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Zen Parenting Radio

From Dream To Reality- Fiction Writer Charlie Donlea- Podcast # 283

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

Education, Philosophy, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8636 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2016

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

1st time author Charlie Donlea shares his experience of bringing his dream of being a pubished author of his own suspense thriller into reality. His journey began all the way back in 2001 when he started his first manuscript. Perservering through many failures, obstacles, and challenges, Charlie never gave up on his dream. In this provactive interview, we explore inside the mind of Charlie to find out why he kept going even though all signs told him to quit.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, it's Todd. If you happen to be new to Zen Parenting Radio, you might not know that our motto for every single podcast is this.

0:07.9

The best predictor of a child's well-being is a parent's self-understanding. So we're hosting the Let's Get Real Conference on March 11th and 12th.

0:17.6

Kathy and I are bringing eight dynamic speakers, 12 amazing vendors, and upwards of

0:22.4

300 to 400 parents from around the country together for this amazing two-day event. We created

0:28.7

this community to help us all be the best parents we can be. It's taking place at the Weston

0:33.8

in Lombard, Illinois, which is just outside of Chicago. But we're close to selling out for the first day of this two-day conference, so get registered

0:41.6

today by going to zen gets real.com. We really hope to see you there. And now on with the show.

0:52.6

Do do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do.

0:55.0

Here we go.

0:55.7

My name's Todd Adams.

0:56.5

This is Kathy Adams.

0:59.7

Welcome back to yet another episode of Zen Parenting Radio.

1:02.5

We have a very special guest, sweetie.

1:03.1

I know.

1:04.1

Very special guest.

1:09.1

And I will say, on record, this might be my favorite guest minus our moms.

1:09.8

Okay.

1:11.0

We did a Mother's Day special.

1:12.4

And they were our favorite of all time.

1:13.9

So we have one of my best friends.

1:16.7

I'm not going to give him the exclusive title, my best friend.

1:18.1

Oldest friend? No, not oldest.

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