Author Angela Legh (pronounced Lee) shares how a devastating fire that took everything ended up inspiring a series of fairy tales designed to awaken expression and emotional healing!
In this heartwarming episode of The Erica Glessing Show, host Erica Glessing welcomes inspirational children's author Angela Legh to discuss her magical Bella Santini Chronicles. With captivating sincerity, Angela shares her remarkable transformative journey that began after surviving a devastating wildfire in Northern California—a life-changing event that empowered her to end a 32-year marriage, leave her government job behind, and embark on an exciting new chapter writing fairy tales in the enchanting forests of England.
With genuine passion, Angela reveals how her personal healing journey infused her writing with wisdom, weaving emotional intelligence lessons into stories that not only entertain children but offer powerful insights for parents too. She beautifully articulates the importance of allowing children to express their emotions freely rather than suppressing them, explaining that unexpressed feelings don't simply disappear—they accumulate and eventually surface as emotional outbursts.
Angela shares her creative process, finding inspiration in nature and trusting her intuition rather than forcing herself to write on a schedule. She offers aspiring writers encouragement to follow their creative instincts regardless of publication goals.
The interview concludes with Angela providing a practical emotional regulation tool called "focused attention," explaining that emotions naturally last only 90 seconds in the body when we allow ourselves to feel them fully without prolonging them through repetitive thoughts.
Listeners can find Angela's books and resources for parents and teachers at angelalegh.com.
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More About Angela Legh
Angela Legh is best known as the author of her Gold medal award-winning children’s fantasy book series, The Bella Santini Chronicles, which gives children and their parents tools and techniques for emotional balance. For over 50 years, Angela experienced abuse, bullying, and belittlement, and through that exposure, she developed emotional management methods. Angela has been featured in USA Today and the Los Angeles Tribune newspaper and magazine, along with countless other media exposures. Angela is an international bestselling author with eight published books.
Angela has shared the stage with Les Brown, Dr. John DeMartini, Bernardo Moya, Michael Beckwith, Joe Vitale, Alison Larsen, Moe Rock, David Fagan, and many others. Angela has done everything from speaking to C-suite level entrepreneurs about emotional intelligence to creating engaging children’s videos. When Angela isn’t writing children’s stories, she can be found hiking in the beautiful wilderness of Taos, New Mexico.
Angela's children's fairy tale series, The Bella Santini Chronicles, is highly acclaimed for helping pre-teens learn how to manage their emotions. Accolades and awards include Mom's Choice Award - Gold Medal 2023 for Bella Santini in the Land of Everlasting Change and Bella Santini in the Troll War; Hindi's Libraries - Silver Medal; finalist, Top Females of Fiction 2023, Bella Santini in the Troll War.
For more information: https://AngelaLegh.com
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