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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

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

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

Kari talks with Judy Ryan Hall about how her tongue cancer and the subsequent treatment radically changed her relationship to her body and to food. The treatment not only resulted in serious complications that kept her hospitalized for an extended period of time, but it left her unable to taste most food. As someone who has always loved food and being in a human body, the last few years have been a practice of reinventing these connections. Meet the host Kari O'Driscoll Books by Kari O'Driscoll Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kari talks with Joe Loya, a man who was convicted of robbing 30 banks and wrote about his time in prison and his life in the memoir, The Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell. Joe and Kari explore the intersections of language, religion, maleness and violence and talk about how our ideas of hierarchy and gender impact the way we use and justify violence. Joe's unique history and educational background make him a compelling storyteller. Come listen to this fascinating conversation. Order Joe's book here https://www.joeloya.ltd/ Joe's podcast, The Bank Robber Diaries, can be found here https://play.acast.com/s/thescore Kari's website www.kariodriscollwriter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kari talks to Kathy O'Driscoll, a human-resources professional who has worked in corporate and non-profit organizations, about what it means to work, how the nature of work is changing, and how we can adapt our ideas about labor, effort, and community to shift the way we work. They explore what it means to do uncompensated work like caregiving, the onset of artificial intelligence, the balance of work and play, and how we can incorporate what we know about neurodiversity into our ideas of work. You won't want to miss this one! Check out Kathy's LinkedIn profile Connect with Kari O'Driscoll Author, Educator, and Founder of The SELF Project Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please join me for this short episode where I examine my own relationship to grief and invite you to think about the ways you have been taught to grieve, and how we can learn to hold each other when we're in this space. Learn more about Grief and Rage Rituals here: https://kariodriscollwriter.com/my-work/ Reach out to me at kari@kariodriscollwriter.com with questions Find Kari O'Driscoll in Instagram @karilodriscoll Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices