When You Stop Pleasing People, They Won't Be Pleased | Barbara Linn Probst
What happens when you stop pleasing everyone around you? Barbara Linn Probst—award-winning author, former therapist, and global nomad who traded New York City for Argentina—joins Dara Levan for a raw ...
5 Dec 202241min
Leigh Shulman on Moving Abroad and Finding Your Path
When the pressure of New York parenting became too much—$20,000 preschool applications, psychological evaluations for toddlers, and a life that felt like it was suffocating her—Leigh Shulman sold ever...
5 Dec 202241min
Crying in Front of Your Kids: Cindy Muchnick on Vulnerability
For 25 years, Cindy Muchnick and her husband have been navigating marriage, parenting, and geography—from California to Chicago to Florida and back again, all while raising four wildly different kids....
11 Nov 202234min
Raising a Screen-Smart Kid: Julianna Miner on Social Media and Teens
At 45, Julianna Miner discovered she had ADHD—not through a doctor's diagnosis, but while a psychologist was explaining her child's symptoms. For years, she'd thought the chaos in her head was just "h...
3 Nov 202244min
Three Book Deals in Three Months: Rea Frey on Burnout and Rebirth
She had just sold three book deals in three months—but celebrating herself felt impossible. For author and CEO Rea Frey, the joy of career success was tangled with a deep discomfort around being the c...
29 Sep 202243min
Seen on TV: Meredith Schorr on Rom-Coms and Real Life
Paralegal by day, romance novelist by night—Meredith Schorr has mastered the art of balancing a full-time job with writing joyful romantic comedies that readers devour. The author of Seen on TV joins ...
29 Sep 202238min
Jean Meltzer on Generalized Anxiety, Judaism, and Romance
She had won an Emmy by 24 and was creative director of a TV production company—but she was utterly unhappy. For Jean Meltzer, success on paper meant nothing until a Rosh Hashanah sermon asked her "Aye...
12 Aug 202226min
Aphantasia and Writing: Maggie Giles on the Black Screen
In her head, it's a black screen—no pictures, no movies, no mental images of what characters look like or where scenes take place. For debut author Maggie Giles, this is aphantasia, and she had no ide...
1 Aug 202231min
