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BabaluYear of the Snake"I feel like I might've said too much."You can contribute to the making of Babalu season 2: https://buymeacoffee.com/babaluContent warning: This series addresses sensitive topics such as self-harm and suicide. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please visit 988lifeline.org for resources and support. You are not alone.Created, written, and produced by Kimberly Truong. Directed by Katharine Chen Lerner. Sound design, editing and mixing by Charles Moody. With performances by: Christine Liao, Kathleen Gray, Jaxy Boyd, Greg Smith, Circus-Szalewski, C...
2025-11-1247 minBabaluYear of the Snake"I feel like I might've said too much."Content warning: This series addresses sensitive topics such as self-harm and suicide. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please visit 988lifeline.org for resources and support. You are not alone.Created, written, and produced by Kimberly Truong. Directed by Katharine Chen Lerner. Sound design, editing and mixing by Charles Moody. With performances by: Christine Liao, Kathleen Gray, Jaxy Boyd, Greg Smith, Circus-Szalewski, Chriselle Almeida, Varda Appleton, Melissa Bickerton, Kiera Nusbaum, Matthew Kimbrough, Lee Chen, Ruby Marez, Katharine Chen Lerner, Stephanie Orlando, a...
2025-11-1247 min
BabaluSisters, Fathers, Monsters"What are the chances?"Content warning: This series addresses sensitive topics such as self-harm and suicide. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please visit 988lifeline.org for resources and support. You are not alone.>>> Listen to this episode's companion mixtape playlist on Spotify
2025-10-2945 minBabaluSisters, Fathers, Monsters"What are the chances?"Content warning: This series addresses sensitive topics such as self-harm and suicide. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please visit 988lifeline.org for resources and support. You are not alone.Created, written, and produced by Kimberly Truong. Directed by Katharine Chen Lerner. Sound design, editing and mixing by Charles Moody.With performances by: Christine Liao, Jaxy Boyd, Circus-Szalewski, Greg Smith, Varda Appleton, Chriselle Almeida, James III, Malia Macabeo, Kiera Nusbaum, and Kimberly Truong.Series theme music by Edith Mudge. Additional music by Manish...
2025-10-2945 min
BabaluOpportunity"It's okay, I'll remind you.">>> Listen to this episode's companion mixtape playlist on Spotify Get the episode transcript here: https://babalu.transistor.fm/episodes/opportunity/transcriptContent warning: This series addresses sensitive topics such as self-harm and suicide. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please visit 988lifeline.org for resources and support.Created, written, and produced by Kimberly Truong. Directed by Katharine Chen Lerner. Sound design, editing and mixing by Charles Moody.With performances by: Christine Liao, Chriselle Almeida, Lee...
2025-10-2244 minBabaluOpportunity"It's okay, I'll remind you."Content warning: This series addresses sensitive topics such as self-harm and suicide. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please visit 988lifeline.org for resources and support.Created, written, and produced by Kimberly Truong. Directed by Katharine Chen Lerner. Sound design, editing and mixing by Charles Moody.With performances by: Christine Liao, Chriselle Almeida, Lee Chen, Diogo Hausen, Heather Woodward, Varda Appleton, Ruby Marez, Greg Smith, Kiera Nusbaum, Mark Morante, Julianne Kolb, James Donahower, PJ McCormick, and Kimberly Truong.Series theme music by...
2025-10-2244 min
EKTE PodcastEKTE podcast # 14 | Vi lever i et påstandstyranni I denne #14 episoden av EKTE Podcast med Maroa og Ola diskuterer vi det Vervaeke argumenterer er en stor del av meningskrisen: Vi lever i et påstandstyranni hvor totaliteten av kunnskap og kognisjon handler om å generere påstander som leder til tro og konklusjoner. Vi ser på en viktig og betydningsfull metateori for kognisjon – som kommer fra det omfattende arbeidet til Vervaeke (og mange andre) innen kognitiv vitenskap. Det tillater oss å se den avgjørende forskjellen mellom kognisjon som "viten" og kognisjon som "funksjonell informasjonsprosessering". *****EKTE:Bok: Oppvåkni...
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Jazz88Barbaro Combines with Rachel Baiman for an Evening of Evolved Acoustic Music at the Cedar in MinneapolisBarbaro plays the bluegrass instruments, but group members have backgrounds in other areas. The result is a constantly evolving mix of musical elements. Barbaro performs Saturday night April 15 at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis, sharing the night with Rachel Baiman. Doors open at 7, and the show is at 8. Phil Nusbaum spoke with Barbaro violinist Rachel Calvert about the Barbaro approach.
