Writing through journaling or storytelling can be a powerful tool for self-reflection and healing. In Episode 13 of Authentic with Marlowe Lenard, Marlowe welcomes Jackie Pilossoph to the podcast to discuss their personal writing journeys, divorce, and how self-publishing is an act of self-acceptance.

Marlowe and Jackie share how they became inauthentic in their marriages: Jackie resented giving up her career to raise her children, and Marlowe fully embraced becoming "Marlowe the Wife" and doing everything she thought was wanted and expected of her.

Jackie hosts the Divorced Girl Smiling podcast. Her motivation to podcast came from her giving heart: Jackie wanted to provide resources for divorced women to help them navigate the process. The Divorced Girl Smiling website has the resources needed while navigating divorce: divorce lawyers, marriage counselors, financial planners, and the Divorced Girl Smiling podcast episodes.

This episode also explores Marlowe and Jackie's love for writing. After writing several fiction novels, Jackie emphasizes that writing can be more effective than therapy and that she often recommends that people write about what they are feeling to process the many emotions uncovered during a divorce.

Marlowe shares the magic of writing "Love Letters to Leo" and how the words would tumble out of her and onto her computer. She also enjoys journaling when she needs to process a situation. In Episode 13 of Authentic with Marlowe Lenard, Marlowe says, "Nothing in the world lights me up and re-energizes my entire body like writing does."

Whether through journaling or storytelling, writing can lead to greater understanding, empowerment, and discovery of one's authentic self.

This episode is produced by Skip The Boring Stuff, a podcast strategy company for business owners and creatives.