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#58: Zen Bender with Stephanie Krikorian

January 7, 2020

Twisting The Plot

Podcast

32 mins On this week’s podcast, we speak with the wise and funny Stephanie Krikorian, author of Zen Bender: A Decade-Long Enthusiastic Quest to Fix Everything (That Was Never Broken).  Stephanie had been a successful news producer when she found herself facing a major life twist. In the effort to reinvent herself, she started ghostwriting books for self-help experts. This new career led to a curiosity about all facets of self-help and quickly spiraled into a decade-long quest to fix...

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#57: Twisting Gender Assumptions with Navah Steiner

December 17, 2019

Twisting The Plot

Podcast

47 mins Today we expand the conversation to consider gender and inclusivity. We ask ourselves: who gets left out by the binaries we set Psychotherapist Navah Steiner joins us and shares her thoughts about why we should slow down, listen better to each other, and take in other ways to be. Navah, who identifies as genderqueer, shares the experience of finding liberation and joy by living truthfully and aligned. Navah helps us move beyond our...

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#56: Understanding Menopause, a fresh take with Darcey Steinke, author of Flash Count Diary

December 10, 2019

Twisting The Plot

Podcast

33 mins On this week’s podcast, we speak with Darcey Steinke, author of Flash Count Diary: Menopause and the Vindication of Natural Life. When menopause hit, she set out on a quest to better understand what was happening to her body and her identity as a woman.  The result is an extraordinary memoir that is morethan personal.  It is a cultural quest to examine menopause through the lens of science, history, animal nature, and supernatural and patriarchal systems of belief.  For Darcey, hot flashes became a conduit toself-discovery.  Perhaps menopause is more than just a cluster of symptoms, but rather something...

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#55: Boldly Quiet: How to lead with Lorraine McCamley

December 3, 2019

Twisting The Plot

Podcast

45 mins Early on in her corporate career Lorraine McCamley was identified as an introvert.  She thought she had to overcome this tendency in order to excel as a leader.  Eventually she realized that stereotypes don’t serve anyone.  Lorraine cultivated her own unique talents and strengths.   Shediscovered that there are many ways to have a voice, to be heard and to lead others.  Now shehelps other quiet professionals become successful leaders.  She is a coach and the author...

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#54: Is Your Life Working? Thoughts from Arlene Wanetick and Wilma Nachsin, the inspiration behind Chicago-based Life Working

November 25, 2019

Twisting The Plot

Podcast

44 mins On this week’s podcast, we speak with Wilma Nachsin and Arlene Wanetick co-founders of Life Working, a company that guides the process of career and job change. Arlene and Wilma believe in next chapters.  They invite us to imagine the difference that a new outlook on life, career or even just a new resume can make. They also share their own stories about what it’s like to start a business as women in their sixties.  Crazy, right? https://lifeworking.com  PLAY PODCAST

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#53: Karanga, Ingrid Helander’s Mysterious Message in the Night

November 21, 2019

Twisting The Plot

Podcast

38 mins At the end of our last podcast Ingrid Helander told us she had a story to share. Well, we never pass up a good story. So we brought her back.  Listen, as Ingrid tells us of a message she received in the night and learn how it set her on a mysterious new path. https://ingridyhelanderlmft.com https://ingridyhelanderlmft.com/calm-your-worries/  PLAY PODCAST

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#52: How to Calm Your Worries. Help from Ingrid Helander

November 19, 2019

Twisting The Plot

Podcast

42 mins Does it sometimes feel like your brain has been hijacked by a worry machine? On this week’s podcast we get help from Ingrid Helander, psychotherapist and author of CALM YOUR WORRIES: Unlock You Secret Code to Lasting Stress Relief and Self-Confidence. Ingrid gives us a new ways to understand our worries, and she helps with tips on how to relax and ease our nerves. https://ingridyhelanderlmft.com https://ingridyhelanderlmft.com/calm-your-worries/  PLAY PODCAST

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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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