Interview Questions

For Interviews/Podcasts Inspired by Weaving a Woman’s Life: Spiritual Lessons from the Loom, by Paula Chaffee Scardamalia, paula@paulachaffeescardamalia.com

8 Questions to ask the Author

• What do you mean by weaving a woman’s life?
• What happened to make you aware the loom was sharing lessons?
• Have you always had a fascination with textiles?
• Dreams, journals, rituals are important tools in your book—why?
• You devote an entire chapter to silence. Why?
• Women are often reminded and prodded to make time for themselves. You advocate that they also need space. Why?
• Your final chapter is, “Mentoring the Daughters of Our Hearts.” What does that mean? Do you have a daughter or daughters you’ve passed all this onto?
• What do you want Weaving a Woman’s Life to accomplish?

Additional material can include questions about the Disney movie “The Three Lives of Thomasina”, the importance of fairytales and myths to my work, mistakes and what-ifs, and how loss and death add to the weaving of our lives.