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#176: The Courage to Tell One’s Story, Laura Davis

51 Minutes In 1988 Laura Davis coauthored The Courage to Heal, a global phenomenon. It is the go-to, permission giving, truth telling, and healing guide for victims of sexual abuse.  Her most recent book, The Burning Light of Two stars: A Mother Daughter Story is a prequel and a sequel to The Courage to Heal. It chronicles the estrangement, reconciliation and care-giving relationship between Laura and her mother. And it is about so much more....

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#175: Keep Blooming, with Una Betti

28 Minutes All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today. – Chinese Proverb Una Betti has worked as a nurse and project manager for many years. At the same time, she’s nurtured a passion for gardening, and grew a deep appreciation for the value of intentional spaces. Now, at 62, Una has decided it’s time to twist the hobby into aprofession. Her new business, Mindful Garden Designs, was created for all...

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#174: Stepping into 2022 with the Joyful Indrani Goradia

51 Minutes Here it is, another year. Are you ready? We are. We look forward to our new group of twelve women, and the collaboration for the next twelve months. We want this to be a year when we embrace our lives even more fully, feel our feelings, and navigate with grace the twists. Another year to celebrate our aging, honor our past, and look to the future with curiosity and wonder. How do we...

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#173: Replay – Creatrix Rising, a conversation with Stephanie Raffelock

42 Minutes What is a creatrix, you might ask? According to Stephanie Raffelock the word creatrix is defined as “a woman who makes or creates things.” Stephanie suggests that creatrix may be a good replacement for crone when it comes to selecting an archetype for women to age into. We love the idea of a woman continuing to “make things” beyond the biological clock of fertility. Stephanie Raffelock herself is a creatrix. She is a...

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#172: Replay – Homecoming, a conversation with Dr. Thema

52 Minutes Here’s a question to ponder. “Can you love yourself in a hostile world?” This is the question Dr. Thema asks on this week’s podcast. “We have to shift the individual, but we also have to shift the world in which the individual is living, so that we’re not constantly having to push back against these messages but that we can change the larger story, that we’re all worthy and deserving.” Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis...

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#171: Replay – Laugh Review: Stand-Up Comedy with Mary Clohan and the Penn South Troupe

69 Minutes Who knew getting older could be so funny? In the 1960’s gerontologist Robert Butler told us that thinking back over our lives is therapeutic. He termed his method of reminiscence, “Life Review”. Through a life review, experiences from the past, particularly the unresolved conflicts, can be resolved and reintegrated into our life experience. There is also substantial research pointing to the benefits of humor. Humor has been found to lower blood pressure, increase...

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#170: Dr. Ellen Albertson, The Midlife Whisperer

51 Minutes Dr. Ellen Albertson calls herself the Midlife Whisperer. But on this week’s Twisting the Plot Podcast, she speaks up loud and clear. Dr. Albertson has “more degrees than a thermometer” and she’s confronted major plot twists in life. For years she followed all the rules and roadmaps. She had a successful career, got married, raised children, worked hard to stay thin and attractive and did a lot of people pleasing. But after life...

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Each week Dr. Cecilia Dintino and Psychotherapist Hannah Murray Starobin will speak with women who have twisted their plots and discovered that life after 50 can be filled with imagination, inspiration, laughter, and endless possibilities.

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