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Typing It Real
Typing It Real presents honest conversations about our unfiltered lives and the writing process behind it all. Caregivers, parents, poets, writers, and empaths welcome!
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Episodes
Typing It RealTyping It Real: Caregiving Trauma, Living & Writing With PTSD & Mental Health Musings With Dr. Deborah Vinall
On this episode of Typing It Real, I was thrilled to be joined by Dr Deborah Vinall! Despite some technical difficulties on Substack’s end with video access…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: Caregiving, Unicorns & Open Microphones With Kristin Wilde Giuliani
When Kristin Wilde Giuliani and I talked about going live for this episode of Typing It Real, we knew two things: * We knew we would have an honest…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: Stories From The Jukebox With MJ Polk
In this episode of Typing It Real, I had the privilege of speaking with MJ Polk about three of my favorite things: writing, music, and gratitude! Specifically…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: Becoming A Value Creator, Being Consistent On Substack, Caregiving Thresholds & Going Inside Care With Jess, The Creator
Sometimes the best conversations happen at the spur of the moment. When my original appearance on another creator’s Substack podcast needed to be rescheduled…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: Finding Your Way on Substack, Gen X Lessons, Music & What Really Matters With John Rinaldo
It was so much fun sitting down with John Rinaldo © to talk about three of my favorite things: Building community on Substack; growing up Gen X/Xennial; and…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: One Year Later! Catching Up, Going Live & Writing When Life & Death Happens With Lynn J. Broderick
It was so awesome catching up with my good friend Lynn J. Broderick one year after our first live together. In fact, Lynn was my first ever guest on Typing It…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: Iron Sharpens Iron! Being Consistent & Building Community With Jess, The Creator
It was a real treat to speak with Substack Best Seller and my sister from another mister Jess, The Creator on this episode of Typing It Real! Jess and I talked…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: Introducing Inside Care, A Poetry Anthology For Caregivers, By Caregivers!
Submissions are now open for Inside Care, A Poetry Anthology for Caregivers, by Caregivers! This means the world to me and my co-editor Jeannie Ewing as we are…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: Talking Music, Motherhood & 6:04 Daydreams with Singer/Songwriter Becca Roth
Welcome to a new episode of Typing It Real, which is now available in podcast form! I’ve been very blessed to have so many authentic conversations and…
Typing It RealLive with Bray Bray: Giving Him A Voice
I went live with Bray Bray and read a fresh memoir-style piece as he cheered me on in the background! Check it out! Thank you mary beth kaplan🪶, Florence…
Typing It RealThe Hardest Thing to Say: Why Asking for Help Feels Impossible
Dear Dr. Ellie Hambly, Thank you for having me on as your guest on Substack Live. And thank you for allowing this raw and vulnerable discussion about asking…
Typing It RealPopup Live! Caregiving & Poetry After the ICU
Thank you so much to those who joined me on Substack Live as I talked about the rawness of caregiving for my son Bray Bray and the after-effects of his…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: From Unstuck to Published, Owning Your Health & Being A Substack Powerhouse With Jess, The Creator
I’d like to thank Substack Best Seller and my sister from another mister Jess, The Creator 💅 for going live and dropping gems on going Unstuck to Published for…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: Soundtracks of Our Lives With Mandy Franklin
Thank you to fellow writer, Gen X’er, and music aficionado Mandy Franklin for joining me on Substack Live! We talked a whole lot about the songs and…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: How Creativity Saves Us, Living With Pain & Making Life Beautiful Anyway With Sam DeCosmo
I’d like to thank the incomparable Sam DeCosmo for joining me on Typing It Real! Sam and I dove deep and discussed her living with chronic pain and how she…
Typing It RealHow to Rise Writing in Literature — My Substack Live With Best Seller Kristina God, MBA
Well, this happened! I am truly thankful to Substack Best Seller Kristina God, MBA for having me on as a guest on Substack Live! I’d also like to thank you for…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: Grocery Store Meltdowns, Hospital Waiting Rooms & Caregiver War Stories With Denise Servais
On this edition of Typing It Real, I was thrilled to speak with Denise Servais, a mom, caregiver, and writer who inspires me every time she hits the publish…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: The Hospital Couch & Finding Comfort Through Creativity in Tough Times With Mary Beth Kaplan
It was an absolute honor to speak with my good friend mary beth kaplan🪶 on my latest edition of Typing It Real on Substack Live. We read a few of our raw poems…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: Poetry, Finding Peace & The Power of Being Present With Kristina Ray
It was so awesome to have such real and raw conversation with Kristina Ray on Substack Live. Kristina is one of the real ones who has been through it all and…
Typing It RealMagic from the mess & mundane - a conversation with Chris B.
