The Guest Host Series: Next Steps
Guest Hosting FAQs
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We have about a 3 week lead time. So as soon as you send us the interview file it will usually take about 3 weeks till we can publish it.
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You should do this because you're awesome and can share your awesomeness to a larger audience.
My purpose in inviting you to be a guest host is because I value the work you're doing and would love to have you be a part of my podcast.
Once your episode is published we'll promote it extensively across each of our social platforms which will increase your exposure and you'll also be able to use the episode and video to promote it as you wish.
In addition, there will be ample opportunities during the interview for you to promote your own work and website etc.
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I’m inviting you to interview someone else.
The purpose of this is for you to choose someone in your field that you'd like to interview.
This will give you the opportunity to talk about your work as well.
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20 minutes, tops.
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Sound quality is key!
You will need a decent microphone.
A few recommendations:
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Yes.
During the introduction, which you'll record, you will be able to talk a bit about yourself and the work you do.
Also, at the end of the episode you'll have the opportunity to direct listeners to your site.
Finally, when we promote the episode across our social platform we'll link up whatever you'd like to promote.
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Yes.
This way we'll be able to create video clips which we can then promote across our social platforms.
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This is not about perfection!
Nothing I do is about perfection!
This is about heart and humaneness.
We can edit stuff out!!
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Generally speaking I do next to no editing.
If I cough or sneeze, then yes, of course.
But otherwise, I just move on.
This is not about perfection. It's about heart and soul.
If you'd like to edit it, then you're free to do so!
Otherwise, once the interview is recorded over Zoom or Riverside, you can email the file back to me and we'll take it from there!
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We’re about 2 months out.
Which means, once you submit your interview, it’ll take about 2 months to get published.
A Sampling of Guest Host Interviews
Lisa Danylchuk, LMFT, E-RYT, licensed psychotherapist and founder of The Center for Yoga and Trauma Recovery interviews Jennifer M. Gómez, Ph.D. on Cultural Betrayal Trauma Theory.
Renae Johnson, LPCC, ATR-BC founder and CEO of Open Space Therapy Collective interviews Kristen Crowe, LPCC, BC-DMT Clinical Director at Open Space Therapy Collective.
Cornelia Elbrecht, founder and Director of the Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy and School for Initiatic Art Therapy interviews Sabâ Başoğlu on Clay Field Therapy.
John Clarke, licensed trauma therapist and host of the podcast Going Inside: Healing Trauma from the Inside Out interviews Bob Falconer on the topic of Internal Family Systems.
Jenny Hughes, PhD founder of The BRAVE Trauma Therapist Collective interviews Tawanna Woolfolk, LCSW Decolonizing Trauma Therapy through Safety and Attunement.
Rebecca Kase, founder at Kase & Co., EMDR training consultant, interviews Alison Leslie on the topic of Animal Assisted Therapy and Trauma Healing.
I’m excited you’re going to be taking part!
Here are the next steps:
Reach out to the person you’d like to interview and schedule the interview. Zoom or Riverside, eg, work great and both have free versions.
The interview:
*No longer than 20 mins tops.
On the topic of your choice
We’re going for a kind of “live feel” which means aside from editing out your beginning banter with your guest, we’ll be doing no editing.
During your introduction, please introduce yourself and your guest.
Also, so that the audience recognizes that this is the Guest-Host Series, kindly say something like: “I want to thank Guy for inviting me to take part in this Guest-Host Series…”
Sound quality is key: A few recommendations:
6. Please record your interview using side by side orientation such as this:
7. Submit your interview:
When your interview is complete kindly use this form to submit your interview: Submission Form.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Looking forward to it!
