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Coming Soon: Special Series on Trauma
Hi, It’s Elise, host of Pulling the Thread. Starting next Monday, I’m doing another special series—this set is about trauma, specifically trauma and the body. You’ll hear from four important voices i…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Loving the End (Alua Arthur)
“When we can pause for a moment and rifle through all that noise to figure out what the root of the fear is, then we can be with it in a meaningful way, rather than just let it run our lives. And a l…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
On Telling The Truth (Nell Irvin Painter)
“But one thing the whole “Karen” thing did, which I think was very good, was that it pointed out the existence of spaces Ostensibly open to everyone, but not, and then patrolled often by white women …
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
When it's Time to Leave (Joy Sullivan)
“What is that instinct that might be asking me to do something really unadvisable or radical or leap outside the bounds of my own life? And that's the space by which I think we move forward in life. …
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Introducing: Million Dollar Advice
Million Dollar Advice is a work and career advice podcast hosted by friends and colleagues Kim Lessing and Kate Arend. Together Kim and Kate run Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions and are very cool…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
When Love Feels Unbearable (Anne Lamott)
“You want to find yourself? Give. We're not hungry for what we're not getting. We're hungry for what we're not giving. And then at the same time, you watch this old pattern of guarding what you have …
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Understanding the Drama Triangle (Courtney Smith)
“From my perspective, one of the reasons we tell stories is it helps give us a sense of who we are, we use stories to affirm our identity. And that's part of the reason why we don't actually like to …
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
The Power of Girls (Mattie Kahn)
“I think historically we have always seen that intergenerational partnership is the way that movements grow and expand and the way people feel resilient about what they're trying to accomplish. The f…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Breaking Family Patterns (Vienna Pharaon)
“Part of middle life is that hopefully there's a little bit of wisdom there. And I think that is part of what we gain as we go through this journey of life is that there is wisdom that's accrued, whi…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
The Upsides of Menopause (Lisa Mosconi, PhD)
Neuroscientist Lisa Mosconi, PhD currently has 11 grants—including four from the NIH—to study Alzheimers, menopause, and the female brain. Dr. Mosconi is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Neu…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago