Welcome! Today’s guest is Adrea Peters, who is a writer about all her obsessions, such as love, physics, food, wellness, logic, grace, cleverness, word play, and imagining the best in herself and others. Adrea retired at age 42 to write full-time. She graduated with a journalism degree as valedictorian of her class at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and then earned her master’s degree in Popular Fiction Writing from Seton Hall University.
Adrea has co-authored several books and apps. In 2015, she and her business partner created Storyteller Ink. It’s a company dedicated to serving writers and helping them find success in completing a book in nine months’ time. If you are an aspiring writer, then Adrea has the plan to help you achieve success! Join us!
In this episode, you will learn:
- How BOTH choice and circumstance have played into Adrea’s life choice to NOT be a parent;
- How Adrea knew IF she ever had a child, she would want to have a life partner with whom to share the experience;
- “The rules that people follow just aren’t priorities for me.”
- “I nurture all the time and feel maternal and like a mom in many ways.”
- Adrea’s two main life goals are to find a mate she loves and to have success as a writer;
- How she has never felt external pressure to have children;
- Adrea believes that women need to take the time to get to know themselves;
- Moms need time and space that their busy, demanding lives don’t often allow;
- Being feminine and being a mom are NOT the same things;
- Adrea has creative expression through the time she has to herself, to come to new understandings and awareness that she can share with others;
- How Adrea has dedicated her life to bettering relationships between human beings;
- “It’s the little things each day that connect us to others.”
- How Adrea would never use the terms “childfree” or “childless” to describe herself;
- Adrea urges all women to take charge of themselves and their identity.
Find out more about Adrea and her work at www.adreapeters.com and
www.storyteller-ink.com
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