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Balanced Black Girl

Kennedy Ryan - How Reading Fiction Helps Us Raise Our Standards and Practice Self-Care

Balanced Black Girl

She's So Lucky

Health & Fitness, #Shessolucky, Balancedblackgirl, Lesalfred, Balancedles

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

#225: Today’s episode is dedicated to the literary lover girls.

Today I have the pleasure of sitting down with New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Kennedy Ryan. From spicy characters to strengthening women’s relationships with themselves, Kennedy shows us the parallels between romance fiction and key lessons we’re all learning on our healing journeys. She also takes us behind the scenes of the latest romance novel in her Skyland series, This Could Be Us (Don’t worry, we don’t share any spoilers!) and shares how she’s learned to create impact, reclaim her story, and love herself first through the pages.

Whether you’re a lover of romance fiction, are tapped into BookTok, or are looking for ways to practice more self-love and acceptance, you’ll love the gems that are dropped in this episode from start to finish.

We also talk about…

  • Kennedy’s journey from self-publishing to bestselling author
  • Kennedy’s novel “Before I Let Go” being opted for a television series
  • Kennedy’s favorite book recommendations
  • Why reading romance novels can be beneficial for men and women
  • Why reading is such an effective form of self-care
  • Feeling seen in fiction and the importance of nuanced representation
  • Setting the bar for yourself and becoming the love of your own life

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4th in Austin, Texas. Thank you. Thank you for tuning into Balance Black Girl Podcast.

0:48.0

My name is Les.

0:49.0

I'm your host and I appreciate you tuning in.

0:52.0

So this show is all about the various different things that we're

0:54.3

balancing in our lives, whether that is our health, our well-being, our jobs, our relationships. But at the center

1:01.2

of most of our conversations is self-care.

1:04.0

And self-care, for me at least one of my main self-care practices, is reading.

1:09.0

If you follow me on social media, you know I'm always reading at least a few books usually a

1:14.8

romance novel is thrown in the mix and I am super excited to bring today's

1:20.6

guest to the show I am having such a fan girl moment because I'm

1:25.0

really excited to welcome Kennedy Ryan to the podcast. Welcome.

1:29.3

Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited. I'm looking forward to this. I follow you know, so I always see all of the different posts. So, you know, I'm really excited to talk about this.

1:41.6

Oh my gosh.

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