ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 266- Healing in the Mess: Storytelling, Friendship & Finding Love - Author of The Unlikely Village of Eden, Emma Nadler
This episode of Once Upon a Gene is a little like a cafeteria tray - pick what feeds you and leave what doesn't.
Chatting with the zesty, vivacious, and wildly insightful Emma Nadler - psychotherapist, author of The Unlikely Village of Eden, rare mom, and truth teller. Emma has a way of cracking you open with honesty and tenderness, then making you laugh through the tears.
We talk about:
How storytelling helps us heal and connect
Grief, Joy, Love - all living side by side
The long-haul reality of caregiving and what it takes to keep going
Friendship, community, and the absurdities that keep us human
Finding meaning when life reroutes in unexpected ways
Emma’s memoir, The Unlikely Village of Eden, is one of those rare books that’s both heart-shattering and heart-rebuilding, leaving you changed in the best way.
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