2023-04-1108 min
Elite Selling Podcast - Mastering Tech SalesRachel Nusbaum - Vice President, North America Commercial Sales at Sumo Logic - How to Build Lasting RelationshipsBuilding Relationships Creates Opportunities
Meet Your Customers & Prospects Where They Are
"People Buy From People"
"ASK"
Grit Over Experience
2023-01-1228 minElite Selling Podcast - Mastering Tech SalesRachel Nusbaum - Vice President, North America Commercial Sales at Sumo Logic - How to Build Lasting RelationshipsBuilding Relationships Creates Opportunities
Meet Your Customers & Prospects Where They Are
"People Buy From People"
"ASK"
Grit Over Experience
2023-01-1028 min
Sales Game Changers | Tips from Successful Sales LeadersTech Sales Success Strategies with Sumo Logic's Rachel NusbaumThis is episode 564. Tips for sales career success. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. RACHEL'S TIP: "Reach out to three different people that you admire, either from a leadership perspective, someone at work that you admire, and just talk to them, network with them. Figure out how they got to where they got and then take their advice. If somebody suggests you do something that you really look up to or admire, go do it. Take those next steps. Every single week ask yourself, did I do that...
2022-11-0926 min
Jazz88Rachel Kurtz Sings for Varied Types of AudiencesRachel Kurtz has been singing her whole life and gets everything behind her performances. When Rachel talked with Phil Nusbaum, she talked about the connections between her life and her songs.
2022-08-0708 min
Flushing It OutTrauma: Rewriting Your Story - Rachel NusbaumIn this episode, Samantha talks with the owner of Orchid Story, Rachel Nusbaum, about how we can all explore the art of writing to help us on our own healing journeys. Her business, Orchid Story is coaching with a focus on writing as therapy. Rachel tells us how writing has helped her and how it has helped so many others she has worked with. She reminds us the work of writing can sometimes be an uphill climb, but it is always worth it. So, listen in as Samantha and Rachel "Flush It Out!"
2022-04-0945 min
Beyond Awareness: Disability Awareness That Matters7. Educator Training, Experiences, & Growth - Emily Nusbaum, Ph.D.Emily A. Nusbaum, Ph.D., is invested in supporting students labeled with disability and their families in accessing general education school contexts. She provides advocacy and support to families in Individual Education Plan and 504 Plan meetings, as well as other school-related contexts. She also provides consultation to create IEP and 504 Plans that reflect student capacity and that participation in general education contexts. Emily also works individually with students who have experienced educational trauma to support young people as they rebuild the sense of themselves as learners. She also provides 1:1 organizational and executive functioning support to students. Emily has extensive e...
2022-01-0725 min
Jazz88Rachel Kurtz Sings for Varied Types of AudiencesRachel Kurtz has been singing her whole life and gets everything behind her performances. When Rachel talked with Phil Nusbaum, she talked about the connections between her life and her songs.
2021-10-0308 min
Orchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 51: Stake Your ClaimI want all of us women to play bigger. What would open up for you if you staked your claim? What would happen inside of yourself if you did? How might you inspire yourself and other women? Listen this week as I stake my own claim for myself and encourage you to do this too. You have gems within yourself, ready and waiting to be polished and shined!
Join me for my free, live, and interactive workshop on Friday July 30th from noon-1pm EST. The link will go out to everyone signed up to receive my...
2021-07-2914 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 50: Shannon Aimone - What To Do About BurnoutIn this casual, fun conversation with my dear friend Shannon Aimone, we discuss the book "Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle" by Emily and Amelia Nagoski. We dive into the definition of Human Giver Syndrome and how it shows up for us, how we each complete the stress cycle and why what works for Shannon does not work for me (and vice versa). We talk through self-compassion and how we use it to help us combat perfectionism and comparison. One of the things I love most about this convo is that it's an example of two women...
2021-07-2246 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 49: Summer Reading List!It's summer and the best time of year to dive into our reading and writing practices! I know you are always on the hunt for your next book. In this episode I quickly describe the nine books I've read in recent weeks (both fiction and non-fiction) so you can choose what to put in your bag as you head to the pool!
