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Mikaela interviews Kristen Haluch about her journey of writing and publishing her first book, focusing on the importance of structure.

In this episode of For Women Who Write Podcast, Mikaela sits down with leadership coach and strategist Kristen to talk about the real behind-the-scenes journey of writing and publishing her first book, The Mama Bear Leader: How Human Centered Leadership Can Reimagine the Way We Work. From navigating self-doubt and stop-start momentum to finding clarity through structure, Kristen shares how she went from “I think I want to write a book” to completing a manuscript that now serves as the foundat...

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Host: Mikaela Mathews

Guest: Kristen Haluch

Topics covered

• writing
• publishing
• leadership
• self-doubt
• structure

Keywords

• writing a book
• publishing
• leadership coach
• self-doubt
• book structure

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Mama Bear Leader

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