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Heidi Siefkas

Author, Speaker & Adventurer

Looking Up Feature on When All Balls Drop by The Garden Island

LIHUE — On Sept. 27, 2009, Heidi Siefkas was visiting upstate New York’s Hudson River valley. She was happily married.

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When All Balls Drop Spotted in NYC – Where You Are Reading It?

FYI: A couple of advanced copies of When All Balls Drop: The Upside of Losing Everything have been spotted pre-release,

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Look at What the Storms Blew In – When All Balls Drop in Print

Having left South Florida to return to my home in Kauai earlier this week, I thought I had escaped hurricane

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Happy Look Up Day – Let’s Groove

I invite you once again to my backyard, this time from the comforts of my hammock, where I share my

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Cultural Travel to Kauai through Taro

I say potato, you say patato. I say tomato, you say tamato. I say taro, whereas in Kauai, many will

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Inspirational Female Authors in Writing When All Balls Drop

As I talk about my memoir, When All Balls Drop, many ask me about the process of writing, in particular

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Women Who Want It All – Free Excerpt of When All Balls Drop Pre-Release

Calling women who want it all! Come and join me as I share my true story!  It has been almost

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Look Up – My Mantra

This year, I completed writing a memoir of my life change, which happened nearly five years ago. It is entitled

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Homecoming

Every summer I make a pilgrimage to one of my former homes whether to Wisconsin for my hometown’s Catfish Days

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Choose Your Own Adventure Minneapolis Minnesota

Did you read choose your own adventure novels when you were a kid? The books are set up to tell

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Leaving home with nowhere to go means facing freez Leaving home with nowhere to go means facing freezing streets or crowded shelters. 

A harsh truth about the struggle for basic safety and warmth. 

👀 Watch this powerful story of homelessness to advocacy:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-look-up-mindset/id1864978939
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HeidiSiefkas/podcasts
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1cJ0HoMJWFtYt7NWx0wxp8?si=bcfd7984e96143d8

#Homelessness #Resilience #LookUpMindset #Podcasts #Inspiration
Found in Nashville, TN this 🎃Halloween: “Freedom Found in Nashville, TN this 🎃Halloween:

“Freedom from the Flesh,” the lost Norman Rockwell masterpiece💀 

Come on! Throw us a bone!

This is an artsy, yet twisted Americana piece that deserves an atta boy, especially Chandler.
Adventuring through Shelby Bottoms in full color w Adventuring through Shelby Bottoms in full color with leaves falling. 

It reminded me of this song. I used to sing this jazz standard, Autumn Leaves. But, when in Nash, why not do it Willie-style. 

Fall you’re my favorite!
⭐ From Homelessness to Advocacy: A True Story of R ⭐ From Homelessness to Advocacy: A True Story of Resilience ⭐

Facing eviction and addiction, Chad's life changed after a critical health scare. 

Now, he's a college student and advocate, transforming his community's approach to homelessness. 

A powerful journey of survival and change. 

➡️ Watch full episode, link in bio!
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