234. Knowing When a Structure has Clicked in Place featuring Stephanie Weaver
Stephanie Weaver MPH joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about family estrangement, gaslighting, her recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse, chronic illness, not wanting a book to be abou...
9 Apr 36min
233. Revealing the Divisions and Truths Within Us featuring Nikkya Hargrove
Nikkya Hargrove joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about the effects of incarceration on the family system, growing up lost and unsure who her family was, accepting the responsibility of becom...
7 Apr 31min
232. Self-Compassion and Recognizing the Illusion of Control featuring Amanda McCracken
Amanda McCracken joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about what happens when you’re hopelessly, stubbornly in love with longing, fear of intimacy, the idea of falling in love vs. being in love,...
31 Mar 34min
231. Recovering and Reclaiming the Teenage Version of Ourselves in Memoir featuring Wendy C. Ortiz
Wendy C. Ortiz joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about the English teacher who preyed on her when she was thirteen, writing about the person we are now when writing about our past, placing th...
24 Mar 35min
230. Leaning into the Most Authentic Version of Our Story featuring Mallary Tenore Tarpley
Mallary Tenore Tarpley joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about the middle place between acute sickness and full recovery, living with the imprints of a disorder, resisting thinking in black a...
17 Mar 38min
229. Becoming Someone Else featuring Karen Palmer
Karen Palmer joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about changing her identity to escape a dangerous ex-husband, being stalked, the consequences of deciding to disappear, coming to grips with the...
10 Mar 31min
228. Bringing the Reader into Our Discovery Process featuring Dorothy Roberts
Dorothy Roberts joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about her father’s interviews beginning in the 1930s with over 500 back-white couples who crossed the color line in Chicago, moving to memoi...
3 Mar 39min
227. Crafting a Shared Memoir featuring Rebecca N. Thompson, MD
Rebecca N. Thompson, MD joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about life-threatening pregnancy losses and weaving her own story of navigating a challenging path to parenting with the stories of ...
24 Feb 40min
