Perennials Podcast
99 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsConversations about growing up, getting wise and trying to live a good life.
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Perennials Book Club, Chapter 4: Anne of Green Gables
March 29, 2020 18:52 - 17 minutes - 19.9 MBIn Chapter 4 of Anne of Green Gables, Anne wakes up to a beautiful morning and leaves the depths of despair. But she's still sad at the prospect of leaving Green Gables, and chooses to stay inside rather than go out and explore, because she doesn't want to fall in love with the place and find it that much harder to leave. Chapter reading: 0:13 - 11:44 Reflections on the chapter: 11:47 - 17:19 To join the free, live virtual book club meeting on April 1, from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. EST, sign up f...
Perennials Book Club, Chapter 3: Anne of Green Gables
March 28, 2020 17:16 - 15 minutes - 17.7 MBIn Chapter 3 of Anne of Green Gables, Marilla is surprised, Matthew is quietly distressed, and Anne is deeply (and loudly) disappointed when she finds out that she was right: this was all too good to be true. Chapter reading: 0:14 - 11:21 Reflections on the chapter: 11:24 - 15:37 To join the free, live virtual book club meeting on April 1, from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. EST, sign up for the Perennials Book Club mailing list to have information sent to you.
Episode 43: Holding Space with Zoe Gillis
March 27, 2020 14:30 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBI'm so grateful for this conversation with Zoe Gillis, a licensed marriage and family therapist who in today's episode is helping us to get as grounded as we can and try to stay present during a time of great global anxiety. There's a lot of uncertainty right now, and a lot that we can't control. Zoe reminds us to focus on what we can control; to meet our own feelings and suffering so that we can work with it and use what we learn to meet the suffering of others; and to look for the good wh...
Episode 42: Holding Space with Zoe Gillis
March 27, 2020 14:30 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBI'm so grateful for this conversation with Zoe Gillis, a licensed marriage and family therapist who in today's episode is helping us to get as grounded as we can and try to stay present during a time of great global anxiety. There's a lot of uncertainty right now, and a lot that we can't control. Zoe reminds us to focus on what we can control; to meet our own feelings and suffering so that we can work with it and use what we learn to meet the suffering of others; and to look for the good wh...
Perennials Book Club, Chapter 2: Anne of Green Gables
March 26, 2020 17:41 - 30 minutes - 34.2 MBJoin me in reading Chapter Two of Anne of Green Gables today, to find out what happens when shy, woman-fearing Matthew Cuthbert arrives at the Bright River train station to pick up an orphan boy, and instead finds a strange little red-haired, fast-talking, eternally optimistic girl named Anne. Chapter reading: 0:15 - 24:38 Reflections on the chapter: 24:44 - 30:02 To join the free, live virtual book club meeting on April 1, from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. EST, sign up for the Perennials Book Club m...
Perennials Book Club, Chapter 1: Anne of Green Gables
March 25, 2020 05:26 - 23 minutes - 26.9 MBDuring this difficult and strange time of social distancing amidst a pandemic, I wanted to offer some extra comfort and connection. So I decided to start a Perennials Podcast Book Club! Thanks to all who voted on Instagram and via e-mail for our first Book Club pick: Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery. In addition to my typical conversation episodes, I’ll be sharing regular mini-episodes in which I’ll read a chapter of the book and then end with some thoughts on the chapter. I’m al...
Episode 42: Perennials Book Club, Chapter 1, Anne of Green Gables
March 25, 2020 05:26 - 23 minutes - 26.9 MBDuring this difficult and strange time of social distancing amidst a pandemic, I wanted to offer some extra comfort and connection. So I decided to start a Perennials Podcast Book Club! Thanks to all who voted on Instagram and via e-mail for our first Book Club pick: Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery. In addition to my typical conversation episodes, I’ll be sharing regular mini-episodes in which I’ll read a chapter of the book and then end with some thoughts on the chapter. Please...
Episode 41: Enjoying the Climb with Gillian Herbert
March 06, 2020 18:34 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBGillian Herbert is an avid hiker and rock climber who hiked the Appalachian Trail after high school graduation, which led her to reassess her plans for college and inspired her to study biology. Gillian is now a fourth year veterinary student. Gillian and I talk about how the AT helped her gain more confidence in herself and widen her ideas about what she's capable of. We also discussed how rock climbing helps her to get out of her head and work with fear in a new way. To learn more about...