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Friends and Strangers by J. Courtney Sullivan
Blessings by Anna Quindlen
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
We Should All Be Millionaires by...
2021-07-1522 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 48: Cultivate Your Thought GardenI'm sharing one of my favorite self-connection practices - find a quiet spot, take a deep breath and join me! Creating a ritual that feels energizing and free takes practice, so we start small by planting seeds (and weeding out the thoughts that don't serve us). Let me take you step by step through this simple practice so that you can start seeing your seeds bloom in ways like being more patient, feeling centered, and unhooking from overwhelm.
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2021-07-0814 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 47: Grief Check InToday’s episode is the follow-up to my blog post A Postcard From the Bunkers of Grief. I’m sharing the actions and ideas that have helped me in the eight months since my mom’s death. This is not a “how-to” for grief (I don’t believe one exists) and I am not in a place to be expounding wisdom about losing your mom, but it is an honest and raw reflection of where I am. I hope it helps to hear from someone walking the walk, rather than reflecting back years later. I also reveal an epiphany I had after...
2021-07-0133 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 46: Vanessa Marie Miller - Your Inner CompassWhen the voices you trust tell you how to feel, what to believe and even what's happening inside of your own body, you start to question everything. This is the story of my guest today, Vanessa Marie Miller, and the events she experienced as a teenager that resulted in the loss of her identity, but eventually led her on a path to finding her inner compass and treasuring her intuition. If you're in a season of feeling a little lost or not quite yourself, Vanessa's story will be the inspiration you need to keep going.
Vanessa is a...
2021-06-2451 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 45: Kaira Boston - Create Your Own White SpaceGuess who’s back!? When I was thinking about how to teach about creating white space, my friend and client, Kaira Boston, immediately came to mind. On this replay of a fan favorite episode, you’ll hear Kaira talk about how she learned to find white space on the path to answering the question, “What brings you joy?”
There are so many gems in this convo (finding presence, signs from the universe, listening to your heart) that if you heard it when it first came out you will definitely pick up on something new this time!
And I a...
2021-06-1752 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 44: Sharon Burton - No Longer Dimming My LightThrilled to share my conversation with Sharon Burton of Spark Your Creative. Sharon and I talk about how art can help us heal AND be an avenue for self-understanding and exploration. We talk about Sharon's journey to art and how it took a health crisis for her to realize it was time for her to shift focus. Finally, we get into the intersection of mindfulness and creativity, which aligns beautifully with my own work on mindfulness and finding your story. Sharon is a gem! Connect with Sharon:
Website: sparkyourcreative.com
Art website and portfolio: sjbcreativeart...
2021-06-1049 min
Jazz88I Am Woman Hear Me Roar Commands the Belvedere Stage at Crooner’s This Saturday NightI Am Woman Hear Me Roar shines lights on great women artists of the past 50 years or so, 7PM this Friday night at the Belvedere at Crooners in Minneapolis. Lori Dokken is the great motivator of this event which includes Patty Peterson, Judy Vinar, and Rachel Holder. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Lori told why she wanted to put together I Am Woman Hear Me Roar.
2021-06-0808 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 43: Ashleigh Owens - Unapologetic PermissionWriter and mental health advocate, Ashleigh Owens, joins us this week for an unflinching look inside her mental health journey. The biggest takeaway from my conversation with Ashleigh and her beautiful smile is to give yourself permission to feel, to love yourself, to be who you are. We talk about how she's intentionally shifted the way she shares online about her mental health, seeking out people who she can look to for support, and how her relationship with her body has evolved over time to a place of self-love. Don't miss this conversation with Ashleigh and then go follow...
2021-06-0346 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 42: Keah Brown - The Journey You're On Is Built Just For YouGet ready to bask in the sparkle of light that is Keah Brown! Keah is an author, actress, journalist, screenwriter and creator of the viral hashtag #DisabledAndCute. Keah has a special way of inviting you to look at an idea in a completely new way - this happened to me when I first read her book and it's changed my entire perspective!
Her book “The Pretty One” is a collection of essays exploring what it means to be black and disabled in a mostly able-bodied white America. Keah is featured in the new anthology “You Are the Best Th...
2021-05-2751 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 41: All The Magic PillsWe are sold sooo many magic pills. Diets and Pelotons and eyebrow enhancers and wrinkle cream and slimming bathing suits and on and on.
