Maggie Smith: ...why we need to 'keep moving' through difficult times

Nobody Told Me!

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.2 • 671 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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We’re delighted to welcome back bestselling poet and author Maggie Smith. Her book, "Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change", became a breakout bestseller in the midst of the pandemic. Her powerful collection of quotes and essays on facing life’s challenges with creativity, courage, and resilience provided inspiration to people around the world who were experiencing one of the toughest times in their lives. Now, Maggie has developed an interactive workbook to guide readers on their own journeys toward growth during times of grief and uncertainty. It’s called, "Keep Moving: The Journal". Her website is maggiesmithpoet.com.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Nobody Told Me.
0:13.3	I'm Laura Owens, and I'm Jan Black.
0:15.8	We are so happy to welcome bestselling poet and author Maggie Smith back to the show. In 2020, her book
0:22.6	Keep Moving, Notes on Loss, Creativity and Change became a breakout bestseller in the midst of
0:28.8	the pandemic. Maggie's powerful collection of quotes and essays on facing life's challenges with
0:35.1	creativity, courage, and resilience provided inspiration and insight
0:39.1	to people around the world who were experiencing
0:41.8	one of the toughest times in their lives.
0:44.4	And now Maggie has developed an interactive workbook
0:47.3	to guide readers on their own journeys toward growth
0:50.7	during times of grief and uncertainty.
0:52.9	It's called Keep Moving the Journal.
0:56.1	Maggie, we thank you so much for joining us once again.
0:58.8	Oh, it's so good to be back.
1:00.2	Thank you.
1:01.1	Tell us how Keep Moving the Journal came about.
1:05.2	You know, it came about, honestly, back when we decided to make the book,
1:13.0	which really came about from reader feedback,
1:19.5	I was posting these quotes on my social media and people asked for a book. And for every person who asked for a book to gift, someone would also say, you know, this would make a really
1:24.6	good guided journal. I would love to have a place to sort of
1:29.2	expand on these quotes or think about the ways that they apply to me and my own experience.
1:34.9	And so when we were developing the initial book, that was something in the back of my mind
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