November, 2023

#202 – Ben Guttmann on Why Your Writing Needs to Be “Simply Put”

Ben Guttmann is a marketing and communications expert and author of Simply Put: Why Clear Messages Win — and How to Design Them. He’s an experienced marketing executive and educator on a mission to get leaders to more effectively connect by simplifying their message. Ben is former co-founder and managing partner at Digital Natives Group, an award-winning agency that worked with the NFL, I Love NY, Comcast NBCUniversal, Hachette Book Group, The Nature Conservancy, and other major clients.

#201 – Rusti Lehay on Trusting Your First Draft and Overcoming Writer’s Block

Just as editors do more than splash your text with missing commas, writing coaches do more than tell you to write. They are a bit like doulas helping you birth your books and stories. Rusti Lehay coaches authors to find the words that their hearts speak. Working as an empath, she guides writers to open up to what their story is and the most authentic way for them to share it, helping them place the right words at the right time for all the right reasons.