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#183: Ageism Unmasked, a conversation with Tracey Gendron, PhD

May 31, 2022

Twisting The Plot

Podcast

56 Minutes Here’s a twist for you. We are getting tired of promoting “successful aging” and no longer want to buy into the social construct that defines aging and being old as a problem to avoid. We don’t know about you, but we are getting old… and loving it. But not because we are staying young, or not facing losses. We love it not despite of the challenges, but because of them. We love it...

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#182: The Nourishing Path, with Nadya Trytan

May 17, 2022

Twisting The Plot

Podcast

52 Minutes Do you move through life on a nourishing path, or do you find yourself fighting your way along a thorny harsh path? After years of thorns, Nadya Trytan now chooses a nourishing path. She’d love to help you find yours. Nadya uses a technique called guided visualization to help you relax, imagine, listen to yourself and make discoveries that connect you with your own innate wisdom. Her online program, Nourishing Path Project, offers imaginary...

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#181: Me and Margaret Fuller, a conversation with Maria Dintino

April 26, 2022

Twisting The Plot

Podcast

57 Minutes Sitting myself down and writing Margaret from the heart became a story about me too. Why me? Leave me out of this, I thought. But no, it was not to be. I was not allowed to write her story without writing my own because I had unburied two women.  – From The Light Above by Maria Dintino Even though she discovered a dog-eared, post-it-filled copy of Women in the Nineteenth Century on her...

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#180: What Do You Spin About? Advice from the Anxiety Sisters

April 12, 2022

Twisting The Plot

Podcast

57 Minutes Abbe Greenberg and Maggie Sarachek have been friends since college. Throughout this time, they shared many things, even anxiety. For years they supported each other, through phobias, panic attacks and catastrophizing mindsets. As time went on, it became clear that they weren’t alone. In fact, they found that many women wanted to talk about anxiety, its perils, nuances, and the many ways to cope. So they decided to start a sisterhood, an anxiety...

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#179: Artful Contemplation, with Dr. Maureen Carey

March 29, 2022

Twisting The Plot

Podcast

62 Minutes In her early twenties, Maureen Carey was called to the religious life. Her interest in the anti-war movement and civil disobedience led her to the sisterhood and years of service to others. During this time she also got her Ph.D. in social work, taught at Molloy College, and co-authored books. Twenty-five years later, Dr. Carey twisted her plot and left the religious life. More recently, she retired from teaching. She’s had a new...

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#178: For All You Heartbroken Artists, a Conversation with Nina Hart

March 15, 2022

Twisting The Plot

Podcast

53 Minutes A little improv… What is creativity? Go. (frozen pause) Ummm. It’s green? Yes, and…It crawls. Yes, and… it morphs like a caterpillar into a butterfly. Yes, and… it can be venomous, like a snake. On this week’s podcast, guest Nina Hart challenges our notions about what is art and who gets to do it. She tells us about her journey to heal what she calls her “heartbroken artist.” Nina shares how she finally...

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#177: Time Twisting

March 1, 2022

Twisting The Plot

Podcast

25 Minutes It often feels like time is a conveyer belt, ushering us forward year after year. It moves faster and faster, sometimes at a pace that makes it hard to glance back and savor what’s been. Sometimes a lifetime moves too quickly for us to be intentional about where we are going.  We just keep moving. On this week’s Twisting the Plot Podcast, Hannah and Cecilia take a pause and consider time from a...

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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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