Shocking Herself Awake: Gail Rice on Reinvention, Risk and Radical Acceptance at 70

About this episode

Gail Rice discusses her viral 70th birthday celebration and the themes of reinvention and radical acceptance.

Constance and Lori speak to Gail Rice, psychologist and writer, based in Sydney Australia, about her recent life-imitating-art birthday celebration. For her 70th birthday, inspired by Emma Thompson in the film "Good Luck to You Leo Grande," Gail hired not one, but two male escorts. She clearly touched a nerve, as her story went viral. She's been interviewed all over the world and recently had her television debut. Gail explains that these encounters were less about the sex and mor...

People in this episode

Hosts: Constance Bauer, Lori Dube

Guest: Gail Rice

Topics covered

• reinvention
• risk
• radical acceptance
• aging
• sexuality
• psychology

Keywords

• Gail Rice
• 70th birthday
• male escorts
• reinvention
• radical acceptance
• psychologist
• Sydney

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Good Luck to You Leo Grande

Places: Sydney Australia

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