by Betsy Fasbinder | Jan 29, 2020 | Podcasts
Jen Pastiloff travels the world with her unique workshop “On Being Human,” a hybrid of yoga related movement, writing, sharing out loud, letting the snot fly, and the occasional dance party. Her bestselling book, On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard is an exploration of her discoveries, confusions, wisdoms, and her striving for a zero BS way of life.
Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild, calls Jen “a conduit of awakenings.” Jen has been featured on Good Morning America, New York Magazine, Health Magazine, CBS News and more for her unique style of teaching, which she has taught to thousands of women in sold-out workshops all over the world. Bring a journal, and open heart and the willingness to grow open and stronger for her workshops.
by Betsy Fasbinder | Jan 22, 2020 | Podcasts
Seán Dwyer is a college professor, a songwriter, and the author of award-winning fiction and non-fiction. Just as the possibility of publishing his debut novel was on the near horizon, both his career in teaching and his future as an author were put on hold due to a shocking car accident. While stopped at a crosswalk, he was rear-ended at 50 mph and suffered two serious concussions in two seconds. His injuries have left him with challenging balance issues and light sensitivity and rendered him unable to read or write for more than moments at a time. After nearly five years, he has recovered from some of his symptoms, while others linger still. In part as brain therapy but also as emotional therapy, Seán wrote a memoir of his recovery, A Quest for Tears: Surviving Traumatic Brain Injury to provide support and information to other Traumatic Brain Injury survivors. .
by Betsy Fasbinder | Jan 15, 2020 | Podcasts
After losing both of her parents in her early 20s, and much more of her small extended family over the following few years, Alanna McLeod got an early and up-close education about grief and loss. With the empathy and understanding she gained, Alanna became a founding team member of Reimagine End of Life, a nonprofit organization that encourages others to explore the otherwise taboo topics of death, dying, grief, loss, and mortality. By demystifying the topic of death, it is her belief that by preparing for a better end of life, we can live more fully while we are still here.
by Betsy Fasbinder | Jan 8, 2020 | Podcasts
Julie Barton is the New York Times Bestselling author of Dog Medicine, How My Dog Saved Me From Myself. Julie’s story is not your average dog story; rather, it’s the story of learning to live through and live with depression by learning a different kind of self-talk. It’s also a story of a loving, but flawed family. Dog Medicine was the recipient of a silver Nautilus Award for its “exceptional literary contributions to spiritual growth, high-level wellness and positive social change.”
by Betsy Fasbinder | Jan 1, 2020 | Podcasts
Raised by counter-culture parents in San Francisco’s roaring ‘60s, with her progressive politics intact, to say nothing of being female at a time when women were rare in policing, Karen Lynch was not exactly what would’ve been called “cop material”. But for a kid with a mom who suffered mental illness and who was exposed to abuse and neglect, she saw the police as helpers who often rescued her from danger.