And believe me, I get it. There is value to these things, I’m not denying that. What I’m saying in this episode is that the trauma work is your foundation. Without it, the house of you can’t stand tall and proud.
in this episode I give you a real life example of how the trauma work I’ve done helps me to be brave, audacious and adaptable in my every...
2021-05-2009 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 40: Lisa Weinert - Stories Live Inside Our BodiesLisa Weinert, creator of Narrative Healing™️, works with people at the intersection of writing, publishing, teaching, and yoga. Lisa believes there is powerful life-changing medicine in our stories that can heal us personally and as a society. Lisa shares with us her personal story of losing her voice and then finding it again through connection with her body. We talk about the paradox of feeling both relief and a flood of emotional pain after the traumatic event and how certain types of yoga can help us to slow down and learn to be where we are. I encourage you to f...
2021-05-1347 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 39: BONUS Healing After Trauma Must Include These 4 ThingsIn this BONUS episode, the finale of our series on trauma, I am sharing some of what I have learned so far about healing. This entire podcast is devoted to healing journeys, so every single episode holds a nugget of healing, but in this episode I pull together all I’ve learned from personal experience, clients, and the research into four major takeaways.
If this series on trauma spoke to you and you’re ready to start finding the stories you’re meant to tell, book a free Time and Energy Expansion session with me, where I will h...
2021-05-1023 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 38: Christy Lilley - Acknowledging All Of It On Mother's DaySocial media and Hallmark want us to believe that Mother's Day is made only of roses and rainbows, but in real life, Mother's Day is a complicated holiday for many women. As I walk through the first Mother's Day without my mom, I invite my best friend from childhood, Christy Lilley, on to the show for some real talk. With enormous courage and compassion, Christy shares vulnerably about what it was like to lose her mom at a young age. She offers a window into what it looks like to carry traumatic loss with you into adulthood and how...
2021-05-0646 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 37: Unresolved Trauma Can Impact Your HealthOur bodies are the MOST amazing and they help us stay safe in the face of danger by igniting the fight, flight or freeze response. But what happens when we go into a stress response too often because of memories or some stimulus that reminds us of a big thing that we went through? When our minds and bodies are hyperactive to our environments and when we have trouble coming back to our baseline it can have a significant impact on our health. We are walking through all of this today - the idea is not to become neuroscience...
2021-04-2926 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 36: Your Response to Trauma MattersTwo people may experience the same event and one might develop post-traumatic stress disorder whereas the other person might function normally after a few days. Join me this week as we examine the spectrum of response to trauma and I ask you to get curious and explore your own experience. Recognizing what's going on inside of you is critical as you move toward the path of healing. Plus - I share a personal example of how I've experienced residual trauma. *If you need professional help, make sure you seek it from a medical provider.
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2021-04-2226 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 35: How Do You Know If You've Experienced Trauma?We hear ALOT about trauma these days. And that’s a good thing, because we are getting better talking about mental health. But it can be a little confusing too - is there a strict definition of trauma? If you aren’t a combat war veteran, can you experience trauma? The conversation is very nuanced and I am walking through some of that here. If you've ever wondered whether that experience in your life "counts" as trauma, this is the episode for you.
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2021-04-1523 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 34: Jill Perla - Mind Your Brain, Mind Your StoryGive yourself a holiday treat and listen to my interview with local (to me in VA) artist, Jill Perla. Jill will help you see the beauty that surrounds you and inspire you to bring more joy into your everyday life. Jill came to painting later in life after leaving a successful corporate career. She's a reminder that we don't have to stay stuck and that there is always room to grow and change - even after being dealt tough circumstances early in life.
Check out Jill's amazing original art: jillperlaart.com/
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2020-12-1849 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 33: You say: "I have no time." I say...Time feels more twisted than ever right now, but it's something that busy women have forever felt constrained by. This week I offer a gentle challenge to your belief of "I have no time". Since time is a valuable resource and we all have the same amount of it in a day, wouldn't it help to do some re-framing around your time beliefs? I offer up some examples in my own life of how I'm in a constant self-coaching loop around time. This episode is for you if you're tired of complaining how busy you are and ready to...
