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  • Talking with Jess Graham about Our Relationship to Pain

    Talking with Jess Graham about Our Relationship to Pain
    2025/05/01
    Kari talks to Jess Graham about their new book, Being (Sick) Enough, and what it means to build a relationship to pain - both chronic illness and emotional trauma. The conversation touches on autism, addiction, chronic pain, trauma, healing, spirituality, and the power of keeping the spark of hope Websites: Jessica Graham You Wild Awakening Links to Buy Books: Being (Sick) Enough Link to Buy Good Sex Social Media: Instagram [YouTube] TikTok Substack Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 20 分
  • Exploring Our Relationship to Place with Faith Scott

    Exploring Our Relationship to Place with Faith Scott
    2025/03/10
    Kari talks with Faith Scott, a writer, therapist, TEDx speaker, and all-around amazing human about what "place" means to her. Drawing on inspiration from bell hooks and Nicholas Galanin, Kari and Faith explore ideas of generational migration, belovedness, and what it means to find "home." Faith's Substack: https://faithscott.substack.com/ Poetry Anthology, Shaking off the Ashes: https://inkedelephantpublishing.com/product/shaking-off-the-ashes/ bell hooks book, Belonging; a Culture of Place: https://www.routledge.com/Belonging-A-Culture-of-Place/hooks/p/book/9780415968164 Faith's TEDx Talk (coming soon): https://www.tedxojai.com/watch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 5 分
  • Relating to This Time in History in the US

    Relating to This Time in History in the US
    2025/02/08
    This short episode features Kari thinking out loud about where we can find solace amidst chaos. She invites listeners to think about how to identify solid ground when everything feels scary and tenuous. It is so easy to get caught up in the overwhelm of the news cycle and lose sight of the things that are there for us when we need them. Connect with Kari O'Driscoll Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 分
  • Marriage and Difference: Navigating Core Challenges

    Marriage and Difference: Navigating Core Challenges
    2024/12/09
    Eleanor Vincent is an author whose latest book is called Disconnected: Portrait of a Neurodiverse Marriage. In this memoir, she recounts her experience of courtship and marriage to a man on the autism spectrum and paints a picture of what it was like to build up hope, fall in love late in life, and fight to connect with her husband when their brains were wired in fundamentally different ways. Kari and Eleanor talk about relationship dynamics that start in childhood, romantic love, and grief. Connect with Kari O'Driscoll Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間
  • One Writer's Relationship to Writing with Aggeliki Pelekedis

    One Writer's Relationship to Writing with Aggeliki Pelekedis
    2024/10/10
    Kari and Aggeliki talk about writing, how it relates to life, and Aggeliki's new novel, Unlucky Mel. Exploring themes of caregiving, workplace politics, and humor, the book is tremendously entertaining and relatable. Aggeliki's work can be found here- LinkTree Preorder Unlucky Mel here www.cornellpress.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間
  • The Challenges of The Sandwich Generation: Taking Care of Kids and Elders at the Same Time

    The Challenges of The Sandwich Generation: Taking Care of Kids and Elders at the Same Time
    2024/09/06
    In this episode, Kari and Nina McCollum talk about what it's like to be a caregiver to kids and parents simultaneously. In the last couple of decades, the emergence of the so-called Sandwich Generation has put an enormous strain on families (mostly women) to navigate the pressures of raising kids and caring for elders within systems that weren't designed to support them. Nina's website: www.NinaWriteNow.com Link to the private Facebook Group for The Sandwich Generation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 7 分
  • Kari and Author Garrett Bucks on Being 'The Right Kind of White'

    Kari and Author Garrett Bucks on Being 'The Right Kind of White'
    2024/07/05
    Garrett Bucks is a writer and organizer dedicated to creating spaces where White folks can have conversations about what it means to really create communities where we all thrive and talk honestly about racism and the way it affects us. Come listen as he explains why the movie ET is a perfect metaphor for how he thinks about whiteness. Garrett Bucks' website https://www.garrettbucks.com/ Kari's memoir about growing up with a Filipino brother and a Vietnamese sister https://www.cavankerrypress.org/product/truth-has-a-different-shape/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 5 分
  • Grounding our Activism in Love

    Grounding our Activism in Love
    2024/06/12
    Dr. Paul Zeitz, a physician, activist, and author, joins Kari to talk about his new book, Revolutionary Optimism. They explore ideas of overwhelm and grief and share tips for how to stay focused on love in challenging times, and use that love to fuel our activism. Dr. Paul Zeitz website: https://drpaulzeitz.org/ Sign up sheet for the next Grief and Rage Workshop that begins June 24: Sign up here Kari's website: www.kariodriscollwriter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    49 分