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Season 1

June 6, 2022

Episode 17: From Budapest with love: How one woman's obsession with a…

What the heck is a kurtosh? It is a a traditional Hungarian street food that is pastry perfection. Why have we never heard of it? Because it's hard to make and hard to keep fresh. It's an old-fashioned baked good …

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May 31, 2022

Episode 16: A Chat with the Inspirational Heather McMahon -- How to T…

I loved talking to Heather-- so many good insights and tips for feeling our best in these challenging times. I learn so much from her and am reminded of so much when I listen to her podcast "Templates for Life" …

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May 23, 2022

Episode 15: The Amazing Woman behind the Starwhaal podcast -- Ms Tara…

Ok, where do I start? Not only is she beautiful outside, she is gorgeous inside, truly a lovely soul, someone who is loving and supportive. The kind of person whose energy you love to be around! She is compassionate and …

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May 9, 2022

Episode 13: Mother's Day -- The Good the Bad and the Ugly (some of my…

I cringe a little when I see the extremely positive and overwhelming praise for all mothers being thrown around on social media on Mother's Day. Find out why in this short solo episode based on a new article I posted …

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April 25, 2022

Episode 11: Women in Tech: Ellen Martin, Elissa Matthews, and Lynne T…

In this lively episode, three old friends get to reminisce and dish about what it was like way back when in telecom (specifically Bell Labs, AT&T, and Lucent) and how the environment nurtured women. There were a few bumps in...

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April 18, 2022

Episode 9 Elissa Matthews -- Math Nerd who made it all work -- career…

Elissa would never call herself this, but she truly is a bit of a Renaissance woman. In spite of parents who were less than supportive (and a mother who was mentally ill), Elissa modeled herself and learned from other wonderf...

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April 16, 2022

Episode 10: Ellen Martin shares how she went back to college with 3 k…

Women in Tech -- Part 2--Ellen Martin acts like it was nothing, but we all know going back to school when you have three kids at home is not a walk in the park. She does acknowledge that she has …

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April 4, 2022

Episode 8 Long Distance Relationships and Making it work -- 12000 mil…

Katherine and Luke met in 2015, at ages 19 and 18. They hit it off right away, and were incredibly compatible. The problem? They met on her blog and found out that they lived 12,000 miles apart. They were literally …

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April 2, 2022

Episode 7: Grief Part 2 -- What is prolonged grief and how can you he…

This is a short follow-up to my Episode that aired March 23rd about Grief. I read an article today that discussed Prolonged Grief being named as its own separate disorder. I share a few things about prolonged grief and add …

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March 21, 2022

Episode 6: Sadness and your path through it: Grief

Even though we will all lose people we are close to at some time in our lives, we just aren't really prepared for how hard it can be to experience the deep sadness of grief. Especially now, during Covid, when …

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March 9, 2022

Episode 5: From Teacher to Entrepreneur: How Regina started her own b…

Regina Pasqualone is a wife, mother, and a former teacher. After 14 years teaching English, she followed her creative path to a successful "wellness lifestyle" candle company called Tiny Kitchen Candle Company. Her artisanal...

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March 2, 2022

Episode 4: Turning it Around -- How Caregiver Debbie Weiss learned to…

Show Notes: This was such an informative and wonderful conversation with Debbie Weiss. After decades of caring for her father and then other members of her family, she finally allowed herself to take care of HER. Now she teac...

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Feb. 28, 2022

Episode 3: Funny/Not Funny: Life with a Mental Illness and Comedy-- …

In this lively interview, Sue Ryerson opens up about her interesting career as a comedian and a repo company owner! She also shares openly and honestly about what life is like with a mental illness. Her practical, helpful dis...

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Feb. 21, 2022

Episode 2: A bit about me -- My friend John Chao interviews me (and h…

I really enjoyed how The Perspective Maintenance's John Chao interviewed meand I hope you do too. Here are the takeaways: In this episode, I got to talk about my journey to love from a time of deep grief. The takeaways …

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Feb. 11, 2022

Episode 1: Author Robin Riback on moving forward after a bump and a …

Join me on The Storied Human's inaugural interview! I got to spend time talking to the always witty and helpful Author Robin Riback, my former college roommate and good friend. Listen to find out how Robin dealt with her "bum...

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Dec. 11, 2021

A Quick Story about Charlie Brown

Are you the one who always seems to get the rock like in the Charlie Brown Halloween special? Everyone else seems to get candy, but you get the rock? Maybe we are putting out "I only deserve a rock" vibes? …

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