Right Time Write Now

Right Time Write Now

You know there’s a connection between your creativity and your emotions, but you just aren’t sure how to access it. Join creative coach and published author Nicola McDonald each month as she explores the power of using the written word to reveal the joy of being human. Be inspired as you hear a chapter written about Nicola’s recent life-changing trip to Australia and conversations that go deeper into each chosen emotion. Then it’s your turn to write guided by writing prompts, tips and gentle encouragement. This is not a podcast about getting published. It is time for yourself to put your creativity into action and discover more about your thoughts and feelings than you thought was possible.

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September 14, 2023 51 mins
And so we come to the present day in the Right Time Write Now journey, and the final episode in this season.

In this episode author and creative writing coach, Nicola McDonald, encourages us to explore how the choices we have made have had an impact on where we are now.

Nicola reflects on the themes covered over the last six months inviting us to think about how we find and recognise daily moments of joy, how we nurture self awarenes...
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Does the thought of change challenge or excite you? Does it make you fearful or full of energy?

In this month’s episode of Right Time Write Now host Nicola McDonald considers how changes big and small impact our growth and how changing her outlook in Australia, led to clarity and freedom.

Nicola talks about shedding her wardrobe, leaving the contents of her suitcase in an Australian charity shop, and the change that came over her af...
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What’s love got to do with it?

That’s the question host Nicola McDonlad muses on as she leaves her husband and family behind and flies to Australia.

In this episode of Right Time Write Now we join Nicola and her husband Graeme on a trip to the romantic capital of the world, Paris. We hear how Nicola sent love letters home as she embarked on her life-changing trip to Australia, and hear about the importance of self love.

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This bonus episode takes us deeper into the conversation between Nicola, Barbara Allen and Nina Khoo, featured in the last episode.

In episode 3 of Right Time Write Now, Nicola revealed what it means to be an empowered Highly Sensitive Person. Now you can hear the full conversation focused around this natural temperament trait also known scientifically as Sensory Processing Sensitivity, and listen as Nicola, Barbara and Nina self-re...
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What does it mean to be an empowered HSP?

In the third episode of Right Time Write Now, host Nicola McDonald talks about her innate trait, scientifically known as Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS), more widely addressed as High Sensitivity (HS). This highly responsive, natural temperament trait, exists in 20% of the population. We hear about the beauty of Australia, the wildlife, the landscape and more from Nicola’s point of view...
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Courage and anxiety sit side by side.

In this episode of Right Time Write Now, host Nicola McDonald explores her own fear of traveling and what it took for her to take a life-changing trip to Australia.

She also speaks with friend and fellow creative Suze Cooper about how travel-related panic attacks have impacted her life.

Find out more about your courage by following this month’s writing prompts and spending time considering where t...
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When did you last experience joy? Were you with others? Alone? Did you feel it in your stomach? Your chest? Did you laugh out loud? And have you ever thought about capturing that moment through creative writing?

In episode one of Right Here Write now, you’ll hear how a trip to Australia and a chicken called Missy created a surprising moment of joy for host Nicola McDonald.
Listen as she recounts her experience, then work through the...
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April 4, 2023 2 mins
Have you always wanted to explore the magic of creative writing but haven’t been sure where to start?

Complete the prompts and write between each monthly episode of Right Time Write Now and in six-months you will have written your own story, novelette length.

Hosted by author and creative coach Nicola McDonald, this six-part podcast series features writing prompts and tips encouraging you to explore your emotions through creative wri...
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