Episode 2.3 - Christie Finley on Life-Altering Illness and Toxic Positivity

Iman Hariri-Kia joins me to talk about the accessibility and community offered by online platforms, the sex education crisis in the US, and the power of vulnerable storytelling.

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This week, Shubnum Khan joined me to talk about how a formative break-up, her parents' marriage, and traveling alone have shaped her vision of future partnership.

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This week, I'm exploring times in my life when I've felt lazy and when I've felt lonely, and how those are related to each other. I discuss navigating the difference between laziness and depression, how pandemic living affected the independent part of myself, and the different ways I tend to unintentionally mind numb.

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In this episode, Allison White joined me to talk about how our undergraduate experience set up unrealistic (and somewhat unhealthy) expectations of partnership, undoing the "shoulds" of our timelines, and celebrating friends' milestones when we haven't yet reached them ourselves.

In this epiosde, Priyanka Soni joined me to discuss the ways motherhood is gendered and mythologized, how her relationship to having a child evolved in her twenties, and her experience of being a new mother.

In this episode, Christie Finley joins me to talk about how her sudden cancer diagnosis impacted all aspects of life, including fertility, dating, and career path.

To follow Christie's journey, check out her blog, "Fueling Your Soul" (fuelingyoursoul.com) and follow her on Instagram (@fueling.your.soul).

In this episode, Toni Okamoto joins me to talk about her journey to a plant-based lifestyle, being a compassionate educator for her audience, defying parental ideas of success, and online dating as a vegan.

In this episode, Mia Holman (aka Mom!) and I talk about the generational, circumstantial, and personal differences in what thirty looks like for each of us. We talk about Mom's experience as a young mother, our definitions of living responsibly, and our differing views on sex.

This week I will be talking about how training for my first marathon helped me heal from an assault. 

(TW: I will be referencing sexual assault in this episode but I will not go into any detail of the event itself.)

I will describe some of the long term, everyday effects one single trauma can have. I will share how (barring any medical restrictions) running a marathon is achievable even - or especially - for the imperfect among us.

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In this episode, Narintohn Luangrath joins me to discuss the formative travels that have informed her career in public service, moving the needle to a more just world, and what living abroad can teach us about ourselves and the world. 

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Guest Website: https://www.narintohnluangrath.com/