May 25, 2021
Melissa
Bernstein has great wealth, a wonderful husband, and six healthy
children. She has also endured a lifetime of “existential
anxiety and depression,” suicidal thoughts, and a feeling that she
does not belong on earth.
The
Co-founder of Melissa & Doug’s toys describes her brain as
a “prison of despair”...
May 18, 2021
Moby’s first job as a
DJ was spinning records at a dive bar next to a methadone clinic. A
few years later, he was rich and famous, but "never felt more
depressed.” Having grown up as "poor white trash” in the wealthy
town of Darien, CT, Moby's financial status made him feel like a
“third-class citizen.”...
May 11, 2021
In
1988, Maura McVann Coley sustained a traumatic spinal cord injury
that deprived her of the ability to walk. Just 17 at the time of
the accident, the then high school athlete had to adjust her
expectations for senior year, college, and life
beyond.
On
today’s episode, Maura shares with great candor how
she...
May 4, 2021
(Originally posted Jan, 2020...but so worth another
listen)
In The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets
Better After 50, Jonathan Rauch explores the
decline in happiness that most people experience in middle age and
what there is to do about it. Even after achieving all we had ever
dreamed of and more, many of us experience...