Episode 90: A Life of Meaning After Profound Loss ft. Jacqueline Genovese
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 90: A Life of Meaning After Profound Loss featuring Jacqueline Genovese When she least expected it writer and teacher Jacqueline Genovese became a mother after her older sister made her guardian of her two children before she lost the battle with cancer. Jacqueline built a life for her new son and […]
Episode 87: Girl Left Behind ft. Judy Temes
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 87: Girl Left Behind featuring Judy Temes On a summer night in 1969, Judy Temes’ mother and a father, both physicians, packed their car for what was supposed to be a family vacation. Only this was no vacation. They were escaping Hungary’s totalitarian regime. The tourist visas that gave them safe […]
Episode 78: Parents Who Leave for Cults ft. Lily Dunn
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 78: Parents Who Leave for Cults featuring Lily Dunn Author Lily Dunn’s father joined Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s movement about the same time that And Then Everything Changed host Ronit Plank’s mother followed him to India. They both grew up in the shadow of Bhagwan (also known at Osho, the guru at […]
Episode 77: Emma’s Laugh: The Gift of Second Chances ft. Diana Kupershmit
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 77: Emma’s Laugh: The Gift of Second Chances featuring Diana Kupershmit Diana Kupershmit and her husband had no warning that their first baby Emma would be born with a rare genetic disorder that would leave her profoundly physically and intellectually disabled. A young couple who had been high school sweethearts, they […]
Episode 74: A Life in 147 Days ft. Andrea Wilson Woods
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 74: A Life in 147 Days featuring Andrea Wilson Woods Andrea Wilson Woods was barely an adult herself when she got legal guardianship over her 8-year old sister Adrienne after their mother called to say she no longer wanted to be a mother. An actress trying to make it in LA, […]
Episode 73: Strong Like Water ft. Laila Tarraf
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 73: Strong Like Water featuring Laila Tarraf For years, even as Laila Tarraf continued to feel disconnected from others, her belief that any vulnerability would make her soft dictated her personal life and her work as an HR leader. The firstborn child of Lebanese parents, she was encouraged to step up […]
Episode 70: Life After Pregnancy Losses ft. Kim Hooper
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 70: Life After Pregnancy Losses featuring Kim Hooper Before Kim Hooper endured pregnancy loss herself she wondered if women experiencing miscarriages might have had a part to play in their loss—maybe they didn’t eat the right things or didn’t manage stress well, maybe it was their fault. As her own losses […]
Episode 67: Emotional Genealogy: Tracing the Past to Live an Authentic Life ft. Judie Fein
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 67: Emotional Genealogy: Tracing the Past to Live an Authentic Life featuring Judie Fein Award-winning international travel and culture journalist, author, speaker, playwright, screenwriter, movie and theatre critic, opera librettist, and theatre director Judie Fein believes everyone has a mission in life even if they don’t know what it is and […]
Episode 66: Moved to Create: Life After A Massive Stroke ft. Lafiro A. Gomez III
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 66: Moved to Create: Life After A Massive Stroke featuring Lafiro A. Gomez III After suffering a massive stroke caused by a previously undiagnosed vascular malformation, Lafiro A. Gomez III became parayzed and utterly dependent on his family for care. He entered rehabilitation and worked on recovering some of his strength […]
Episode 65: Conquering A 20-Year Eating Disorder ft. Alli Spotts-De Lazzer
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 65: Conquering A 20-Year Eating Disorder featuring Alli Spotts-De Lazzer At a young age, Alli Spotts-De Lazzer learned about the connection between food and body weight and was only 9 years old when she started dieting. For most of her life, she equated weight with purpose and worth and fought to […]