Raging Gracefully
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#92: On Walking
February 11, 2022 19:56 - 38 minutes - 33.9 MBJenny Douglas is in conversation with author Libby DeLana about her new book, Do Walk: Navigate Earth, Mind and Body. Step by Step. More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com
#91: On Erotica
February 04, 2022 18:56 - 56 minutes - 49.6 MBRachel Kramer Bussel talks with Nina Collins about her last publication, Best Women's Erotica of the Year Volume 7
#90: Feminism & Rage With Mona Eltahawy
January 28, 2022 21:05 - 42 minutes - 36.8 MBNina Collins is in conversation with Mona Eltahway, author and curator of the FEMINIST GIANT newsletter. From Mona: I wanted to create a space to write about feminist and gender issues - in US-based publications, those spaces are usually given to white women - and I wanted to write about global feminist and gender issues - the United States is not the center of the world. So I am creating that space for myself! More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com #howsherevels #feminist #w...
#89: How to Make Emotionally Healthy Resolutions
January 22, 2022 00:48 - 50 minutes - 44.6 MBThis month Nina and Debbie discussed How to Make Healthy Emotional Resolutions for 2022. Topics included: Do resolutions really work? Why do we return to the same resolutions year after year? How to set attainable goals. Self-care and perfectionism More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com
#88: Financial Self-Care
January 14, 2022 23:54 - 55 minutes - 48.1 MBBritt Baker, the co-founder of Dow Janes, teaches us about financial self-care and how to create a weekly money ritual. Resources: Get the Free Money Ritual Checklist Link to learn about Million Dollar Year *** Register by 1/19/22 and use the discount code REVEL for 70% off! About Britt: A Harvard Business School graduate with a penchant for personal finance and a knack for keeping things fun. Britt started investing at the age of 8, and has since been making saving and investing ea...
#87: Intergenerational Mentorship
January 08, 2022 00:46 - 38 minutes - 35 MBCharlotte Jap talks with Nina Collins about intergenerational mentorship and how to make it work! Charlotte Japp is the founder of CIRKEL, a company that connects older and younger professionals for mutual personal and professional growth. www.cirkel.world More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com
#86: Understanding Relationships
December 18, 2021 00:18 - 41 minutes - 35.3 MBWe all have patterns in our lives when it comes to relationships. These blueprints are set at the beginning, with our first loves, our moms and our dads. Nina Collins is in conversation with Dr. Debbie to discuss patterns, your role in your connections, and how to shift if you want things to be different. More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com
#85: Women and Heart Health
December 10, 2021 20:46 - 38 minutes - 33.2 MBNina Collins is in conversation with Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum about women and heart health. Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum is a leader in preventive cardiology, now in private practice in New York. She launched heart prevention programs at Mt. Sinai Heart, Northwell Lenox Hill and Beth Israel. She is the CEO/Founder of Cadence, a technology-based prevention model. She published Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum’s Heart Book: Every Woman’s Guide to a Heart Healthy Life, and been a national spokesperson for Go Red ...
#84: Author Series: Stephanie Gangi
December 04, 2021 00:25 - 40 minutes - 35.4 MBNina Collins in conversation with Stephanie Gangi about her new book, Carry The Dog, which is also our December Book Club pick! About Stephanie: Stephanie Gangi is a poet, essayist and fiction writer. Carry the Dog is her second novel. Her acclaimed debut, The Next, was published by St. Martin’s Press. Gangi’s shorter work has appeared in Arts & Letters, Catapult, Dame, LitHub, Hippocrates Poetry Anthology, McSweeney’s, New Ohio Review, Next Tribe, The Woolfer. She lives in New York City...
#83: Demystifying Networking
November 24, 2021 21:26 - 38 minutes - 33.5 MBNina Collins In Conversation with Susan McPherson, Founder of McPherson Strategies and Author of The Lost Art of Connecting
#82: Finding the Right Therapist with Dr. Debbie
November 19, 2021 18:37 - 44 minutes - 38 MBNina Collins talks to Dr. Debbie Magids about how to find the right therapist. Dr. Debbie Magids is a counseling psychologist with a thriving private practice in New York City. “Dr. Debbie” -- as she has come to be known to both her clients and national TV audience -- also runs corporate Wellness Workshops/webinars focused on topics including communicating effectively, managing stress, increasing productivity, and decreasing anxiety. More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com
#81: The State of Menopause and Midlife
November 12, 2021 21:56 - 57 minutes - 49.7 MBThe hosts of the Hot Flashes and Cool Topics podcast, Colleen Rosenblum and Bridgett Biagi Garratt talk with State of Menopause CEO Stacy London and Revel CCO Nina Collins about all things menopause and midlife! Learn more about Revel: www.hellorevel.com
#80: Author Series: Katie Kitamura
November 05, 2021 19:24 - 25 minutes - 21.9 MBNina Collins talks to Katie Kitamura about her latest book, Intimacies, which is our November Book Club pick! About Katie: Katie Kitamura's most recent novel is the national bestseller Intimacies, which is longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction and was named one of President Barack Obama’s favorite reads of 2021. Her previous novel, A Separation, was a finalist for the Premio Gregor von Rezzori and a New York Times Notable Book. It was named a best book of the year by ove...
