Latest Socialconflict Podcast Episodes
Episode 52. The Power of Single-Mothering w/ Ruby Russell
About Face - June 17, 2024 14:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsAs a single mom myself I've had to battle the negative stereotypes and stigmas around single motherhood and what happens after a marriage/parenting relationship breaks down. In this episode I am talking with Ruby Russell is a journalist, author, and single mom from London, also living in Berlin,...
51. I Went to Jail! The Stories We tell About Ourselves
About Face - June 04, 2024 17:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsSomewhere there is a mugshot of me after I got arrested at a house party in Seattle when I was 20. There is also a picture of me graduating law school a few years later. Both of these pictures tell a story, and both are true. But how do I make meaning from these stories and these truths? What do...
50. Family Estrangement & Going No Contact w/ Janice Formichella
About Face - May 28, 2024 11:15 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratings"Just because someone is related, doesn't mean they love you," can be a difficult idea to accept, but recognizing that family relations don't always serve us can be empowering. Family estrangement is a taboo topic and those of us who have had to go no contact with famly members never make the...
49. PSA: Stop Texting When You Should Be Talking!
About Face - March 21, 2024 09:38 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsWhen it comes to texting- I am the worst! I have a history of sending break-up texts, having serious conflicts by text message, and trying to communicate my emotional reactions and needs by text message. The thing is- we don't get anywhere by dumping on others through text message. We lose nu...
48. Burnout in Mid-Life and 'The Way Home' w/ Ben Katt
About Face - March 14, 2024 13:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsI started this podcast after my own 'rock bottom' story and recovery journey, really in effort to capture the essence of personal growth and transformation coming out of darkness. But, what if there is no rock bottom? What if you simply feel, or hear a voice deep down that tells you ... somet...
47. Managing Fear and Anger During Loss
About Face - March 04, 2024 13:20 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsI wanted to share a difficulty that I have been struggling with the last month and how I was able to manage some hard, even shameful emotions that came up for me. When my kids' father got sick and ended up in the hospital for the last month I had to accept my new role as a single mom, without th...
46. Love Stories in Art and Life w/ Olivia DeRecat
About Face - February 06, 2024 08:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsLove stories captivate all of us, but how do narratives of love influence how we date, make meaning, and tell our own stories? What do we look for in the love stories of our own lives and how do larger narratives about love influence how we pursue and experience romance? In this episode, I int...
45. Illness, Negative Self-Talk, and Healing
About Face - December 06, 2023 11:48 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsBeing sick can have a negative impact on our sense of self and mental well-being. Do you feel unproductive, unable to be a good parent, or isolated and lonely when you're sick? When we are ill, a myriad of stories, beliefs, and negative associations can surface. These stories can impact our sens...
44. Break Ups, Broken Hearts, and Moving On w/ Janice Formichella
About Face - November 16, 2023 16:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsOne of the greatest pains we will ever endure in life is heartache, either from a break-up, rejection, divorce, or the severance of a relationship. In this episode I talked with Janice Formicella, a break-up coach and host of the podcast, "Break-ups, Broken Hearts, and Moving On." We talked abou...
43. College Pregnancy: An Interview with the Father (20 Years Later)
About Face - October 17, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsAlmost exactly 20 years ago I got pregnant. I was still in college and my boyfriend at the time was getting ready to start a Ph.D. at Harvard. We had big life dreams, that for both of us, seemed inevitable, not to be disrupted by an unexpected pregnancy. A couple years ago I met up with Jeremi...
42. My (Ex) Mother in Law Thinks I'm Cray! Dealing with Multiple Truths
About Face - October 04, 2023 11:28 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsAny time we try to convince others of our truth and convictions we lose power. When I got divorced I heard a lot of rumors about myself-- I'm crazy, left my husband for a younger boyfriend, etc. This experience taught me a lot about how to stand in my own power and truth and to not let myself be...
41. I Am Trapped in a Foreign Country!- Reimagining Limitations
About Face - September 26, 2023 12:24 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsI got on a dating app in 2012 and met my now ex-husband. Now I have two German kids and I can't leave the country! On a bad day this really gets be down, however, it has taught me a lot about the power of reimagining possibility within the very real limitations of our lives and circumstances. Th...
Truth Hurts: Saying the Hard Stuff
About Face - June 06, 2022 12:37 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsI took a break from podcasting because I didn't know how to tell my own stories anymore. There was shame, confusion, fear, and hardship around what I was going through- leaving my marriage, becoming a single mother, and learning to embrace the truth about my situation and my life. This episode is...
40. Truth Hurts: Saying the Hard Stuff
About Face - June 06, 2022 12:37 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsI took a break from podcasting because I didn't know how to tell my own stories anymore. There was shame, confusion, fear, and hardship around what I was going through- leaving my marriage, becoming a single mother, and learning to embrace the truth about my situation and my life. This episode is...
Healing in Sex and Love w/ Quintin Mecke
About Face - May 22, 2022 12:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsDating after divorce or after 40 can be messy, but it's also a great time for self-growth, healing, and introspection. In this episode, Kate talks with Quintin Mecke, social activist, politician, and former mayoral candidate of San Francisco about healing in sex and love. This episode is a funny ...
