Happy Holidays Folks!
We taped this show just for you!!! We hope you’re all having a good holiday. Are you doing ok? Do you need to listen to the Food Psych Podcast because you’re having some food issues coming up around the holidays? Need some Buddhism wisdom from the Ram Dass Podcast? We know that the holidays can be a challenging time.
Theresa and Shana share some stories about the concept of ‘freedom’ and the freedom you get from really experiencing the challenges of life, and how it can help you become a better you. Even though there’s privilege to ‘how’ we experience these challenges, we can all play with looking at challenges from a different perspective.
Our first guest today is Belinda Downey, Aussie transplant, mom and screenwriter. Bel is a good friend of Theresa’s who’s been an inspiration to her as someone who manages to hold down a full time job, a baby and a commitment to her creative writing. Bel talks about how she got to the US, how finding a writing community was a motivating factor in getting here and how she balances work, toddler and staying connected to her writing amidst her many responsibilities. She shares about the differences between living in Australian and the US, ah hem…healthcare. Bel’s been working on several screenwriting projects and ponders why so many of her main characters have historically been male and how when she finally wrote in female leads, the feedback she received was that they were not likeable. Misogyny or honest feedback. Tell us what you think!
Our second guest today is Tracey Helton, recovery activist and author of the book The Big Fix: Hope After Heroin. She is known as the ‘heroine of heroin” and has been interviewed in too many publications to list here. They’ve been running stories about her passion for getting Narcan/ Naloxone into the hands of the public. She’s saved over 300 lives worldwide just by mailing out the opiate reversing drug (which is 100% legal) but nearly impossible for most people to get, some states have it but most do not. She is a firm believer in harm reduction methods to help addicts get through life in the hopes that they will someday be able to get clean. Shana has been bringing Tracey’s book into her weekly 12 step rehab meetings as an aid to the many heroin addicts desperate for recovery. What an honor to finally interview her years later and hear even more stories of HOPE and also find out how this mother of 3 is able to keep working so hard on the front lines of the opioid epidemic.
For another interview with her check out: https://www.workithealth.com/blog/tracey-helton-mitchell-interview
Today for ‘self care’ Theresa and Shana reflect back on the year! We also also invite you to keep sending us idea’s for our show in the new year!
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Today’s show was engineered by Manuel Blas of Radio Kingston, www.radiokingston.org.
We heard music from Shana Falana, http://www.shanafalana.com/, and audio from the film, RBG, https://www.rbgmovie.com
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