{"id":9534,"date":"2021-03-17T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/?p=9534"},"modified":"2021-03-30T14:28:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T20:28:27","slug":"s05-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/s05-08\/","title":{"rendered":"S05 | 08 &#8211; Be the Author of Your Own Story with Genevieve Graham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you ever been paralyzed by the fear of failure? Sometimes, that fear keeps us from taking opportunities that come our way. We miss out on pieces of ourselves and what we could be.<br><br>Today we are joined by author Genevieve Graham, and her question is, <em>What\u2019s the alternative?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is actually holding you back from following your passions? If you don\u2019t, what\u2019s the alternative? Is the potential for falling a bit short actually worse than never taking action in the first place?<br><br>Genevieve believes that we should let hope be our silver lining. Remember what drives you and take a chance. Because even when it\u2019s uncomfortable, you are still moving forward. We are the authors of our own stories, so make yours an interesting one!<br><br>Listen in!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/hope-motivates-action\/embed\/episodes\/S05--08---Be-the-Author-of-Your-Own-Story-with-Genevieve-Graham-esk04j\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>About Genevieve Graham:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Genevieve Graham received her Bachelor of Music Performance (Oboe) at the University of Toronto in 1986. When an autoimmune disease forced her to quit oboe, she spent the next dozen or so years doing everything from advertising to marketing and fundraising, teaching piano to children along the way. In 1992 she traveled to Banff to visit a friend &#8211; and met her future husband (of almost 30 years!) in a chairlift lineup! They lived 17 years in Calgary, then moved to Nova Scotia in 2008 with their daughters, Emily &amp; Piper. There, she was surrounded by history, and she realized how little she knew, not only about the province but all of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 42 she began researching then writing exclusively Canadian Historical Fiction novels. Most recently, Genevieve focused on the dark, little known story of Canada\u2019s British Home Children in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/genevievegraham.com\/books\/the-forgotten-home-child\/\"><em>The Forgotten Home Child<\/em><\/a>\u201d. Despite bookstore shutdowns across the country due to COVID-19, it became an \u201cinstant #1 bestseller\u201d and remained on that list for 19 weeks \u2013 11 of those at #1. It achieved the #5 position in Canadian Fiction for 2020 and educated tens of thousands of readers about this vital part of our history. Her sixth novel, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/genevievegraham.com\/books\/letters-across-the-sea\/\"><em>Letters Across the Sea<\/em><\/a>\u201d will be published this April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more you can visit her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.genevievegraham.com\">website<\/a>, and follow her on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gengrahamauthor\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gengrahamauthor\/\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GenGrahamAuthor\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Mentioned in This Episode:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/genevievegraham.com\/books\/\">Genevieve\u2019s books<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Lindsay Recknell | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/\">Expert in Hope<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/expertinhope\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lindsay-recknell\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lindsayrecknell\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/shop\/\">Take Hope Home!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to this and all episodes of the Hope Motivates Action podcast wherever you listen to your favourite content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"262\" src=\"http:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/apple-podcast-logo-1024x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3883\" class=\"wp-image-3883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/apple-podcast-logo-1024x262.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/apple-podcast-logo-600x154.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/apple-podcast-logo-300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/apple-podcast-logo-768x197.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/apple-podcast-logo-100x26.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/apple-podcast-logo-862x221.jpg 862w, https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/apple-podcast-logo-1100x282.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/hope-motivates-action\/id1479920913\">https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/hope-motivates-action\/id1479920913<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"997\" height=\"253\" src=\"http:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Listen-on-Spotify-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3887\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/?attachment_id=3887\" class=\"wp-image-3887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Listen-on-Spotify-1.png 997w, https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Listen-on-Spotify-1-600x152.png 600w, https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Listen-on-Spotify-1-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Listen-on-Spotify-1-768x195.png 768w, https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Listen-on-Spotify-1-100x25.png 100w, https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Listen-on-Spotify-1-862x219.png 862w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3CRFYiCjKbMY3Ese1IgrTK\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3CRFYiCjKbMY3Ese1IgrTK<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"162\" src=\"http:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Listen-on-Google-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3888\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/?attachment_id=3888\" class=\"wp-image-3888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Listen-on-Google-2.png 640w, https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Listen-on-Google-2-600x152.png 600w, https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Listen-on-Google-2-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/www.expertinhope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Listen-on-Google-2-100x25.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3Muc2ltcGxlY2FzdC5jb20vcG9kY2FzdHMvMTA5MzQvcnNz\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3Muc2ltcGxlY2FzdC5jb20vcG9kY2FzdHMvMTA5MzQvcnNz<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever been paralyzed by the fear of failure? 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