Writers at the Well
Interviews with authors about their experience "at the well." How do they draw words and images up from the depths? What underground streams fuel them? How they know when they are aligned, in flow, attuned to the will of their story, and when they are off course? Do they incorporate meditation or other forms of spiritual practice to keep them connected to their truth? Let's find out!
Writers at the Well is a sister to Tess's meditation podcast, Heart Haven Meditations: which offers practices that draw from modern neuroscience and ancient wisdom traditions.
Heart Haven Meditations: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1998903.rss
Tess Callahan, Ed.M., MFA, is the author of the novel APRIL & OLIVER and DAWNLAND, and a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher. You can find her at: https://tesscallahan.com/.
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DISCLAIMER: Any advice or suggestions mentioned by the guest or host is to be vetted by you. We do not accept any liability for any loss or damage incurred by you acting or not acting as a result of listening to these conversations. You acknowledge that you use any information provided at your own risk.
Episodes
11 episodes
Andrew Holecek on the Power of Darkness to Unleash Creativity
Dr. Andrew Holecek discusses Dark Retreat—a Buddhist practice of spending extended periods in complete darkness—and its transformative effects on creativity, healing, and spiritual insight. Dark Retr...
George Saunders on Writing with Fierceness and Compassion
Novelist Tess Callahan sits down with George Saunders to discuss his new novel Vigil. Saunders reflects on writing morally complex characters, the balance between empathy and fierceness, a...
Novelist Carrie Birde on Writing as an Act of Grace
Join debut novelist Carrie Birde author of A Small Tale of Uncommon Grace (
Novelist Paula Saunders on Starting from Here, and Writing as an Act of Compassion
Join novelist Paula Saunders as she discusses her moving autobiographical novel Starting from Here, just out fr...
Novelist Karen Dukess on Writing with a Spirit of Play
Novelist Karen Dukess talks about daring to write with joy and the fun she had with her new book,
Dr. Samra Zafar on Breaking Old Patterns to Transform Your Future
Internationally renowned speaker and physician Dr. Samra Zafar speaks with Tess about her new book Unconditional: Break Through Past Limits to Tra...
Author Laura Munson on Opening to Awe
Bestselling author Laura Munson talks with Tess Callahan about her new book, THE WILD WHY: STORIES AND TEACHINGS TO ...
Novelist Manda Scott on Thrutopian Fiction and Creating a Roadmap for the Future
Award-winning novelist, teacher, and podcaster Manda Scott talks with Tess Callahan about her shamanic spiritual practice, her new Thrutopian novel ANY HUMAN POWER, an...
Sculptor/Poet Don Freas on Taking Creative Leaps
Join sculptor/poet Don Freas, author of In-Between: Creativity Set Free and Swallowing the World: New and Selected Poems<...
Novelist/Essayist Mar'ce Merrell on Daring Yourself in Life and on the Page
Join novelist, essayist, and canoe adventurer Mar’ce Merrell as she unpacks her spiritual and creative toolbox, sharing how she uses meditation to move through stuck places in life and on the page. Ma...
Screenwriter/Novelist Alan Watt on Writing as a Desire to Evolve
Novelist, screenwriter, and founder of LA Writers' Lab Alan Watt talks with host Tess Callahan about his creative process, meditation, and the meaning he finds in teaching. He discusses the writing of his...