Thank you mary beth kaplan🪶, Karen C-Collector of Books 📖, Elizabeth Fischer, and many others for tuning into my live video with Kristin K Wilde Giuliani! We…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: Getting Unstuck & Paying It Forward With Traci Edwards
Thank you to everyone for tuning into my live video with Traci Edwards — Let’s Get UnStuck! We talked about: —our Substack Origin Stories — why the F are we…
Typing It RealPopup Poetry Pre-Snowstorm Hangout!
Thank you mary beth kaplan🪶, The Secret Ingredient, Little Edits Atelier, Beyond the Liminal, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: The Gorge, Facing Yourself & Finding Your “Y” With Erin Gregory
Thank you to everyone who tuned into my Substack Live with Erin Gregory! Here are the posts we discussed: ~ That’s all from me — Chris B. Get full access to…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: Life Lessons From the House Cat & Other Tales With Shannon Black-Youel
Thank you to everyone who tuned into our Substack Live. Shannon Black-Youel and I talked about pottery, house cats, glaciers, self-worth, storytelling, the…
Typing It RealWhat Caregivers Carry and Where Writing Can Hold It
In case you missed our Substack Live earlier this week, here is the full recording of my conversation with Jeannie Ewing. Jeannie and I talked about our…
Typing It RealVideo Poetry Reading of Shave, A Caregiver’s Poem…
Here is my video poetry reading of my poem, Shave. This one really got me as the poem poured out of me from the deepest part of myself. Thank you for reading…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: Choosing Life, Writing Brave & Turning Pain Into Purpose With Kaylie Klein
Thank you so much for tuning into my Substack Live with Kaylie Klein! Kaylie and I talked for one hour and covered the following topics: * Our Substack Origin…
Typing It Real1,000 Subcribers Pop-up Video! Sincere Thank You & My Poem, Less Than…
Wait, what? I just hit 1,000 Subscribers! You know what that means… a pop-up video and poem! Seriously, THANK YOU! Here’s the text of my poem, Less Than, that…
Typing It RealPop-up Poetry Reading!
Happy Gratitude Week! As we head into the holiday season, I’ve been thinking a lot about family and all the amazing memories from my childhood. One of my…
Typing It RealCaregiving Breaking Points, Empathy, and Strength — Notes from My Substack Live with Let’s Get Unstuck 🎙️
I had the honor of speaking with Traci Edwards Let’s Get UnStuck on Substack Live. First, Traci gave me an incredible introduction that was extremely gracious…
Typing It RealVideo Poetry Reading: Arrows, A Half-Defiant, Half-Hopeful Caregiver’s Poem…
Arrows 548 days ago your heart rate dropped way down below. ~ For 28 days we prayed and watched you go from your final breath to the car ride home. ~ 548 days…
Typing It RealTyping It Real: Hiking, Humor & Self-Worth With Heidi Bonner & Chris B. Writes
We came, we saw, we stuck it to gatekeepers, and we sung the praises of saying yes to our midlife Gen X selves! Thank you Lynn J. Broderick, Let’s Get UnStuck…
Typing It RealSubstack Live & Unscripted: “Typing It Real” with Lynn J. Broderick & Chris B. Writes
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Substack Live! Get full access to Chris B. Writes at chrisbwrites.substack.com/subscribe
Typing It RealThe Roundtable is Back! Chris B. Writes Talks Caregiving, Published Poems, and Life Lessons
Thank you Anette Pieper, David Watson, Ruth O'Reilly, Katrin, David Rizzo, and many others for tuning into my live video with Joe Nichols! Join me for my next…