Coach, Writer, & Speaker

For my next introduction of a fabulous Hope*Writers Mastermind friend, I’m excited to have you meet Katie Kibbe. She is a true superwoman, a trifecta as a coach, writer, and speaker. This lovely woman helps women to embrace their stories so they can live confident in their calling.

In her own words…

Stories have the power to change lives and they need to be shared. I help women make sense of their missional moments so they can leave a lasting legacy with their family and community. I also help faith-based writers gain clarity and confidence so they can share their own transformational messages.

Our lives are made up of Missional Moments that define who we are and what we stand for. If we mine these moments and understand their meaning, our stories transform into a message that connects us with others. Our Missional Moments propel us to make a positive impact in other’s lives. The life-changing power of your message multiplies when your story is shared in conversations among women.

Katie Kibbe

Coach, Writer, Speaker

I can’t say when I first saw Katie. She showed up in Carlsbad with her sweet, loving spirit and was always nearby when I needed a friend or someone to talk to. She sparkled and glowed, always with a smile on her face and arms ready to hug a friend.

Katie is a talented writer and even better friend. She encourages, gently nudges, and guides you on your way. If you’ve fallen, she helps you up, if your lost, she leads you back to your right path. Insightful and wise, when Katie speaks, people listen.

Multi-talented, Katie offers a variety of ways to grow and learn how to deepen your faith and share your own story.

Faith-based discussion guides
Devotional studies to help you grow
One-on-one- coaching
Content coaching for writers
Her Blog

Katie has lived all over the United States, and traveled all over the world. Wife and mother of two, she understands how life can impact our stories. A lovely sense of humor, love of Texas, which is where she grew up.

I think of Katie as the momma of our group. She works to keep up together and connected, usually spearheading efforts to make our time together strong and lasting.

Be sure to check out Katie Kibbe’s website to learn more and see all of the wonderful ways Katie can help you achieve your God-given purpose.

I hope you enjoyed meeting Katie, an insightful, loving woman I am blessed to call friend.

Until next time, may God’s grace surround you,

Hope Writers

Hope*Writer Mastermind Series: Susan B. Arico

January 13, 2021January 12, 2021 Anna Christine

Writer & Coach for the Soul

Hello and Happy New Year! To start off 2021 in the right direction, I want to introduce you to my friend, Susan Arico from New England. Susan writes with a focus on our beautiful souls.

In her own words, I believe a soul is a beautiful thing to have, and a terrible thing to waste. Many of us are wasting our souls without realizing it by giving them away, a byte at a time, to our cell phones. Susan Arico

Isn’t that just beautiful? While also being an eye-opening statement.

I knew I struggled with letting my cell phone take over my life before I met Susan. I was aware of the problem but had no clear steps for how to take back my focus on the right things.

Susan’s website and blog (www.susanbarico.com) are FULL of wonderful advice, tips, tricks, and soul-searching ideas to help you focus more on your soul and less on your cell (phone).

One of the wonderful things (out of many) about Susan is her gentle guidance and encouragement to conquer your cell phone use. Teaching you –

"your soul matters. less cell (phone), more soul." Susan Arico

She has a quiet, authority which is powerful and uplifting. I love to hear her talk about this subject. Her passion for our souls and well-being is clearly heard in her voice and resonates with my soul.

For 2021, I want to learn to let my soul rest and my phone to not dictate my comings and goings. Thanks to Susan’s passion, I have a way to do this.

Besides blogging where she supports your phone goals and soul growth, she also runs personal phone challenges to help you stay accountable and offers screen coaching to help you go deeper in your journey.

For this new year, she created a 21- day challenge to help you create a new relationship with your phone to help you make the most of 2021.

Susan puts heart and passion into everything she does. She not only writes about the soul, but also has a passion for ending slavery and sex trafficking, and just a love of kids in general.

She talks often about her family (husband and four kiddos) and you will hear the love for them in all of her writings. Definitely check out her blog posts about living in Greece for three years.

I hope you have enjoyed getting to know a little bit more about my friend, Susan. I truly feel her ministry is an important and impactful one. I hope you check out her website and learn more from my wise friend.

Until next time, may God’s grace surround you,

Please note photos for this blog post are from my friend’s website.

Devotions

How to Balance My Life as a Christian Writer

April 13, 2019 Anna Christine

I’m learning quickly I have no sense of Balance when it comes to the TO-DO list in my life.

The second Friday in April and I’m already thinking about August…

Not because of summer

Or because of an epic vacation planned for the month of sunshine

Not even because I want it to be closer to Christmas

But because it’s when my next novel is available.

Crazy, right?

NO, WHAT’S REALLY CRAZY –

I’m also thinking of December, not because of Christmas, but my sixth novel comes out before Christmas and I’m itching to start writing it.

As a writer, I have a million things running through my head constantly. Made worse, because I’m female, a triple-A personality, and a C on the disc profile which means I’m a planner, list maker. It also means, I am terrible at balancing it all without giving 110% to everything, which quickly will burn a superhuman being out, let alone me.