42. (S3E13) Be There: A Brave Role Model for Parents | with Karen O'Connor
Brave Writer
Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley
4.8 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2017
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Season three of the Brave Writer podcast has been all about Brave Shifts; how to make the necessary shifts so you can have the homeschool you long to have. The shifts that Julie has made, and the growth she has experienced in her life, has been guided and shaped by one individual more than any other: her Mom, Karen O’Connor!
Karen has always been a role model for how to grow, adapt, change, and become the best version of yourself no matter what life throws at you – and today we want to share that with you!
Karen is the author of over 80 books, which have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Although she was a teacher as a young adult, she has bore witness to the power of home education. She currently teaches three writing classes for Brave Writer, inspiring children to find their writing voices.
You can download show notes for the podcast here: http://blog.bravewriter.com/category/podcasts/
Resources:
- You can download Free Writing Lessons here: go.bravewriter.com/free-writing-lessons
- Learn more about Karen at www.karenoconnor.com
- Writing With Power by Peter Elbow
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to season three of the podcast A Brave Writers Life in Brief. |
| 0:05.2 | I'm Julie Bogart, your host. |
| 0:07.6 | For me being there means exactly those words. You as a person be there with that child. |
| 0:20.0 | Even though we give birth to our children and we help educate them, if we keep our eyes open and our heart open, they can teach us too and that will make us better people. |
| 0:34.0 | Welcome to the final episode of season 3 of the podcast. |
| 0:38.0 | Our theme has been Brave Shift. |
| 0:40.0 | How to make those necessary shifts to have the homeschool you long to have. |
| 0:45.0 | The shifts I've made, the growth I've experienced in my life, has been |
| 0:50.2 | guided and shaped by one individual more than any other. |
| 0:53.9 | My mom, Karen O'Connor. |
| 0:56.4 | Today I want to share her with you. |
| 0:58.9 | My mother, Karen, is a published author of over 80 books which have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. |
| 1:05.2 | Today, Karen teaches three writing classes for Brave Writer, |
| 1:09.1 | inspiring children to find their writing voices. |
| 1:12.4 | Karen is the mother of three kids, |
| 1:15.0 | eight grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. |
| 1:18.0 | When she turned 57 years old, she blew us all away and |
| 1:22.0 | hiked Mount Whitney. Her love affair with the mountains |
| 1:24.8 | continues. In the last two years she's hiked both the American and Canadian Rockies. |
| 1:30.3 | At home, Karen enjoys line dancing and walks along the beach. |
| 1:35.0 | More than anything, however, my mom has been a role model of how to grow, adapt, change, and become the best version of yourself, no matter what life throws at you. |
| 1:47.0 | She's the original awesome adult in my life, and her wisdom guides me daily. |
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