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Your Scars Are Part of Your Story | DWC Member Spotlight: Brigitte Cutshall · The Daily Writer

• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Rider Podcast, where we bring you tips and inspiration each day to help you build habits for writing success.
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  SPEAKER_00: For more resources, including your free Daily Rider Starter Kit, visit DailyRiderLife.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'd say there's a pretty good chance that you know somebody who has a tattoo, or maybe you have a tattoo yourself.
• 0:29
  SPEAKER_00: What's the purpose of a tattoo?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, a tattoo is a way to mark your identity.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: A tattoo can be a picture, a name, a date, or even a symbol, and any of those images can be a reminder to yourself and the world of who you are and what's important to you.
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  SPEAKER_00: However, there's another kind of marking that can define you, and that is your scars.
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  SPEAKER_00: A scar represents past trauma or brokenness, and a scar can be visible on your skin, or it can also be stored inside your heart and mind where other people can't see it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your scars don't detract from your power as a writer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Instead, I believe the opposite is true.
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  SPEAKER_00: I believe scars actually enhance your power.
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  SPEAKER_00: Stephen King said, a little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer, but the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I want to encourage you, my friend, don't be afraid to let your scars show through.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those wounds are part of your story, and those wounds have given you life lessons that you couldn't have gotten any other way.
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  SPEAKER_00: So don't try to erase the scars, rather, embrace them as a powerful part of your story.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's challenge.
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  SPEAKER_00: Think about an area of your life that you've been a little bit afraid to reveal to other people.
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  SPEAKER_00: And how can you let your guard down just a little bit and use that experience to help others?
• 1:53
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  SPEAKER_00: I want to close out today's episode by sharing a brief conversation with Bridget Kutchall, one of our Daily Writer Club members.
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  SPEAKER_00: Over the past couple of weeks, you've probably seen these handful of episodes where every few days I'm featuring a five or seven minute interview from one of our Daily Writer Club members.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm doing this for a couple of reasons.
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  SPEAKER_00: First and foremost, to promote the cool work that they're doing, but also to let you know that we've got some awesome people in the Daily Rider Club, and I would love for you to join us and make it even cooler because I mean, let's be honest, you're a pretty cool person.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we would definitely love to have you.
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  SPEAKER_00: But for now, let me introduce Bridget.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bridget Cutshaw is a communications solutions consultant and production expert and founder of Gemini Media.
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  SPEAKER_00: She hosts the Real Things Living podcast and is passionate about health advocacy.
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  SPEAKER_00: She's also the author of Quality Book Formula and the children's book, It's Fun to Run, among others.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can find her at BridgetCutshaw.com and there will be a link in the show notes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's my conversation with the amazing Bridget.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hope you enjoy it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bridget, welcome back to the Daily Writer Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: You were actually a guest on an episode uh we did, I think it was last year sometime.
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  SPEAKER_00: So welcome back to this mini interview.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's start out here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, give readers a little bit of info about what kind of writing you do and how you help people.
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  SPEAKER_01: Well, thank you so much, Kent, by the way, for the opportunity to come back.
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  SPEAKER_01: My writing, I've been writing for a long time.
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  SPEAKER_01: Most of it has been blogs, but I do write a lot about health and wellness and health advocacy, is that the right word?
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  SPEAKER_01: I have written some fiction, but I also have a background in writing a lot of corporate communications.
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  SPEAKER_01: So making it easier to read and not so corporate y, if that makes sense.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love it.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I really appreciate your emphasis on health and wellness, which is something a lot of writers and people, well, people who just spend a lot of time in front of their computers, it's something that we can struggle with really easily.
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  SPEAKER_00: So um kind of want to, while we're on this topic, can you give us maybe two or three quick tips that we could put into practice for being healthier or having more energy?
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  SPEAKER_00: I know I'm kind of throwing this out there and putting you on the spot.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh, that's okay.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh, to be healthier to have more energy.
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  SPEAKER_01: Well, you need to schedule time to write, but you also need to schedule time to get up, move a little bit.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I actually write better after I go for a short walk with my dogs.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's one thing I recommend.
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  SPEAKER_01: If you don't have a dog, you don't, it doesn't matter.
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  SPEAKER_01: But just to get up and move around a little bit, for me personally, it um I know sparks that juice in my head.
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  SPEAKER_01: And the second thing is to also, it doesn't have to be writing on a computer.
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  SPEAKER_01: I also recommend to actually write notes on, you know, pencil and paper or pen and paper.
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  SPEAKER_01: I think that helps too.
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  SPEAKER_01: I know some people like to record, but it just depends on the situation.
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  SPEAKER_01: But try to keep it in the same kind of notebook if you do decide to write ideas down.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those are great tips.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I think sometimes we miss the tactile experience of writing whenever we're just on our phones all day or on our computer.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's kind of something nice about just a pen and paper or pencil and paper.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it doesn't disappear, like it won't get lost.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't have to save, you know, uh what you write on an actual piece of paper, or it doesn't get lost, it doesn't crash.
