Artist Recovery Podcast

Artist Recovery Podcast is Bringing Light to the Darkside of Art. I’m Rich Wright, your host — and here we're redefining recovery as Renewal, Resilience and Creative Transformation. Because for artists, it’s more than survival… it’s Remembering.
This show is about the real journey of being a working creative — the highs, the lows, the pivots, and the reinventions that shape who we are. Together we’ll explore how setbacks can spark transformation, how loss can open new paths, and how resilience fuels the heart of every artist’s story.
If you’ve ever faced doubt, setback, or the call to reinvent yourself, you’re in the right place. Let’s recover — and create — together.”

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Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 8 | Teri M Brown: From Shy Dreamer to 70+ Award-Winning Author

February 20, 2026 • Rich Wright • Season 2 • Episode 8

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What if the very thing you thought was holding you back… was actually shaping your voice?
In this powerful episode of the Artist Recovery Podcast, Rich Wright sits down with award-winning historical fiction author Teri M Brown for a deeply human conversation about shyness, identity, reinvention, motherhood, creativity, and the courage to step forward before you feel ready.
Teri’s journey didn’t begin with confidence. It began with thick glasses, middle-school insecurity, and a 13-year-old’s belief that everything would change overnight. It didn’t.
But what did change over time was her ability to rewrite the narrative.
Born in Athens, Greece, raised in Ohio, and later transplanted to North Carolina, Teri discovered early that creativity was an escape — a place where she could become anyone she wanted. Books became portals. Characters became mirrors. And imagination became survival.

She would go on to:
• Publish five award-winning nonfiction books
• Ride a tandem bicycle 3,100 miles across America raising money for Toys for Tots
• Launch a second creative career in historical fiction
• Win more than 70 literary awards across multiple genres
• Publish a memoir-inspired journaling guide and a children’s book
• Mentor authors and co-host The Teri & Edith Show
But none of it happened in a straight line.

In this episode, we explore:
✨ The identity shift that comes from moving states and reinventing yourself
✨ How childhood shyness still shows up in adulthood
✨ The creative power of reframing fear
✨ Why imagination can be both an escape and a superpower
✨ The difference between neurodivergence and “neurotypical” expectations
✨ The unexpected path from stay-at-home mom to award-winning novelist✨ Why creative courage isn’t the absence of fear — it’s action in spite of it

Teri shares candidly about failing chemistry, leaving college, becoming a bank teller, marrying a photographer, raising four children, and eventually stepping into authorship later in life — not because it was planned, but because the story demanded it.
Her writing style? She’s a “pantser” — no outline, no master plan — just intuition and trust.

Connect with Teri:
Website: https://www.terimbrown.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terimbrown/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terimbrown_author
FB: https://www.facebook.com/TeriMBrownAuthor/
TY: https://www.youtube.com/ ⁨@TeriMBrown_Author⁩

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