In Episode 5, podcaster Tracy Crow, an author, writing coach, and Marine Corps veteran, interviews special guest, Renee Neal, a visual artist, mom to four sons, and a former Army medic and military police office, about her explosive, seemingly overnight success as an abstract artist. Renee shares how art literally saved her life. You see, Renee's life has been filled with enough drama and trauma to fill, as she puts it, "two Lifetime Channel movies," and during her darkest of dark times Renee confesses she contemplated the unthinkable. But one day, Renee tells us, she recalled her grandmother's childhood advice. "'Renee,'" she'd tell me, "'whatever you tell yourself, you are'...and my grandmother, not that I know of, had ever read a motivational book." With her grandmother's words of encouragement filling her thoughts and pushing away the negative self-talk, Renee reveals that she felt compelled to reach for a handful of crayons -- yes crayons! -- and began coloring a whole new life for herself. "It's about using what you have...starting where you are," she says. As for all that trauma that could fill two Lifetime Channel movies...we can't wait to see what Renee creates for Lifetime movie #3!
For more information about Renee and her artwork, visit her Art and Soul page on Facebook.
EP #34: Navy veteran, author shares excerpts from new novel, No Salvation
EP #33: Who's fired up for (stained) glass?
EP #32: How to inspire creativity at the 9-to-5!
EP #31: Fear of gardening? What could possibly go wrong?
EP #30: Part 2 -- "Train's Comin'"! Military wife reads excerpt from PTSD memoir
EP #29: Part 1 -- Military wife uses writing as a pathway through PTSD
EP #28: Portrait artist redefines self-expression through abstract painting
EP #27: A celebration of poets and their poetry -- part 2!
EP #26: DISCLAIMER -- These poems may change you!
EP #25: Pulling paintings out of the fire -- nurse practioner finds meaning in the journey
EP #24: Part 1 -- Pediatric psychiatric nurse practioner blends science and art to refill her well
EP #23: Part 2 -- Novelist, Navy vet Jeffery Hess discusses value of writing workshops, personal process
EP #22: Part 1 -- Novelist, Navy vet crafts newest book from historic events
EP #21: Part 2: Discovering stillness, gifts through life-changing Vision Quest
EP #20: Part 1-- No phone, food, or shelter...she's answering the call for a Vision Quest in the NC wilderness
EPISODE 19: Part 2 -- How viewing life through the lens of a storyteller reveals truths & the true Self
EPISODE 18: Part 1-- Going viral...writer discovers surprising gifts amid storm of negativity
EPISODE 17: Part 2 -- Army veteran reads excerpt of compelling PTSD memoir
EPISODE 16: Part 1 -- Writing journey transforms Army vet from PTSD agoraphobia to "new normal-BIG life"
EPISODE 15: After trauma, she's sewing, quilting a new life -- "one stitch at a time"
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