2020-10-0214 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 32: Brianne Kirkpatrick - You Have To Hold Tension To EvolveI'm talking with Brianne Kirkpatrick about how she's grown, changed, and pivoted during the pandemic. Brianne is a genetic counselor, entrepreneur and mom of three kids, including a toddler, who has made hard decisions since covid-19 hit. This episode is for all of you who feel like life has become one big swirl of work, parenting, partnering, and schooling and you wonder if you will ever find yourself inside of it. Brianne is a big thinker, a creative, and she is not afraid to share the messy middle with us.
Find out more about Brianne and her b...
2020-09-1846 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 31: GG Renee Hill - Holistic Self CareIt is an absolute joy and honor to share my conversation with GG Renee Hill. GG is a writer, author, facilitator and teacher. She is someone I adore and look up - I am a real GG fangirl. GG talks to us about holistic self-care and bringing your highest and truest self to everything you do. She is soothing and honest and a calming presence - you need this conversation in your life! GG shares an exercise from her new book The Self-Care Check-In Guided Journal that you can do today.
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2020-09-1143 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 30: Kaira Boston - Create Your Own Whitespace"What brings you joy?" This is the question that led our guest today, artist and fellow creative Kaira Boston, down the path of self-discovery to finding her very own method of uncovering whitespace. Kaira and I talk about getting out of our own way, using our pets to be mindful, and embracing the "both/and". Kaira also dishes about her time with me during my last round of Sanctuary: Write to Heal, which is coming back soon.
The Reconnect With Yourself Challenge is happening Sept 14-18! Enroll here: https://www.orchidstory.com/reconnect
Find Kaira here (https://www.studiokaira.com/) a...
2020-09-0449 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 29: A Note About Pandemic ProductivityI have not made a sourdough starter. I have not started a new exercise regimen. What I have started doing? Watching tv. This episode is all about asking yourself what you need right now and then... giving it yourself. Which for many women, is revolutionary.
Need a little help figuring out self care? Check out my free coaching session here: https://www.orchidstory.com/selfcare
2020-08-2930 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 28: Uncovering White Privilege Through Self CareIt's the summer of 2020 and as we continue to deal with the fallout of the covid-19 pandemic many white people are starting to realize the role they have played in systemic racism in the US. I am here today as a white woman sharing a story about uncovering my own privileged thoughts in the days following the killing of George Floyd. This story is also about the role of self care in doing anti-racist work. If self care is a way to access our inner thoughts, it offers an opportunity to critically examine and change them. Ready to start...
2020-06-1110 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 27: Donna Washington - White For A Black GirlDonna Washington is an internationally known, multiple award winning storyteller, spoken word recording artist, and author. Donna is a master of her craft and brings a critically important personal narrative to the podcast today. I may not know the right way to talk about race, but I do know that stories connect us and bring us closer together. I feel incredibly fortunate to have had this opportunity to speak with Donna about the racial divide in our country and the impact it has on her as a mother. Share Donna's story and find more of her work at: http...
2020-06-0140 min
Kimberly D. Scott also known as #That KimberlyCaregivers Stories: Rachel Nusbaum shares her caregivng story of when her mom was diganoised with Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA)In this episode of Caregiver Stories I had the pleasure of interviewing Rachel Nusbaum who's mother suffers from PCA (posterior cortical atrophy) a form of dementia. She begins by telling us the early signs of dementia that her mother displayed and how she was misdiagnosed. As the discussion progressed Rachel dove into the details of how her mother's disease changed and affected her life drastically. All while trying to maintain her own immediate family, which includes her husband and two young children. Through the pain she was able to find her calling by reaching out to others...
2020-05-2635 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 26: Jessica Robinson - Storytelling Replaces Church Or Amends ItThis week we are fortunate to have storyteller Jessica Robinson with us to share a poignant story about the relationship with her father and to talk about storytelling from the stage in front a live audience. Jessica is a professional storyteller, presenter, host, educator, workshop leader, and story coach. She's the founder of Better Said Than Done (www.bettersaidthandone.com), a community of professional storytellers based in Fairfax, VA. The theme of "waiting" in the story Jessica shared will resonate as we are all stuck in a holding patterns with COVID-19 and waiting for what our new normal will...
2020-05-1342 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 25: LaPonda Kersey-Salisbury - The Paper Is There To Receive Your TruthIf you need an uplifting story to carry you outside of what's going on in the world right now for a little bit, this is it! I have the lovely LaPonda Kersey-Salisbury on the show today. LaPonda shares a story about her grandmother, which I promise will invite you to reconnect with loving memories and sounds and smells from your own childhood. LaPonda is a creative soul, a writer, and owner of a boutique publishing company. She is trained as a doula and is passionate about holistic birthing methods to empower at risk mothers of color. You can find LaPonda...
