Today, we're actually going to talk about the power of writing, of finding your voice,

of not censoring yourself, and of using the tool of creative writing to support yourself

and not only self-expression, but also healing and also connecting with other people.

You know, it's so challenging at a time like this for some of us, you know, speaking

the spoken word and connecting with others through voice is not always the easiest way to communicate,

especially when there are challenging motions or different stories that you might want to tell,

and kind of not sure where you want to go with them, but creative writing can be an incredible

way, whether it is writing short stories, writing in your journal, working on a manuscript,

working on a screenplay. There are so many different ways to express yourself, and it can not only

be really fun and energizing, but it can also be really healing. And with that, let me see if I

can bring on my very special guest for today. This is my dear friend, Laura Belgray.

More and I, my goodness, we've known each other for how long now? Like, over 20, close to 20 years.

Oh, almost. So for those of you who don't know Laura Belgray, she's amazing, not only is she my

dear friend, but she's an incredibly powerful writer and speaker and teacher. We'll go on about

her career, but she's also my co-creator in a course that we have called the CopyCure. If you're

interested in it, you can go check it out at thecopicure.com. It's amazing. But today we're going to talk

about writing. Tell me what's been happening with you. Like, tell us a little bit about your history

in terms of writing. Like, where did your writing start? Who were you writing for, let's say,

you know, 10, 15 years ago? What would it look like? Yeah. Well, I started my writing,

first of all, I always knew I wanted to do something with writing, but I didn't know what. And I

I was scared. I was so scared coming out of like college. And in my early years after college,

when I was just bartending aimlessly or sleeping till noon and eating corn flakes in front of the

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