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The Journalist Who Turned Grief Into Fantasy | Candace Lynn Talmadge

What happens when grief completely reshapes your identity — and storytelling becomes the path back to yourself?

In this episode of Thought Atlas, Blessed sits down with Candace Lynn Talmadge — former business journalist, dark high fantasy novelist, and spiritual nonfiction author whose work explores emotional healing, spirituality, grief, reinvention, and the transformative power of narrative.

After decades working in journalism — a world built on structure, deadlines, facts, and emotional distance — Candace eventually found herself pulled toward something deeper: storytelling as healing…

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