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  unknown: Right.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's why I have a notebook just for notes for me only.
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  SPEAKER_01: One day my sons might find it.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm just kidding.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let's talk about any advice that you might have for writers who are at the beginning of their writing journey.
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  SPEAKER_00: You've been in the book world a long time, you've done a lot of stuff with the books, um, and you're around a lot of writers.
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  SPEAKER_00: But for people who really want to get into writing a book, but they're kind of afraid, they don't know where to start.
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  SPEAKER_00: Any advice that you might share with them?
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  SPEAKER_01: I would just recommend to just do it, start, start small.
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  SPEAKER_01: Don't try to, you know, fix, find a topic that you're very, very interested in, right?
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  SPEAKER_01: I think that will help you get it out there rather than to write about something that you don't know anything about.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like I wouldn't know about, even though I've seen ice hockey, you know what I'm saying?
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  SPEAKER_01: I wouldn't know how to really write about it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right.
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  SPEAKER_01: But I can write about running, I can, you know, things like that.
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  SPEAKER_01: I can write about cooking, right?
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  SPEAKER_01: Because I like to do that and I have an interest in it.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now, if you want to write a topic on something that you don't know about, you should do a little bit of research and read is very helpful.
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  SPEAKER_01: Reading on those topics, even whether whether you know it or not, will be helpful, I think.
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  SPEAKER_01: Those are my two tips.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love those.
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  SPEAKER_00: Can you talk a bit about your upcoming book?
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  SPEAKER_01: My upcoming book, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: This was kind of a something in the back of a head for for a long time.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it's called Move for You, Empowering a Healthy, Happy Life Through Exercise.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it's just because I started to do this because I've always been motivated for some reason.
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  SPEAKER_01: My was just raised around the military as a military brat.
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  SPEAKER_01: I saw a lot of movement all the time, but also I just see I've had health issues and also helped with healing.
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  SPEAKER_01: And people hear that and they know that movement helps with your health, but it also helps with your healing.
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  SPEAKER_01: But you also, if you are dealing like I had cancer, you know, treatment and surgeries and all that, I didn't just go out there and start running again.
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  SPEAKER_01: I had to get a plan together.
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  SPEAKER_01: I had to have the doctor, the doctors knew, by the way, all I did was talk about running.
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  SPEAKER_01: I want to run again.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I had physical therapy to get me back on path, but I also knew to not, I just want to make it fun, really, and not just go out there and and do a bunch of races just to win, right?
• 8:18
  SPEAKER_01: I do it for fun because it makes me happy.
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  SPEAKER_01: And some people, for example, prefer to go bike, some people prefer to go fishing, just a little every it just depends on what makes you happy.
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  SPEAKER_01: I think that is what's gonna motivate you.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's why I call that mood for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: I like that.
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  SPEAKER_01: You and it's you gotta, especially parents, um, women, we don't take care of ourselves very well.
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  SPEAKER_01: We really don't, as we're especially when we were raising kids, we don't.
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  SPEAKER_01: And that you just gotta make a little bit of time for that.
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  SPEAKER_01: And that's probably helpful that I raised my kids getting out outside with them and and having them walk with me or bike and things like that, and my husband as well.
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  SPEAKER_01: Of course, of course.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, thanks for coming on the show today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, where can listeners find out more about your work and your books and all the cool stuff you're doing?
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  SPEAKER_01: The best way probably is to go to my website, bridgetcutchall.com, B-R-I-G-I-T-T-E, C-U-T-S-H-A-L-L dot com.
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  SPEAKER_01: You can also go to Instagram, this is I-g at Bridget Cutchall.
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  SPEAKER_01: You can also um for business related stuff on LinkedIn as well.
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  SPEAKER_01: This must the same name.
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  SPEAKER_01: Perfect.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bridget, thanks so much.
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  SPEAKER_00: I appreciate you so much.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, and your book expertise.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know a lot about printing and the book world and what it takes to create great books.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I think we need more people like you in the world who know how to create great physical books because it's kind of like a dying art form a little bit.
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  SPEAKER_01: So it is.
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  SPEAKER_01: But people, it by the way, it boomed during COVID.
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  SPEAKER_01: People wanted physical books, which was a good problem to have.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I hate the fact that it took a pandemic to uh kind of bring that about.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I guess, you know, you kind of make lemonade out of lemons.
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  SPEAKER_00: So thanks again.
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  SPEAKER_00: This has been a blast.
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  SPEAKER_01: Thank you, Kent.
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  SPEAKER_01: Have a great day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hey, I hope you enjoyed my conversation with Bridget.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wasn't that fun?
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  SPEAKER_00: She's really, really inspiring.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I encourage you to go check out her books and her website at bridgetcutshall.com.
• 10:18
  SPEAKER_00: That is B R I G I T T E Cutshall, C U T S H A L L dot com.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make sure and check it out.
• 10:26
  SPEAKER_00: Hey, as always, thanks for listening, and I'll see you next time.