Life can be challenging at times. Techniques such as writing can help us deal with grief, sadness, anger and other emotions that may arise during these times. Today we speak with Eileen Doyon, author and publisher of the “Unforgettable Faces and Stories” series, and Cidny Bullens, a Grammy nominated singer-songwriter, each of whom share their stories and describe the ways in which writing has helped them heal.
Guests
Eileen Doyon
Eileen Doyon is the author of the “Unforgettable Faces and Stories” series. She grew up in the small town of Fort Edward in upstate New York. She left there in 1978 and now lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She enjoys gardening and traveling on her motorcycle visiting new places, familiar places, and meeting new friends. She is a member of Pease Greeters in Portsmouth. Eileen is available for speaking engagements to talk about how writing can be a beneficial part of the healing process and how she got started on this journey.
Cidny Bullens
This two-time Grammy nominee’s career has taken Cidny from singing back-up with Elton John and singing lead vocals on the Grease movie soundtrack to having eight critically acclaimed solo albums, including 1999’s award-winning Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth written in the first two years after the death of Cidny’s 11-year-old daughter, Jessie. This album of passionate, heartfelt songs catapulted Cidny into traveling all over the world singing about love, loss, and resurrection. Bullens’s subsequent CDs Neverland, dream #29, and her latest Howling Trains and Barking Dogs have also garnered worldwide acclaim. Cid’s guests on the albums include friends Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Bryan Adams, Emmylou Harris, Delbert McClinton, and Sir Elton. In the 1990s, Cidny co-wrote with such Nashville greats as Radney Foster, Bill Lloyd, Matraca Berg, Al Anderson, Kye Fleming and Maryann Kennedy, producing several charting singles including Radney Foster’s hit “Hammer and Nails.” Cidny continues a solo career, and is one-third of “super-group,” The Refugees, with Wendy Waldman and Deborah Holland.