In this episode of Deserts to Mountaintops, Jessica interviews Ilsa Manning, author of the anthology chapter titled "(re)Birth," where she details her desert to mountaintop experience becoming a business owner and mother.
Deserts to Mountaintops is a limited series podcast created by Top 1% ranking podcast host, Jessica Kidwell, she lifts the author off the page as she holds conversations with co-authors of this inaugural anthology released in January 2023 by Soul Speak Press.
This series is meant to give readers of DTM a deeper insight into the authors that brought their experiences to the page and hopes to inspire it’s audience to a place of transformational healing.
Deserts to Mountaintops: Our Collective Journey to (re)Claiming Our Voice is available now on Amazon.
For more information on Deserts to Mountaintops, Soul Speak Press and upcoming anthologies, please visit www.desertstomountaintops.com. For more information Jessica Buchanan, please visit www.jessbuchanan.com or follow her on instagram at @jessicacbuchanan
Meet Ilsa:
Ilsa Manning is a mother, founder, fragrance designer, author, and your biggest cheerleader. Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona she adventured to Europe after graduating with a BA in History from the University of Arizona. She’s lived in France, Poland, and England; she’s au paired, taught ESL, graduated with an MA in Modern History from Royal Holloway, University of London, and finally found her calling in fragrance while working at the largest fragrance and flavor supplier in the world. Ilsa returned home to Phoenix with a husband in hand and a drive to pursue all things fragrance. After an epiphanic awakening sparked by her new daughter’s love for her, Ilsa found self-belief for the first time in her life. Now her mission is to bring this same
awakening to all women through her luxury fine fragrance brand Ilsa Fragrances.
You can find her, her empowering fragrances, and positive messages at ilsafragrances.com, on Facebook and Twitter @ilsafragrances, and Instagram @ilsafragrances and @ilsamanning. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with her English husband, two young daughters, and dog that looks suspiciously like a coyote.
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