#79: Menopause and Skincare
October 29, 2021 20:54 - 38 minutes - 33.2 MBNina Collins interviews Heidi Brown CEO and Editor-in-Chief at Brilliance by Brown, Inc.! A wellness enthusiast and practitioner, Heidi graduated from Columbia Business School, Columbia University with an MBA, and she earned a B.A. in English Literature from University of California, Berkeley. Heidi is member of the Board of Directors for the National Menopause Foundation, and Board Member of The Digital Diversity Network.
#78: The Importance of Setting Boundaries with Dr. Debbie
October 22, 2021 23:29 - 40 minutes - 34.4 MBAre you meeting everyone's needs but your own? Do you think you have boundary issues? Listen to Nina Collins in conversation with Dr. Debbie and learn about why we find ourselves in these positions, and how we can learn to set better boundaries and take care of ourselves first.
#77: The History of the Clitoris
October 15, 2021 00:08 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBSarah Chadwick discusses the history of clitoral representation in art with Nina Collins Sarah is a writer and educator interested in the history of female sexuality, challenging the status quo, and humor. Get Sarah's Book: https://bookshop.org/a/19300/9781736298831 Learn More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com
#76: We Are Not Like Them: Christine Pride and Jo Piazza
October 08, 2021 18:39 - 30 minutes - 25.7 MBTulani Bridgewater-Kowalski is in conversation with Christine Pride and Jo Piazza about their new book, We Are Not Like Them, which is also our October Book Club pick! About the Book: Told from alternating perspectives, an evocative and riveting novel about the lifelong bond between two women, one Black and one white, whose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic event--a powerful and poignant exploration of race in America today and its devastating impact on ordinary lives. More A...
#75: The Creativity Leap
October 01, 2021 21:18 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBNina Collins in conversation with Natalie Nixon about her new book, The Creativity Leap: Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation, and Intuition at Work. About Natalie: Natalie Nixon, PhD changes lives through ideas so that people build their creative confidence for years to come, make an impact and get paid their worth. She is a creativity strategist, global keynote speaker and author of the award winning The Creativity Leap: Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation and Intuition at Work, which has...
#74: Perimenopause 101 with Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz
September 24, 2021 20:29 - 39 minutes - 34.5 MBNina Collins hosts a conversation all about perimenopause with Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz. About Dr. Suzanne: Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz is a nationally renowned doctor, expert, speaker and advocate for integrative women’s health. As a partner at Women’s Care of Beverly Hills, she’s performed thousands of deliveries and continues to help women transition through important phases of their lives -from adolescence to post menopause. Her expertise covers all aspects of gynecology including sexual...
#73: Dr. Debbie on Triggers
September 17, 2021 18:07 - 45 minutes - 38.9 MBNina Collins is in conversation with Dr. Debbie to learn more about childhood triggers and how they are showing up in our present-day lives – mostly where they don’t belong! Dr. Debbie Magids is a counseling psychologist with a thriving private practice in New York City. “Dr. Debbie” -- as she has come to be known to both her clients and national TV audience -- also runs corporate Wellness Workshops/webinars focused on topics including communicating effectively, managing stress, increasing...
#72: JetSetSarah on Caribbean Travel
September 10, 2021 20:27 - 47 minutes - 40.2 MBNina Collins hosts a conversation with Sarah Greaves Gabbadon (AKA Jet Set Sarah) all about Caribbean Travel! From Sarah: I’m a Miami-based Caribbean travel expert, award-winning travel journalist, TV host and self-described “Carivangelist,” who ventures to the beach and beyond to share the diverse culture, lifestyle and people of the world’s favorite warm-weather destination with brands such as Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, Islands.com, the U.K’s Telegraph and Canada’s Globe and ...
