#037: Lindsay Weisner – Finding ‘happy,’ the Neurotic Nourishment podcast, and talking is healing.

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English - May 28, 2020 23:01 - 1 hour - 56.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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Previous Episode: #036: Clare Littlemore – Writing dystopian fiction, the power of closing a series, and using trial and error to find your outlining process.

Next Episode: #038: Drew Starling – The power of short stories, real-time feedback, and emotionally insulating yourself.

Dr. Lindsay Weisner is the host of the Neurotic Nourishment Podcast – a show where she talks with smart, sweary women about s**t that matters – and her first book ‘Ten Steps To Finding Happy’ released on March 20th, 2020.

Dr Weisner graduated from Georgetown University in 1999 and was awarded a fellowship in child development at the NIH. She received her doctorate from C.W. Post, LIU and pursued post-doctorate training at the American Institute of Psychoanalysis

In this episode we go deep into:

How Lindsay defines ‘happy'
The effect of launching a book during the time of the coronavirus
The importance of choosing to find happy
Battling your own habits to improve yourself
Lindsay shares methods to maintain happiness during the coronavirus pandemic
How Lindsay got involved in publishing Ten Steps to Finding Happy
The effectiveness of plunging yourself in at the deep end
Finding your passion, and finding your purpose
Learning to keep going when things don’t go your way
The importance of transparency and understanding yourself
The motivation of being told you can't
How Lindsay approached collaboration for her book
The beginning of the Neurotic Nourishment Podcast and what the plans are
Tackling and talking about the difficult topics
Lindsay’s work with teen suicides
Historical peaks and troughs to suicide rates
Writing freehand to generate catharsis

This week’s question: How do you find your happy?

Comment over at https://patreon.com/greatwritersshare, or join the Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/greatwritersshare/

Find out more about Lindsay:

https://www.instagram.com/psychshrinkmom/

Neurotic Nourishment podcast: https://pod.link/1464366670

Ten Steps to Finding Happy: https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Steps-Finding-Happy-Satisfaction/dp/0996430660/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=ten+steps+to+finding+happy+weisner&qid=1590507483&sr=8-1

Links from the show:

Collaboration for Authors pre-order https://books2read.com/collaboration

Supercharge Your Scene with J Thorn https://theauthorsuccessmastermind.com?aff=willcocksauthor

Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/experts/lindsay-weisner-psyd

Special thanks to:

Intro vocals: Persephone Rose