Episode 40: Stories that Change Us with Lily Percy
February 28, 2020 15:55 - 53 minutes - 59.9 MBIn episode 40, one of my dreams comes true--I get to have a conversation with a producer for the podcast that made me fall in love with podcasts, On Being with Krista Tippett. Lily Percy is one of the founding members who brought On Being to independence in 2013; she's also the host of the delightful podcast This Movie Changed Me, and formerly worked for StoryCorps and NPR's All Things Considered. In today's episode, Lily and I talk about what she's learned from her years of loving movies ...
Episode 39: True Love with Sarah Koestner
February 14, 2020 16:23 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBSome of the most common myths about love that we hear over and over again can create real anxiety and distress for people who begin to believe that there's something wrong with them, their partner, or their relationship when their experience doesn't match those myths. Today's episode is about unpacking some of our false beliefs and confronting the reality that love, like everything else in life, includes an element of uncertainty--and that it's way more expansive than perhaps we've been led ...
Episode 38: Spiritual Direction for Christmas with Karen Florance
December 17, 2019 00:31 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBAs we in the Northern Hemisphere contend with shorter, darker days and the coming of winter, as well as the busy end-of-year and holiday season, it can be easy to become overwhelmed. With just about a week left until Christmas, I'm talking to Spiritual Director Karen Florance about the season of advent and how we can take time to slow down, check in with ourselves and cultivate greater gentleness, compassion and acceptance during this time of darkness and light. For those like me who strugg...
Episode 37: Let's Save the Planet with Ananya Singh
November 13, 2019 04:18 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBAt just sixteen years old, Ananya Singh is the CEO of Greening Forward, a youth-led environmental organization, and is Partnerships Coordinator for the New Jersey Student Sustainability Coalition. Ananya’s passion for activism ignited when she was twelve years old and attended the Youth Empowered Action Camp. Since then, she’s learned a lot about what it means to organize and lead, and in today's episode, she's sharing some of those lessons. We discuss how Ananya keeps her activist fire go...
Episode 36: Grown Ups Vote with Lauren Roberts
November 04, 2019 05:22 - 48 minutes - 38.1 MBThis episode is for anyone (like myself) who cares about humanity and wants to get more informed about how our government works and how to be more civically active, but who has struggled with feeling overwhelmed or even repulsed by our political system and the process of voting. In the U.S. this week, there are 49,000 elections happening across 34 states. U.S. citizens are granted the right to vote at age 18, just as we're becoming adults. It's an important part of growing up, and yet many ...
Episode 35: The Psychology of Harry Potter (Live Show!)
October 29, 2019 05:07 - 1 hour - 82.2 MBFor the first ever Perennials Podcast live show, I sat down with Dr. Jill Cermele, professor of Psychology at Drew University, who teaches a course called "The Psychology of Harry Potter." We talked all about what J.K. Rowling's fantasy series can teach us about growing up, getting wise and trying to live a good life. What can we learn about identity exploration from the Sorting Hat and Hogwarts houses? How can we laugh at our own boggarts, conjure protective patronuses, and avoid counterpr...
Episode 35: The Psychology of Harry Potter with Dr. Jill Cermele (Live Show!)
October 29, 2019 04:07 - 1 hour - 82.2 MBFor the first ever Perennials Podcast live show, I sat down with Dr. Jill Cermele, professor of Psychology at Drew University, who teaches a course called "The Psychology of Harry Potter." We talked all about what J.K. Rowling's fantasy series can teach us about growing up, getting wise and trying to live a good life. What can we learn about identity exploration from the Sorting Hat and Hogwarts houses? How can we laugh at our own boggarts, conjure protective patronuses, and avoid counterpr...
Episode 34: Lights Up with Felicia Russell
October 15, 2019 01:11 - 1 hour - 79.8 MBIn today’s episode, I’m talking with my (nine years younger, nine inches taller) sister Felicia Russell about what she’s learned from ten years in the world of theater. Felicia has performed in nineteen musicals or plays over the course of the past ten years, and has auditioned for somewhere around 40 or 50. Her first public performance was at our town’s talent show when she was five years old, and later that same year she went on her first audition for a local community theater production o...