#71: Author Series: Dana Spiotta
September 03, 2021 04:57 - 31 minutes - 27.1 MBNina Collins interviews Dana Spiotta about her new book Wayward, which we'll also be discussing at September's Book Club. Dana Spiotta is the author of five novels: Wayward (forthcoming in 2021), Innocents and Others (2016), winner of the St. Francis College Literary Prize and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Stone Arabia (2011), which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Eat the Document (2006), which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the...
#70: Entrepreneurship with Mei Xu
August 27, 2021 20:16 - 43 minutes - 36.8 MBNina Collins hosts a conversation with entrepreneur and author Mei Xu. They will discuss Xu's professional ventures as well as her new memoir Burn. Mei Xu is a Chinese American entrepreneur. The founder and CEO of three global companies, Yes She May, BlissLiving Home® and Chesapeake Bay Candle®. Xu successfully negotiated the sale of Chesapeake Bay Candle to Newell Brands in 2017, a conglomerate with a $14 billion portfolio of consumer goods. Mei is now focused on helping women-owned consu...
#69: Meet The Revel Co-Founders
August 19, 2021 22:38 - 32 minutes - 29 MBNina talks with the Revel Co-Founders Alexa Wahr and Lisa Marrone! You'll learn more about Lisa and Alexa and about the Woolfer's recent merger with Revel.
#68: Author Series: Claire Luchette
August 12, 2021 23:30 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBNina talks with Claire Luchette about her new book! Claire's work has appeared in VQR, Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, and Granta. A 2020 National Endowment for the Arts fellow, Luchette graduated from the University of Oregon MFA program and has received grants and scholarships from MacDowell, the Corporation of Yaddo, the Millay Colony, Lighthouse Works, the Elizabeth George Foundation, and the James Merrill House. Agatha of Little Neon is Luchette's first novel.
#67: On Cryptocurrency
August 06, 2021 23:04 - 36 minutes - 31.1 MBRika Khurdayan gives Nina a primer on Cryptocurrency. Rika’s practice involves blockchain, virtual currencies, DSOs/STOs and tokenization of assets. Rika provides strategic, transactional and regulatory advice to a wide range of both established and emerging participants in the FinTech space, and regularly represents token issuers, trading platforms, traditional and crypto investment funds, as well as family offices and managers wishing to cross-over to the blockchain sector. Rika has exte...
#66: The Man Who Hated Women
July 21, 2021 21:45 - 41 minutes - 35.9 MBStephanie Staal talks with Amy Sohn! Amy’s new book, THE MAN WHO HATED WOMEN, was published in July 2021 with Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Her first book for children, Brooklyn Bailey, the Missing Dog, was published in April 2020 with Dial Books for Young readers to warm reviews like this one. In Fall 2019 she published CBD! with OR Books/Counterpoint. CBD! is a parodic parable written in the style of the beloved children’s book by William Steig, CDB!. Amy is the New York Times-bestselling...
#65: Catherine Raven
July 15, 2021 23:31 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBNina talks with author Catherine Raven about her new book, Fox ! Catherine Raven is a former national park ranger at Glacier, Mount Rainier, North Cascades, Voyageurs, and Yellowstone National Parks. She earned her Ph.D. in biology from Montana State University, holds degrees in zoology and botany from the University of Montana, and is a member of American Mensa and Sigma Xi. Her natural history essays have appeared in American Scientist, Journal of American Mensa, and Montana Magazine. Yo...
#64: Stop Overthinking Everything
July 07, 2021 20:13 - 25 minutes - 22.4 MBMelody Wilding, LMSW talks about her new book with Nina Collins! Melody is an executive coach, human behavior expert, and author of Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work. She has coached hundreds of private clients, from CEOs and Fortune 500 executives to leaders from the US Department of Education, the Federal Reserve, and the United Nations. She teaches graduate-level human behavior and psychology at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hun...
#63: Armchair Travel
June 30, 2021 21:35 - 26 minutes - 23.5 MBNina Talks with Tina Martino TINA'S ADVENTURE: Traveling the country with two cats full time in a van. FROM TINA: Sold my house and my car. Bought a van and began traveling full-time in November. Started the big trip in Kingston, NY, and currently in Sedona, Az.
#62: The Afrominimalist
June 23, 2021 23:57 - 28 minutes - 25.4 MBNina Talks with Christine Platt about her new book! Christine Platt is a modern-day renaissance woman also known as The Afrominimalist. She holds a B.A. in Africana Studies, M.A. in African-American Studies, and J.D. in General Law. An award-winning author of over two dozen literary works, Christine’s most recent book, THE AFROMINIMALIST’S GUIDE TO LIVING WITH LESS is a radical re-envisioning of minimalism that focuses on authenticity over aesthetics. A resource for anyone seeking to disco...
