I’ve been reading a column in our local newspaper, The Spokesman Review for over a year now and I LOVE it. The column, The Full Suburban is created weekly by Julia Ditto. Every time I read I think, “I want to learn to write more like Julia!” Her tone is conversational and her words are packed with accessible wisdom and so much wit. Finally I did the thing that might actually help me achieve this goal. I invited her on my podcast.

I know. Brilliant!

I think you’ll really enjoy our conversation and be able to take away encouragement to pay more attention to what you might consider mundane. Life truly is in the details and the pen is in your hand (shout out to Natasha Bedingfield who opened today’s episode) please don’t leave your life unwritten!

Julia mentioned this column as one of her favorites.

Here are some others that came up:

1. If mothers were in charge, would wars ever happen?

2. Refocusing on family time in honor of Adam England

3. Selfless cowboy rancher comes with the territory

There is so much more to learn from Julia and her column and I sincerely believe that the more you read what you aspire to write, the more you will be able to.

I’m actually doing a follow-up deeper-dive interview with Julia for my membership, Live Your Story. If you’re not yet a member, you can get signed up here.

You can read Julia’s bio on her about page!