Episode 33: Traveling with Anxiety
October 09, 2019 00:48 - 38 minutes - 41.7 MBDo you get anxiety about traveling? Me too! But that's okay, because we can manage it. Anxiety doesn't have to keep us locked in our homes all the time. In addition to whatever treatment methods we're using to manage anxiety in our everyday lives, there are some basic practices that we can take with us wherever we go. In today's episode, I'm sharing 10 tips, tricks and tools for managing travel anxiety that I used on my recent trip to Montana, complete with stories about irrational obsessing...
Episode 32: Ditching Diets and Ripping Off Halos with Jessie Haims: Part Two
September 18, 2019 13:17 - 59 minutes - 45.8 MBIn Part Two of our conversation, Jessie and I are talking about how obsession with purity and perfection leads to destructive thoughts and behaviors. We talk about common motivations behind restrictive diets and how food can get wrapped up with a person's sense of self-worth and belonging. We also discuss how fatphobia and judgment show up everywhere from yoga studios to doctor's offices. And we share our struggles with body image and trying to untangle our sense of value and lovability from...
Episode 31 Ditching Diets and Ripping Off Halos with Jessie Haims: Part One
September 10, 2019 04:34 - 42 minutes - 34.5 MBJessie Haims is an incredible woman--a survivor of cancer and orthorexia, a yoga teacher and student of exercise and nutrition, she has become a fearless voice against diet culture. Jessie developed a disordered relationship to food at just eight years old, a relationship that continued for nearly two decades. Last year, at age 26, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and decided that enough was enough--she didn't want to waste any more time starving herself and trying to disappear. She f...
Episode 30 Not Babysitting with Alex Baron
September 04, 2019 04:06 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBAlex Baron is not a babysitter. When he wakes up with his daughter at 5:30 a.m., when he changes her diapers or feeds her, he’s not doing it because he has to or because his wife asked him to--he’s doing it because he wants to. Because he loves being Addison’s dad. Recent studies from the Pew Research Center show that American fathers who live with their children are spending more time with them than in the past, yet fear that they still aren’t giving enough time to their families. In toda...
Episode 29: The Mystery of the Missing Statue with Mallory Mortillaro
August 27, 2019 02:13 - 1 hour - 84.6 MBA few years ago, Mallory Mortillaro was a 22-year-old college graduate and middle school English teacher putting her Art History degree to good use doing part-time archival work. One day on the job, she discovered, tucked in the corner of a town council chamber, a lost Rodin statue. So began a one-year journey to officially authenticating the marble bust of Napoleon, a path that led to lots of media and international attention and to Mallory delivering a commencement address to Drew Universi...
Episode 28: A Perennials Birth Story
August 20, 2019 03:16 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBIn today's episode, the tables have been turned--I'm the one answering questions! Lauren Roberts, previously my guest in Episode 23, is interviewing me about the origins of the podcast, and my current take on the themes of "growing up, getting wise and trying to live a good life." We talk about my post-grad quarter life crisis, slowly shedding the pressure to be a "good girl," moving out of my parents' house and balancing my need for quiet and alone time with social connection and engage...
Episode 27: And How Does That Make You Feel? with Jessica Gaeta
August 13, 2019 01:23 - 1 hour - 86.6 MBJessica Gaeta is your new favorite Jersey Italian mom. She's loud, she's funny, she makes a mean lasagna, and she's got the biggest heart. I sat down with Jess to pick her brain about her relationship to resiliency and adversity, how she coped after losing both of her parents by the time she was 20 years old, and how humor helps her find light even in dark times. We dive deep talking about therapy and how it has helped us both to grow in self-awareness and self-love. We talk about the mos...
Episode 26: The Nature of Presence with David Crews
August 06, 2019 04:36 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBDavid Crews is author of Wander-Thrush: Lyric Essays of the Adirondacks and High Peaks, a poetry collection that catalogs his hiking of the “Adirondack 46ers” in upstate New York. David talks about his passion for wild and rugged terrain, why he doesn’t bring a phone or camera on his hikes, and how he strives to become more present in nature and in life. We discuss the importance of retreating in order to reflect on how we can better engage with the world, especially in an age of rapid a...
Episode 25: Belonging in Our Bodies with Cindy Goncalves
July 30, 2019 01:24 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBCindy Goncalves is a Luso-American queer, feminist twenty-something, the daughter of immigrants currently working as a school counselor. In today's episode, she and I talk about her experience of sex education growing up, and what she later learned as a sex-positive educator. We talk about how she “stumbled upon” her own sexuality as a teenager, the symbolic power of cutting her hair short, and how she shows her students that queer people can lead happy, successful, meaningful lives full o...
Episode 24: Containing Multitudes with Grisel Acosta
July 23, 2019 01:36 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBDr. Grisel Y. Acosta is a woman containing multitudes. She’s an Afro-Latina tattooed professor-poet, a leader and a loner, a fighter and lover who evades easy categorization. In today's episode, we're talking about the influence of Grisel's activist parents and what it was like to grow up in Chicago as a minister's daughter and a punk rocker who loved sci-fi and dancing. We also talk about her life as a Latina intellectual and her new anthology, Latina Outsiders Remaking Latina Identity (R...
Episode 23: Spirals of Healing with Lauren Roberts
July 15, 2019 03:28 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBI don't know about you, but when I hear the word "healing" I often think of serene images: meditating on a beach at sunrise, receiving a gentle massage, drinking a cup of herbal tea. But as Lauren Roberts says in today's episode, healing is not pretty. It's not linear, it's not easy, and it can be downright confusing, especially in the realms we're talking about today: substance abuse and sexual trauma. Lauren is a coach, facilitator, yoga teacher and trauma survivor who shares practices ...
Episode 22: Wisdom from the Lord of the Rings, Part One
July 05, 2019 03:30 - 40 minutes - 43.5 MBIn today's episode, I'm sharing some bits of wisdom from the book currently on my nightstand: The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien. This weekend, I'll be making a trip to the White Mountains of New Hampshire and celebrating my 28th birthday. With thoughts about journeys and lessons and Tolkien's words all percolating in my mind, I decided to record an episode reflecting on some of my wisdom-takeaways from the book. I talk about the importance of accepting help and welcoming miracles, h...
Episode 21: Dog's Best Friend with Catherine Gilmartin
June 12, 2019 11:57 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBIn Episode 21, I'm talking to one of my best friends and my former college roommate, Catherine Gilmartin. Catherine attended school for psychology with the intention of becoming a counselor, but felt unfulfilled and unhappy; then she realized she could combine her interest in working with people with her lifelong passion for dogs, and the rest is history. She has since started a petsitting business and is about to become a certified trainer. Her ultimate goal is to train service dogs and ta...
Episode 20: Saheli Women with Madhu Vaishnav
May 24, 2019 00:36 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBIt was a delight for me to talk to Madhu Vaishnav, founder and director of the Institute for Philanthropy and Humanitarian Development (IPHD), a Jodhpur-based community development non-profit that focuses on financial empowerment for women, girls' education and women's health in rural northern India. Madhu's story is one of strength, resilience, joy and humility. She talks openly about her experience of arranged marriage and her long journey to pursuing work in the social sector. Madhu als...
Episode 19: Young Motherhood with Amanda Greatorex
May 15, 2019 02:08 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBToday, my big sister Amanda Greatorex and I talk about her life as a mother and a musician. At 29 years old, Amanda is wife to her high school sweetheart Andy and mother to four children under the age of six. She describes how being the firstborn of five kids spurred her to be an independent forward-thinker who follows her gut--even when her gut leads her down paths that a lot of her peers aren't traveling yet. We talk about her college experience studying Vocal Jazz at the University of N...
Episode 18: Music & Creativity with Andy Feldman
April 05, 2019 02:07 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBAndy Feldman is a mechanical engineer and musician from New Jersey. He is the keyboardist for the Asbury Park-based jam band, Secret Sound, and regularly performs throughout New Jersey and New York. Andy also writes instrumental piano music and recently released his second EP, "Rest and Be Thankful," through Sonder House Records. In today's episode, Andy and I talk about his love for music, the relationship between talent and discipline, the writing process, what it's like to share art with...