2020-04-3038 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 24: Strengthen Your Capacity To Cope With Elena KyrgosElena Kyrgos, psychotherapist, coach and nutrition expert is back on the podcast this week. We are talking about the tangible ways you can help build your resilience. Elena's tips help get our bodies out of fight, flight and freeze so we can come back to baseline and not stay in a stressed state. If you haven't listened to Episode 23 start there first because we jump right in today.
I hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy during this time of immense uncertainty, week 5 of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Find more about...
2020-04-1637 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 23: Your Nervous System's Response To The COVID-19 Pandemic with Elena KyrgosI am thrilled to bring you a two-part series with Elena Kyrgos on how trauma impacts our nervous system. Elena is a psychotherapist, coach, and nutritional therapy practitioner. Today for Part One, Elena talks gives us some background on our nervous systems' response to stress and what happens inside our bodies during fight, flight or freeze. This is fascinating and incredibly applicable as we navigate the effects the COVID-19 crisis is having on our collective selves. Find out more about Elena: http://elenakyrgos.com/.
2020-04-0925 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 22: Elephant Sized UncertaintyI'm talking self care and uncertainty this week. Interested in starting an intentional, simple self care practice? Join me March 30 - April 3 for Plant a Self Care Seed, a free mini course I'm offering. Get signed up here: https://www.orchidstory.com. I'll be giving you all the grace you need to do it messy and figure it out as you go during these unpredictable times.
2020-03-2615 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 21: Rachel Thompson - The Moment That Bifurcated My LifeAuthor and editor, Rachel Thompson, joins us this week to share an incredibly poignant piece of her writing that has never been shared before (sneak peek!). Rachel gives tons of insider tips for writing your personal story, especially if it's a painful and personal one. Let this week's episode be your sanctuary away from the storm of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mary Karr's book The Art of Memoir
100 Rejections Letters Article
Tiffany Han 100 Rejection Letters
2020-03-1942 min
Pure Nurture Pregnancy and BirthYour Story is Your Strength with Rachel NusbaumSometimes big, life-changing events happen. They leave you feeling bruised and a lot less like the person you know you are in your soul. You divide your life into the before and after. You wonder how to make sense of it and how to move on as a new version of yourself. At 18 weeks pregnant with her second child, she was thrust unwillingly into the dizzying world of pediatric cardiology. She was faced with enormous life or death decisions about the tiny being inside of me, his heart the size of a grape. Crafting and sharing that story...
2020-03-1724 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 20: My Word Of The Year Gave Me Everything I Didn't Want…And More"This was not what I desired. This was not what I was attempting to attract. This was in fact, the opposite of what I wanted to attract."
Listen to find out whether things have turned around so far for me in 2020.
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2020-03-0512 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 19: Can Writing Help You Avoid Getting Sick?Really? Writing can help you avoid the flu? Most of the work I do here has an underpinning in the research of social science or psychology. Because science is one of my superpowers, I can understand the nuance of all the stuff out there. Narrative identity and expressive writing are the two subject areas I focus on to help you understand what our stories can do for our health. Today I give you a little peek into what exactly those things even mean and the amazing health benefits that can come from simply getting our stories out of our...
2020-02-2715 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 18: Lou-Ann Wattley Belk - Centering the Black Maternal Health NarrativeLou-Ann Wattley Belk is here to talk about the work of dismantling the roots of the deep injustice that exists for black women’s maternal health. Lou-Ann tells us that we can't ignore the narrative; we have to uplift as many stories of success as we do stories of sorrow. Join us to listen and hold space for Lou-Ann's story "First Fruit". Check out Lou-Ann's blog Well Worth Watering, where she seeks to elevate the voices of black mother’s unique stories: https://www.wellworthwatering.com/
2020-02-2034 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 17: Focusing On What Is In Our ControlIf we accepted that other people's actions were out of our control and that the power to change everything in our own lives lies within our thoughts, where would we be? Using The Model from Brooke Castillo as a guide, I take you behind the scenes to show you how I changed some really negative thoughts about a recent challenging circumstance in my life.
