You are listening to The Lively Show, episode 46.

Welcome to the Lively Show.

I'm your host Jess Lively, and this blogcast is designed to uplift, inspire,

and add a little extra intention to your everyday.

Hi guys, welcome to the lively show Thursday edition I'm so excited today to share with you

someone who you may know or someone you may not know depending on your connection

to the scrapbooking world.

Ali Edwards is a pioneer in the scrapbooking world.

She's written books and has lines of scrapbooking products

helping people shift the way that they scrapbook. You can find out more on

Ali Edwards.com that's Ali A L.I Edwards.com but this show is about much more than

just scrapbooking I'm so excited to introduce you to her if you're not familiar already.

In this show, we're going to talk to Ali about how she has shifted the focus of traditional scrapbooking from events like birthdays and product-driven

kind of stickers and paper goods to what she calls intentional scrapbooking which is

much more words and value-driven and is a lot more along the lines of life with intention in this process.

We're also going to talk about how having a child with autism has taught Ali about

herself and how it has actually prepared her for other aspects of her life and difficult

challenges that came later.

She'll talk about how she handles the immediate black and white reactions her ego has to different

situations and how she is learning to

embrace the gray and the imperfections of life.

We'll talk about her favorite books and we'll talk about the mantra that came to Ali early in her divorce that helped her move through it without stuffing and with a lot of grace.

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