#61: Uncovering Your Sexual Story
June 18, 2021 02:18 - 31 minutes - 27 MBNina Collins interviews Dr. Juliana Hauser. Dr. Juliana is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a counselor with a Ph.D. in counseling education. For 20 years, she’s worked with clients to help them manage relationships, sexuality, confidence, infertility, and more. Her work has been featured in Oprah, CBS’s The DrS., The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Women's Health, The Discovery Channel, Martha Stewart, Conde Nest, TV Panel ShareCare, Inc., and Shape (among others). Her flagsh...
#60: Founder Feature: Kindra
June 09, 2021 19:51 - 28 minutes - 25.3 MBNina talks with Catherine Balsam-Schwaber, CEO of Kindra, a company committed to destigmatizing menopause and helping you manage the symptoms. FROM CATHERINE: "This should not be like Fight Club. The first rule of menopause should be to TALK about menopause."
#59: The Menopause Manifesto
June 02, 2021 23:21 - 30 minutes - 26.5 MBNina talks with Dr. Jen Gunter! FROM JEN: I am an OB/GYN and a pain medicine physician. I write a lot about sex, science, and social media, but sometimes I write about other things because, well, why not? I’ve been called Twitter’s resident gynecologist, the Internet’s OB/GYN, and one of the fiercest advocate’s for women’s health. I have devoted my professional life to caring for women.
#58: Reimagine Wellness
May 26, 2021 22:27 - 28 minutes - 25.2 MBNina Talks with Lyn Christensen, Co-Founder, COO & CFO of Reimagine Wellness! Lyn founded her business consulting practice in 2008 and has worked for and advised top family offices, technology and private equity firms. Lyn is Reimagine’s expert in start-up operations and human resources. She has founded two start-ups as well as helping to build two more with Elon Musk. She joined him at his first company, Zip2, which was sold to Compaq and then his next start-up, x.com, which merged with P...
#57: The Empathy Diaries
May 20, 2021 21:19 - 38 minutes - 33.2 MBNina Collins interviews Sherry Turkle About her latest book! Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT, and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. Professor Turkle received a joint doctorate in sociology and personality psychology from Harvard University and is a licensed clinical psychologist. Professor Turkle writes on the “subjective side” of...
#56: Stacy London on The State of Menopause
May 14, 2021 01:09 - 29 minutes - 26 MBNina talks with Stacy London about her new role as CEO of State of Menopause! From Stacy: This company is trying to do what I’ve tried to my entire career as a stylist: to help you from suffering silently, raise your confidence and self-esteem by alleviating external symptoms, and removing the shame that surrounds them.
#55: The Art of Living With The End In Mind
May 05, 2021 23:06 - 24 minutes - 21.3 MBNina Collins talks with Barbara Becker about her new book, Heartwood: The Art Of Living With The End in Mind. BARBARA BECKER is the founder of EqualShot, a strategic communications consultancy specializing in strengthening the voice of the non-profit community. For over twenty-five years, she has served a broad range of institutions including the United Nations, Human Rights First, the Ms. Foundation for Women, and the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh. She has taught on the faculty of Columbia U...
#54: Celebrate The Gray
April 28, 2021 21:31 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBNina talks with Stephanie O'dell After 10 years of fashion styling with Athleta and Stitch Fix, Stephanie O'Dell began a blog called Celebrate The Gray. After speaking with1000's of women aged 50+, she realized the visuals and stories women are given as they age are messages of anti-aging vs pro-aging. She knew something had to change and that the age models advertisers were using needed to be updated. Stephanie founded Celebrate The Gray, a full service agency for and about the 50+ woman,...
#53: The Lost Art of Connecting
April 21, 2021 18:02 - 34 minutes - 28.6 MBStephanie Staal talks with Susan McPherson about her new book! SUSAN MCPHERSON is a serial connector, seasoned communicator, and founder and CEO of McPherson Strategies, a communications consultancy focused on the intersection of brands and social impact. She is the author of The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather, Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful Relationships. Susan has 25+ years of experience in marketing, public relations, and sustainability communications, speaking regularly at...
#52: Blow Your House Down
April 14, 2021 21:57 - 29 minutes - 26.1 MBNina Collins in Conversation with Gina Frangello Gina Frangello is the author of Blow Your House Down, Every Kind of Wanting, A Life in Men, Slut Lullabies, and My Sister’s Continent. Her short fiction, essays, book reviews, and journalism have been published in Ploughshares, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, HuffPost, Fence, Five Chapters, Prairie Schooner, Chicago Reader, and many other publications. She lives with her family in the Chicago area.