2020-02-1321 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 16: Two Questions To Help You Set Boundaries In Times Of CrisisIn times of crisis emotions, tensions, and expectations run high. We have to let go of some of our usual responsibilities and tasks. If we don't, our minds and bodies will suffer for it. But how? In this week's episode I walk you through two questions to ask yourself when an big challenge has showed up in your life that takes a lot of your time and energy.
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2020-02-0632 minKimberly D. Scott also known as #That KimberlyCaregivers Stories: Rachel Nusbaum (Part 2) shares what it is like to take care of her mom while taking care of her kids#thatkimberly #caregiversstories #caregivereducation
In this interview, Kimberly Scott interviews Rachel Nusbaum a Certified Genetic Counselor and founder of Orchid Story, LLC. Rachel shared her story on what it is like to take care of her mom while taking care of her kids and the impact it had on their lives. Her mother was diagnosed 10 years ago with what is now called Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA), also known as Benson's syndrome. It is a form of dementia which refers to gradual and progressive degeneration of the outer layer of the brain (the cortex) in the part...
2020-02-0537 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 15: Who Will Fight For You? Start With Self-Compassion.This podcast is for all of you who show up, time and again, and do what has to be done. You step up to the plate, reliably and always. But what is the cost of doing so? How do you serve the people you love and also focus on your own needs? We explore self-compassion as a starting place to answer these tough questions. Armed with self-compassion, you can start to write a new ending to your story.
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2020-01-3035 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 14: Lottie Joiner - Pouring Out What's Inside Me Through WritingI am joined by the beautiful, articulate and, just wow, her VOICE, Lottie Joiner. Lottie and I talk life choices, writing, motherhood, spirituality and more. This conversation is for you if you have questioned the choices you've made about big life decisions: major, career, children, family. Lottie's story is absolutely captivating and she has so much wisdom for us to sink into.
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2020-01-2335 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 13: Mental Health In Kids: An Honest Conversation And Wisdom From My 10 Year Old DaughterMy 10 year old daughter, Carly, shares her experience living with both learning and emotional challenges. If you have a child who has a diagnosis of anxiety or ADHD you'll want to listen. If you are struggling in your parenting relationship this episode will give you some ideas and, more importantly, hope that things can change. This is not a parenting podcast, but Carly has been my absolute greatest teacher of self-discovery and self-reflection and I know you will learn something from her too.
2020-01-1613 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 12: Motivation To Tackle The Scary Thing In 2020I don't need you to lose ten pounds or start a new exercise regimen in 2020. But here's what I DO want you to do: ask yourself what you want in your life right now, make hard choices about obligations that are not serving you, and put yourself back on your priority list. How? Listen to get motivated to step away from what's not serving you and towards a sense of freedom and embracing life in the moment.
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2020-01-0916 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 11: Get Your Book Rx - A Personalized Prescription For Your StoryI'm walking you through my top five books of 2019 and telling you exactly who should read them. These books have upleveled my life this year. Each book has a prescription (made up my me!) which will help you to figure out which one would be best for you right now. These books are medicine!
Get links to the videos here (https://www.orchidstory.com/new-essay/best-books-2019)
2019-12-1921 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 10: Eight (Gentle) Ways to Amplify AbundanceShifting out of scarcity and into an abundant mindset requires the acts of giving AND receiving. Tune in to hear eight strategies for making this shift in your life today. These are meant to introduce lightness and a sense of expansion - the tips are easily digestible and one of them takes less than 30 seconds to try!
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2019-12-1224 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 9: What Does It Look Like To Choose Abundance Over Pain?If you hold on tightly to your pain and then wonder why things aren't working, this episode is for you. Join me and I start unpacking the idea of abundance and the important role it plays in reframing our stories. *Hint* - it's just as much about the receiving as it is the giving.
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2019-12-0517 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 8: Six Secrets to PerseveranceIf you have ever found yourself saying, “It can’t get any harder” or “I can’t possibly deal with anything else” this episode is for you. I'm sharing six strategies that you can start using today if you are in a season of life where a lot is being asked of you. Bonus: you get my new story with a mouse (eek!) as the antagonist. Thanks for spending your time with me!
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2019-11-2829 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 7: Say Goodbye To Shift Into JoySometimes we need to say a grateful goodbye to a physical object we've been holding onto in order to shift our mindset. Letting go of the physical helps create change in the emotional. This week I have a brand new story, "Goodbye to the Red Coat" plus a worksheet designed to help you release and item that holding negative energy.
