Lizness School Special: Memoir Writing, The Values Bridge

About this episode

The episode features a conversation about memoir writing with John Evans and a discussion on self-discovery using The Values Bridge assessment tool.

Description Today's Lizness School episode starts with a conversation with John Evans, a Lecturer in Nonfiction in the Creative Writing Department at Stanford University. John was Liz's memoir writing teacher during her year as a Fellow in Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute. Their conversation is about why people get interested in memoir writing and why being in a memoir writing group can be so meaningful. John leads groups and workshops through  Memoir Mentors  His two published memoirs are Young Widower: A Memoir (University of Nebraska Press, 2014), and Should I Still Wish: A Memoir. (University of Nebraska Press, 2017) In the second half of the episode, Liz and Leah discuss what they learned about themselves by using  The Values Bridge , an assessment tool created by  Suzy Welch of the NYU Stern School of Business . Welcome to our sponsor:   Stanford Federal Credit Union .  To use their $620 New Member offer, go to  sfcu.org/lizness Welleco . Try The Super Elixir at welleco.com . Use promo code sisters15 Homework: More about John's writing:  John Evans Author Page Recommended Memoirs: Arthur Ashe, Days of Grace: A Memoir…

People in this episode

Hosts: Liz, Leah

Guest: John Evans

Topics covered

• memoir writing
• self-discovery
• values assessment
• creative writing
• personal stories

Keywords

• memoir writing
• John Evans
• Values Bridge
• self-discovery
• creative writing
• Stanford University
• writing workshops

Sponsors

Stanford Federal Credit Union, Welleco

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stanford University, Memoir Mentors

Products: The Super Elixir

Books & works: Young Widower: A Memoir, Should I Still Wish: A Memoir, Days of Grace: A Memoir, Personal History, Crying In H Mart

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