39. Healing in Sex and Love w/ Quintin Mecke
About Face - May 22, 2022 12:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsDating after divorce or after 40 can be messy, but it's also a great time for self-growth, healing, and introspection. In this episode, Kate talks with Quintin Mecke, social activist, politician, and former mayoral candidate of San Francisco about healing in sex and love. This episode is a funny ...
Truth Telling: if you want to heal, you have to be real
About Face - May 09, 2022 06:46 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsThis is the first episode in a new season of About Face. Kate shares her personal journey with creating the podcast, what it means to be authentic, why being honest with ourselves is crucial to recovery. She shares about losing a guest to overdose, divorce, addiction recovery, sex and love addict...
38. Truth Telling: if you want to heal, you have to be real
About Face - May 09, 2022 06:46 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsThis is the first episode in a new season of About Face. Kate shares her personal journey with creating the podcast, what it means to be authentic, why being honest with ourselves is crucial to recovery. She shares about losing a guest to overdose, divorce, addiction recovery, sex and love addict...
37. I Got Hypnotized: Subconscious Storytelling
About Face - February 05, 2021 13:12 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsLast summer I got hypnotized for over two hours and I wanted to share about this experience as well as the relationship I found between narrative healing and subconscious imagery. In this episode I interview Marta Styczen about her hypnotherapy practice and we talk about my session, including th...
E17: I Got Hypnotized
About Face - February 05, 2021 13:12 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsLast summer I got hypnotized for over two hours and I wanted to share about this experience as well as the relationship I found between narrative healing and subconscious imagery. In this episode I interview Marta Styczen about her hypnotherapy practice and we talk about my session, including th...
E16- Suffering is Optional- Attachment Stories
About Face - January 13, 2021 14:52 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsToday I want to talk about something I call “Attachment Stories,” and it’s the stories that attach themselves to events, issues, or traits about ourselves, our families, communities etc. Basically, it’s the accompanying stories that might crop up in a damaging way. Many of you have probably he...
36. Suffering is Optional- Attachment Stories
About Face - January 13, 2021 14:52 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsToday I want to talk about something I call “Attachment Stories,” and it’s the stories that attach themselves to events, issues, or traits about ourselves, our families, communities etc. Basically, it’s the accompanying stories that might crop up in a damaging way. Many of you have probably he...
E15: Why Me? When Bad Things Happen
About Face - December 07, 2020 11:49 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsI used to think I could insulate myself against pain or hardship by doing the right thing or making "good decisions." When my daughter was diagnosed with a rare brain condition, I had to face my greatest fears of illness, vulnerability, and a total loss of control. In this episode I share about ...
35. Why Me? When Bad Things Happen
About Face - December 07, 2020 11:49 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsI used to think I could insulate myself against pain or hardship by doing the right thing or making "good decisions." When my daughter was diagnosed with a rare brain condition, I had to face my greatest fears of illness, vulnerability, and a total loss of control. In this episode I share about ...
E14: I'm Successful, How Could I Be An Addict?
About Face - November 25, 2020 12:57 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsI hated the thought of being an addict or an alcoholic. I would often point to my external successes as a straight A student, a lawyer, having a good job and other markers of "well-being" to distract from my problem with alcohol, my depression, anxiety, and my pain. After going through recovery ...
34. I'm Successful, How Could I Be An Addict?
About Face - November 25, 2020 12:57 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsI hated the thought of being an addict or an alcoholic. I would often point to my external successes as a straight A student, a lawyer, having a good job and other markers of "well-being" to distract from my problem with alcohol, my depression, anxiety, and my pain. After going through recovery ...
E13- Sick of Gratitude Lists? Try My Shit List
About Face - November 18, 2020 10:05 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsI love gratitude lists, but I think sometimes the pressure to focus on the positive (and shaming for negative thinking) can be destructive. In this episode I want to share my experience with learning to acknowledge some of the challenges in my life, taking an honest approach to hardship. This is...
33. Sick of Gratitude Lists? Try My Shit List
About Face - November 18, 2020 10:05 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsI love gratitude lists, but I think sometimes the pressure to focus on the positive (and shaming for negative thinking) can be destructive. In this episode I want to share my experience with learning to acknowledge some of the challenges in my life, taking an honest approach to hardship. This is...
E12- Getting Over a Break-Up, Divorce, Love Lost
About Face - October 30, 2020 12:32 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsBreak-ups are HARD and the heartache can last years. This episode explores the relationship between self-identity and break-ups and why the pain is often because of the stories we tell ourselves about why things ended. Whether you left a 20 year marriage or you got ghosted after a few Tinder dat...
E11- Collective Grief and Rising Hope in a Pandemic
About Face - October 13, 2020 15:38 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsSo. many of us are suffering from the collective grief of this pandemic and it's been manifesting in various ways- pressures on our relationships, money stress, health fears, feelings of isolation, and the unknown. There is also a depressive element- not knowing how we will be moving forward f...
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