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2019-11-2115 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 6: What If My Story Is Not Worth Telling?People tell me, "My story is not worth telling" or "Nothing significant enough has happened to me to write about". I'm here this week to debunk these self-limiting beliefs and give you a super accessible writing tool to help get you going. Writing our stories is free, simple, and has been shown to improve well-being. Let's find some inspiration to get you going!
Links:
Morgan Harper Nichols
Maya Angelou's "Still, I Rise"
2019-11-1415 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 5: The Glasses EffectEver feel like a pair of glasses has been forced upon you and the entire world looks different? That's the Glasses Effect and I'm getting into it this week. Tune in to learn how you can transform the sadness and anger you might feel from the glasses into empowerment and a fulfilled outlook on life.
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2019-11-0726 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 4: Does Your Story Have Healing Powers?Join me as we explore the idea that the placebo effect is built on the narrative we create. What if our stories can heal us emotionally AND physically? Find out what you can do to harness your brain's expectation in an effort to heal yourself from the inside of your mind (science - it's so cool!).
This episode is based on the book "Suggestible You" by Erik Vance
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2019-10-3121 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 3: A Window To Your StoryWanting to write your story and actually sitting down to do it are two different things. We need little tricks to help us get our stories onto the page. Join me this week as I share a brand new writing exercise to help you access your story. To get the brand new worksheet I mention, go to https://www.orchidstory.com/ and click Let's Start Healing.
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2019-10-2416 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 2: Self-Care As A Survival Tactic"I'm not sure what makes me feel good." "My own needs don't even go on my to-do list." "I don't know how to say no."
Did you nod your head in agreement to one of these? Then you need to hear this week's story all about two major events in my life that happened in the same month and finally cemented the idea of filling my own cup first before pouring into others.
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2019-10-1613 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp 1: How Other Moms Get In The Way Of Raising Brave GirlsThis story, all about good girl conditioning and how it plays out in our lives and in raising our daughters, was inspired by the book "Bravery Over Perfection" by Reshma Saujani. Enjoy!
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2019-10-0911 minOrchid Story: Healing Through Personal NarrativeEp. 0: Your Story MattersI started a podcast! I'll be sharing my written stories in audio version, plus some extra just for you special podcast folks. In this get-to-know-me episode I tell you why I'm doing this and share the audio story that started it all for me almost five years ago. Thanks for being here!
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2019-10-0913 min
New Books in FolkloreLee Bidgood, “Czech Bluegrass: Notes from the Heart of Europe” (U Illinois Press, 2017)Although bluegrass music is typically associated with the bluegrass state of Kentucky and Appalachia, the genre is actually played in many pockets all around the world. In Czech Bluegrass: Notes from the Heart of Europe (University of Illinois Press, 2017), Lee Bidgood explores the popularity of bluegrass in the Czech Republic. Bidgood is an associate professor of bluegrass, old-time, and country music studies in the Department of Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University and an accomplished musician himself. He begins his study with a description of the development of the cultural landscape within this central European nation and explains how a...
2018-11-1459 min
New Books in MusicLee Bidgood, “Czech Bluegrass: Notes from the Heart of Europe” (U Illinois Press, 2017)Although bluegrass music is typically associated with the bluegrass state of Kentucky and Appalachia, the genre is actually played in many pockets all around the world. In Czech Bluegrass: Notes from the Heart of Europe (University of Illinois Press, 2017), Lee Bidgood explores the popularity of bluegrass in the Czech Republic. Bidgood is an associate professor of bluegrass, old-time, and country music studies in the Department of Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University and an accomplished musician himself. He begins his study with a description of the development of the cultural landscape within this central European nation and explains how a...
2018-11-1459 min
Erzählungen by POE, Edgar Allan60: Processing the Experience That Divided Your Life into the Before & After with Rachel NausbaumRachel Nusbaum is a partner, mom, daughter and sister who writes in pursuit of connection with herself and others. Rachel’s creative business, Orchid Story, was built upon her deeply held belief that sharing our personal stories of struggle helps us to find meaning and adapt.
Listen in to hear my guest talk about:
how if we change our thoughts, we can change our lives and why your story is your strength
her experience in finding out that her son had congenital heart failure at 18 weeks and needed surgery in utero, having to pack up and move from Virginia to Bo...
2018-10-2951 min