Episode 17: Anxiety Strikes Back
March 15, 2019 03:17 - 30 minutes - 33.1 MBNo guest today--just me this time. In today's episode, I'm talking about why it's been one month since I posted a new episode. I've been struggling with a bad flare-up of anxiety, and I wanted to share a bit about my experience in the hopes of keeping this podcast as honest and authentic as possible about all of the messiness around "growing up, getting wise and trying to live a good life." Episode 1 was about the Wisdom of Anxiety--today, I'm talking about what it feels like to be in the...
Episode 16: Lucky You with Erika Carter
February 15, 2019 16:05 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBErika Carter is author of the novel Lucky You, an NPR Best Book of 2017 and Book of the Month Club selection. Lucky You follows three 20-something women who are struggling with identity, purpose and meaning, and looking for love, health and happiness in all the wrong places. Erika and I talk about her life as a writer, the confusion of early adulthood, and balancing skepticism with sensitivity. You can learn more about the topics covered and references made in the episode by visiting the S...
Episode 15: Broken Things Can Shine with Ona Gritz
February 06, 2019 15:13 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBIn today's episode, writer Ona Gritz and I talk about her life with a disability, and how she has come to greater self-acceptance, wholeness, gratitude and love. Ona is the author of the poetry collection, Geode, and the memoir On the Whole: a Story of Mothering and Disability. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Ploughshares, and many other journals and anthologies. Ona has also written two children’s books, including Tangerines and Tea, My Grandparents and Me, which ...
Episode 14: Your Personal Mise en Place with Paul Finn
January 28, 2019 16:35 - 1 hour - 70.6 MBIn his early 20s, Paul Finn worked in the film and music industry and waited tables to pay the bills; over time, his passion and focus shifted onto the hospitality industry and craft cocktails. He's now the General Manager and Beverage Director at Garage Bar in Austin, Texas. Under Paul's leadership, Garage has garnered a reputation for providing an excellent cocktail program and warm hospitality, and received national recognition in publications such as Conde Nast, Imbibe, Maxim and Archite...
Episode 13: Mentorship & Empowerment with Andrew Binger
January 04, 2019 16:19 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBIn the first Perennials episode of 2019, I'm talking to my former college classmate Andrew Binger about mentorship--what it is, why it matters, and how it can change people's lives. Andrew is an educator, actor and mentor working primarily in the city of Newark, New Jersey. He teaches history at the Newark Boys Chorus School and serves as the Artistic Director of the Yendor Theatre Company, which seeks to develop and produce plays by underserved playwrights, including writers of color, wom...
Episode 12: Growing Up Gilmore with Melissa Adamo
December 20, 2018 06:10 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBIn today’s episode, I’m sitting down with one of my best friends to talk about one of our favorite shows: Gilmore Girls. Melissa and I talk about Season 1 of a show that so many millennial women grew up watching, and we ask questions like: Is Lorelai’s fierce independence really such a great thing? What does it mean to be “perfect” like Rory? How do the media and narratives that we consume shape our expectations for ourselves? And are Max and Dean really all that dreamy? Melissa is a great...
Episode 11: Living in the Light Today with Heather Tynan
December 12, 2018 15:31 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBHeather Tynan is a student, blogger, natural-product maker, believer, creator, sister, daughter, and friend. She grew up in scenic northwest New Jersey, studied biochemistry and molecular genetics, public health, and environmental studies at Drew University, and currently is in her fourth and final year of naturopathic medical school, a program that emphasizes mind, body and spirit wellness and holistic methods of diagnosis and treatment. In this episode, Heather and I talk about her blog,...
Episode 10: Self-Care, Community-Care with Dr. Kesha Moore
November 28, 2018 15:41 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBDr. Kesha Moore is a trained social science researcher and therapist who specializes in goal achievement in women's professional and personal lives. As Kesha explains in today's episode, her mantra is "building communities of love and justice," and she strives to create these communities of wellness through policy, education and life coaching. Kesha and I talk about the permeable boundary between self and society; why it's so important for activists to take care of themselves; and how being...
Episode 9: Learning Inside & Out with Ben Delloiacono
November 20, 2018 14:15 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBThis week, I'm chatting with Ben Delloiacono, an adjunct English professor who teaches at several universities in New Jersey, as well as inside prisons via the New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prisons Consortium (NJ-STEP). We talk about Ben's reluctance to start teaching, what he did during the ten year period between getting his B.A. and Masters, why he has found his experience teaching in prison both challenging and fulfilling, and his take on anger, forgiveness, and ...
