42 Minutes

When we think about personal growth and change, it can feel daunting, even scary. Some will tell you that real change is impossible. But we know otherwise.  With our experience as psychotherapists working with women of all ages in many situations, we can say with confidence that change and growth are possible. 

This week, we decided to pull back the curtain and talk about the work we love with our friend and colleague, Erin Olivo.  Erin is an author and clinical psychologist with more than 22 years of experience treating patients dealing with stress, anxiety, and depression. She has just turned 50 herself, and recently twisted her plot.  Along with her partner, Dr. Mark Wilson, she has opened a group practice, “The Center For Wise Mind Living.” 

Listen as Erin explains what she defines as “wise mind living,” and the evolving role psychotherapists play in helping clients see their potential.

Center For Wise Mind Living

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39 Minutes

Hi all. Hannah and Cecilia of Twisting the Plot here. Like many, we have spent the last year focused on the demands of family, work, health, and safety. We’ve also spent a lot of time gathering the stories of our beloved clients and Plot Twisters. We realize that we seldom make the space to connect with ourselves. And one thing’s for sure, we haven’t made the time to check in with each other. 

Over 40 years of friendship and there is still more to learn about each other.

So, this week we thought we would sit down and spend some time checking in.

How are we growing? How can we support each other? What can we learn about each other? What can we learn about ourselves? 

What else can we laugh about

Join us.

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40 Minutes

This April, we have been focused on spring, the season of awakening, growing, and blooming. It is the time of year when animals awake, the sun warms, and the earth seems to come alive. But growing isn’t just for plants. We grow children, relationships, careers, and even therapists.

This week we speak with Maria Hodermarska, Clinical Associate Professor at NYU. Maria has been growing drama therapists for over 25 years. Using theater, creativity, psychological theory, literature, and a wealth of experience and insight, Maria has nurtured a devoted community of creative arts therapists.

Maria speaks with us about the importance of curiosity, vulnerability, and connecting with her students as individuals. She shares her belief that education should employ a “mutual aid.” The teacher must be willing to learn from the students. Maria explains that “therapy is an art, an art of being with people.” Listen in as she offers her special take on a therapist’s becoming and how we can all grow up.

Check out Maria Hodermarska at NYU Steinhardt

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54 Minutes

When the pandemic hit New York City, internationally acclaimed designer Rebecca Moses turned to her art for comfort, imagination, and connection. She put a post on Instagram asking women to write about their pandemic experience, letters from the heart. In return, she would paint their portrait.  And the “Stay Home Sisterhood” was born. 

To date, over 410 women from all over the world have shared their stories and seen themselves through Rebecca’s eyes, a remarkable gift.

Rebecca also volunteered to paint the portraits of 50 nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital in honor of “The Year of The Nurse.” A moment of kindness and love in a very dark time. 

Listen to today’s Twisting the Plot Podcast as Rebecca talks about the importance of trusting your voice, finding the beauty within, and lifting women up. Rebecca also shares with us what she’s learned about “The power of the paintbrush,” and our ongoing evolution.

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53 Minutes

Over fifty, we often feel the desire for something more, something new. But to get there, we have to clear out the weeds and thorn bushes of old beliefs, expectations, and fears so that we can make space for new possibilities. 

This week we spoke with Kathy Lockhardt, founder of Flourish Farms, who did just that, both physically and metaphorically. At 59, Kathy had a dream to reclaim a long-overgrown field on the family farm and turn it into a truck garden. Her family was doubtful that it could be done, but Kathy persisted. With the help of her brother-in-law and a lot of sweat and back-breaking work, Kathy created her field of dreams.

With metaphors aplenty, Kathy shares with us what she discovered about her own strength, and about listening to one’s desires, trusting your dream, and learning when to rest. 

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44 Minutes

Is there a woman from the past who you admire? What if you spent some time studying her life? What if you became versed in her story, thoughts and beliefs? What if you embodied her? 

This week, in honor of Women’s History Month, we asked the women in our Plot Twisters Facebook group to share the names and stories of women they admire. We tell you about these women, a remarkable group of artists, activists, scientists, caregivers and visionaries.

Then we speak with Maria Dintino, whose new book, A Light Above (to be released later this summer), tells the story of Margaret Fuller and the role played she played in Maria’s personal transformation. Maria talks with us about how a fictive relationship with women we admire can play a role in our own evolution. 

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45 Minutes

When we think about women’s invisibility over 50, we rarely consider women’s bodies in their purest form, naked. We have been taught to look away with shame, fear, even disgust. This week, we spoke with photographer Jocelyn Lee about her new book Sovereign.

Throughout her career, Jocelyn has been photographing women in the nude, documenting how the body and our sense of ourselves changes throughout our lives. Sovereign is a collection of portraits depicting women age 55 and up. These women, captured naked in natural settings, reveal the beauty, sensuality, and strength of older women made visible. 

Listen as Jocelyn talks with us about what she has learned from her work.

Sovereign seeks to shine a bright light on the natural beauty of women of all ages and all body types. No body is deserving of invisibility and I believe this work marks a long overdue paradigm shift. It’s time we revolutionize the image world and flood it with women in real bodies, feeling sensual and wonderful in their human skin.

— Jocelyn Lee 2020

Check out Sovereign at jocelynleestudio.com

Buy Sovereign at minormattersbooks.com

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