{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fe6643f8b-6c8c-45c1-8de6-b6175fd7d97d","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Children, Writing, and Elephants with Kim Frank","description":"Kim Frank is an adventurer, writer, and storyteller. She is constantly terrified of almost everything but never lets her fear stop her from going any less than all the way.\u00a0Today, she shares her story. She talks about her parents\u2019 first attempt to buy a house and the struggle to realize that she was intelligent. She shares how her experience working in a daycare led her to study the policy of early childhood education. She muses on the experience of adopting a baby and explains why she doesn\u2019t regret leaving her career to raise her child. She talks about the process of learning to write and shares the story of when she met Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See. She shares her experience with the elephants in India and the urgency of their situation.\u00a0\u201cFor me, exploration is just neater and sweeter when I can write about it.\u201d- Kim Frank\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t do things in small letters.\u201d- Kim Frank\u00a0This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores:\u00a0\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kim\u2019s struggle to realize she was intelligent\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Why Kim loves archery\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The experience of adopting a baby\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Why Kim dropped her career to raise her child\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The process of learning to write\u00a0Spaceship Not Required\u00a0I\u2019m Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean.\u00a0I\u2019m an explorer, and that doesn\u2019t always have to involve going to some remote or exotic place. It simply requires a commitment to put curiosity into action.\u00a0In this podcast, you can explore, reflecting on lessons learned from life so far and from my brilliant and ever-inquisitive guests. We explore together in this very moment from right where you are--spaceship not required.\u00a0Welcome to Kathy Sullivan Explores.\u00a0Visit my website at kathysullivanexplores.com to sign up for seven astronaut tips to improving your life on earth, and be the first to discover future episodes and learn about more exciting adventures ahead!\u00a0Don\u2019t forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts!\u00a0Spotify I Stitcher I Apple Podcasts I iHeart Radio I TuneIn I Google I Amazon Music","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/1dfd0129-13dd-4580-97c9-75e77f559ffc/1472142-1680641322.jpg"}