#51: Midlife Divorce 101
April 07, 2021 23:10 - 39 minutes - 33 MBNina Collins in Conversation with Gabrielle Hartley, ESQ. Gabrielle is a nationally recognized divorce attorney, online mediator, and divorce strategy coach. She trains divorce professionals to bring the highest level of conflict resolution into their practice. She is a highly respected negotiator, author, and engaging, dynamic speaker Gabrielle is known for her unique, non-toxic approach to divorce that she has developed over twenty-five years. She keeps 99% of her cases out of the co...
#50: Unbound: A Woman's Guide to Power
March 31, 2021 20:27 - 36 minutes - 29.9 MBTulani Bridgewater in Conversation with Kasia Urbaniak Kasia Urbaniak is the founder and CEO of The Academy, a school that teaches women the foundations of power and influence. Kasia's perspective on power is unique. Over the course of nearly 20 years, she has worked as professional Dominatrix, practiced Taoist alchemy in one of the oldest female-led monasteries in China and obtained dozens of certifications in different disciplines, including Medical Qi Gong and Systemic Constellations....
#49: Sex Points
March 17, 2021 22:38 - 39 minutes - 33.2 MBNina Collins talks with expert and author Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus. Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus is a certified sex therapist and the author of Sex Points: Reclaim Your Sex Life with the Revolutionary Point System. Dr. Marcus is the Clinical Director of Maze Women’s Sexual Health, the largest independent sexual health center in the country. She wrote her dissertation on women and vibrator use while earning her Doctor of Philosophy in human sexuality from the Institute of Advanced Study of Human Se...
Sex Points
March 17, 2021 22:38 - 39 minutes - 33.2 MBNina Collins talks with expert and author Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus. Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus is a certified sex therapist and the author of Sex Points: Reclaim Your Sex Life with the Revolutionary Point System. Dr. Marcus is the Clinical Director of Maze Women’s Sexual Health, the largest independent sexual health center in the country. She wrote her dissertation on women and vibrator use while earning her Doctor of Philosophy in human sexuality from the Institute of Advanced Study of Human Se...
Josephine Baker's Cinematic Prism
March 10, 2021 22:46 - 30 minutes - 26.6 MBNina Collins talks with Woolfer Author Dr. Terri Francis about her new book, Josephine Baker's Cinematic Prism. Terri Francis teaches film studies courses and directs the Black Film Center/Archive at Indiana University. She is a scholar of Black film and critical race theory. Josephine Baker, the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, was both liberated and delightfully undignified, playfully vacillating between allure and colonialist stereotyping. Examining an unexplored...
#48: Josephine Baker's Cinematic Prism
March 10, 2021 22:46 - 30 minutes - 26.6 MBNina Collins talks with Woolfer Author Dr. Terri Francis about her new book, Josephine Baker's Cinematic Prism. Terri Francis teaches film studies courses and directs the Black Film Center/Archive at Indiana University. She is a scholar of Black film and critical race theory. Josephine Baker, the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, was both liberated and delightfully undignified, playfully vacillating between allure and colonialist stereotyping. Examining an unexplored...
Raging Gracefully Presents: This Close to Okay
March 03, 2021 23:07 - 43 minutes - 36 MBCarmen Tanner Slaughter in Conversation with Author Leesa Cross-Smith about her new book This Close to Okay ABOUT THE BOOK: On a rainy October night in Kentucky, recently divorced therapist Tallie Clark is on her way home when she spots a man precariously standing on the edge of a bridge. Without a second thought, Tallie pulls over and jumps out of the car into the pouring rain. She convinces the man to join her for a cup of coffee, and he eventually agrees to come back to her house, w...
#47: This Close to Okay
March 03, 2021 23:07 - 43 minutes - 36 MBCarmen Tanner Slaughter in Conversation with Author Leesa Cross-Smith about her new book This Close to Okay ABOUT THE BOOK: On a rainy October night in Kentucky, recently divorced therapist Tallie Clark is on her way home when she spots a man precariously standing on the edge of a bridge. Without a second thought, Tallie pulls over and jumps out of the car into the pouring rain. She convinces the man to join her for a cup of coffee, and he eventually agrees to come back to her house, w...
Raging Gracefully Presents: On Writing and Publishing
February 24, 2021 22:48 - 34 minutes - 29.7 MBNina talks with Brooke Warner, co-founder of She Writes Press, about the ins and outs of the publishing industry, and new avenues for writers.