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Heidi Siefkas

Author, Speaker & Adventurer

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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A Conversation with Author of When All Balls Drop

As a more intimate way to get to know me and my story, I thought it only appropriate to invite

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Kauai’s Best Kept Secrets Featured on Trekity

What’s the best time to visit Kauai Island? You can visit anytime of year. It’s really that kind of island.

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🌈Resilience is more than bouncing back. ⛰️ It's t 🌈Resilience is more than bouncing back. ⛰️

It's the fundamental ability to adapt when faced with life's inevitable changes. 

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Solo date night: me, a Waymo, and zero small talk. Solo date night: me, a Waymo, and zero small talk. Just city views on the way to Grace Potter and Guster at Ascend Amp, Nashville! 🚗🎶
❤️Author and Host of the Look Up Mindset Podcast, ❤️Author and Host of the Look Up Mindset Podcast, Heidi Siefkas shares a deeply personal episode, honoring her father, a theater professor for 42 years. 

At 91 and in hospice, he embodies resilience, choosing to 'Look Up for what I still have,' inspiring Heidi's journey as a storyteller and the 'bounce forward' philosophy. 🌈

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Sometimes walking into a concert you don’t know th Sometimes walking into a concert you don’t know the set list is just what you needed + to go tacos. 

If you get a chance to witness, The Bleachers go. The carousel of talented musicians picking up horns, guitars, keys, and vocals like musical chairs. 

So much fun! Too repeat!
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