Episode 8: Dreams in Drive with Rana Campbell
November 13, 2018 17:17 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBRana Campbell is creator and host of the podcast Dreams in Drive. Each week, Rana chats with successful creative and lifestyle entrepreneurs who share their stories and the keys to success that have helped them along the way. In this episode, Rana and I talk about fear of failure and fear of success, some of the challenges that young adults face when trying to figure out how best to create fulfilling work lives, our journeys with developing self-trust and making decisions, Rana’s definition ...
Episode 7: Roaming the Globe with Olivia Arnold
October 29, 2018 13:26 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBIn this episode, I'm talking to my younger (but infinitely wiser!) cousin Olivia Arnold about the amazing journeys she took during her undergraduate career at Northeastern University. Olivia reported on nighttime breaking news for The Boston Globe, served as editor-in-chief of her campus newspaper, reported on the refugee crisis in Greece, and worked at non-profits in Zambia and India. Olivia has so much wisdom to share about engaging with the world with humility, empathy and passion. She's ...
Episode 6: Intentional Living with Hilarie Bninski
October 22, 2018 19:43 - 59 minutes - 53 MBFor two years, Hilarie Bninski lived in an intentional community as part of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest, while she worked at a crisis nursery and then a domestic violence shelter. She and her housemates practiced the JVC Northwest values of spirituality, simple living, social justice, community and ecological justice. During our conversation, Hilarie talks about what she learned from intentional living, the intersection of spirituality and service, and describes her month-long pilgr...
Episode 5: Save the Bathwater with Marina Carreira
October 12, 2018 00:44 - 1 hour - 49.9 MBPoet Marina Carreira and I talk about her new full-length collection of poetry, Save the Bathwater (Get Fresh Books LLC, 2018), a book that draws from her experiences growing up in a Luso-American immigrant family in the Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey. Marina describes the immigrant experience of "existing in two places at once," and she brings honesty and tenderness to this portrait of a family that is raw, real and pulsing with life. Ultimately, she shows how love and forgive...
Episode 4: L'Chaim with Lisa Rappaport
September 30, 2018 13:38 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBRabbi-in-training Lisa Rappaport and I talk about spiritual seeking and exploration. Lisa wasn't raised in a religious or spiritual household, and though her more distant relatives were Catholic and Protestant, she just didn't connect to Christianity. After much exploration of different religious and spiritual traditions in her early adult life, she eventually found her spiritual home in Judaism and is now on the rabbinic path. Lisa is the creator of the blog My Jewish Path, which follows th...
Episode 3: Becoming Shelf Aware with Tabrizia Jones
September 22, 2018 16:39 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBTabrizia Jones is a New York Public Library librarian and creator of the blog "cup of tea with that book, please." In this episode, Tabrizia and I talk about some of the books that have changed our lives, and the importance reading has played in our personal development. Tabrizia sheds light on why libraries are more important than ever, and how books can help us to slow down, be present, learn about ourselves and the world, and inspire us to examine and even alter our lives. You can find l...
Episode 2: Being Well with Marisa Sweeney
September 16, 2018 03:50 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBIt’s easy to become overwhelmed by all of the (often conflicting) information about wellness out there, and to become obsessed with every single bite we take and every pound on the scale. In this episode, registered dietician and owner of Be Well wellness center Marisa Sweeney reminds us that we have to approach wellness with acceptance of our humanness, acceptance that change takes time, and acceptance that life will continue to present us with new challenges and opportunities. I get pretty...
Episode 1: The Wisdom of Anxiety with Sheryl Paul
September 08, 2018 19:12 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBSheryl Paul, a psychotherapist based in Boulder, Colorado, has helped thousands of people around the world through her coaching practice, her blog, and her online courses. In this episode, she and I talk about insights from her forthcoming book, The Wisdom of Anxiety, due out in May 2019 through Sounds True. Sheryl explains how anxiety contains hidden gems, gems of self-knowledge that can point us toward what needs attention in our lives. As someone who has struggled with anxiety and panic ...