Concluding their series on “What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle, Ikea furniture, Britney, Uncle Buck, the dangers of eating magnets, dog-earring pages of books, giant bookshelves, merkins, and all the pop culture references.
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Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry
Cyndi Lauper She’s So Unusual Album
P!nk: All I Know So Far - Amazon
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism by Dr. Jen Gunther
Concluding their series on “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari, the women discuss fan responses, preppers, Disney princesses, horror, life insurance, and a whole lot of zombies. Discussion Points: Responses to fan comments on social media Lia’s caricatures of the group members Shut up statements - “I’m just being honest” Goosebumps and Fear Street books Zombies and the Zombie Apocalypse Preppers and go bags Life insurance Suicide is a mental health issue Disney Princesses Long term relationships Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted: Book Interrupted Website Book Interrupted YouTube Channel Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari Nonviolent Communication Artwork by Lia Macbean - caricatures of the members Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg Goosebumps Fear Street The Walking Dead World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks 28 Days Later Shaun of the Dead Michael Jackson’s Thriller Artist Imagines What Would Happen If Disney Princesses Visited A Psychotherapist by Maria Guadarrama 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari ...
The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on: “From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way” by Jesse Thistle. They talk about examples from the book and delve into topics of writing styles, storytelling and homelessness in the communities where they live. Discussion Points: Good bad binary Interconnectedness and empathy Jesse Thistle’s writing and storytelling style Showing and not telling - letting the reader discover the lesson themselves Homelessness, shelters and the loss of home Lack of mental health support Discrimination when applying to rent a house or apartment Learning to speak about difficult topics Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted: Book Interrupted Website Book Interrupted YouTube Channel Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo Untamed by Glennon Doyle The Skin We're in: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole Nice White Parents Becoming by Michelle Obama Nomadland White Squirrel Brigade The city with no homeless on its streets, BBC Built for Zero Canada ...
Welcome to part one of our recap of Book Interrupted Season One! What are the members’ favourite moments? Who likes the smell of their own farts? And who held back and didn’t say all they wanted to? Discussion Points: What is your favourite moment or quote? Farts Kirsten Karchmer and Squiggy coming on the podcast Was there anything you wish you’d said recording, but you held back during the season? What was the hardest part about this season for you? Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted: Book Interrupted Website Book Interrupted YouTube Channel Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group Untamed by Glennon Doyle Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo Lily Singh video doing hair Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell ...
