Plot Whisperer.” She writes novels for readers, plot books for writers, and most recently Boundless Creativity: A Spiritual Workbook for Overcoming Self-Doubt, Emotional Traps, and Other Creative Blocks for anyone looking to enrich their lives with more creativity and inspiration.

In today’s episode, Martha shares the moment she realized she wasn’t owning her story. She realized she was playing small, hiding behind helping others, and not nurturing her own creativity. It took Martha years before she had the courage to own her story, and her experience. Today, her story is out of the shadows and into the light, and the freedom she feels is unmatched. Martha’s courage to share her story of being molested as a child, and her choice to share it and no longer play small, will remind you that joy is on the other side of every difficulty, trauma, Today, she. lives in her own light, she’s not worried about being judged, and she’s helping other women be empowered and speak their truth. As Martha shares, self-acceptance brings personal power - and no one can stand in your way.

Boundless Creativity is designed to help writers, artists, and anyone feeling creatively blocked move beyond the self-doubt and criticism, past emotional wounds, and habits and patterns that keep you from realizing your artistic ambitions. Using a powerful technique called “The Universal Story”—a four-phase program with easy-to-follow steps and exercises—you’ll learn to identify and dissolve the emotional and energetic blocks that get in the way of your creativity.

Her other books are Writing Blockbuster Plots and Writing Deep Scenes, The Plot Whisperer Workbook, The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts, as well as several ebooks. Look for her latest novel Parallel Lives: A Love Story coming out summer 2020. She lives and writes in Santa Cruz.

“The freedom that I felt from being released from the struggle with shame and feelings of unworthiness, has allowed me to never again turn my back on myself. To own my story with pride, to see what i’ve worked through and who I’ve become, and to know it’s because of what I suffered, has allowed me to be fully empathetic to others, to be sensitive and intuitive about what other people may be dealing with or hiding. Now, I know that nothing can stop me.”

— Martha Alderson

Tune in on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7bZHrtjAzbksbLWNaak1NM

Tune in on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-of-inspiring-joy/id1510488632

To connect with Martha and learn about her new book, visit her website https://marthaalderson.com and on Instagram @marthasalderson Facebook @PlotWhisperer Twitter @plotwhisperer and you can find her new book here

Stories of Inspiring Joy is a production of Seek The Joy Media and created by Sydney Weiss. To learn more and submit your story, click here.