Season 5, Episode 51: Anne Bokma - One Life We Know

Anne’s an award-winning journalist, writing coach, workshop leader and author. Anne is also the founder of Hamilton’s popular 6-Minute Memoir live storytelling event which has also become a podcast, also called the 6-Minute Memoir.

Growing up in a fundamentalist sect, the Canadian Reform Church, her world view was extremely narrow. There were lots of taboos. Dancing, and Canadian boys were off the table.

Episode 19 - It’ll all work out

My mom was a homemaker turned business owner after she became a single mother just before my last year of high school. It was 1983. She went back to school for Business Administration after being out of the workforce for about 20 years.