Healing in the Mess: Storytelling, Friendship & Finding Love - Author of The Unlikely Village of Eden, Emma Nadler

About this episode

Effie Parks chats with Emma Nadler about healing through storytelling, the complexities of caregiving, and finding meaning in life's unexpected turns.

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. 📚 Grab Emma’s book📝 Follow her writing on Substack. 📝 Follow her on Instagram

People in this episode

Guest: Emma Nadler

Topics covered

• storytelling
• grief
• joy
• love
• caregiving
• friendship
• community
• meaning

Keywords

• The Unlikely Village of Eden
• memoir
• psychotherapist

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Unlikely Village of Eden

Books & works: Healing in the Mess: Storytelling, Friendship & Finding Love, The Unlikely Village of Eden, Once Upon a Gene

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