A Place Called Home: A Conversation with Child Welfare Advocate, David Ambroz
The scene is 1990’s New York City. Young David Ambroz and his two siblings are homeless, sleeping in bus shelters and bathing in public restrooms, under the care of his mentally ill mother. The child ...
16 Okt 202350min
Overachieving As a Cry For Help: with Laurel Braitman
Lots of smart, high achieving people learned to greet pain with stoicism: by being mature and responsible, even as kids. But what happens when you can’t maintain the facade of having your sh*t enti...
9 Okt 20231h
Such Ferocious Beauty: with Margo Timmins of the Cowboy Junkies
Dementia means losing your person over and over again. Margo Timmins and her siblings watched their father lose pieces of himself for years. They processed all that loss the way they always have: t...
2 Okt 20231h 5min
Cruelty on Steroids: How We Talk to Each Other, with Jameela Jamil
We fight hard for the things we believe in. But HOW we fight for those things causes more damage than we realize. Jameela Jamil is a lightning rod for criticism, but it’s not just how people treat ...
25 Sep 20231h 7min
Why Do We Celebrate Trauma (aka: Resilience)? with Dr. Gabor Maté
Did anyone teach you that understanding your grief is the key to being (or becoming) a healthy human being? Probably not. In this expansive episode, Megan speaks with world-renowned author and phys...
18 Sep 202347min
Sorry for your loss: comedian Michael Cruz Kayne
How do you turn the worst thing that’s ever happened to you into a comedy show? Comedian Michael Cruz Kayne went viral for a tweet he posted on the 10th anniversary of his newborn son’s death. What...
11 Sep 20231h 1min
Elise Loehnen: The 7 Deadly Sins and the Crown of Sadness
Should you stop being “good”? According to the 7 deadly sins, a “good person” needs no rest, has no appetite, has no desires, puts themselves last, and is never upset. NYT best-selling author El...
4 Sep 20231h 10min
Tembi Locke: From Scratch
Tembi Locke lived an amazing love story: she met a handsome chef during a study abroad year in Italy when she was just 20 years old. They moved to LA to pursue Tembi’s acting career, and built a life ...
28 Aug 20231h 7min
