Found Voices™ Season 2 Episode #2

Carolyn Ziel talks with heart-centric writer Lois Chapin.

Lois Chapin doesn’t hold back in life or in writing. She is a prolific writer with so much to offer. I had such fun talking with her about creativity, marketing, paddling, life, and what it really means to be a writer in this world. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did.

Lois Chapin has been writing poetry and short stories since early childhood. Her work has been published by Mulberry Literary, Secret Attic, National League of American Pen Women, On the Bus, Side-Eye on the Apocalypse, Method Writers Speak, FRE&D, among others. Her collection of poetry, Paddle to Paddle, is available on Amazon. Her new book of prose poems, Revisiting Authority, is due out spring of 2026.

She is a psychotherapist in Southern California and a member of the Los Angeles Poets and Writers Collective. She addresses the most challenging aspects of the human condition and writes about cult abuse and religious fanaticism. Between analyzing and commenting on the dark intangible emotions of life, she spends her downtime racing outrigger canoes on the Pacific Ocean. She is mom to two exceptional adult children, and during long hours of writing and editing, her chef sweetheart, Mike, plies her with nutritious creations to make sure she doesn’t starve.  

Her Instagram page is: @Chapin.Lois, her books can be found at: amazon.com/author/loischapin