Cherie Kephart

It is my supreme honor to announce that the Provost of UCSD, Eleanor Roosevelt College (my alma mater) asked me to give the commencement speech at the graduation ceremony! It was an incredible night…

Exciting news! My book, A Few Minor Adjustments: A Memoir of Healing, just won Best Published Memoir at the San Diego Book Awards. Two years ago it won Best Unpublished Memoir. So wonderful to win in both categories. Feeling grateful for this whole journey….

Absolutely delighted that my memoir, A Few Minor Adjustments, was just announced as the 2019 Soul & Spirit Spiritual Book Awards Winner for the Best Real-Life Spiritual Story. What a beautiful honor!

To see all the winners and to find out more about the Spiritual Book Awards, go to….

Absolutely delighted that my book, The Healing 100, was just announced by the 2019 Soul & Spirit Spiritual Book Awards as Highly Commended for the Best Healing Book. This is akin to receiving a silver medal in this category. I feel overjoyed for this honor!

To see all the winners and to find out more about the Spiritual Book Awards, go to….

What an honor that my memoir, A Few Minor Adjustments, was chosen as one of the top nine memoirs that address mental and physical health issues in Ezvid Wikimaker’s video and article….

What a thrill to be interviewed by SD Voyager, which showcases San Diego’s most inspiring stories. The conversation covers my beginnings as a roller skating champion, my travels and time in Africa as a Peace Corps Volunteer, to my writing, to what’s next for me….

I’m excited to announce that my third book, Poetry of Peace, is now available! This book is special to me because ever since I was a girl I have written poetry. To share my collection with the world sparks delight and joy in my heart….

My award-winning memoir, A Few Minor Adjustments: A Memoir of Healing, is now an audiobook! The talented Lillie Ricciardi narrates it. She brings such life to this story. It is an entirely new experience listening to the book…

Two of my poems, Outside to IN, and Balance, have been selected to be a part of the Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery Annual Summation of Poetry and Art! This is my third year in this summation and I am happy to be included in this incredible tradition….

The Soroptimist International of La Mesa is having their 61st Annual Thanks-For-Giving Community Breakfast in which they will recognize community members who have made a difference in their own way. This year they are honoring female authors from the San Diego area, and I am one of their honorees….

My flash story called Fancy won second place in the Orange County Writers writing contest. What a fun honor since there were so many incredible entries. The prompt for the contest was to engage all the five senses. I had a lot of fun with this piece…

It's official. My newest book, The Healing 100: A Practical Guide to Transforming Your Body, Mind, and Spirit, is available now. The book is intended to empower readers with a wealth of healing tools and practices to help them on them healing journeys….

The first San Diego Memoir Anthology is being released and my winning piece, The Lift, is in it! So excited to be a part of such an amazing collection of short memoir pieces. The anthology will be released this September, at the same book launch as my new book, The Healing 100: A Practical Guide to Transforming Your Body, Mind, and Spirit….

I'm honored to announce that my memoir, A Few Minor Adjustments, just won a silver medal in the 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards for best Autobiography/Memoir: Personal Struggle / Health Issues....

Excited to share my interview on Women Lead Radio that aired on March 12 at 9 am (Pacific Time). Bethany Kelly interviewed me on her program, Amazing Authors and Brilliant Books. It was an absolute delight to be on her program and to share my story about healing from a mysterious illness....

Excited to announce that I was interviewed on Author / Author by Sven Michael Davison. This is Part 3. We talked about marketing a memoir and the path to publication....

I'm so excited! Publisher's Weekly reviewed my book, A Few Minor Adjustments. They said, "Kephart’s solid debut memoir is a story of gut-wrenching perseverance and determination...."

My alma mater, UCSD, recently published an article I wrote called, Reaching New Heights, in their Winter issue of their alumni magazine called, Triton. The premise of the article is about how my world travels led to discovering the world inside myself....

I'm delighted that my memoir, A Few Minor Adjustments: A Memoir of Healing, is part of the 2018 San Diego Local Author Showcase. The Local Author Program, now on its 52nd year, brings exposure to local talent, nurtures the pursuit of the writing arts in San Diego and gives local authors a place to exhibit their books....

My poem, she gave UP, was selected to be part of the 2017, 9th annual anthology of Poetry and Art by the Escondido Arts Partnership and Municipal Gallery. What an honor to be among such talented poets. The competition was designed around the idea....

Excited to announce that I was interviewed on Author / Author by Sven Michael Davison. This is Part 2. We talked about how meditation helps with both my writing and with my healing....

What an honor that my memoir, A Few Minor Adjustments, was a Semi-Finalist in the prestigious William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. It is such an exciting feeling that my book placed in this fierce competition among such talented writers....

Excited to be a guest on the Writer's Edge Radio Show on the Fishbowl Radio Network Friday, November 24 at 2 p.m. Pacific time. Would love to have you tune in....

I am excited that my article on Healing as a Continuing Process was published on LymeDisease.org. I discuss my long-term illness and the challenges people who are undiagnosed face. I also address the difficulties and ambiguity that are prevalent even when a diagnosis of Lyme disease is reached....

Exited to announce that I was interviewed on Author / Author by Sven Michael Davison. We talked about my memoir and some behind the scenes moments of my writing and healing journey....

Becca's Inspirational Book Blog reviewed my memoir, A Few Minor Adjustments: A Memoir of Healing and also interviewed me about my book.  The review said:

"Kephart’s account of her own incredible journey to find life-saving answers should inspire anyone to continue to fight on all levels – physical, mental and spiritual – to heal....

Truly Alive Magazine interviewed me about my memoir, A Few Minor Adjustments: A Memoir of Healing....

I am honored to be one of the 11 winners of the 2017 San Diego Memoir Showcase. My piece, The Lift, was performed on stage at the beautiful North Coast Repertory Theater in Solana Beach....

I am delighted to share Portland Book Review's review of my memoir, A Few Minor Adjustments. They said "A Few Minor Adjustments is an engaging memoir....